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Sabbath Readies. of the Law

Pentateuchal portion—Ex. 35:1-4U:38; 12-1;20.
Prophetical portion—Ezek. 45:16-46:18.
Rosh Chodesh Nisan Reading of the Law, Thurs-
day, March 19, Num. 28:1-15.

March 13, 1931

Adar 24, 5691

Legion Should Postpone Convention.

The precedent already having been set
in favor of postponement of its convention,
in order that the religious sentiments of its
Jewish members should not be violated, we
see every reason why the American Legion
should not start its sessions on Yom Kip-
pur day. With close to seven months re-
maining in which to complete preparations
for the convention, there is hardly an ex-
cuse left for adhering to the originally set
date.

The Detroit Jewish committee, acting in
behalf of the Jewish Legionnaires, is right
when it maintains that it would be wrong
to cause Jewish members of the Legion to
stay away from the convention on account
of Yom Kippur, or to compel them to stay
away from their families on that clay. And
Mayor Murphy is to be commended for the
part he is playing in asking for a change
in the convention date.
The American Legion executive commit-
tee should act at once to change the origi-
nally set date.

Immigration Legislation.

Thanks to our good friends in the United
States Senate, the bill which passed the
House of Representatives, and which would
practically have put a complete stop to im-
migration to this country, is now a dead
letter. Senators Copeland and Wagner of
New York, King of Utah, Tydings of Mary-
land and Walsh of Massachusetts prepared
a fillibuster which frustrated every effort
of Senator Reed of Pennsylvania to force
a vote on the measure which passed the
lower House.

Although Congressman Dickstein, who
gallantly fought against the discriminating
measure, with the aid of Representatives
LaGuardia, O'Connor and others, is opti-
mistic that the Seventy-Second Congress
will be less hostile to the immigrant, it is a
fact that the air is charged with hatred
for the foreigner. This prejudice might be
offset by means of a campaign of education,
and the immigrant groups in this country
ought to be organized in defense of their
rights and the rights of those who seek to
be united with their less fortunate families
overseas.

That there is need for such an organized
educational campaign is proven by the
votes of Representatives McLeod and
Clancy. Detroit's two Congressmen, al-
ways classed among the friends of the im-
migrant, this time cast their lot with his
enemies. Why? They will no doubt be
asked this question by many of their con-
stituents. But it is well to remember that
their unfavorable action might have been
prevented if they were to be kept informed
on the true conditions, and if it were ex-
plained to them what an injustice the bill
would prove to many of their constituents
who would be separated from'their

One thing is certain: the immigrant foe
is in the saddle. To guarantee the elemen-
tary rights of human beings, that they may
not be separated from their families, the
friends of the immigrant must be prepared
to secure as much justice for their element-
tary rights as they possibly can.

Bigotry Plays the Game.

Human nature appears to be destined
never to change, and bigotry seems assured
of a permanent place in the breast of man-
kind. No better proof is to be found for
this than the recurrence of the ritual mur-
der lie on the eve of the Passover festival.
From Russia, Czecho-Slovakia and other
countries in Europe, and even from the
vicious Arab paper Falastin of Palestine,
come these symptoms of hatred and
bigotry.
From time to time Jews and Chritsians of
the liberal class express convictions that
good will is gaining momentum and that
better relations will eventually be estab-
lished for the good and the brotherhood of
all mankind. But when a leader of the
Bezbozhniki or the Society of the Godless
in Russia, Gospodin Sovostin, picks up the
cry of the ignorant and declares at a meet-
ing of Jews in Tula, Russia, that Jews still
kill Christian children whose blood they
use in preparing matzoth, then the hopes
of the liberals and fair-minded must fade.
True, the Soviet is instituting an investiga-
tion into Sovostin's libel, but the fact that
the lie is being picked up periodically at
the Passover season is enough to arouse des-
pair over humanity's corruptions.

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The Charity-Begins-at-Hom e Idea.

