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SINCLAIR LEWIS GIVES TWO HOURS
i TO A DISCUSSION OF THE CURRENT
s I JEWISH SCENE.
I
By RAYMOND DANNENBAUM
Judaism or of an even remote He'
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upon the horizon of the modern ' g_
novel as an outstanding figure— =
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one of the greatest. Feuchtwanger , =_-_
betrays a Jewish heritage in the 1=--
intensity of his sympathetic per. I
"The puerile, lumbering intelli- not. At best we can take Jews as i ceptions, and in the depth and
a
genre of Nordic flatheads needs we find them, but I've a sneaking scope of his literary pigments."
notion that every man who stands ' Meanwhile this alchemist, who in
the leaven of Jewish thought!
"Thank God that Jews do not , out in this world of ours has a fair th e retort of his mind brought forth I •=_
s
5" believe that suffering, disease, i measure of Jewish blood.
a living creature—burly, apathet- =
wretchedness and evil are man's
Rabbis Most Intelligent.
lc, thick-appetited—who coined an
ak heaven-sent lot. That's why I go
Rabbis arc the most intelligent epigrammatic being in scorn of =-
to Jewish doctors and dentists!
of our clergy. I don't know much the current berms of the "average •=
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"The texture of our national life about the Jesuits, but I've a little American businessman" — whose =o-
has been richened, colored and knowledge of the Protestants. Not war cry Mencken carries to heights
more interesting and beautiful by on l y are your rabbis better ground- of almost Babbitlike success—still oK
--
, Jews!"
cod w theology, in comparative re- paces the room. Ile wears a grey
s4,5Si
l nclair
n
L ewis
.' is paces
- rest
. tl.
l t essly.
ss I y. !igloo
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and in religious studies in sack suit, the kind of ambiguously -=•
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First he sits on the bed. Then an general, but they have a superior colored flannel which writers us.
4 excursion across the hotelroom knowledge of Christianity as com- sally find agreeable. His legs are
i floor. Ile rests in a chair; he be-' pared with the usual Protestant long; they shuffle across the floor.. -0
‘.;.1.„ Neves some stirring things about pastor. But, incidentally, if the His entire body is relaxed, slouched K"
4, Judaism. Ile continues discussion ' Jew has suffered from Christian- and seemingly unalert. The our- ,
of Jewish characteristics:
ity, its his own fault. Ile deserves mounting face is nearly cadaver- ,
to. Christianity is his child. Ile ous, gaunt. But Lewis has a win-'=
:4+
An Einstein Anecdote.
-' • "You know," he goes on, "there ought to be punished for fathering ning voice. It is gentle, occasion-
oi. 1 is a famous story of the interview it." The argument seemed irre- ally quick and nervous; but if the
of a British journalist with Ein- ' futable. After all, Sinclair Lewis owner feels agreeable, you are
as o stein, just after the close of the is the father of Babbitt, our great- charmed and pleased. Then the
,. I world War. At the time antagon- est American legend, and his "El- over-relaxation of Lewis' body
tt,i 1 ism was still strong, but such was mer Gantry" threw enough rooster- seems an assurance of receptive- 1-==--
Ks I the magnitude of Einstein's work nation into the ranks of our Amer. ness.
Few Jewish Writers?
il ! that the whole world, and particu- icon pastorate to make his name
r T , any England, was breathlessly a fearful byword for piercing ob-
"Odd, isn't it, that in America
, lcurious over the new discovery of nervation. Lewis apparently sus- there are so few great Jewish 'L7_
L',?, relativity. All wondered about the tains his opinion of the rabbi who, writers," said Lewis, by way of re-
,s1 genesis of this obscured German- in "Elmer Gantry," he made the sinning the conversation. "But,"
quoth I, "we've the Nathans and
as Jewish mathematician, overshad- only intelligent actor.
4 owing Sir lire Newton.
"Jews are pretty lucky. They're Louis Untermeyer and Ben Hecht,
"'fell me said the newspaper- not troubled by a lot of idle the- Gertrude Stein... "She's not here
L.,,
is
y ,s, man to Einstein, "are you Jew or ology and dogma. Their religion very much," he interrupted. I
TiT German?" And Einstein replied, is more a mode of lit, than a bur- whereupon I continued, "Then
ly: 1 "What I really am, I alone can den of theological commitments. there's Hergesheimer . . . " "No,
, Sis I know, but what the world thinks Fortunately you Jews don't have no! Ile calls himself Pennsylvania
-i i me is much different. If the group to disentangle your daily life from Dutch, interrupted Lewis for the .-.----
I of scientists which at this moment , a host of unassimilable conceits second time.
