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Sabbath Readings of the Torah.
Pentateuchal portion—Deut. 32.
Prophetical portion—Hos, 14:2.10; Joel 2:15.17
or 27.
Thursday, Oct. 8, I:1,y of Atonement, Reading of
the Torah.
Penteteuchal portion—Lev. 16; Num. 29:7-11;
afternoon, Lev. 18,
Prophetical portion—Is. 57:14-58:14; afternoon,
Jonah.
September 26, 1930
Tishri 4, 5691
"The Great White Fast."
A spiritual state in the supreme! This
is the attainment of Yom Kippur. On this,
the climax day of the holiest period in the
Jewish year, a whole people disregards po-
sition, time and place, and approaches the
divine in a single concerted effort.
Yom Kippur is "The Great White Fast,"
the true purpose of which is portrayed in
Isaiah (58, 5-7), read in the synagogues on
Yom Kippur morning:
Help the Hias.
The Hebrew Sheltering and Immigrant
Aid Society, known among Jews through-
out the world as Hias, renews its plea for
funds, else, we are told, its work may stop.
The cessation of the activities of this, the
most important immigrant aid movement
in the world, would spell calamity and
hardship for thousands upon thousands of
immigrants, and must be prevented.
Locally Hias receives a small annuity
from the Jewish Welfare Federation. That
automatically eliminates the yearly cam-
paign for funds previously conducted by
Bias in this city. But the sum it receives
from the Federation is too small to do
credit to Detroit's share in its work. There-
fore, additional aid must come from liberal-
hearted and public-spirited Detroit Jewish
citizens.
The opportunity to aid Hias will present
itself during the coming Holy Days. A
special Hias representative will plead for
the cause of the immigrant, and the com-
munity must respond liberally. The syna-
gogues should co-operate in this very im-
portant effort to save the existence of Bias.
Detroit Jews must help Hias, that its work
should go on.
"Is such the fast that I have chosen?
The day for a man to afflict hie soul?
Is It to bow down his head like a bulrush?
Is not this the fast that I have chosen?
To loose the fetters of wickedness,
To undo the bands of the yoke,
And to let the oppressed go free,
Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry,
And that thou bring the poor that are cast out
to thy house?"
Histo ally, the system of inward atone-
ment, dev oped in the Jewish religion, is
traced back the sacrificial system. For
Israel, prayer has taken the place of sacri-
fice, and the words that form the constant.
ly repeating text of the liturgy on the Day
of Atonement are from Hosea (14.3) :
"Take with you words,
And return unto the Lord;
Say unto Him: Forgive all iniquity,
And accept that which is good;
So we will render for bullocks the offering of
our lips."
This is the significance of Israel's pray-
ers: that it has developed into an offering
of words of mouth instead of bulls, and that
inward atonement has been elevated to
great spiritual heights.
The South Takes Revenge.
The gentlemen of the South have taken
revenge. The political career of former
Governor John M. Slaton of Georgia is end-
ed, and his sad experience with popular
electors will no doubt serve as a warning
that the sentiments of the mob are not to be
trifled with.
Mr. Slaton owes his political decline to
the Leo M. Frank case, which 17 years ago
was one of the tragic sensations that stirred
and deeply hurt the Jewish people. A
young Atlanta Jew was accused of attack-
ing and murdering a girl employed in his
pencil factory. On the evidence of a Ne-
gro with a criminal record he was sentenced
to death. Governor Slaton, acting on the
merits of the case, and believing with many
prominent Atlantans and others from every
section of the land that Frank was innocent,
commuted his death sentence to life im-
prisonment. An angered mob expressed its
resentment by seizing Frank from his prison
cell and lynching him.
It is now a matter of historical record
that Governor Slaton was literally driven
from his home State for daring to act con-
trary to the demands of a maddened mob.
He was defeated in his race for a seat in
the United states Senate in 1914, and his
decisive defeat at the poles last week defi-
nitely puts an end to the political career
of this able man. Aside from being a warn-
ing to politicians to beware the wrath of an
incited electorate, the defeat of former
Governor Slaton points anew to the fallacy
of our present electoral system which per-
mits the election of candidates to high of-
fiitial
because they are capable
demagogically to arouse the sentiments and
passions of the masses, and at the same
time shelves the ablest men who desire to
serve the people but who fail to win the
love of the tickle voter.