As a result of the present economic de-
pression, there is developing a new philoso-

phy on philanthropy and on works of char-
ity. Many have been heard to say that
"charity begins at home," implying the
double meaning that their own relations
come first and that only those in the immed-
iate community should be helped.
In both implications there are notes
which threaten danger to the entity of the
Jewish people. At no time in all our his-
tory, even in most threatening periods, did
any group of Jews risk the adoption of
such a principle of living. On the contrary,
in times of national danger, the poorest of
the poor came to the aid of the entire group,
no matter where it lived. One city always
felt it right to call upon another for as-
sistance in time of disaster. Because the
accepted Jewish rule is that "all Israel is
responsible one for another."
It is difficult to understand those people
who ascribe local troubles to the fact that
Jews continue to aid their brethren in East-
ern and Central Europe, or are joining in
the great and historic task of Palestine's
reconstruction. While it is true that addi-
tional funds might then come forth for lo-
cal relief needs--although we doubt wheth-
er large additional sums would then be
forthcoming because contributions to such
relief funds are given on their merits re-
gardless of other campaigns--the fact that
refusal to aid less fortunate groups over-
seas would thus disrupt the unity of Israel
would more than offset the advantages. In
the long run, such a policy of "charity be-
gins at home" would carry with it a suicid-
al philosophy.

Those who claim the right to judge what
is anti what is not good charity will find
food for thought in the address delivered
at the annual meeting of the national coun-
cil of the Jewish Welfare Board in New
York City on Feb. 22 by Justice Irving Leh-
man, president of the council. Said Justice
Lehman:

Certainly these are trying days for some
men and women who support communal en-
deavors, but the permanent capacity of the
contributing public as a whole to maintain
essential social welfare agencies has not been
seriously impaired, as has been demonstrated
in the success of community chest and other
campaigns in many American cities.
Material losses are serious, but the (lulling
of social consciousness and sensitiveness to
real human needs might easily become a graver
consequence of present conditions. Communal
expenditures for education and recreation are
as essential for the permanent welfare of the
community as are expenditure:, to meet the
elemental demands for clothing, shelter and
medical attention. Youth-serving agencies,
like our own, may give no encouragement to
claims that expenditures for sound social pur-
poses are luxuries.

It is a relief from the depressing thoughts
that must come to Jewish minds in the
present critical times to know that there is
a public spirited and communally minded
group for whom the preservation of the
Jewish people is more than a corporeal
task ; who recognize that without spiritual
nourishment Israel cannot live. The Jew-
ish Welfare Board is doing a great work by
propagating that Jewish education be giv-
en first consideration in our lives. And the
fact that these ideals are spreading to com-
munities throughout the country is reason
for encouragement that not all is wrong
with American Jewry.

A Feather in the Hat of Orthodoxy.

A non-Jew has come to the aid of Or-
thodoxy, and his defense of kashruth is a
very decorative feather in the hat of the
observing Jew.

Lord Moynihan), speaking before the
Jewish Health Organization in London,
stated that Jews who strictly observe the
Jewish dietary laws are much more im-
mune to diseases than are those who do not
hold to these laws, Lord Moyniham added
that he Waff doubtful whether a change in
them oral and dietetic habits of the Jewish
people would be for the better.
These are not new words of praise of
Jewish health laws from non-Jewish quar-
ters. On numerous occasions our dietary
prescriptions have been endorsed by our
Gentile friends, Which, to face the truth.
has not helped to perpetuate kashruth, but
has, at least, corroborated expert Jewish
opinion regarding these laws for the pres-
ervation of the health of the race. But
perhaps a word from Lord Monyihan will
carry more weight than that of the rabbi.

The Law of Averages.

Jewish girls in East European countries
are in an awful plight. On account of eco-
nomic conditions it is becoming almost im-
possible for most of them to marry without
dowries. And the young men are hardly
to be blamed, because it is so difficult for
them to get a start in life without some
financial assistance. This has naturally
caused a drop in the number of marriages
and has created a surplus of unmarried
girls.

But the law of averages evidently works
even in matrimony. Because, according to
Zavel Zuber, a Newfoundland Jew now in
New York, there is a lack of Jewish brides
for the unmarried Jewish men in New-
foundland. The regrettable thing about it
is that the disadvantages in numbers are on
the side of the hundreds of thousands of
affected East Europeans, as compared with
the handful in Newfoundland. Even in
matrimony, the economic depression has
reaped a horrible harvest.

