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ly it cannot be denied that the $2,500,000
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now asked by the Joint Distdibution Com-
Entered as Second•claas matter March I, I116, at the Post-
Tidbits and News of Jew-
cam at Detroit, Mich., under the Act of March 3, 1g7g.
mittee—which is included in the Allied
Charles IL Joseph
ish Personalities.
Jewish Campaign of Detroit—is a drop in
General Offices and Publication Building
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SO Lieutenant-Governor Herbert II. Lehman of
the bucket compared with the vast sums
525 Woodward Avenue
By DAVID SCHWARTZ
By MEYER LEVIN
NA(
York
was
chosen
to
receive
Telephone: Cadillac 1040 Cable Address( Chronicle
that would be required to do justice to Po-
the Gottheil
London Moo/
Medal by the Zeta Beta Tau Fraternity as the
lish Jewry's needs.
Editor's Note.—Prof. Albert A. Michelson, measurer of light,
HOOVER AND HEBRAISM
14 Stratford Place, London, W. 1, England
American who did the most for Jewry and Judaism
first American to win the Nobel Prize, and indisputably one of
I knew it wouldn't be long—and
during the year 19:30. The selection was made by
Perhaps
one
reason
for
the
plight
of
Po-
-3
the greatest scientists the world has ever known, is (lead. Ile died
Subscription, in Advance
$3.00 Per Year
here it is. Ilerbert Hoover is a a committee of 18 editors of the Anglo-Jewish news-
at the age of 79, as he was completing the last of his experiments
lish Jewry will be found in the latest re- Jew!
papers of the United States and Canada. As a
To Inure publication,all correspondence and news matter
in the measurement of the speed of light, attemptin g to reduc e th e
port received from Mr. Smolar, in which
must reach this oflice by Tuesday evening of each week.
How do I know it? Very sim-
member of that committee my vote for first choice
possibility, of error to absolute zero. For 55 years his repeated
When mailing notice., kindly use one ode of the paper only.
the J. T. A. correspondent states that "Jew- ple. John Knox says so—says it went to Governor Lehman, and I think that I am
experiments narrowed down the possibility of error, and provided
in
"The
Great
not violating an y confidence when I say my second
Mistake" in which
the greatest of his contemporaries, such as Einstein, with material
The Detroit Jewish Chronicle In•itee correspondence on sub(
ish
leadership
in
Poland
today
is
a
house
the president is taken for a little choice was James N. Rosenberg of New York. But
Meta of Interest tc the Jewl.b people, but disclaim. re.pormi-
upon which they based their theories. His passion for exactitude
huity for no Indomernsot of the view. eaprosed by the writers
divided against itself." Ile points to the ride by one of his critics.
it seems that Ilerbert Lehman must have been the
remained to the last. The Jewish Telegraphic Agency and The
It's
one
(.1.+
of
the
choice
of
all
oldest
tricks—
or
nearly
all
of
the
editors
as only one
conflict among the Jewish parties in Po- just call him a Jew,
Detroit Jewish Chronicle provide this sketch of his career.
Sabbath Reading. of the Torah.
and your case
ballot
was
required.
I
think
it
will
be
the
convex.
47;
Pentateuchal portion—Num. 1:1-4 :20.
land, describes how the Jewish front is split against the man is proven.
sus of opinion that the choice was an excellent one.
Prophetical portion—I Sam. 20:18-42.
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Perhaps, in the last moments, an
When they said Abraham Lin- Although serving as Lieutenant-Governor of New
in
its
dealings
with
the
government
and
The
split
beams
of
light
cam
Rosh Chodesh Reading of the Torah, Sunday, May
.:3
York state he has stood out as a leader in many
coln was a Jew—well, he had a
together again, in a dead hea
assistant bent to his ear and spoke
warns of the danger in the break-up of good
17—Num. 28:1.15.
patriarchal Jewish name, Jewish fields and it has been said in it statement
declared there was
Reading of the Law for First Day of Shevuoth,
Jewish political unity which may weaken and he wore a beard and told jokes from the secretary of the Zeta Beta Tau, "Ile has a number. That number may Michelson
ether drift. The scientific wort
Friday, May 22
have sent Albert A. Michelson into
like Eddie Cantor.
been unstinting in his service and devotion to his
Jewish minority demands.
i4(1
Pentateuchal portion—Ex. 19:1-20:23; Num.
eternity with the happiness of hav- was upset. A brilliant mathema
When they said Roosevelt was a
people. The example he has net in the honorable
tieian psysicist, I'rof. F'itzGeral
28:26-31.