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English-speaking Jewries will tie await-
ing with great interest the appearance of
the new Standard Jewish Encyclopedia, to
edit which Rabbi Isaac Landman resigned
his Far Rockaway pulpit.
Although it is too early to predict
whether this new encyclopedia will super-
sede the gigantic work that was edited 30
years ago by Dr. Isidor Singer, it is safe
to say that the board of editors and con-
tributors chosen for the new task will pro-
duce something of which Jews will be just-
ly proud. Men recognized for their abil•
ity as historians and teachers, authorities
on Jewish religious, ethical, national, phil-
osophic and social problems, have been
grouped together for this task.
We are looking forward to the appear-
ance of the new encyclopedia, and we wish
the editors success in their efforts.
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Scanning the
Horizon
By DAVID SCHWARTZ
0.
IT HAPPENED IN A YEAR
The new 80-floor structure which
is to replace the out Waldorf-As-
toria is nearing completion. But I
am thinking of the old Waldorf
itself. New things have beauty and
freshness, but for richness of in-
terest, one must go to old things.
What stories the old Waldorf
could tell! Why doesn't someone
write its story? It would he a
thriller.
One of the most interesting in-
cidents that comes to my mind in
connection with the old Waldorf
occurred some half-dozen years
ago, and has to to with Anzia
Yezierska, authoress of "Salome
of the Tenements."
Seven or eight years ago Miss
Yezierska visited the Waldorf-
Astoria. But she didn't go around
to the front entrance. She went
into a side entrance marked "Em-
ployment."
"I was wondering whether you
have an opening for a dish
washer." Miss Yezierska was not
seeking experience or local color
for fiction. She was looking for a
mere job.
"Sorry. we have nothing today,"
The Herzl Tragedy.
she was told.
"I am one of those whom the gods turn
The year following. It banquet
mad before they take them," Hans Herzl was given to Miss Yezierska to
felicitate her on the success of her
wrote several days before he committed
book!
It was held at the Waldorf-As-
suicide. his own words perhaps offer an
toria.
explanation for his tragedy. First a con-
And yet there are people who
vert from Judaism to the Baptist church, believe that fiction is stranger than
truth.
then to Catholicism, back to Judaism, there
THE YIDDISH THEATER
is hardly a doubt now that the son of the
NEARS ITS END
great Theodor Herzl, the founder of polit-
And now George Jessell is plan-
ical Zionism, was demented.
ning to sponsor Yiddish produc-
The tragedy of Hans Herzl grew even tions on Broadway. Jessell of late
more intense at his funeral, with the Bor- has been earning fabulous sums in
movies and vaudeville and losing
deaux Zionist leader, M. Stolpner, as the
it in his efforts to produce. And
only attendant. What a difference between our prediction is that he is (lee-
tined to lose some more in his
this and the funeral of his great father, of latest Yiddish effort.
For the truth is, the Yiddish
blessed memory, whose loss was mourned
by a worshipping people! Twenty-six theater is in its last gasps, and the
fact might as well be recognized.
years ago, on the Vienna cemetery, young
Maurice Schwartz will not even
Hans recited the Kaddish at his father's attempt the New York field this
year. Max Gabel, too, is not plan-
grave, and later joined with the multitude
ning to open. Ile has been quoted
in proclaiming "If I forget thee, 0 Jerusa- as saying that he doesn't intend to
lose
every cent he has made. And
lem, may my right hand forget its cun- Molly
Picon, rage as she is, is far
ning." And last week the son of the man from finding things as rosy as they
who was responsible for retaining the loy- have been depicted.
Even the "benefit" tickets, which
alty of thousands of young Jews was bur- have done so much to keep the
ied with the disgrace of a suicide, the ques- Jewish stage going in the past is
defunct.
tion of whether he was to be granted a Jew- almost
Time was when the old "lands-
ish burial for a time remaining in doubt.
rnanshaften" would raise money
It is difficult to forget the tragedy of the by buying wholesale quantities of
these benefit tickets. But now the
founder of the political Zionist movement lansmanshaften are in a comatose
state, approaching extinction, and
in the hour of his only son's burial.
those few that have some vitality
Called by death at the early age of forty- buy "benefits" tickets from the
four, Dr. lterzl's genius, a boon to the Jew- English theaters.