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BY-THE-WAY

Charles 1H. Joseph

By DAVID SCHWARTZ

MILTON ALEXANDER of Detroit, who raised
quite a hornet's nest about his ears because he
was quoted as saying that anti-Semitism was de-
clining in the United States, takes occasion to
answer his critics, and I must say that I am in-
(listed among them. But Mr. Alexander does make
some good points that entitle his opinions to re-
spect. It is quite true, as he points out, that there
is less definite anti-Jewish propaganda in this
country than formerly; that it is no longer a popu-
lar sport to exploit the Jew. Ile specifically refers
to the passing of the Klan, the decline and fall of
the "Dearborn Independent," Mr. Ford's anti-Jew-
ish sheet; the elimination of the Jewish vaudeville
"gags" out offensive and so prejudicial to the Jew;
the removal of such pictures as the "King of
Kings" from the screen; the unpopularity of the
Passion Play as evidenced by the disaster which
attended Mr. Gest in that noble experiment. In
that way less fuel has been fed into the furnace of
anti-Semitism. Of course, there still remain count-
less evidences of discrimination, all of which I am
frank to say Mr. Alexander recognizes. He does
suggest very significantly that as Jewish education
increases and as we gain an intelligent idea of why
we are Jews our own self-respect increases and
that in turn increases the respect of our neighbors
for us.

CHARITY THAT AVAILED NOT

Now, that the sale of the New
York World is no such the subject
of the moment, it may not be
amiss to tell one of the most amus-
ing Pulitzer anecdotes that have
come to my ken.

Pulitzer, you remember, was in-
ordinately sensitive to noise. His
rooms were sound-proof as the
science of his day could fashion
and much of his reason for spend-
ing so much of his time aboard
yacht was due to the desire to get
all the quietness possible.
Well, this story is entirely au-
thentic. Pulitzer one day at his
New York home was being driven
to desperation by an Italian hand-
organ player, who was giving a
street concert in front of J. P.'s
window.

Pulitzer sent out his secretary,
bearing a gift of $2, but only on
the condition that the Italian im-
mediately would hie himself off
with his music. The organ player
took the money and left.
Thirty minutes later, a half
dozen organ players lined up in
front of the Pulitzer abode.

WILL. ROGERS says that Einstein was such a

good fellow that nobody had the nerve to ask
him to explain his theory. Remarkable personality

to have been so widely acclaimed by an entire
nation, the high and the low, the highbrows and the

WHERE DID
DID YOU BUY THOSE
APPLES, MR. SWOPE?

lowbrows. I imagine that George Bernard Shaw

and Einstein would have a fine time together as

Touching soon the recent dia.
cussion of the dramatic t lingo,
people fail to say in those signal
moments, which seem to lend them-
selves to drama, F. P. A., Jewish
columnist of the recently demised
World, offers food for thought.
Ileywood Broun tells about it:
He was at the home of Herbert
Bayard Swope, former executive
editor of the World. There, too,
were a number of other prominent
World staff writers. Every min-
ute they were expecting a flash to
announce the final sale of the
World, which meant the loss to
many of them of positions which
they had held for 10 and 15 years.
Finally the flash came; F. I'. A.
looked at the red apples glistening
in the bowl on the table. "Mr.
Swope," he said, "where do you
buy your apples?"

each has a keen sense of humor and neither has
much of an opinion of the bunion race. By the

way, speaking of personalities, what has happened

to Ilenry Ford? Ile hasn't even commented on
Einstein's theory, which is rare reticence indeed for

the motor king. Perhaps all the subjects in the
universe have already been exhausted by Mr. Ford,
and he is waiting for something new under the sun.
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The rale of the World throws
many prominent Jewish newspaper
men out of work; Harry Salpeter,
literary reviewer; Samuel Chotzi-
noff, musical critic; Michelson,
Sunday editor, among others. One
or two who have contracts which
have not yet expired may, how-
ever, profit by the termination,
financially.
A large number of the World
men are now planning to take op-
portunity of their enforced leisure
by turning to less transitory
writing such as magazine and book
work.
What, with the bad situation as
regards newspaper employment
lung existent, accentuated by the
World debacle, I prophesy soon a
deluge of books.