On the anti-Semitic horizon in Poland Jew—well,
ing achieved mortal perfection, of
if Levine can become discharge of his official duties reflects credit upon
of
Dublin,
upheld
the
Prophetical portion—Ezekiel 1:1-28; 3:12.
appeared a slight ray of hope last week in I,e Veen then Roosevelt might the Jewish people and is worthy of emulation by having embraced, on his dying bed, Maxwell theory that there previous
was a
Reading of the Law for Second Day of Shavuoth,
the absolute. Innumerable editor-
all in public service." I think that Ilerbert H. Leh-
drife that would make a difference
the appeal of Father Montszor, through have come from Rosenberg.
Saturday, May 23.
man has the best opportunity of any Jew to become ials will be written upon his death in the speed of light by exactly
13ut Hoover—"hoo ever" thought
Pentateuchal portion—Deut. 14:22-16:17; Num.
"Now he knows" will be a popular
the columns of the Pszeglad Catolicki, urg- it would come to him.
governor of the state of New York. In the mean-
one part in one hundred million
28:26-31.
sentimental note. What he want-
lFst
time I suggest that the editors of the Jewish news-
ing all Catholic priests to unite in opposi-
end that this was "taken up" in
Prophetical portion—flab. 3:1.19.
THE GREAT MISTAKE
ed to know was a measurement
10
papers
keep
their
eye
on
that
young
man,
Rosen-
Slichelson's split-light experiment
tion to anti-Semitism. The -Ilaint, Yiddish
here
on
earth,
of
something
in
the
Perhaps I am going a little too
berg. Ile has a remarkable record and is becoming
an actual shrinkage of one-one.
May 15, 1931
lyar 28, 5691
daily of Warsaw, is responsible for the re- strong. For Knox in "The Great one of the recognized Jewish leaders in the country. realm of absolute reality; he pur- by
sued it all his life as a poet might hundred millionth in the inter-
doesn't absolutely say
port that a number of priests have already Mistake"
ferometer when it moved in the di-
pursue chimera; to him, light was
that
is Jewish. To be per-
rection the earth moved. A dizzy-
Honoring Lieut.-Gov. Lehman.
organized for this purpose. But this and fectly Hoover
Tins
all
beauty and all life, and the
is quite an interesting statement from Sol
fair to him, he only gives it
ing controversy. Upon it was '14e
precise, the utmost, absolute meas-
an opinion of sonic. Let me
Levitan, treasurer of Wisconsin. Ile writes me:
based Einstein's theory,
A deserved honor has been bestowed up- similar efforts must fail as long as the Jews as
urement of the velocity of light in
quote him: "Some say that Hoover
"Week before last I spoke at Wales in the Presby-
Scientist's Patience.
on Lieutenant-Governor Herbert H. Leh- themselves are disunited on the question of came of Iluguenot blood and that terian church, and last week in the Madison (Wis.) miles per second was an equation
pristine beauty, as irrideseent a
The controversy is still alive.
man of New York, in awarding him the their political, economic, religious and so- the family name was once Huber. Plymouth Congregational Church, but I always use of
Prof.
beauty
as
that
which
shone
Michelson's
final measure-
Others
the
philosophy
of
the
Talmud,
so
I
never
can
go
would trace it to the Ger-
Gottheil Medal for service to Judaism and cial rights.
through a butterfly's wing.
4S
ment of the velocity of light was
wrong." Other Jews, too, might avoid going wrong
man-Jewish colony around Frank-
to
be
a
last
bit
if
they
used
The
of
evidence.
man,
the
same
philosophy,
to Jewry. The medal for 1930, awarded
Time,
like every great scien-
fort and spell it Hoffer."
tist, was at poet. It was no chance
though it might not exist in a real
71.
Knox
himself,
indeed,
while
giv-
by the Zeta Beta Tau Fraternity-, thus goes
sense, was against him. At 77, he
his ability as a painter, and
On Giving Charity.
ing the story of the Jewish origin,
I HAVE received some unusual letters in my day hobby,
to a man who in many ways contributed in
underwent an operation. Pneu-
his violin-playing was no actor's
thinks it more likely that the fam-
;4 S
but for the first time a letter came to me from
Is
relaxation.
