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THE HERZL FAMILY
In spite of the repeated prophecies, in
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and out of the season, of the approaching
By JACOB DE HAAS
demise of the Yiddish Theater, the valiant
Charles ff. Joseph
Entered as Seeond•cla. matter March 6, 1916, at the Post.
office at Detroit. Mich., under the Art of March I, IBM.
effort of the Hebrew Actor's Union to es-
NOTE.—The death of Paul- ists of his haggard figure apnea! -
General Offices and Publication Building
I RECEIVED a genuine surprise the other day. In Ins EDITOR'S
tablish a chain of theaters throughout the
Ileral, Theodor Hera. daughter, and
in the Zionist office after he
By DAVID SCHWARTZ
looking over a newspaper I read a list of 10 out- the suicide of Ilan. Herz! at his sister's
^ '—
525 Woodward Avenue
United States and Canada, with the actors
had spent an anxious night by th •
funeral.
brought
into the limelight the
standing religious leathers in America today, given
Telephone: Cadillac 1040 Cobbe Address% Chronicle
story of the Ifers1 family which iv now
bedside of Paula or Trude. Sow•
working on a profit-sharing basis with the
by
Rabbi
Stephen
S.
Wise.
And
I
confess
my
com-
London Office
BROADWAY LOSES LURE
reduced to one purview.. Mr. De Ila.,
14 Stratford Place, London, W. 1, England
plete astonishment when I noted that the rabbi who the biographer of Theodor Hers!, and • of Ilerzl's most brilliant articles
managers and owners of theaters, promises
Under Jewish sponsorship, a
received this honor was Dr. Henry Cohen of Gal- friend of the literal family, tell. the were evoked by his love for his
hotel
with
1,000
rooms
is
being
to
save
the
Yiddish
stage.
$3.00
Per
Year
children. The celebrated essay
Subscription, in Advance
veston, Texas. When I make this statement please story of the 'feral family.
rushed to completion in the Times do not think that it was in any way derogatory to
"Kishineff," which I reproduced
To Insure publication, all correspondent.. and new. matter
The
closing
of
America's
doors
to
immi-
Square district. One wonders at one of the finest leaders in American Jewry, but
For
the
children
of
the
great
full
in my biography, was elicite I
must reach this office by Tuesday evening of each week.
the rush, in the face of the present just because it was so totally unexpected. There
paternal
achievement
often
is
a
by
a question of Trude, who, a,
only.
peva
When
mailing
notices,
kindly
use
one
side
of
the
gration
and
the
subsequent
decline
of
the
YI
situation, when New York hotels are no many other rabbis who are better advertised cross hard to bear. In my Mind Madame Neumann, is now the sol
Yiddish language, the inroads of the talkies are no loudly bewailing their lot.
The Detroit Jewish Chronicle invites correspondence on
(lays
I
watched
the
struggles
of
survivor
of the family. The chil-
and more widely known than Henry Cohen that
Picts of Interest tc the Jewish people, but disclaims reationol•
and other conditions have stepped in to Never before have they been no such names, for example, as Silver, Philipson, Ilerbert Gladstone, who wanted to dren's life, as far as I witnessed i ,
Milt, for an indomemint of the views gap 66666 d by the writers
scantily filled, and not a small per-
shine
as
a
parliamentarian,
in
the
was
a
struggle
between the moth-
hurt the Yiddish stage and to threaten its centage of them are in the hands Franklin, Goldenson, Wolsey, Newman, Mann, I.ef- presence of his father, William er's natural assimilation
Sabbath Readings of the Torah.
and th •
might have immediately occurred to the
existence. These dangers continue to exist, of receivers. Not a few of the kowitz,
Pentateuchal portion—Deut. 32.
Ewart
Gladstone.
Ile
never
sac-
ever-growing
Jewish
consciousness
reader. It just goes to prove that there are any
Reading of the Law for First Day of Succoth,
and can be overcome o only if the actors and large hotels, too, were built by number of rare souls in our group that are not traded in bring anything more of the poetizing and tradition-
Jews.
Tuesday, Oct. 7.
than the son of his father. In this weaving father. How far this •
fully appreciated even by a journalist who is ex-
their managers will act wisely in striving
Of course, the depression ex- pected to know thoroughly "Who's Who in Ameri- country those so inclined may have contradictions affected them i
Pentateuchal portion—Lev. 22:26-23-44; Num.