HOW HELLMAN HAPPENED

But touching upon the state-
ment made in the last item, that
some of the men who have con-
tracts will profit financially, there
is an interesting story of Sam
Hellman, the Saturday Evening
pipit short story writer.
Hellman had been working on
some St. Louis sheet when, all of
a sudden, the paper was sold and
put out of business. A few
months before the sale, however,
Hellman had fortunately been
given a contract for three years
at $10,000 per annum. In view of
the cessation of the paper, the
owners asked Hellman to accept a
compromise settlement. But the
paper had been sold for a nice
juicy price and Hellman insisted
upon holding them to the full con-
tract.
well, the owners decided they
would be mean, too. They told
Hellman they would pay the con-
tracted sum, but they would also
insist on the enforcement of the
provisions of the contract which
stipulated that during the life of
the contract Hellman was to write
for no other paper.
What did Hellman do? Ile hired
an office, and for three years he
spent his days there, writing fic-
tion, but never sending out a sin-
gle story. Meanwhile he was draw.
ing the $10,000 yearly.
When the time was up, he sent
a story to the Saturday Evening
Post. They liked it and asked him
if he could write another. He
sent insteacdsix more. They could
not understand how he could write
them that fast. They invited him
to Philadelphia for a conference,
and that's how Sam Hellman's con.
section with the S. E. P. was in-
augurated.

JOSEPH PULITZER'S NOSE

Returning to the subject of Jo-
seph Pulitzer, did you ever know
that J. P. was very self-conscious
about his long Jewish nose! Very
sensitive about it, although he was,
on the whole, a very impressive
looking man.
Another feature about which he
wan
sensitive was hi: receding
chin. He grew a beard largely to
offset the weak chin.
Weak chins are supposed to
signify weak will--yet America
has probably not produced a man
stronger willed than J. P.
Likewise, long ears are supposed
to betoken moronish asininity,
yet Abraham Lincoln had very big
ears.

BILL was introduced in the legislature of the

state of New York naming nine prominent citi-
zens of New York City as members of a commis-

sion to investigate the corruption in public life in

that city. One of the members is Rabbi Stephen
Wise, of the Free Synagogue. It is interesting to

note that when any outstanding civic movement is
launched in New York that Dr. Wise is one of those
invariably chosen. And another clergyman who is
generally selected is Dr. John Ilaynes Hohnes, who
is quite fearless and outspoken to an extent which
shocks the dignified religionists of New York. What
this nation needs is fewer long-faced, blue-nosed
hypocrites and more spiritual leaders like Wise and
Holmes who understand the difference between
RELIGION and fanatical creed. Then society would
be materially benefited and the world would be a
better and a safer place to live in,

AND THAT'S USUALLY THE
WAY

THE JEWS WHO LOST

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A Jewish Kehillah in Madrid

Tidbits and News of Jew-
ish Personalities.

And I think that is not uncharac-
teristic of the things said at the
critical moments of life. When
the heart is overfilled, we gener-
ally say something quite apart
from the thing which at the time
oppresses the mind.
Socrates was a great thinker
—and his last sentence, I believe,
as recorded by Plato, was some-
thing like this: "Crito, I owe a
cock to Asclepis, or somebody or
other, 1 forget whom,"

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A

WRITER in the daily press, not a Jew, says that
on our statute books we are the greatest moral
nation in the world, but in real life we are no
better than the French or the Swedes or the Hot-
tentots. The American people have a fondness for
making laws, like stopping horse-racing, and then
imagining that they are performing a pious act.
While under their noses there exists corruption and
crime that would startle any country that consid-
ered itself civilized. Crooked business, crooked
public officials, create crooked police, protection for
gangsters and racketeers. Prison conditions that
would shock the sensibilities of any people do not
even invite the polite interest of our great "moral
reformers" who are busy with the blue laws. That's
why we have from one end of this country to the
other a reign of government so disgraceful that it
is tragic. The whole country is so busy with pro-
hibition that even murder takes second place, What
is needed in the United Stats is for the liberal
spiritual leaders of all faiths to remove the Funda-
mentalist Church lobbyists from the legislature of
our states and from Congress.

I

AM SURPRISED to find in the columns of the
Jewish Transcript of &tittle, Washington, a
statement in an "editorial" on the B'nai Irrith
page, that "one of the fundamental reasons for
anti-Semitism is the bad manners of the Jew."
Now that's a nonsensical reason. We Jews are it
queer lot in some respects. We discuss ourselves
exactly as the Gentile anti-Semite talks about us.
There are, of course, Jews who had bad manners,
but why say that all Jews have bad manners? It
reminds me of a Christian minister in Pittsburgh,
Pa., who in writing an editorial for a church paper
made the sweeping assertion that Jewish children
are lawless. I didn't let him get away with that
statement without giving him some uncomfortable
moments. One would imagine from reading all
this foolishness that all our neighbors and our
neighbors' children are paragons. The daily papers
tell a different story and then they don't tell half
of it. There are millions and millions of non-
Jews in this country who are uncultured, vulgar
and lawless, but who would condemn all Gentiles
on that account? Let's stop talking in such loose
generalities about ourselves.