The arts, music, monia developed. Ile was in a hos-
great measure and in noble form to the wel-
The late Dr. Solomon Schechter, in his ily was of Swiss or Flemish origin, a "Jewish
Consciousness Committee." That inter-
pital for six months. He survived,
painting, especially absorbed him.
he says the family seemed to
fare of his people,
"Studies in Judaism," quotes the following for
ested me very much, and here is the letter:
got
up,
and
made
the
trip to Cali-
Ile found them in light. "The
be fond of agriculture, and such
fornia to see the building of the
aesthetic side of the subject is by
Lieutenant-Governor Lehman has, dur- from the "Book of the Saints" by Rabbi Ju- a characteristic does not inhere to
The Aleph Zadik Aleph of B'Nai B'rith, a
one-mile vacuum tube that was to
no means the least attractive to
the Jew, he adds.
- 3
dah
he-Hasid,
son
of
Rabbi
Samuel
he-
ing the past year, served in the front ranks
most progressive Jewish youth fraternity with
me," he said to an interviewer two give him the opportunit y to make
the last, perfectly controlled ex-
of his people's worthiest causes. In behalf Hasid:
JEWISH PRESS IN THE '70S
years before his death; "1 hope the
members throughou the United States and
periment. Light in a void. No
day is near when a Ruskin will be
I have been rummaging through
Canada, is desirous of strengthening the Jewish
"If a man should ask: 'Behold, I have
of European relief, in the interests of Pal-
interference. The scientist's
found equal to the description of
some of the old Jewish periodicals
affiliations of its members, and arousing a
etsine, in the cause of the worthiest in Jew- money; shall I buy a Scroll of the Law for of
dream'.
the
beauties
of
coloring,
the
ex-
several generations back. One
But there was interference. One
deeper
religious
consciousness
among
the
Jew-
quisite grkiluations of light and
ry, he was at all times ready to contribute it or shall I distribute it to the destitute meets some curious things. Thus,
of
his expert assistants became ill;
ish
youth
of
the
country.
shade
and
the
intricate
wonders
A
committee
there-
poor?' Answer him with the words of Isa- the Jewish Messenger in 1870 re-
of his means, his efforts and his influence.
for several months the work did
of symmetrical forms and combi-
ports an item from London of a
fore was appointed to make a survey of the
iah:
'When
thou
seest
the
naked,
that
thou
It.
'not
progress.
In December, when
nations
which
are
plan to send several hundred Jew-
encountered
But what is perhaps of even greater im-
ideas of the leading rabbis and laymen rela-
it seemed that all was in readiness
everywhere."
families from Prussia to
portance is that the new recipient of the cover him, and hide not thyself from thine ish
tive
to
the
solution
of
this
important
problem.
for
the
great
test, trouble devel-
America.
He Liked to Do
oped with the air-pumps; new
Gottheil Medal has so honorably dis- flesh.' "
The committee which is to report its findings
The Jewish Messenger became
And he explained, further, the
pumps
had
to
be
made in Boston.
An
interesting
commentary
on
the
tradi-
at
the
next
international
convention
at
Mil-
alarmed, and implored London
charged his public duties that he has re-
existence of beauty in cold num-
Prof. Michelson, with the pati-
waukee in July would greatly appreciate your
not to burden America with
bers.
"There are still higher
flected great credit on his people. His tional Jewish attitude on charity is also the Jewry
ence
of
a
scientist,
took his box of
suggestions and opinions on the subject.
so many German Jews. Listen
beauties which appeal to the mind,
water-colors and his brushes, and
ability, integrity and • devotion to public story from the Talmud which tells of a to it:
not directly through the senses but
went out, almost daily, to the fields
"Our people with all their be-
through the reasoning faculty.
duty have made him stand out as an ex- learned man who one day wandered amidst
we hear so much about "isms" of all kinds
to paint.
w HEN
and it cannot be over-
For what can surpass in beauty the
except Judaism we think that our rabbis should
ample to all who aspire to public office. the ruins of Jerusalem, a friend quietly fol- nevolence,
Latterly, it seemed that every-
rated, have enough to do to main-
wonderful
adaptation
of
nature's thing was in readiness. Ile had
take
heart
when
they
see
an
organization
of
Jewish
lowing
him.