29:12-16.
constantly to improve the Yiddish stage and plains in some measure the alacrity can Jewry." So curiosity prompted me to look up symputhetically observed that at- later life 1 do not know. From my
guests, but if you talk to any of some data on Dr. Cohen and here is what I have
Prophetical portion—Zecharia 14.
tempt of the sons of Theodore knowledge of Hans, I should say
thereby retain the confidence of the thea- of
the hotel men for a time, you will
Readings of the Torah for Second Day of Succoth,
Roosevelt to achieve independent not at all.
found, though it by no means tells the story of the
ter-going Jewish public.
soon learn there is another reason.
Tuesday, Oct. 8.
reputations. Perhaps only their
After Ilerzl's death a fund was
man of Dr. Wise's choosing. •
And that is, that as an attraction
Pentateuchal portion—Lev. 22:26-23:44; Num.
sister Alice has sufficient personal. organized by the leading Zionists,
The fact that Yiddish is on the decline, center New York is a good deal
29:12-16,
ity, the men are not more than the and what was regarded as a fair
out.
Prophetical portion—I Kings 8:2-21.
RABBI COI1EN was educated in Jews College,
sons of Theodore. I believe that, provision was made for the widow
and threatens to drag everything written or played
It's sad but true. It is a fact,
Readi•ge of the Torah for Choi Hamad Succooth.
London, and the Hebrew Union College, Cincin- too, was the fate of Todd I.incoln. and children. Except that they
Thursday, Num. 29:17-25; Friday, Num. 29:20-28.
that
not
more than half the guests
spoken in it with it, does not detract from
Jewish publish-
nati. Ile has been in Galveston, Texas, since 1888. Apart from the shadow of a great
not believe
that used to anticipate seeing Now what follows gives some light on why Dr. Wise family role, to which it is difficult (ii
with
l
ve httaot
th
ere
beli
areig
Tishri 11, 5691 the cultural value of the Yiddish stage. Nor Broadway bright lights linger in made his selection. Rabbi Cohen is president of the
October 3, 1930
live up, it seems fairly clear what they regarded as their legal
Gotham
nowadays.
And
the
rens-
that
genius
is
not
passed
from
gen-
property,
their
interest
in
royalties
Lasker
Home
for
Friendless
Children;
a
member
of
should it be forgotten that scores of people
son for this is merely that many of the executive board of the Union of American He-
eration to generation. It may and copyrights, I heard no coin-
The Detroit Service Group.
who have forsaken the Yiddish language the towns throughout the country brew Congregations; honorary vice-president of the recur, but not in orderly sequence. plaints from them, but then I was
now offer pretty much the same Jewish Publication Society of America; chairman
The children of Theodor Herz!, not in Europe from 1904 to 1919,
Few communities in the country can are nevertheless attracted to the Yiddish opportunities for amusement that of the arbitration committee of the Central Con- two of whom died in the past two and our correspondence was fugi-
New York affords.
weeks, were in a measure victims five
ference
American
Rabbis;
member
executive
coun-
But
B wasnoc
in all l my
onl,
n itb
irieg,nula
trb. ere
stage
for
which
they
retain
a
deep-rooted
lksw
and
ir.
boast of as influential, as colorful and as
Thousands formerly anticipated cil of the American Jewish Historical Society; coun- of a world-wide solicitude for their talks
valuable a communal body as the Detroit love and interest. In this class are not neces- the pleasures of the New York cil of direction Immigration Publication Society, welfare. They never measured up plaint against the Zionist organize-
shows, but with the talkies and the
New York; supervisor District 18, Dept. Synagogue
to expectations and their tragedy tion, or against Zionists person.
Service Group of the Jewish Welfare Feder- sarily included foreign-born alone, but are radios available everywhere, your and School Extension, Union of American Hebrew has become a sort of palimsest ally.
visitor does not get very
remarkable
a
their
Congregation; president Texas Historical Society;
Question of Eccentricity.
ation. First in every important Jewish cam- also to be counted thousands of native-born average
excited about Broadway theatri- member advisory council Library Southern Litera-
career. When
Herz)
It may be argued that it was un-
Jews.
cals.
