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Sivan 13, 5691

Decoration D ay.

Decoration Day arouses many memories.
The thoughts of the horrible war, whose
hysterias have left such black and indelible
marks upon our generation ; the hopes for
peace and for the elimination of conflicts;
the varied patriotic works of the different
peoples who make up this great Republic—
these are just a few of the reminiscence%
which arouse many emotio ns. ,

Elsewhere in this issue appears an ar-
ticle in which are described the activities
of four Jews who were among the mould-
ers of American patriotism. Other nation-
alities have similarly contributed to the up-
building of an American national spirit.
And yet, all these peoples are today hound-
ed by so-called hundred percenters for the
mere fact that they are now what the par-
ents of the latter were only a short time
ago—foreign born. If only Americans who
persecute alien elements would inform
themselves upon true conditions of patriot-
ism in the ranks of the foreign-born, what
a happier environment would be created!
Certainly, a great deal of hatred would
then be eliminated.
The Decoration Day thought was ably
penned by Miss Charlotte Rosenbaum,
when she wrote in the New York Herald-
tribune:

That gentle lady, Peace, t hey died to save,
Has come at last unto her rightful own,
And wanders in the sp ring among her
brave,
Joyous, alone.

"Jewish literature has many interests; it
has many phases. It is a great literature and
it has had a real influence on civilization.
To be sure, more so at certain periods than
in others.

The Jewish people ha ; sustained one of
the most serious losses in the death of Pro-
fessort George Foote Moore of Harvard.
A great friend of our people, one of the fin-
est contributors to Jewish historical and
Biblical literature, a man with an unpreju-
diced mind on matters of Jews and Juda-
ism, Dr. Moore was one of the very great
figures in our time who, although not a Jew,
has not only been truly friendly but has
made contributions far greater than those
of most of the great Jews of our time.

Dr. Moore's attitude towards the Jewish
people was perhaps best expressed in an in-
terview he granted the Jewish Telegraphic
Agency several years ago. In his statement
Dr. Moore said :
"From early Biblical times the Jewish
people has had an almost endless and con-
tinuous chain of literary history. Of course,
it would be most difficult to attempt to esti-
mate the influence of the Bible on civiliza-
tion but that it has been extraordinary is

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Author of the monumental and scholar-
ly "Judaism in the Early Centuries of the
Christian Era" and of other Judaica, able
student of Ilebrew as well as Jewish and
Biblical history, Dr. Moore has been looked
upon as a pillar of American Jewry, and
his death is a very great loss to us.

The Alien Registration Bill.

It should not be necessary to review the
evils of the alien registration bill, which
was passed by the Michigan State Legisla-
ture and which at this writing is awaiting
the action of Governor Wilber M. Brucker,
before an audience of Jews who know the
degradations and hardships involved in
such a proposed passport and finger-print-
ing system. Only a country as (lark as was
the Russia of Czars can possibly tolerate
such persecution of innocent people who
happened to have been born under a differ-
ent flag. We have confidence that Govern-
or Brucker will see the light in this matter
and will stamp his personal disapproval of
this bill.

Over 15,000 Jewish families are on the
charity list of the Jewish community in Lodz,
it was announced here.
Among those being supported by the com-
munity are 2,000 families of Jewish textile
workers. This is the largest group which, suf-
fering from the economic crisis, has applied to
the community for assistance. Next to the
textile workers are small merchants. A num-
ber of 1,400 small merchants in Lodz are
among those receiving charity.

Unemployment in Lodz has hit the Jewish
tailors, bakers, tin-smiths and all those engaged
in the needle trade particularly hard. The
community of Lodz is trying to cope with the
growing need. However, it foresees that the
number of charity seekers will increase since
the crisis in Poland has especially affected the
city of Lodz, which is the largest textile center
in the country.

This is only one of the sad stories about
the want created in Jewish ranks by a de-
pression that has assumed a worldwide
character. And if complaints are in order
about the sudden economic decline of Jews
in this country, a slight play on the imagi-
nation will reveal an even greater tragedy
overseas. It is a sad story which certainly
does the heart and mind little good.

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By DAVID SCHWARTZ

HE ORDERED NO "DITTOES"

Talking about one thing or an-
other, Rabbi Metz of Washington
tells a good story about a Jewish
storekeeper out in Pennsylvania,
who one day received a case of
goods, with bill attached.

what the dittoes were, but then
they were afraid, once they opened
the goods, the wholesaler would
never take them bac.k It was
finally decided that Abe should go
to New York and find out from the
wholesaler himself.