I

ONCE had the privilege of spending nearly a
week in the company of Louis Wolheim, the
great actor who passed away recently. Some have
said that he was buried from a Presbyterian church.
I can't understand that because Wolheim never
denied or tried to hide his Jewishness. In fact, he
was, as Al Jolson has said in a syndicated article,
very eves in announcing the fact that he was a
Jew. It sorely could not have been Louis Wolheim's
wish that his passage to the hereafter should have
a Christian setting. At the time of Ford's attack
on the Jews I told Wolheirn that time and again
prominent Jews had come to me or had written to
me asking me to desist in answering Ford as it was
only "further advertising" his campaign. I con-
sistently refused and asked Wolheim whether he
thought my position was correct and he was very
emphatic in approving of it. He said that we could
not afford to leave such charges unanswered or the
public would accept them "as they lay." Ile was
completely tree from conceit and being a great
actor, seemed to him to be nothing to become
excited about as "God has created even greater
things."

IN THE Boston (Mass.) Jewish Advocate this
headline annoyed me: "Brookline Jews Back Cau-
cus Nominees." We seem to have developed no
many new kinds of Jews in the last decade, and we
have so many "isms" that I confess that I am dis-
couraged in trying to get over the message that
Jews are Jews religiously and that politically they
are AMERICAN CITIZENS of the Jewish faith.
Maybe Judge Mack, or Justice Brandeis, or Prof.
Felix Frankfurter, or Jacob de Haas, or Rabbi Ste-
phen Wise, or any other of the leaders of the Jew-
ish national movement can point out to me where
I am in error. I find in our largest c i ties that there
is a Jewish vote controlled by Jewish
bosses and
these votes are delivered to all the political leaders
as JEWISH VOTES. I repeat, I may be all wrong
in my position in this matter. But I
will say this,
if I am wrong in thin regard then I am
wrong in
expecting the daily newspapers of the country to
refrain from mentioning that a JEWISH peddler
was arrested or that a
JEWISH gangster was shot.
If we are Jewish politicians and if we exercise our
right of suffrage as Jews,
then we should be labeled
"Jews" in everything else we do.
I would thank
some dewish leader who does not agree with me
that we are Jews
by religion to explain to me if he
believes that it is eminently proper for Jews to
enter the field of politics as Jews. I am rick and
tired of this absurd inconsistency.

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An Interesting Comment Translated From Mundo
Israelita of Buenos Aires.

By PHILIP ROSENTHAL
Principal of the Sunday School of Congregation Shaerep Zedek,
Detroit.

Recently a Jewish community
was established in Madrid with the
subsequent erection of a small
synagogue. It is affirmed that
Alfonso previously gave his con-
sent to this construction. A rep-
resentative of the prefect of po-
lice, by witnessing the inaugura-
tion made effective this act, so
rare in Spain. For it must be re-
called that since the expulsion of
the Jews from that country in
1492 this is the first time that a
Jewish community has officially
made its appearance as such.

Spain was not the only country
that unjustly expelled the Jews
in the Middle Ages. Other coun-
tries, dominated by the clergy,
proceeded in similar fashion, but
none so furiously as the kingdom
of the "Reyes Catolicas." France,
Germany, England and Portugal
exiled their Jewish inhabitants but
none subjected them in advance to
the horrible physical and moral
tortures of the Inquisition as did
the kings of Spain. No nation
meted out such cruelty to the
Jews as did the Spain of Ferdinand
and Isabel, Therefore the Jews
recall it with horror and have ab-
solutely refused to return in spite
of the offer made on various occa-
sions by the Spanish government
in the last 50 years.

Modern Spain has understood, a
little late perhaps, that she com-
mitted a grave historical injustice
towards his industrious Jewish ele-
ment which once enriched its life,
and whose expulsion marked the
beginning of its decline as a world
power.