Hotel
men
tell
me
that
thou-
in the full bloom of manhood in wise to bring him to England and
ture, Atlanta, Ga.; member executive committee
paign, it is the personnel of this group that
sands who formerly saved to go to
1904t he Zionists felt guilty. Theyvide
Immigrants' Information Bureau; chairman home
pro him with an English edu.
Therefore we hail every wise act on the New York now use the money to service
was responsible for the successful drives of
had permitted the leader to carry cation, instead of allowing him to
section American Red Cross; member execu-
go
to
Florida
or
the
coast.
part
of
the
actor's
union
which
will
assure
the
burden
of
the
movement
to
his
grow
up in Vienna and become a
tive
committee
Prisons
and
Prison
Labor
of
Texas,
the past four years. By raising the bulk of
old gray mare isn't what
and other organizations. But above and beyond all
own undoing, and to the possible Viennese, but having had no hand
the success of the Yiddish theater, and we she The
used to be.
the sums asked in the 1926, 1929 and 1930
these affiliations there must be something else, as penury of his widow and children. in the matter, my impartial judg-
especially greet the opening of the Detroit
Herz) had willingly chosen the ment is that the tragedy of his
while these in themselves are commendable, yet
drives, through the large donations of the Yiddish playhouse, which continues to func-
WHERE THE CATCH IS
path of hard resistance. Ile knew existence and that of his sister
they cannot tell the whole story of the spiritual
gnottocodm
o ewtiotbEn, gni
Whatever one may think of leadership of this man. Maybe Dr. Wise will tell he could not lead Jews and at the
wealthier Jews in the community, this tion under the able direction of Mr. Abra-
same time accept a salary from lia'anutl,inhaadwhnoot(hilidn
us
why
he
singled
from
among
all
the
rabbis
in
the
Lord Melchett, however one may
group practically guaranteed that the funds ham Littman,
them. Ile knew, moreover, that vironment. Perhaps if psycho-
disagree with his views, it must be United States, Dr. Henry Cohen, of Texas.
the powerful non-Zionist snobs- analysis had been practiced on
admitted that they are always in-
needed for various local, national and inter-
cracy, which masks as Jewish aris- then)
their eadd eustc e tebee, rwt se,y,,
terestingly put.
AM
willing
to
risk
an
answer
to
almost
any
tocracy, would treat him as an em-
hionvetht'u.
I am thinking of his address be- I
national causes would be subscribed by De-
The Situation in Germany.
question but I received an inquiry from a young
ployee though they did not help to but I seriously doubt it.
fore a group of business men, in
man living in Pittsburgh that involves such a re-
troit Jewry.
fill his purse. With some enlarge-
There is nothing in the paternal
As a result of the victory of the German which he commended America for sponsibility in answering it that frankly I hesitate. ment, this still holds good. He
olrl eirnzsl nt ihtayt
But it is not in Jewish causesalone that Fascisti, under the leadership of the notor- its high tariff.
But
it
seems
to
me
that
it
should
provide
material
who pays any piper believes he hassuggests eccentricityyr
That wasstrange talk coming
discussion among the readers of this column. the right to call all the tunes in On the mother's side there was
the Detroit Service Group has devoted its ious anti-Semite, Adolf Hitler, in the recent from an Englishman, who mani- for
The rabbis are cordially invited to give it their at- Jewish life.
acceptance to an old tradition, nut
would be interested in see-
tention. I have my own ideas on the question sub-
energies. Sinse its formation it has become German election, the world sat up to take festly
at all unique, that owing to the
Financed Zionist Publications.
ing America lower its tariff.
Hence Ilerzl was a volunteer Spanish origin of the family it was
But the catch was in the last mitted, but for the present discretion is the better
one of the most important individual factors notice. Jews throughout the world are
part
of
valor.
Ilere
is
the
letter:
who
struggled
between
the
absorp-
of
Davidic descent, and therefore
sentence.
in Detroit Community Fund drives. By can- anxious over the safety of the life and prop-
"We think so much of your tariff
lion of his time by Zionism and had claim to kinship with the Men-
Dear Mr. Joseph:
the
hours
needed
to
maintain
his
Fiats.