Ile went. Two days later he
was back.
"What did you find out?" asked
Jake.
"I found out that I am an ass
and you are ditto," replied Abe.
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PIPES, PLUTOCRACY AND
PROLETARIAT
Another good one which the
Washington rabbi tells is difficult
for me to reduce to writing, but I
will try. I hope my communistic
and socialistic friends don't make
too much capital out of it, for it
easily lends itself that way.

It concerns some rabbi who
came from a little village in Rus-
sia to the bigger centers. In his
village, he had never seen any
pipe smoking.

When he came to the city, upon
visiting one of his poor parishion-
ers, he noted him smoking a pipe.
"What is that?" queried the
rabbi in Yiddish.

"That is a "pipke," responded
the poor man. "You see, when I
can't get enough to eat, I take the
"pipke" and smoke it and it allays
the pangs of hunger."

That sounded sort of reasonable.
The rabbi left. The next day he
visited one of his rich parishion-
ers.
Ile, too, was smoking a pipe.
"What is that," queried the rabbi.
"That, rebbe, is a 'feif'."
"What is a 'felt'?"
"Well, you see, rebbe, when I
eat too much, I just take a 'felt'
and smoke it, and it overcomes
that heavy feeling."
"Oh, my friend," exclaimed the
rabbi, "if you gave some of your
meal to the poor man, he wouldn't
need a 'pipke' and you wouldn't
need a 'felt."

THE CAPITAL CLERGY
The capital city is rather for-
tunately situated in the way of
rabbis. Rabbi Metz, whom I have
just quoted, can do more than tell
a good story. Ile can think clearly
and sharply—cone of the best
minds that I have come across in
nay wanderings. And there is
something else that seems to me
distinctive about him—he seems
to have formulated something of
a definite philosophy of Judaism
that can stand up against the ero-
sion of modern forces.
And then there is Rabbi Simon,
the Reform leader of Washington.
I have not had the opportunity of
meeting him, but his reputation is
one of high integrity and fine cul-
ture.
Rabbi Loeb, another of the capi-
tal city's spiritual forces, is a
charming soul, really lovable, with
fine scholarship and unhyphenated
devotion to Jewish interests.

CIRCUIT-RIDING RABBIS
The late Solomon Schechter it
was, I believe, who coined the
phrase "Catholic" Israel. I should
like to coin the phrase "Methodist
Israel." No, I am not recom-
mending the adoption of any Wes-
leyan tenets as to baptism, grace
or anything like that. But I do
like the "circuit riding" of their
ministry.
I'd like to see the rabbis circuit
tiding. Expecting one man to
preach a good sermon week after
week is expecting a little too
much. Wouldn't it be much bet-
ter, if every rabbi, say. perfected
half a dozen sermons and kept on
going around the circuit preaching
those for a year or so.
Not only could the rabbi pro-
duce a better sermon, by produc-
ing fewer sermons, but the con-
gregations in that way would get
the sermons of all the rabbis, in-
stead of confining themselves to
the diet of the same rabbi day
after day, week after week and
year after year.

JEWISH AMBASSADOR TO
MEXICO
According to the papers, the
anti-Semitic front has now been
extended to include Mexico.
Perhaps it may offer us some
little consolation to know that in
the administration of Abraham
Lincoln, the American minister to
Mexico was a Jew. His name was
Marcus Otterburg.
There is id, mention of Otter-
burg, strangely enough, in the
Jewish Encyclopedia.

WHAT—A GERMAN JEW?
It seems that this man, Otter-
burg, was a Jew from Germany,
who came over here at the time of
the big German immigration here
in the '50s. Otterburg settled in
Milwaukee, and opened a cigar

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Tidbits and News of Jew-
ish Personalities.