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ish people, was a detriment to his only son. LESS BEARDS,
BUT LESS LIFE
Because Hans evidently suffered from the
Down at the bottom of it all is
the
fact
that
times
have changed.
fact that the Jewish people failed to accord
The old type of Jew is becoming
him a share of the honors that history gave
as extinct as one of those fossils
to his father. If he suffered moods of de- of which the geologist is so glib.
pression, the fact that the family of Herzl And to me, there is not o little
pathos in the transformation.
was left in comparative poverty after his
Take a walk down the East Side
death may account for it. And if the Jew- of today. If you chanced to we it
in the days prior to the war, you
ish people failed to pay its debt to the fam- will know what I mean. It is drab,
ily of one of its greatest sons, then the trag- colorless today. Once upon a time
thrived with life, hope, dirt, long
edy of Herzl is also the tragedy of Herzl's it
beards. Today there are less long
people.
beards, less dirt, but it is equally
To Dr. Ilerzl's only surviving daughter, as devoid of its former good quali-
ties.
and to the millions of Jews who hold his
He is passing—the old pictur-
memory dear, the consolation in this hour esque tyne of Jew, and there is no
better sign of it than the fact,
is that instead of one son, so tragically a
which my private detectives bring
renegade, millions- loyally pay homage to
me this week, that Joseph Margu-
this great modern prophet. The tragedy lies, who has established something
of a repute in etching old Jewish
of Ilerzl's son in no way detracts from the types, is soon to bend his efforts to
genius of the Zionist founder and from the make a collection of old East Side
types, in expectation that soon the
honored place accorded him by Jewish his- type will be no more. Felix War-
tory.
burg, I understand, is interested in
the project.
Raskob's Jewish Romance.
John J. Raskob Jr., is to be married in
the spring to Miss Minerva Aaronson, 19-
year-old New Haven, Conn., Jewish girl.
Which is made sensational news by virtue
of the Raskob millions and the $2,000,000
wedding gift promised by the father of the
groom-to-be, John J. Raskob Sr., who is the
chairman of the Democratic National Com-
mittee, and who has been assailed by bigots
because, like Alfred E. Smith, whose candi-
dacy for the presidency of the United States
he managed, he is a Catholic.
Of course. the decision of a Catholic and
a Jewess to intermarry is nobody's business,
and the young couple is justified in hating
"all this fuss" made by the country's press.
But so long as this new "Abie's Irish Rose"
romance has been made a matter of public
record, and so long as the bride-to-be has
stated that "anyway my family is not aw-
fully orthodox," we venture to suggest that
the test of public comment will come when
it will become known whether the marriage
is to be performed according to Catholic
or Jewish rites, or whether the loving pair
is to be united in wedlock by a civil court.
Honest.Sol Levitan.
"Honest Uncle" Sol Levitan has again
won the endorsement of the Wisconsin
electorate, and will remain as treasurer of
that progressive state for a fifth term, his
renomination on the Republican ticket as-
suring his re-election.
Mr. Levitan owes his popularity to the
flattering title that has been prefixed to his
name. And because Mr. Levitan is so well
known for his honesty, his people justly feel
proud of him. By being honest and trust-
worthy he lends credit to the Jewish name.
,P tit
A GREAT MAN SHOULD NOT
EAT IN PUBLIC
The story is related of Shalom
Aleichem, the Jewish Mark Twain.
Once he visited the city of Pitts-
burgh. Thousands of Jews went
down to the railroad station to
welcome him to the city.
As the Jewish humorist came
off the train, he felt the pangs of
hunger. Ile asked the chairman of
the reception committee to lead
him to a restaurant.
Inside the cafe, the chairman
led him to a seat, and seen the
humorist was partaking Of some
borsht and blintzes, while outside,
through the window, the throng of
Jews peered.
"Oy er cost stitch." chorused
many of the Jews. "Pheh!" and
they left.
HANDKERCHIEFS AND MILK
BOTTLES
Aaron Kopman, a New York
Jew, is back from Russia after a
rather interesting experierce. Kop-
man said something which pro-
voked the wrath of the Soviet au-
thorities and he was sentenced to
prison. For two years he lingered
there, writing scores of letters to
his American friends, asking that
they intervene, for he is an Ameri-
can citizen.