But I do not believe that
we in England intend to fol-
vassing the well-to-do Jews in the commun- erty of German Jewry ; and the non-Jewish that
family with the aid of his pen. We that vein of mysticism was ex-
One of the favorite topics of discussion
world is wondering how the anti-Semitic low suit. It will undoubtedly
are still far from the end of this pounded until Herz' had become
among Jews is tolerance, or rather intolerance,
ity, this body was able to secure an honor- minds of the successful Fascist party lead- please you, as it pleases everyone,
paradox. Jews still esteem only the full-fledged Zionist leader, anti
others follow their thoughts."
of the Goyim toward Jews.
able showing for local Jewry in the final ers will act when they get to the Reichstag, when
voluntary service, and their best his adhesion to the cause needed
That is rubbing it in all right!
Very little or nothing is said about the intol-
appreciation
of a writer is his free explanation even within the tam-
tabulations of the fund's incomes.
erance of the Jews toward other Jews who
and what effect the latest election results
gift of his mental offspring. It ily circle. Nordau, by the way, had
HORSES AND HOLIDAYS
believe differently than they.
The sad economic conditions of the pres- will have on the peace of the world.
thus
came
about
that Ilerzl's bril- a similar tradition about himself,
Just at this time there are probably endless
Jewish Tribune Wallach tells it.
liance in "Die Welt," the best and I was intimate enough with
ent time again place the Service Group in
Two non-Jews were discussing the
arguments between pious parents and their un-
For
the
Jew,
of
course,
the
situation
is
Jewish
publication
ever issued, his both men to induce them to make
day on which Yom Kippur falls.
believing or indifferent offspring. It seems to
the forefront of communal needs and activ-
"Altneuland" and "Das Neue no reference to it even in intimate
me the height of intolerance for a father to
not only unpleasant but critical. In Berlin They could not agree and decided
ities, in the forthcoming Community Fund
"Ghetto"
and
even
the editions of circles, because in those early
try to compel his children to believe, either
to put the query to a Jewish
last week, the Ilitlerite leader, M. Goebbels, friend.
his "Jewish State" were published Zionist days I held that we had
inwardly or outwardly, as he does. I doubt
drive. Past experiences lead us to believe
at
his
own
expense,
to
his serious more to fear from a recrudescence
who was not so long ago fined for slander-
So forthwith they marched to
very much whether Christian fathers stress
that this body will emerge triumphant when
financial loss. Even in the last of Shabbathai Zevism than from
church attendance as much as our own Ortho-
ing President Von Hindenburg, threatened: him:
two
years
I
have
had
to
fight for all the protest-rabbis in the world.
the day arrives for it to report the results
dox parents.
"Say, Milton, when does Yom
"I am told that the Jews possess the only Kippur
the pittance which was due the It is a now forgotten fact that the
come?"
What does it matter as long as a man or
of its efforts in the great communal relief
children
under
the
copyright
laws. appearance of Herzl and the con-
"I don't know anything about
woman's ethics are all that they should be—
measures to prevent the success of some of
effort to begin October 20. The general
Editors and publishers who will vening of the first Zionist Con-
the reply,
and one does not have to attend religious serv-
our leaders. When a single Ilitlerite falls horse races," was —
weep
over
Hanes
tragic
end.
and gress did stir some Messianic ex-
ices to attain a high standard of ethics—with
depression, the need to assure the continued
mourn the public neglect of the citement. I went to the length of
we shall answer with a pogrom on the
all due respect to our rabbis.
A "FAST" HORSE
functioning of the existing Jewish agencies,
Ilerzl
children,
had
to
be
brought
tracing a number of mystical le-
Parents would command the respect of their
If I am not mistaken, some
Jews." This threat of massacres reveals
to reason by threats of legal ac- geniis that floated about Semlin in
which are affiliated with the Detroit Com-
children more readily if they (the parents) did
ago there was a horse run-
the aberration of mind of the Fascisti, and years
tion. The Herzl fortune, not a Hungary, from which place the
not try to force their religious beliefs upon
munity Fund, and the call to public service justifies Jewish anxiety over the new turn ning in one of the English derbies
large one, was thus invested in Ilerzl family came, but they proved
them.
with the name of Yom Kippur and
that comes to every Jew, compel our people of affairs in Germany.
unprofitable literary Zionist ven- as unsubstantial as most stories of
I have a vague recollection that it
tures. In addition Ilerzl was the that kind. As to the Nashauer
to do their just share in the corning drive.
made a very good showing. Cer-
WISH that every Jew would read the article in
contributor in his own time family, I know nothing of its his-
There is only slight consolation in the tainly, judging by its name, it I the current issue of the Atlantic Monthly, writ. largest
of Zionist propaganda. Lastly, he tory.
have been a "fast" horse.
warning of the London Sunday Referee that should
suffered a great drain on his re-
H■ ns'. Morbidity.
