~ iE fETROI Published Weakly by The Josiah Chronicle Publishing Co., Inc. Entered ae Second-class matter March 3, 1913, at the Post- office at Detroit. Mich., under the Act of March /1. 11179. General Offices and Publication Building 525 Woodward Avenue Telephone: Cadillac 1040 Cable Addreee: Chronicle London Office 14 Stratford Place, London, W. 1, England Subscription, in Advance $3.00 Per Year To insure publication, ell correspondence and news matter must reach this otlice by Tuesday evening of each week. When mailing notice., kindly use one side of the paper only. The Detroit Jewish Chronicle invites correspondence on sub- jects of interest tc the Jewish people, but disclaims reeponsi- bolt, for an indoreeintnt of the views iraprissiled by the writer* 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. The New Jewish Encyclopedia. .5W bt ,, , :ixtez i= 8=t6AV, yt yt ktlytt= jnqgtt ztyp6y Aztstyj.,Vt*z,ti y tr;j:? tsV iz rt tz EDLTR0IVEWIS11 ORM ICLE (fIRONICLE 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. e 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. —e— 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 (Turn to Next Page) rrYITYYT6P-T1, raVTAT'eAVAXMAKI,LiVa."-nr,S7,1,7"'" ' 74 tA 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. • 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 •— 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. 61;YT.WF(TgristrirrEff • " `' b le le Anti-Semitism, A Healthy Influence By ARTHUR SCHNITZLER .17 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 "..a4+ 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- •'4+ 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. • • • 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. • • • 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. • • 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, • • • 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. • • • 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. • • • 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. .4+ :3 :4+ :3 .4+