Apparently impatient, Lewis
.oS.: Is investigating my theory at the and cracked notions. In many re-
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stS is valid, then to all Germany I shall Buddhism in South Siam, which is and Edna Ferber—oh, yes! and' ."'
Montague Glass ..." Here I sag.'
he a German and the English will nearly a pure Ethos"
gested "Mike" Gold, whom h •
say I am a J ew. But should they
Heritage Tinctures Writing.
a vulgarization of the fun-
Lewis is convinced that the Jew- heartily seconded. "Well," con-.,
'
,o s discover me in error, then alas!
damental idealism of the Jewish
:,4S , and here he smiled, 'England will ish heritage markedly tinctures the tinued Sinclair Lewis, "in Eng land h '
race. The world needs t e Jew
:,,., I say he is one of those Germans and output of our great Jewish novel- there's Virginia Wont' ,who'shalf- too much. Without his urbanity
t.:4" I my countrymen will remark with ists and artists. Ile believes that Jewish. . ." "Siegfrid Sassoo n," American life would jell. Yes, the
1 1 1' I disdain that I am not a German "there is something so strong, so I added— But he a Parseeoo
Jew must become assimilated. The
vital in Jewishness that it sways ejaculated Lewis, which reminded
s ' but only a Jew.'"
more he changes the American
t e stage device
which util-
d
'4'
"In the first place," Lewis the entire mind of its possessor. me o fh
1 scene to suit his sense of the rich-
•
sos went on , the difficulty is to asses- He has often (oftens
y a , al oon-pante
uffers) an Isis two d er b y-c
neon of life, the more it will en-
tain what is a Jew, and what he is hypersensitive awareness of his fellows, one of whom usually be- I lice him and the more familiar he
' ins "Well, i seems
will find himself within it.
Arabians .. ." Lewis agreed that -
Nordic Flatheads.
perhaps Sassoon was that kind of
"The Nordic flathead, puerile
a l'harsee.
needs the leaven of
doisli thought.
ught. No Jew has the
"I'Bve
row
beneinng't.olBd ItatC*B'rno tm.oning (Ja %
misfortunes
of
living up to an in-
was
had sonic Jewish blood,"
Lewis' tstn
suggestion,
the todsiv,enittlaccessible mean. There are no
Jewish
Kiplings.
Thank God, the
our co
conversation
n e x r sa
t
into
less
barrassing and less debatable , Jew is rooted deeply enough in
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ROSH HASHONAH GREETINGS
Rosh Hashonah
Greetings
realm of the past. "All in all, I'm reality and wisdom never to be
afraid I'm pretty pro-Jewish. , able to drift into too charming and
"Jews have done wonders for inspiring nonsense. That is, that
the book world in publishing. I kind of dangerous excursion into
believe that Alfred Knopf origi- the quixotic, which possesses all
ar
of actuality, and
in g the appeences
n oa ttekols tihne tvhoisgUceoultrgyo. od ill u
b
k sa
oit , o b
o yet stinks with the hidden notions
did his share, too, particularly has of impossible ambition. If Kipling
the Jewish publisher been of value didn't make the British empire, he
GERALD MARKS, President
in bringing well edited translations has at least preserved it by giving
SAMUEL BLOOMBERG, Secretary-Treasurer
to American readers. , every Englishman an impossible
"In Central Europe the Jew i s ideal to live up to— , e which the
paramount in letters. Schnitzler, Britisher can never approximate,
the Zweigs, Wassermann, Ludwig, , but which his flatheadedness will
Feuchtwanger and hosts of others never let him forego!"
are making the major contribution O Speaking of oft-quoted Jewish
to modern continental literature,Iself-consciousness Lewis asserted
Back to U. S. with the wave of an arm: "I never
Recrossing the Atlantic, Sin- knew a Jew who wasn't alive. Self-
clair Lewis spoke of Ludwig Lewi- I consciousness is part of aliveness.
sohn, whom he considers our best Where I was raised, the dull-mid-
living critic, and potentially a great western American peasants never
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novelist. "America is the new realized life. Eats were eats. Days
Rome, Europe the modern Greece.' were days. Love was .. . They
The triumph of Rome over Greece were dolts. Unconscious budles,
is inevitable. Europeans already rolling in habit. Thank God, Jews
sense it. But the artist in Rome are self-conscious. It's a good
P■ 311\ 1 1■ Ns\ls.1010 ■ 11.1101 ■‘ .W1 11:110111.11:40111,1 1■ 10L.N , fares not so well as in Greece. sign." Great American Novel.