One of those horrible puns, but ten by Owen Tweedy, an Englishman. It deals
Restoring the Fallen Sukkah of David. "a Hitlerite war on the Jews can only mean I refuse to apologize any further with Zionism, and the whole Palestinian situation. sources in the form of gifts with As to l'aulina, who was F'rau
Let the Zionist and the non-Zionist read it with an
which to placate a wife, who was Paulin• Ilift-Ilerzl, if she had not
for
puns,
in
the
light
of
a
pro-
Sukkah, or booth, the symbol of the Feast the breakdown of Germany's economic fessor's recent disclosure of nu- open mind. It is one of the most sensible and un- not at all placated by these pres- been Theodor Ilerzl's daughter her
derstanding discussions of the situation in Pales- ents and who objected to being the erratic tendencies would have
of Tabernacles which commences at sun- machinery." This paper stated : "From an merous puns in the Bible.
grass-widow of a man who, for readily escaped attention. Ilan.
the professor revealed that tine that I have ever read. Mr. Tweedy sounds a
warning that should make some of us stop and con-
down on Monday, typifies the life of the internal point of view a Ilitlerite coup no Yes,
purposes in which she was little distinctly suffered from the corn-
less a man that Isaiah made
d'etat
can
only
mean
economic
disaster
in
sider.
Most
of
the
time
we
are
fed
with
prejudiced
interested, continually traveled.
at nde
b aheieme pstt•,lfl.
alisa t he
nly could
ckonu ow nn o
wandering Jewish people down the ages.
frequent use of puns. One of the
marry dn. but
opinions either for or against Zionism, but here we
Zionist INeaattrauersbdeid
only
Germany,
while
Hitler's
anti-Jewish
sear
instances
he
cited
was
the
sent-
To this very day it is the symbol of the
have
the
opinion
of
an
Englishman
who,
I
think,
proudly
nta
as his father's son. There is no
ence: "Im lo saaminu, to eavah-
homelessness of millions in Israel. For many will result in a breakdown in Germany's menu." "If you do not believe, tries to view the issue impartially. I particularly tied a handsome man with the reasoning with that type of new-
commend to the attention of the editors of the prospects of a great literary ca- bidity for it sees in every act of
of our people, during the war and pogrom economic machinery because it is largely you shall not be established." In Jewish press.
reer, a man who by virtue of that kindness an added injustice and it
the pun is of course lost,
reputation could introduce her into repression toward personal inferi-
periods, even the frail Sukkah would have the Jewish elements that make the eco- English
but in Ilebrew, there is a play on
nomic
wheel
go
round
in
Germany."
For
the
best and most desirable circles ority. If he had any great gifts
similar words.
been welcomed as a home.
man Hitler is a menace. One is amazed
in Vienna. To her mind Vienna he did not exhibit them. He struck
T HAT
the Fascist this may even be an argument
And the professor revealed that
that such a character could have found enough
was the beginning and the end of me as slow and somewhat ponder-
Now, on the beautiful festival of Sukkoth, in favor of oppressing the Jew, because they the prophets were quite prone to following
to make himself an important factor in
a world surrounded by some de- sus, particularly so in 1919, when
Jews will again pray for the final restora- will infer from this the age-worn fable that these word plays.
the political life of Germany. He was imprisoned
sirable sorts. She had no hanker- he was bowed down with the bur-
And I do not think any the and was released before the expiration of his sent.
tion of the "fallen Sukkah of David." And the Jew controls everything.
less of them on that account, ence. For years he has been a rabid anti-Semite ing after foreign parts, and even den of this sorrow. In his talks
the boulevards of Paris, where she with me at that time this was his
it may well be that this restoration will
rather more, for the conclusion is
the Jews of Germany have good cause for lived in the early years of her only grievance. He laid no claim
Nevertheless, it would be a mistake for plain that the prophets were not and
come through the young, brave and stal-
uneasiness at the growth of their enemy's power.