But Kopman no sooner wrote a
letter than the guards destroyed it.
Finally he hit upon an idea. lie
wrote a plea to the state depart-
ment on a handkerchief and gave
it to a stranger, who agreed to see
that it reached the American
envoy.
It worked. Kopman is now beck
in New York.
Reminds me of that epos* of
religious tolerance, Roger Wil-
liams. In his day. he was denied
writing materials for an on-
slaught against the authorities.
But Williams was not daunted. He
took bin milk bottle and used the
wrapper for writing paper, and the
milk for invisible ink. lie sent the
milk-written manuscript to the
printer with instructions to apply
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Charks 1Y. Joseph
A FEW weeks ago I printed a letter from a lady
living in Chicago who suggested that there was
discrimination against Jewish applicants for posi-
tions at Michael Reese Hospital. In view of the fact
that the rumor apparently had gained considerable
headway I thought it only fair to bring it publicly
to the attention of the hospital authorities in order
to publicly deny it if the charges were unfounded.
Through the courtesy of Dr. G. George Fox of Chi-
cago the following reply has been forwarded to me
from the president of Michael Reese llospital, Mr.
Alfred C. Meyer:
An editorial in the Sentinel (Chicago) head-
ed "Paging the Michael Reese Hospital," has
been called to my attention, and accepting the
invitation, I beg to state that there isn't a word
of truth in the lady's letter. I cannot deny her
statements more completely.
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That's sufficient for me, Mr. Meyer, and the next
time some one sends me a similar criticism of
Michael Reese that person will have to have abso-
lute proofs before it will even be considered.
I
AM in receipt of a book, "Jewish Experiences in
America," edited by Bruno Lasker and published
by the Inquiry, 129 East Fifty-second street,
New York. It is a most unusual book and the first
one of its kind I have ever seen. "The Inquiry"
(its own statement) "is a movement for the im-
provement of human relations through the develop-
ment of better social techniques. Its publications
are intended to promote a deeper insight into the
causes of social friction and more effective methods
for dealing with it." It is, as I understand it, an
undenominational organization. It is impossible
within the limit of a paragraph or two to discuss
this interesting book. But I earnestly suggest that
Jewish groups in large or small communities who
are interested in discussing th relations of Jews
with non-Jews, will find in this book materials and
methods for a clear understanding of all those fac-
tors. present and traditional, that tend to introduce
friction into these relations. The volume is edited
in such a way that it may serve as a study outline.
But "with its symposium of fact and opinion from
outstanding American Jews it also gives to the indi-
vidual Jewish reader a deeper insight into the con-
ditions and tasks that face American Jewry in the
New World."
CONTRIBUTIONS to this volume have been made
by Lewis Browne, Horace M. Kellen, Mordecai
M. Caplan, Leo Jung, Harry Austin Wolfson, Emily
Solis-Cohen, Lewis Gamnett, Julius Drachsler, Joel
Blau and others. I have received requests for sug-
gestions for Jewish Current Topic Classes. And I
want to say that if there are Jewish men and women
interested in considering matters of Jewish value
this book will surely supply the basis for a series of
profitable meetings throughout the season.
a long time I have endeavored to have the
F OR editors
of the "Standard Dictionary" eliminate
every reference to the Jew even though it be slang,
that to my mind was objectionable. But after con-
siderable correspondence, while some corrections
have been made, it is not yet satisfactory. In con-
trast with the attitude of the Standard I cite that of
the publishers of Roget's International Thesaurus.
The B'nei B'rith Anti-Defamation League very prop-
erly took exception to the following synonyms for
the word "Jew"—"cunning, rich, usurer, extor-
tioner, heretic, etc." Roget's Thesaurus is pub-
lished by Thomas Y. Crowell Company. And when
the objectionable references were called to their
attention they replied: "You may be sure that we
would have been glad to receive suggestions for
changes, and now that we have had the matter
brought to our attention, we shall be happy to make
use of the idea." And in the new edition now on
the press everything objected to has been elimi-
nated. Others can profit by this fair-minded atti-
tude of the Crowell Company.