As
he
reached
the
site
where
tain our gigantic institutions and
Such a man deserves to be honored,
means to her ends and the never-
men interested in discovering ways and
announced that this would be "his
the Temple once stood in its majestic splen- kindred societies, and all this they young
failing
rule
of
la
wand
order
which
means of strengthening the Jewish consciousness of
last experiment." Afterwards he
In connection with the present award of
dor, the scholar cried aloud: "Woe to us! do readily and most cheerfully; the Jewish youth. And right in line with this governs even the most irregular would retire—and perhaps, for his
the Gottheil Medal, it may be in place for
but to add to the burden, the main-
complicated of her manifes-
own interests, check over the ex-
The Temple where our sins were expiated tenance and support of hundreds movement we find the Temple Brotherhoods stress- and
tations. These laws it is the ob-
the writer, who cast his ballot for Mr. Leh-
ing JUDAISM. Maybe we permit ourselves to be-
periment with the interferometer
is destroyed! Woe to us! How shall we of impoverished families, ignorant come
ject of the scientific investigator
on ether-drift.
too
pessimistic
over
the
religious
outlook
for
man, to share with his readers the thought
of our language and perhaps with-
to discover and apply.
In such
atone for our sins?" The friend who had out
the Jewish younger generation. And I might add in
There was no house where the
trades
or
professions,
that came to him after he had chosen his
cannot
successful investigation consists at
passing
that
the
Junior
Order
of
the
B'nai
B'rith
is
mile-long tube had been built.
followed him said : "Do not trouble about secure their co-operation. We en- surely giving
once his keenest delight as well as
promise of maintaining the prestige
candidate. Besides Mr. Lehman, and elim-
Every (lay, Prof. Michelson had
it, 0 master! There is yet one not less treat most respectfully, yet most of the B'nai B'rith to a degree not surpassed by his highest reward."
been commuting 50 miles to his
inating the names of those who were
the committee to re-
t s
That Michelson's relation to his
work, and home. Only a few
powerful medium left for expiation; there earnestly,
scind their resolution. There are their seniors.
•1 - 41.
awarded the medal in previous years, there is still charity remaining to us."
science was in fullest sense the re-
weeks ago, it was learned, he
at this time quite a number of
W.
lation
of an artist to
at the experiment station to
were so few who could be considered avail-
Israelites in our midst; who THE Freethinkers Society, Inc., is making a exemplified even more his art, is stayed
At this time, with our community en- poor
midnight. Ile was driven home
aptly in
would gladly return to Europe, if
able for the honor that Mr. Lehman in a
strenuous fight through its attorney, the famous the remark with which he usually
at 3 a. m.
gaged in an important charitable project, they had the means."
New York liberal, Arthur Garfield Mayes, to prevent
answered a reporter's "Why?"
sense emerged as the only suitable candi-
With everything in readiness for
these references to charity are interesting
Bible reading in the public school. They object
Why had he devoted his life to the
the final test, he took sick.
date.
SEIZED BY ALARM
measurement of light? Why go to
most strenuously to principals or teachers desig-
as encouragements for the Jews of Detroit
Met With Einstein.
Remember that this was in 1870.
nating certain verses to be read, as it tends to
the trouble of setting up huge re-
This is a very sad commentary on the to exert themslves in order that the com- A Jewish
The last months had been
periodical is alarmed at
create an intolerable situation among children of
volving mirrors to hurl beams of
eventful ones in the life of the
status of American Jewish leadership, and munity may live up to its obligations.
the thought of several hundred
light between two mountain-tops,
different faiths. The society also is attacking the
scientist. He had met his great
Jews coming here! What
unless something radical happens very
policy of singing hymns and holding Christmas fes-
and again, years later, to cause a
Apropos the story in the Talmud, it German
contemporary, Albert Einstein,
would they have thought could
three-foot wide vacuum tube a
tivals in the public school. I have always believed
soon, we venture to predict that the medal should be noted that in the present cam- they
had come to California to
have known, that 20 years
mile long to be built, that a ray of who
the introduction of such sectarian exercises in
study the work of his precursor,
for 1931 will go to a non-Jew. Heywood paign Jews not only have the opportunity later, between a million and two that
schools supported by all people of every faith is an
light might be passed through it,
Michelson, and of Michelson's pu-
indefeasible procedure and contrary to the spirit of
trapped, its speed perfectly meas-
Broun, to quote one instance, is perhaps the of doing charity but also of contributing to million Jews were to pour in.
pil, Prof. Milliken.
religious liberty. Bad taste and a complete lack of
ured? That a possible error of
outstanding contributor to the best inter- the fund which aims to rebuild the devas-
AMERICAN JEWISH GIRL OF
The meeting of the two great
one one-millionth in computation
consideration for the sensibilities of children are
Jewish
scientists might be likened
1849
ests of Jews and Judaism thus far this year, tated sites in the ancient Land of Israel.
might be discovered and cor-
apparent when Jewish pupils are obliged to at least
to that of experiment which Mich.