wedded life, did not compart with to leadership or authority, though
merely inspired semi-angels walk-
:to
Hitler's loose talk when he appeared as a wit-
the Ring, the Prater Allee, and the in some way he made me feel that
so
wart in Jewry who are making their aim Jews to despair in an hour of crisis. There ing about with messages from on And
ness at a trial indicates what a calamity it is when
is
no
doubt
that
the
Ilitlerite
victory
is
Danube bridge. The tragedy of he was a hanger-on in a movement
high, but very human, and they
the rebuilding of Jewish life, and whose
erratic and irresponsible minds are given the reins. Ilerzl's domestic tragedy were well in which he might have played an-
sought in every human way to
much
more
attributable
to
the
economic
If he had his way the Versailles treaty would be
constructive efforts are done from a Sukkah
known facts in intimate Zionist other part. I did not accept that
catch the ears of the multitude. another scrap of paper. German statesmen once
circles. Sir Francis Montefiore seriously. I did not even assume
as headquarters. It is the indestructibilty despair than it is to the hatred of the Jew, And a good pun would help do tried
to
make
of
another
treaty
a
scrap
of
paper,
as
offered
her his town house in Lon- that he was a Zionist and had no
readers will recall, with the result that the mon-
of the Jewish spirit, as signified by the Suk- and the former has brought about an in- that.
don, his country seat, and presen- conception either mentally or
—8--
crease
in
the
latter.
The
appeals
to
Jews
archy was scrapped. It is reported that Ilitlerites tation at Buckingham Palace, but otherwise a successor of his father.
kah, that moves the settlers in the colonies
DANCING AND YOM KIPPUR
would like to see all Jews who cameto Germany shepreferred Vienna. She believed He told me that he was a Jewish
in Palestine to struggle and labor for the to be calm, by a group of Jewish leaders
Strange it is but it seemsto me
prior to 1914 expelled (this is merely a rumor).
Zionism brought her husband to nationalist as a matter of convic-
headed
by
Prof.
Albert
Einstein,
fairly
well
that
the
"feasting"
holiday
is
the
They would also impose upon all Jews severe eco-
creation of a center out of which is once
an early grave, and therefore nat- tion and was keenly interested in
most popular holiday in the Jews nomic restrictions. If a Jew publishes a newspaper
sums
up
the
situation.
We
are
inclined
also
urally
hated the cause and all its the general tendencies of Zionism,
more to go forth the law and the word of
ish religious calendar. Certainly,
that fact would have to be announced on the first works. She tried to influence her without being elated by the event,
the Lord. The Sukkah is the home of these to agree with the conclusions drawn by a judging from the attendance at page and the Jewish shield of David, the six-pointed three children with no marked suc- which had made his father' ,
44 pioneers, but they are creating in spite of political observer writing for the Jewish synagogue and temple, it would ap- star, would have to accompany such announce- cess; she died before they attained dreams come true. Ile was pleased
pear to be.
ment. It is interesting that the Fascist group of
maturity.
but not excited, more worried
all difficulties a firm and solid foundation Telegraphic Agency, when he states:
In Talmudic days, I gather, it which Hitler is the leader tried to "milk" Ilenry
about himself than aught else.
An Emotional Father.
was
quite
frequent
for
the
young
Ford
four
or
five
million
dollars
to
help
the
cause.
for a structure which is to be the restored
In 1924 and 1925 he seemed
It is in general illogical to ascribe the
Herz!
besides
being
a
Zionist
people to gather together on that
But Ford has grown shy of such schemes. The
present victory of the Ilitlerites to the growth
Sukkah of David,
and a writer was an emotional b urdened. by his inferiority.
day for dancing.
Peace Ship and the Dearborn Independent have
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Great Men and History.
In a test made recently among six-year-
old children in an eastern school, to deter-
: mine what they most want to know about,
the reply came that they were most eager
to know about the lives, first of Lindbergh,
second of Lincoln and third of Washington.
The lesson in the results of this test is not
to be taken lightly. Long before Carlyle
said that "the history of the world is the
history of great men." For generations
peoples have been inspired by biography,
by the achievements of the world's gen-
C 4 iuses.