When the Jews were expelled
from Spain, she was at the height
of her glory. She had just attained
political unity and was aspiring to
religious unity. And the latter was
accomplished by casting out from
her territories the people who
would not worship the Cross. The
exile of the Jews from the land of
Torquemada was to last forever,
according to the decree of those in
power. So the exit of expulsion
expressed it in unequivocal terms,
"let them depart with their sons
and daughters, Jewish servants
and domestics, of whatever age
they may be, and let them not re-
turn for any reason whatsoever."

Times, however, have changed
completely. A descendant of the
Catholic king and queen, an occu-
pant of the Spanish throne, con-
Cents that the race evicted by his
ancestors and "never to return"
should appear again publicly in the
place where they were burned for
the mere crime of practicing the
Mosaic creed. The reappearance
of the very small Jewish commu-
nity of Madrid has, therefore, a
high historical significance. It is
an expression of the survival of
Israel, in spite of all persecutions..
The Jewish people which the Cath-
olic Spain wished to annihilate
450 years ago reappears undaunt-
ed in the land where once it flour-
ished so well.

We do not believe that the for-
mation, of a Jewish community in
Spain will thrive so quickly. Our
co-religionists are too few there,
and there are no signs that the
Jews of the world are thinking of
returning to the country from
which they were expelled so piti-
lessly, first because of an histori-
cal resentment which is not easily
erased, and secondly, because
Spain does not offer an adequate
field for their activities. They find
more land in any free American
republic, free from the prejudices
of the past and a more propitious
ground for the development of
their capacities.

Nevertheless we are glad that
also Madrid now has a Jewish com-
munity although it is a small one.
Like the Phoenix which rises from
its own ashes, this small Jewish
nucleus if Madrid offers to the
Spaniards of today the eloquent
testimony of Israel's vitality and
t he concrete lesson that with vio-

lence one does not destroy a pen
pie, nor are ideals exterminate,
with such a destruction.
Henceforth Spain will have t,
be included in the concert of no
tions where our brethren reside
The politics of amity sponsored by
prominent Spaniards has been
definitely answered by the Jewish
community. And though the prog-
ress of its existence may be slow,
its mere existence constitutes a
symbolic note announcing har-
mony between both peoples, which
is always preferable to the discord
and hate engendered by ignorance
and prejudice.

DR. EINSTEIN PLANS
TO RETURN TO U. S.

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cherished one has already been
realized: The work for Palestine
has brought the Jewish people an
undreamed-of solidarity and has
imbued it with that optimism
which every organism needs if its
life is to be healthy. Today this
is manifest to all whose eyes are
open.

"What we do in our common
cause is done not only for our
brothers in l'alestine but for the
welfare and prestige of the entire
Jewish people.
"I want to add a few words of
farewell as I leave the United
States. No person is worthy of
that affection and esteem, which it
was my privilege to receive. While
being conscious of t his, I cannot
but be highly appreciative of the
friendship that has been bestowed
upon me.
"I had the good fortune to meet
a number of remarkable personal.
ities, whose work I had previous
occasion to admire and to value. I
also had the splendid opportunity
of enioying the marvelous country
of California, Arizona and New
Mexico, as well ass catching, glimp-
ses of the eastern coast, in the vi-
cinity of New fork.
"I ant deeply thankful to New
New York and to its mayor, and to
the authorities of the United States
Government, as well as to the dip-
lomatic representatives of Ger-
many, for all the kindness that they
have shown me.
"To all of you, I exetend a
hearty farewell — Auf Wieder-
sehen!"
The New a'uitik Times, on Sun-
day, lauded the noted scientist in
an editorial headed "The Einstein
Visit." The editorial follows:

"(Mies have feted him , horde. of
.e n rol children have welcomed
hint with

sog •nd with flowers strewn in hit
path, admirers have showered upon him
vlolinn, curious ntiel.imene of petrified
wood, mettle plant, Indian trinkets and
tropical fruit, but Profetsor Einntein
emerged from the avalanche of American
hotpitality
the same unaffected. self.
effacing discoverer of relativity who ar-
rived• few month. afro. After his
holid,—there coold he no ques-
tion of concentrated re arch in the short
time •I hi. d•posal and amid the wel-

tu rn

ing fanfares of California—he re -
n Berlin to appreciate at Its ful l
worth the re-tfulne, of the ttu•ntum
theory •rit of the eleetron's perplexities..
"Few visitant have PO admirably ful-
filled the expectation. of the American
people.
We demanded of the greatest