America holds more laurels above
the businessman, the scientist. No In conclusion Sinclair Lewis re-
wonder that most Jews enter the ! marked that in all likelihood a
professions, business and finance. great American novel would soon
There are better rewards. Per- be written with a Jewish back-
haps that is the cause, considering ground. "The contrast of rich
our population and geographical and poor relations—bankers--in-
size, for the dearth of great termarriage—the young Jewish
American artists. America's ar- intelligentsia — Palestine — the
tist finds more reward in dollars, growth and subsidence of anti-
plasma and protons than with . Semitism. It will be a big order.
chisel, pen and brush. Letters The writ will need an expansive
here do not offer the prestige that background. Ile must be unbiased.
they do abroad. The Jew with his In all likelihood he will be only
usual alertness, senses the fact' half Jewish. Then he can sit on
and adapts himself to achieve the the fence, survey his scene, and
greatest awards—in other fields." inscribe a masterpiece with the
The train of his thought became genius that is perfect because it
suddenly diverted. He exclaimed, is right--absolutely impartial-
. "Why is it that Jews make such more accurate than truth?"
good prizefighters, and you never
Now Sinclair Lewis is in Mon-
, hear of a Jewish aviator?"
terey. When asked whether he
Not Mussy-Minded.
i would be the author of the great
,
This outburst over, he resumed:' Jewish novel, he wished that he
1"Thew's has been an influence of might be, "unfortunately, so far
fundamental sophistication.
lie as ascertainable—and we've looked
, has contributed a sense of values thoroughly—there are no Jews on
—he has given our lives texture the Lewis family tree." Lewis in-
and color. He has clarified living. o sisteol that he had no new novel
Perhaps the success of the Jew in in mind, and since could not fulfill
finance is explained by the fact the racial requirements (by his
that he is never muzzy-minded. own admission), doubtlessly he will
Lucky fellow not to have to recoil- not write the great novel which
Bile irreconciliable theological will bind American Jewry between
premises with daily existence! the covers of a single volume for
"No, I can't understand the ne- the careful scrutiny of every
cessity of Zionism. I've given it, reader with $2.50.
Zionism o
(CoPyright. 1030, J. T. A.)
a deal of thought, too.
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WILL TO THE JEWISH PEOPLE
Twenty years ago William E. State he holds citizenship, he puts
Addis, the Jewish historian, writ- together the branches in the
court of his home, and with
ing of ancient times, said:
"Nor can we value the light in his whole family partakes of his
which we live at its just rate till meal underneath their shade. It
we also know the darkness from is a literal perpetuation of the
which it emerged, growing more gaiety of heart with which his an-
and more till it reached the perfect cestors sat down, each under his
day in Him who is the light of fig tree and his vine, in their newly
acquired homes—an ever recurring
the world."
anniversary of the triumph of the
No doubt this great historian had
conquest of Canaan.
in mind the appeal that has gone
down through the ages as express- "And when their wonderous march
was o'er,
ed in Micah, chapter VI. and verse
' 8: "Ile bath showed thee, 0 man, And they had won their homes, '
what is good; soul what doth the Where Ahrohnni fed his flocks of
yore,
Lord require of thee, but to do
justly, and to love mercq, and to Among their father's tombs;
A land that drinks the rain of heav-
walk humbly with thy God?"
en at will,
The United States of America,
in its matchless history stands Where waters kiss the feet of many
a vine-clad hill."
alone among the nations of the
world where the Jewish people have
enjoyed at all times perfect free- DR. MAX NORDAU SAID:
"There is a psychological law"
dom and all the rights of citizen-
ship. That record should stand as once observed Max Nordau "ac-
the foundation stone upon which cording to which children, savages
America will build between Christ- and malevolent fools make persons
inn and Jew( a greater amity and and things against which they have
a closer friendship and good will, an aversion responsible for their
The Jews have suffered much sufferings. Pretexts change, but
even in modern times. and espec- the hatred remains," continued
Tally in Russia, at the hands of the Nordau. "The Jews are not hated
oppressor. It was not until 1858 because they have evil qualities; •
that full emancipation was grant- evil qualities are decried in them
ed to the Jews in England. Com • whether they exist or not, because
pared with the treatment of the Jews are hated."
; Jewish people in other countries of
the world, the record of America
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