It is perhaps to the worst detriment of
our people that our youth does not know
the stories of Jewish heroes, that young
Jews are not acquainted with the Jewish
personalities who made Jewish and world
history. Let such study be encouraged and
furthered and Jewry will gain from It
strengthened devotion and loyalty from its
youth.
of anti-Semitism in Germany. One cannot
measure the anti-Semitic sentiment in Ger-
many by the strength of the Hitler group in
the Reichstag, since not anti-Semitism but the
general feeling of despair has sent such a
large number of National-Socialists to the
German parliament. When the first feeling
of ,surprise at the National-Socialist victory in
Germany wears off, the political world in gen-
eral, and the Jews in particular, will reelize
that the fear engendered by Hitler's success
WAS exaggerated. Soon the Ilitlerites them-
selves will learn that one can make flaming
speeches against "alien peoples and alien
races" in a Munich beer cellar but that one
must be somewhat restrained when sitting in
parliament, where there is a certain responsi-
bility for one's words.
The saddest element in the victory of the
German anti-Semites is the rise of the num-
ber of outspoken Jew-haters in the Reich-
stag from four percent in the imperial days
to 18.6 percent in the newly elected parlia-
ment. But even this figure must not be per-
mitted to cause despair in Jewish ranks. A
united Jewish front is needed to counteract
the threatened dangers, and confidence
must rule in Israel's ranks everywhere that
even this crisis will pass, to the detriment
of the modern liamans.
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been more than enough without adventuring further
into fields far removed from the automobile indus-
try. In the meantime we shall await with interest,
coupled with uneasiness, the progress of the Hitler
movement.
Not no many years ago, of
course, it was the habit of those
who desired to annoy the religious
minded to gather together at Yom
Kippur balls. All of that is gone
now. The atheistically inclined
seemingly are pretty nearly all
gone, while Yom Kippur goes
marching on—as ever.
A
YOUNG man who visited Oberammergau and
witnessed the Passion Play, called to see me
the other day to relate an interesting incident.
After attending the play, which lasted from morn-
ing until evening, he went to a restaurant in the
village. It was crowded and the waiter asked him
if he had any objection to seating others at his
table. Agreeable to the suggestion, a few moments
later three or four men sat down with him and he
Immediately recognized them as Oberammergau
players. One of them portrayed the part of Judas,
and he opened a conversation with the young man
in question, who he recognized as a Jew. Judas said
that all of them recognized that there was criticism
of the Passion Play by the Jews because it was
charged that the play offended them. And he was
eager to discover in what way the presentation was
offensive to the Jews. This, my acquaintance could
not point out except to say that it made him, as a
Jew, feel "uncomfortable." It seems that there is
a desire on the part of those associated with the
play to do what they can to correct those parts that
may be objectionable to the Jew. Frankly, I do not
see how that is possible because the very drama-
tization of such a tragedy as the death of Jesus,
and showing the part that the Jews directly or indi-
rectly played in that tragedy, is, in itself, enough
to create prejudice that no pruning can possibly
eliminate.
THE OLDEST
OLDEST YOM KIPPUR
STORY
The oldest Yom Kippur story, I
believe, is the one about the Jew
who came to the rabbi asking for
forgiveness.
"Rabbi, I committed a great sin
—I didn't make a benediction be-
fore eating."
"How is it that you failed to env
a Beracha?"
"Well, you see, rabbi, I didn't
wash my hands before eating, so I
couldn't say the Beracha."
"Well, why didn't you wash
your hands?"
"Well, you see, rabbi, I was eat-
ing some ham, and I could hardly
go through the ritual washing for
that."
"How comes a Jew to eat
ham?"
"Well, you see, rabbi, it was
Yom Kippur, and I couldn't get
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father. Ile loved his children with had acquired an excellent English
f style,
translated
more
than the average
paternal at- some French and
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faction. His relationship to his
on some
popular volumes
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parents were of the same intense German
books—his
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time
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had
inter-
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him
the reality of hi;
and there are plenty of stories still
in 1928
for in the
current among old Viennese Zion-
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The 'Building of the Succah
By H. SNOWMAN
"Dwell ye in booths," thus reads the sacred page;
In booths, frail shelter 'gainst the storm and wind:
And lo, in booths we dwell through all our pilgrimage!
"And the shadow shall be more than sun's bright rays ;"
The shadow more than sun, soft filtering through :
Alas the shadow more than sun on all our ways!
"But ye shall see the stars through, shining clear;"
The stars, above the storm-rack and the night:
Ah, yes, we still can see the star through ; God in near!
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