One gets, from delving in these
rected?
passively
interest
themselves
in
Christmas
exercises,
by virtue of his revelations in his book, For the truly religious a great appeal is old periodicals, a feeling
elson
performed
at the age of 75.
of the
to actively join in singing Christian hymns.
Michelson's simple answer was Two mountain-tops, 22 miles
"Christians Only," in which George Britt therefore contained in the present cam- complete difference in outlooks. or
While I am not It free thinker and not particularly
the invariable answer of the ar-
apart.
Between
them, a ray of
Yesterday seems to be a sort of
collaborated.
sympathetic to their ideas, I do feel that they are
tist: "Because I like to to it."
paign.
light, flashed and returned. No
dream worl (I, Mary Pickford
sound in their attitude toward Bible reading in the
Career
Filled
With
Honors.
eminence
in
that
distance
to reach
The lack of able leaders in American
sensed this outmoding when she
public schools.
the high ray between the two soli-
recently expressed the intention
The career of the man was too
Jewry is one of the severest problems fac-
tary
peaks.
of destroying at her death all the
with honors for recording. A
Blanche Krell, Spelling Champion.
ing our people and, by virtue of our com-
They had more than their
A CORRESPONDENT wants to know if I think filled
films in which she appeared. She
mere listing of the medals he won,
science in common. Einstein, too,
feels that they will look naive to
manding position in world Jewry, affects
the scientific fellowships, awards,
that anti-Semitism is on the wane or is increas-
Blanche Krell is the spelling champion the generations of the future.
was a lover of music, books, paint-
ing
in
recognitions,
honorary
degrees,
this
country.
That's
a
pretty
big
order.
But
all Israel. It is high time serious thought for 1931, and when she goes to the Nation's
ing. For all of that, Einstein re-
Here is a good illustration of
governmental citations, would fill
4-
I would say after carefully considering the question
were given to the dangers that accompany Capitol at Washington to participate in this process from the columns of that anti-Semitism is not increasing. I find after a page of type. When he was 26 mained the more emotional. A
part of his life was devoted
such an appalling lack of commanding fig- the national spelling contest she will be ac- the Asmonean, a Jewish periodical referring to my files that social-club, hotel, apart- he invented the interferometer, great
to work for his people; he was an
in New York in 1849.
which could split a ray of light,
ment house, and employment discrimination have
ures among a population of more than four companied by the blessings of the commun- published
ardent Zionist, and took part in
It is a letter from an irate parent
send the parts in opposite direc-
not changed for the worse in the past 10 years. All
every cause that concerned the
millions of Jews in the United States.
to the editor--the parent aroused
tions,
and
bring
them
together
discriminations were as definite a decade ago
ity, with her own Jewish people sharing in to anger because some friend had these
welfare of the Jews. Michelson
again at a further point. Would
as they are today. I might add, too, college dis-
the hopes that she emerge the national published a poem written by his crimination has not varied much, if any. On the the split rays arrive together, or seemed to have taken the way of -1
the individualist-artist. None of
Id-year-old girl.
would one arrive before the other?
contrary, strange as it may seem, issuing from this
winner.
The Jewish Position in Poland.
his activities revealed a greater
"Editor, the Asmonean
Did one direction offer more re-
ordinarily pessimistic pen of mine, I am inclined to
We are proud of Blanche Krell because
sistance to another? Did light social sense. He was loved by his
"On reading the Asmonean, I
state that conditions are improving slightly and I
In a series of articles written for the
7
friends, a fine tennis-champion,
am
amazed
to
see
therein
travel through a medium that
a few wouldn't be surprised that in the next few years a
Jewish Telegraphic Agency by its special she is not only a champion, but a proud verses written by my daughter.
and a whyly humorous partner at
might offer resistance? Here arose
more appreciably favorable attitude toward the
Jewess.