SO MANY of us dislike to go out of our way to
"bother" with unpleasant incidents that may
come to our attention. But there are others who
make it their business to "bother" when they think
the situation requires it. For example, the other day
I received a letter from a Mr. Maurice Kahn of
Cleveland, Ohio, saying that he recently witnessed
a vaudeville act by Molly Picon called "The Rabbi's
Melody," in which a Jewess blesses the Sabbath
lights. Apparently Miss Picon made comedy of a
sacred ceremony. Mr. Kahn wrote to Miss Picon
regarding it and received this reply:
I wont to thank you sincerely for your sug-
gestion and I appreciate the spirit in which you
offered your opinion. I am happy that a men
of your intelligence finds time and interest
enough to draw my attention to something that
I have done without realizing the impression I
was creating. Allow me to again thank you
and to assure you that after receiving your
letter I acted immediately on your suggestion.
(Signed) MOLLY PICON
It really pays to "bother" sometimes.
editor of Israel's Messenger, published in
T HE Shanghai,
China, again pours the vial of his
wrath upon my head. But space is more valuable in
the American Jewish press than it is in the China
Jewish press, so I must decline to continue contro-
versy which places too great a tax upon the space
of the newspapers and upon the patience of my
readers. Dr. Ezra, the editor in question, thinks
that I owe the Zionists of the world an apology and,
furthermore, he demands it. I don't know the
situation in China but in the United States we are
accustomed to speak and to write as we think. Any-
one who so pleases may disagree with us and he has
ample onportunity to voice his objections. But we
don't retort to measures of suppression and we
don't gag those who may have an opinion on Jew-
ish or any other subject which may differ from
ours. So my dear Mr. Ezra, I shall offer no apology
to Zionists but shall continue to express my views
on the subject. Dr. Ezra has sent his latest attack
on me to some of the Jewish papers published in
this country and I certainly wouldn't lift a finger to
prevent its publication.
A
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NEIGHBOR of mine living in Tarentum, Pa.,
seems to think that I have been in the "dumps"
lately and in order to cheer me up and on sends me
the news that she has been chosen president of the
Allegheny Valley Woman's Club, with a member-
ship of 250, of which number only eight are Jew-
esses. She cites this as evidence of the increas-
ing good-will and tolerance in some of the smaller
communities of the country. I am aways glad to
record such incidents because they do show that
while there may sometimes exist "mass prejudice"
against the Jews that occasionally our friends do
rise above that and select some Jew or Jewess for
leadership, thus proving the point I have continu-
ally made that we should be judged as individuals
and not as a group. But I am afraid that minorities
are doomed to be always viewed in that light.
it looks very much as if the Jewish Book-
w ELL.
of-the-Month Club, or rather as it is now
known, the Jewish Book Club, is destined for a suc-
cessful career. If it is successful it will be the first
Jewish enterprise of an educational character that
has been created. I don't know the president, Dr.
Ralph Goldman of Chicago, but he seems to be ap-
greseive and progressive and much of what has
already been accomplished he must be given credit
for. I understand that the first book has been
selected and will be announced about Oct. 10. Dr.
George Fox of Chicago is chairman of the board of
judges. and other leading Jews such as Dr. Golden-
son of Pittsburgh, Prof. Isaac Husik, Prof. Harry
Wolfson. Prof. Louis Strauss. Mrs. Rebekah Kohut,
Louis Lipsky, Jacob Daisies, Rabbi Wolsey, who are
on the various committees to make the month-to-
month selections aseure the choice of worth-while
books of Jewish interest.
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Anti-Semitism, A Healthy
Influence
By ARTHUR SCHNITZLER
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As Told to David Ewen.
fully than any other influence
know of at the present moment,
patriotism for his race, rind a love
for his brother-Jews. That is why
I say that anti-Semitism is a
healthy influence.
And then, why should we not rec-
More than once during the course
oncile ourselves gracefully to sonic-
of my life have I come into contact
thing that is so obviously inevit-
with anti-Semitism. The first time
able as anti-Semitism is? Nothing
I stumbled against it, I remember that we can do can possibly over-
today very clearly; evidently it had come and put an end to anti-Semi-
made a very profound impression
tism; it is simply out of the ques-'
on me at the time. I was then a tion. Anti-Semitism is a perfectly -
medical student at the university,
human failing of a perfectly Ltrnan
here in Vienna, and a few of us society. When a group of people i)
were banded together into a sort
different from the vast majerity, y.1,7
of philanthropic society whose mis-
that group of people is certain to
sion was to give charity to needy
be scorned and held in contempt.