"We must remember that Jews made con-
siderable contributions to learning in the
Jake looks at his bill and reads:
West, not only by cultivating strictly Jew-
dozen (overalls at $6 a doz-
ish fields of learning; they were often "Four
en; five dozen ditto at 87; three
among the leading scientists, philosophers, dozen ditto at $9; 11 dozen ditto
linguists, and though very much despised at $6.50."
Jake was in consternation. Ile
in the Middle Ages as a people, as individ-
summoned his partner, Abe. "Lis-
uals very often rose to the very highest ten, Abe. They send us nothing
rank. And it is significant that only the ig- but dittoes. We never ordered
What are we going to do
norant princes both of the state and of the dittoes.
with dittoes?'
church were the enemies of the Jews, but
"What are dittoes?" queried
the scholars, who knew their value, be- Abe.
"Who knows?" returned Jake,
friended many of them. But the unfortu-
"but whatever they are, we don't
nate thing was that for a long time ignor- want them—the people around
ance predominated heavily in Europe and here don't buy dittoes—I never
the history of theological polemics consti 7 even had a call for one ditto."
Jake and Abe went into con-
tutes a sad page in the study of European
ference. Of course, they could
civilization."
have opened the case and found

The fight conducted against the meas-
ure during the past week by a group of
conscientious and public-spirited citizens
is another indication of the weakness of the
Her head is haloed with their victory,
forces of the foreign-born elements, citi-
Her gown is gold with sacrificial (lames;
zens as well as non-citizens. And the Jews
She walks among them, slowly, musingly,
are not excluded from this classification of
And calls their names.
weakly organized groups. There was a
She ne'er forgets her lovers—through the time when every threat against the safety
and well-being of the alien groups in Amer-
land
ica met with instant protests and with the
She goes, and where their crosses wanly
sudden springing-up of inter-denomination-
glow—
al and inter-racial groups ready to plead
From just a dewy touch of her white hand,
the cause of justice for the immigrant. The
Red poppies grow.
constant battering away at the ranks of the
foreign-born has, however, resulted in the
But the truest ideals which come to mind
weakening of this organiztaion, with the re-
on Decoration Day are those of the Proph-
ets of Israel, who in their passionate quest sult that the present Michigan measure
found a handful of individuals ready to go
for peace,. have given to the world ideas
and ideals adherence to which will some the limit in the fight for justice for the im-
migrant, but the organized groups of for-
day bring the much-pra ,:ed-for, "peace on
earth." The great vision of world disarm- eign-born have been found either to have
ament, which should be disseminated on disappeared entirely or to have become so
Decoration Day, is contained in the follow- weak as to be useless in such a battle for
elementary rights of men and women.
ing from the Prophet Micah :
While the present measure should serve
to stimulate the foreign-born Americans
And many nations shall go and say :
"Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain again to be on guard against laws as threat-
ening as this alien registration hill. individ-
of the Lord,
uals who have unselfishly and devotedly
And to the house of the God of Jacob ;
carried on the battle in an effort to secure
And lie will teach us of Its ways,
the veto of Governor Brucker should be
And we will walk in his laths;"
given the credit that is rightfully theirs. In
For out of Zion shall go orth the law,
And thi word of the Lor from Jerusalem. the Jewish community, Theodore Levin,
And he s shall judge betw ?en many peoples, who is at the head of the legal forces fight-
And shall decide concern mg mighty nations ing the measure, his young associate, Na-
than L. Milstein, Fred M. Butzel and Rabbi
afar off ;
And they shall beat their swords into plow- Leon Frani have earned the gratitude of all
right-thinking men for the manner in which
shares,
they were constantly on the watch lest
And their spears into pruning hooks;
Nation shall not lift up sword against grave injustice be done innocent peoples.
nation,
Neither shall they learn war any more.
Harvest of Worldwide Depression.
But they shall sit every man under his vine
and under his fig-tree;
The Jewish Telegraphic Agency's spec-
And none shall make them afraid ;
ial correspondent. B. Smolar, describing the
For the mouth of the Lord of hosts hath
harvest that has been reaped by the crisis
spoken.
in Poland, tells this story of want and suf-
fering among the Jews of Lodz:

Professor Moore )f Harvard.

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Charles H. Joseph .

know what they do in other communities
I DON'T
but in Pittsburgh everybody tries to call on a

hundred or more confirmants and their parents in a
few hours. This matter of calling at the homes and
personally extending congratulations has really be-
come a serious problem. Some years ago an effort
was made to hold a "community at home" at some
central place. Then the parents and their children
assembled and the whole Jewish community
crowded and struggled and congratulated those
they wanted to and those they had to because the
congestion was so great they couldn't escape.