The
13-year-old
winner
of
the
bridge,
an
excellent
chess
player,
Not
being
14
the celebrated problem of "ether
44:
correspondent, B. Smolar, is revealed the
years of age, she is
Jewish people as a whole will be witnessed. There
too young for her com-
are many reasons which prompt me to make this drift." If one of the rays arrived and a lovable companion. But the
tragic position of Jewry in Poland. Writ- contest is a deserving inheritor of the entirely
traditions of her race, and is a natural stu- positions to appear in print. I statement, but space prevents me at this time from later than the other, is might have larger social sense of a relation-
ing from Warsaw, Mr. Smolar reports that
ship to a people seemed absent to
deem this explanation necessary
expressing them. Perhaps at a later date I may
encountered a resistance in ether.
him. Though his brother, Charles
Did an "ether envelope" surround
although the Jews form 33 per cent of the dent. But what is most important is that that the readers of your paper may discuss them in detail.
Michelson, is active in national
she
is
proud
to
belong
to
the
ancient
people
not suppose its publication was
the earth, hang motionless about
population of the Polish capital, only 4 per
politics as the publicity director
sanctioned by her parents, who
the earth, or did the ether move
cent of their number are employed in mu- of Israel. Naturally, by affirming her pride would shrink from bringing the DR. ABRAHAM CRONBACII, professor of Jewish with the earth's rotation?
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social studies at the Hebrew Union College, actu-
effusions of a child of her tender
niciprl
Mr. Smolar also writes in her heritage she will be honored all the years
ally startled me out of my routine of sluggish think-
before the critical eyes of
that "in Vilna, where the Jews are 40 per more by non-Jews as well as by Jews.
ing
by
introducing
what
was
to
my
mind,
at least,
Appearing on the talking screen, after the public.
I
n brand new thought. Maybe I'm behind the times,
"B. HART."
cent of the population, there are only 23
but it's the first time that I have heard something
Isn't it horrible—this idea of
Jews in the employ of the municipality. her victory, Blanche Krell expressed the printing
that
should
make
the
radicals
and
liberals
sit
up
and
a
poem
by
a
II-year-old
Not a single Jew is employed in the city of hope that her triumph will bring luck to girl? But that was the print age, take notice. Here is what he said:
In a campaign replete with mud-slinging on the part of his oppon-
Stanislawow where the Jews are 45 per- the Jewish people. That's a good spirit, when little children and women
Take the preacher who wishes to advocate a
were to be seen and not heard.
ent, Judge Charles 1.. Aarons of Milwaukee was re-elected to the Cir-
program such as our creed offers for the pre-
cent of the entire population, and only 8 Blanche, and we congratulate you doubly
—.—
cuit
Court of Milwaukee county. Even the religious issue was raised
vention and the cure of unemployment. When
against
Judge :barons, a former president of Temple B'nai Jeshurun,
Jews are employed in the city of Kovel for it. Good luck to you, and may you A CONVERT OF CONVICTION
the preacher rises to speak he should aim at
In general, a rather starchedly
emerge
the
national
champion.
who
won by a majority of 16,000 votes. Harry V. Meis.sner was
where the Jews are 55 per cent of the popu-
that result and that result exclusively. Let
dignified air pervades these old
elected to the school board, running second in a field of 10 candidates.
him beware of aiming simultaneously at other
lation."
.
periodicals. Seldom is there the
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things. When I urge singleness of purpose I
unbending of humor. Once the
Mr. Smolar's reports also reveal that
Paul M. Warburg, New York Jewish banker, received an honorary
The Chicago Theological Seminary.
mean that the preacher should omit all censure,
Asmonean does tell an anecdote—
degree
of
doctor
of
laws
from
Occidental
College, Los Angeles, in
there is only one Jew among the 40,000
all scolding, all denunciation which is not un-
anent the return of Heine, the
recognition of his work in the financial and economic development of
mistakably related to the end in view. Then
Not included in the gigantic fund-rais- man poet, to the Jewish fold.
postal employes in Poland, although the
the United States. Dr. Ramon D. Bird, president of the college, con-
there is singleness of purpose in the commu-
It relates how the famous Ger-
ferred the degree upon Mr. Warburg, who was presented by Dr. John
Jews are about 18 per cent of the entire ing effort of the Allied Jewish Campaign is man,
nity sense. Nobody desires the perpetuation of
Professor Gans, who was
Parke Young, professor of economics. Mr. Warburg is a director of
population of the land. In his revelations, an important educational institution which converted about the same time as
human suffering. The most hidebound re-
numerous banks and railroads, and is the author
actionary has no wish to see children destitute,
of a book on the
Federal Reserve System.