students—not very much, just a
And when that group, though in a
few shillings to help them some-
minority, succeeds in forging to the
what. Before the society was very
many months old, discrimination front—in the world of art and in-
dustry and finance—envy is almost
set in. When a man was suggest-
certain to light up the contempt of
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ed for help, and his name was un-
the
majority into the mighty flame
mistakably Jewish, immediately he
of hate,
was subtly removed from every
Realizing this, namely that anti-
consideration. I was so struck by
this unfair treatment that poor Semitism is inevitable in a human
Jewish students received, that society, the Jew can to either of
two things. He can either elimi•
-a
for a long while I fought bitterly
against it. It was a hopeless fight, nate anti-Semitism by eliminating
that
which
caauses
it.
Or,
in
oother
as I soon realized—and before long
I was compelled to resign from the words, he can surrender his race
and its heritage. An absurd solu-
society. But after my graduation
from the university, I was to learn tion, to tie sure! The other, and
-3
far
more sensible, plan is simply
that anti-Semitism was an every-
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day prbolem. As a physician I per- to tolerate anti-Semitism as the
sonally encountered so much of it fate that inevitably belongs to the
that this, I am sure, more than any- Jew, a fate which cannot be
thing else served to bring me sharp- changed. Spinoza once wrote that
ly to Judaism and to an under- an evil which is inevitable ceases
to he an evil. For example, we
standing of and sympathy for its
(lie—certainly one of the most co-
problems.
lossal tragedies in the life of the
However, although when I first
human-being
(can anything be
encountered it, I was alarmed and
more
evil thandeath?) Yet, do we
infuriated at all anti-Semitism,
ever
stop
to
worry
over it? Nn.
however slight it might have been,
I am not one of those who today The fact that it is inevitable sim-
ply eliminates it as an evil; we
look upon it as a very grave prob-
accept it as a fact. Just so, should
lem. Not that I deny the exist-
ence of anti-Semitism everywhere, anti-Semitism he accepted. To
but, frankly, I do not think that it fight against it is useless and mere.
is a very important problem. As a ly serves to augment anti-Semitism,
and not to diminish it. One can-
matter of fact, I look upon anti-
Semitism as a healthy influence in not expect human-beings to be any-
thing but human. Their short-
the life of the Jew. Every once in
a while a Jew will come to me, his comings, however painful they may
face red with anger, his eyes flam- be sometimes, simply have to be
understood—and tolerated.
ing and desperate, and he will tell
Can't Eliminate Cause.
me how he has been the object of
some anti-Semite's obvious discrim-
I am often asked if I believe that
ination. I always try to calm such anti-Semitism will ever (lie. All
infuriated Jews and to tell them
things (lie in this world and some
that they should not, after all, take
day, in some way that I cannot for
such discrimination very seriously.
the moment foresee, anti-Semitism
It is just such discrimination— will go the way of all flesh. But
more than all the legends and re-
that day is far, far off. Anti-Semi-
ligious worship—I tell them, which
tism is destined to linger as long as
has kept Judaism palpitantly alive Jews remain Jews. I. or one thing,
through the ages. And it is true. the causes of anti-Semitism can
At least, I am convinced of it. Re- never he eliminated. Jews will al-
ligion, that is strict religious be-
ways be different; Jews will always
liefs according to age-old customs
I am sure, continue to be at the
and traditions, has with each pass- front of human activity; Jews
ing century become a weaker and
must always be in a minority. Jews
weaker influence in the life of the therefore will inevitably always he
ordinary Jew. We all see, each hated. And then, anti-Semitism is
day, how little it plays a part in
such a convenient something! It
the everyday life of you and me,
is co convenient to discriminate,
who, notwithstanding our disre-
when discrimination is necessary.
gard of the laws, still remain good
If, for example, a university is
Jews at heart. But though relig-
crowded, isn't it convenient to put
ious worship is becoming a weaker
a ban against Jews? And in the
influence, racial patriotism per-
case of our little philanthropic so-
sists tenaciously in the bent of ev- ciety wasn't discrimination against
ery Jew, and as strongly as ever the Jew started because it was con•
before. And the reason it does so, venient—namely, more of the mon-
is because the average Jew well
ey could go to Christian students?
realizes that he is envied, abused, Why, then, should seciety abandon
the object of the Christian world's anything no convenient? Especial-
morn and contempt. I do not, for ly since there is cause, from their
example, believe that Jews were point of view, for their discrimina-
ever so racially patriotic as in these tion? No. Some day perhaps a
sordid years, of the past century, race of Supermen will appear in
when they suffered the lash of per-
this world, in whom envy, hate,
secution.
malice and contempt will be alto-
gether foreign. But until such a
Anti-Semitism's Useful Purpose.