M

mathematical phy•ieint ofnor time •
penetrating knowledge of gravitation.
radiation and the roam. M general. and
an innocent bewilderment when confront-
ed with the trivIallie• of life in Pats,
dena.
Ile did not fail IIa.
About him
fluttered motherly. practical Sr.,: Fin-
ntein. playing the part of • vigilant, pro-
tecting angel and thinunintentionally
completing the portrait of the perfect
theoretical profe•sor wamlering in the
market place with hit fussy white head
among the etarn.
lie W. •IMI•ed

he
the badgering 1,11e.tiong that politenesa
compelled him to answer. but he never
a•aumed the air of the Delehrter descend-
Ind from hi. prof,-.,in.! eminence to

mingle wil h an ignorant multitude. In-
deed. there were moents
when he
m
• tepped 011
Of
the fo urth•ditnensional

world which he has made peculiarly hit
own .d revealed ow
h
deeply he Iva.
stirred by the fol lies. ', Merin, and

injo fit ice. of I hree-dimenrional real ity-
when. for example, he gave hi, view. on

militarism •nd when he fervently PA -
the Zionist ceri-e. To hie part-
ing "Auf Wiedernehen - Americ•rm re-
spotlit with
heart, bin voyage, im-

, , 011.d

n re.ved by the eirnoilcity •ndnincerity
at inveriably mark the great in any
walk of life."

1, VIEWS OF LEADING JEWS

RABBI

JAMES G. HELLER: "We need a prover-book that shall
draw upon the storehouse of Israel's past, but that shall also have spon-
taneity and variation, that shall not encourage that mechanical mutter.
ing which is frequently mistaken by the older generation of rabbis for
devotion, but that shall evoke all the powers of mind and soul."

SIGMUND LIVINGSTONE, Chairman of Anti-Defamation League
of B'nai B'rith: "The clannishness of the Jew is not of his choice, but
is forced upon him from without. Therefore, an invitation to him 'to
come out of his shell' is like telling a
prisoner to come out of his prison.
lie would like to, but they will not permit him."

DR. ALEXANDER LYONS: "I want to
see that grand old faith,
Judaism, mother of two world faiths, Christianity and alohammedanism,
preserved and propagated for its inherent and as yet unapplied or
unrealized capabilities. It is the supreme world-faith in historic pri-
ority, strength of inspirational quality, breadth of spiritual sympathy,
majesty of moral might and loftiness of ethical flight. But it is not
self-realizing. It is not immune to the disintegrating influence of
internal divisions. It must have and present to the world a united
front that expresses a common background. To that end I ask the
institution in Judaism of an authoritative new Orthodoxy that super-
seding our present trinitarianism of Jewish sects shall be worthy of
the larger unity of Israel that was once our strength and must now be
our salvation. We Jews are busily active preaching to others the need
and beneficence of world co-operation, let us first exemplify union
among outselves."
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•

CONGRESSMAN SAMUEL DICKSTEIN: "His was a life of use-
fulness and of service which has come to an
end and we can only be
poorer by the loss of Nathan Straus. His loss is irreparable and his
personality irreplaceable. The breadth and depth of the service of
Nathan Straus to humanity is a generous attitude and friendly disposi-
tion. His sturdy defense of the poor and lowly and his ready eagerness
to respond to the care and suffering, no matter from what quarter it
might come, irrespective of race, religion, nationality, or color, made
him
a world-wide figure in philanthropy."
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•
•
DR. SAMUEL SCHULMAN, Rabbi, Temple Etattauel, New
"The synagogue can have no statue of Einstein des i e its great York:
love
for him, because the Jewish sanctuary is dedicated not to Einstein
his compeers but to the cosmic God, beside whom the greatest men and
are
infinitely small, and the synagogue can have no statue of Einstein even
if by its genius it WAS
not forbidden to make a statue in the sanctuary
of any man, because while Einstein with one hand is building up
the
religious sentiment in our modern life, with the other
hand he is des
stroying the most faithful product of religion in history, the sense of
human responsibility and
the serve of duty of building God's kingdom
on earth. I am quite sure that as
a good Jew Einstein will agree with
me that if we are
to have places of worship at all
they should be dedi-
cated to God and not to man."

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