Mr. Smolar also states that 6,000 Jews were will, during the Shevuoth festival, plead Heine, woo asked about his apos-
women broken down or workers roaming the
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employed on Polish railroads during the for funds among the Orthodox Jews of De- tasy.
streets jobless. We who are liberal and radi-
"And you, Professor Gans, you
The New Jersey State Senate in Trenton confirmed Governor Lar-
cals must remember that much as we may
German occupation, but when Poland be- troit.
sons'
were converted from conviction?"
appointment of Henry J. Waldman
of Elizabeth as judge of the
disagree with the conservatives and re-
"Oh, yes," replied the profes-
The Chicago Theological Seminary, of
came independent these 6,000 Jews grad-
newly created juvenile and domestic relations court in Union county,
actionaries these basic questions of human
sor, "I had the conviction that I
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and Filbert L. Rosenstein of Paterson as
ually lost their jobs. The J. T. A. corres- which Rabbi Saul Silber is the president, should never be able to obtain any
misery are not points of divergence. The di-
judge of the second district
court in that city. Judge Waldman, who is active in Elizabeth Y. W.
vergence lies elsewhere. In the purpose of rid-
pondent adds that "the situation in Poland comes to ask local Jewry not to forsake it office as long as I should confess
A.
work,
is
the
first
Jew
to
serve
on
the
Union
county
bench
in
ding human life of its horrors, our purpose is
some time. Judge Rosenstein is a
4,
today is such that the government is the in its hour of need. Several Detroiters are Judaism."
one with that of our opponents. . . . The
prominent lawyer and active in the
Jewish community.
's
largest employer. Besides railways, posts students in the seminary. One Detroit boy WHEN BENNETT CHUCKLED
debated difference is that of method. We be-
ss'
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Judging from these old Jewish
lieve that collective bargaining is the way out
and telegraphs the government also con- has graduated from this college and holds filer,
Prof.
Federigo
Enrique
of
Rome,
mathematician
and
philosopher,
there was in early America
of industrial exploitation. Our opponents claim
and a member of the faculty of the University
g•
trols the tobacco industry, the alcohol mo- a pulpit in an Ohio city.
much more outspoken flings at the
that collective bargaining only aggravates the
of Rome, received word
s 1.
that he had been appointed an honorary member of the Royal
Academy
trouble . . . and to on down the list. There
nopoly, the oil industry and, in part, the
Certainly Orthodox Jews ought to come Jew than there is today. And the
of Science at Stockholm. In view
editorials of the Jewish papers are
is
no
of
the
close
social
or
economic
proposition
whatever,
relations betweeen this
metal industry too. In all these industries to the aid of this college. Very little is frequently taking exception to
SeS
institution
and
the
Swedish
Academy,
which
makes
the
Nobel
prize
but has its arguments pro and its arguments
a systematic boycott against Jewish work- asked, and if every Orthodox Jew who has these vituperative remarks.
awards in physics and chemistry, it is believed that Professor Ennques
contra.
will receive the 1931 award fee physics. Professor Enrique•, who is
Thus, the Asmonean reprints
some means will give a little, a great insti-
ers and employees is being conducted."
known as the "Italian
rear
Einstein," participated in the
the story of • circumcision, from
Such is the economic position of three tution will be saved. The Chicago Ortho- the New York Herald, in which
mathematical congress as chairman
last international
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N
OTIIER
words,
we
must
respect
the
opinions
of
of the Italian delegation.
I
sided
over
the
international
congress
He
pre-
'Ss
million Jews in Poland, in whose behalf, dox Theological Seminary should be given Bennett of the Herald had his
the reactionary as genuine and honest, and not
of philosophy in 1917 and since
1919
has
been
president
of
the
i'1„i
prompted wholly by some devilish instinct to thwart
outside of Poland, effor4 to relieve their the encouragement and support it deserves.
Society of Plastic Science and Mathe-
matic•. Ile is also a member
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