Vc
Persecution, fortunately, has time comes, the Jew is destined to
died out. Its legitimate off-spring suffer the stings and arrows of
anti-Semitism.
is anti-Semitism. And this anti-
Semitism, I say, is serving a very
However, as have already said
useful purpose in constantly re- before, the Jew should not feel too
minding the Jew that he is, after deeply against anti-Semitism.
all, very individual; that he is, af- Strange to say, anti-Semitism is an
ter all, very different from his evil which gives fruit to good. The
Christian neighbor; that his only
Christians hope to annihilate us
salvation in this world is to recog- with their contempt; their con-
nize this difference and to openly tempt really makes us flourish. For
acknowledge it. Anti-Semitism, I never are we Jews more truly con-
feel, is constantly serving the heal-
scious of our race as when we real-
thy purpose of bringing into the
ze that we are hated.
heart of every Jew, far more force-
(Copyright. 1930, J. T. A.I
EDITOR'S NOTE ,--Arthur Schnitzer.
the world-famous Jewish novelist end
drionsti•t. presents some interesting
views on the moot question 4,f •nti-Sem•
'Dem. Ilini(elf touched by the hand of
bigotry. Schnitver has stone unique ideas
on the smoblem and bow best to solve it.
IN THE PUBLIC EYE
David Pinski, Yiddish playwright and novelist, is having a net
novel, "The Generations of Noah Aden," published under the Macaula
imprint.
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A limited edition of 16 songs written by George Gershwin is to be
issued by Random House, with illustrations by Ralph Barton. The col-
lection will later be printed for the common people by Simon & Schuster.
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Emanuel Shinwell, secretary of mines in the Macdonald cabinet.
and the only Jewish member of the present Labor government, has het,
named head of the British coal delegation which left for a visit to Net-
way, Sweden and Denmark to study the British coal export market ie
these Scandinavian countries. Mr. Shinwell, who was also secretary el l
mines in the first Labor cabinet, was recently appointed to the cabin ;
after a period of service as financial secretary to the war office.
The Rev. Dr. Edward L. Israel. rabbi of the liar Sinai Temple, ha
even selected for the permanent chairmanship of Municipal Baltimore '
Commission on Stabilization of Employment. An permanent secretary
the commission chose Simon E. Sobeloff, deputy city solicitor.
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Paul C. Wolman, Baltimore Jewish attorney, was elected national
commander-in-chief of the Veteran. of Foreign Wars at the conclud-
ing session of that organization's thirty-first annual encampment. Mr.
Wolman Was elected by acclamation. In the contest for national chap-
lain, Rabbi Emanuel J. Jacks of Yonkers was unanimously elected,
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Two prominent Jews are included on a list of the spiritual and intel-
lectual leaders of the nation compiled by Prof. Robert F.. Rogers, of
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. at the request of the United
Press. Professor Rogers has selected 23 persons in contra-distinction
to the "59 rulers of America" selected by James W. Gerard. The two
Jews on the former list are Dr. Felix Adler and Walter Lippman.
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An honorary membership in the Wuerzberg Geographical Society
was conferred upon Dr. Franz Boas, famous Jewish professor of anthro-
pology at Columbia University, at the concluding or :len of the Amen -
canist Congress in Hamburg. Dr. Boas, who is 72, ls one of the world's
most eminent anthropologists and • member of the leading scientific
societies of the world.
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International scientists' day at Koenigsberg was opened by the most
famous scientists from all parts of the world with the celebration of the
eightieth birthday of Prof. Eugene Goldstein, eminent physicist and
discoverer of the canal rays and other electro-physical phenomena. Dr.
Goldstein spent much of his life in poverty, utilizing his scanty income
to finance his experiments which led to the discovery of the canal rays.
During the reign of Wilhelm 11, Dr. Goldstein was never able to obtain
a government position because he consistently refused to be baptized.
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