my own personal experience the other eve-
T AKE
ning. There were over a hundred children con-

firmed at the Temple. Now I know at least half of
the families, which meant that if I was to do my
duty that I should make at least 50 calls. With
my wife and a couple of friends I left home at 7:30
in the evening. The weather was bad as a heavy
rain had set in, which made traveling slow. While
our people live, as most of our co-religionists do, in
a friendly huddle, yet the distance required some
little time to cover, even with a car. At midnight
we had concluded 12 calls, leaving, as far as I was
concerned, 38 more I would like to have mode.

wIlAT

is the solution to such a situation? What
do other communities do? It would be inter-
esting to get an expression from rabbis elsewhere.
Perhaps they have adopted some method which is
practical and satisfactory to handle this increasing
traffic jam or confirmants. Classes are increasing
in size. Even the exercises themselves threaten to
last as long as Chinese play if the time should come
when 200 children will have to be confirmed at the
same time. Some think it a foolish custom to call
to pay their respects on confirmation day. I don't.
I think it offers the opportunity to make many Jews
feel that they are a PARTof the Jewish community
and that there is a friendliness and a GOODWILL
present that they never believed. Because one
doesn't have to be intimate to pay a confirmation
call. The latch string is out. It is hospitality day,
to to speak. It requires sonic little time and a
little inconvenience, but then think of the pleasure
you give others by making this gesture of interest.
But won't someone please tell us how to make 100
calls in one evening, or for good measure, an after-
noon and evening?

one more thought about confirmation. We
N OW,
hear a lot about the extravagance of the pres-

ents that the children receive. Year after year
there is a discussion as to whether the gifts don't
bulk larger in the child's mind than the confirma-
tion exercise; whether the material isn't stressed to
the detriment of the spiritual. In some communi-
ties the rabbis and Jewish women's groups have
taken the attitude of discouraging the giving of
presents. While it's true that sonic foolish friends
and relatives lacking a sense of proportion send
gifts that are completely out of harmony with the
situation, yet after all I can't find where a child's
soul is seriously impaired or his usefulness to Juda-
ism destroyed because he gets 50 or 100 gifts,
mostly handkerchief, neckties, sweaters, card cases,
lead pencils and fountain pens, to say nothing of a
few books. The girls fare a little better. They
may receive a few finer handkerchiefs, silk under-
wear, vanities, etc. But we must look at these
things through the mind of a boy or girl and not
through our own mental eyes. If some rich relative
loads the child down with a diamond necklace, well,
after all, the world must have all kinds of people, so
why bother about only one foolish thing.

centuries of alliance between church and
A FTER
state the present provisional government of

Spain has decreed absolute religious freedom of
worship for all creeds in Spain. The decree, accord-
ing to the most reliable newspaper accounts, pro-
vides that "the government no longer professes the
Catholic religion as official." The dethronement of
Alphonso, regardless of how splendid a man he is,
or how good a king he was, was a small price to pay
for religious liberty in Spain. Whether it is the
Jews or the Catholics or the l'rotestants, I consider
it a definite menace to the welfare of any country
when religious group is given the power to legis-
late. That was one of the objections heard when
the idea was first suggested of a Jewish state in
I'alestine, where religious laws, like the Blue Laws
we have in this country, might be introduced. In
the United States while the government does not
recognize the Protestant religion as the (official
religion, yet no one can question the great political
influence it exercises. In Spain the Catholic church
was not very catholic in its attitude. The Inquisi-
tions will be remembered for ages as what horrors
and cruelties are possible in the name of religion.
Spain has taken its most progressive step in cen-
turies by divorcing church and state.

Read this:

Its influence is greater than that of minis-

ters plenipotentiary, greater than that of am-
bassadors of good-will, for it not only preaches

but practices the doctrine of good-will. It
brings charity and love and fair play into the

lives of millions of people; it brings under-
standing and sympathy in place of suspicion

and hatred. Under its banner, the people of

all nations, of all creeds, of all races, can work
for the common good.

is Lieutenant-Governor Lehman of New
w ITAT
York state talking about, dear reader? May-

be you will guess REI,IGION. No, it's the RED
CROSS. Religion as we find it expressed through-

out all the churches today, does not do these things.
It creates the opposite—suspicion and hatreds and

intolerance and bigotry. Wouldn't it be a wonder-
ful thing for humanity if we could say those things
of religions?

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RABBI SCHULMAN, of Temple Emanuel, New
York, was right in rapping the Presbyterian
Board of National Missions on the knuckles for its
tactless and incorrect statements regarding the atti-
tude of Jews toward their religion. I have never
been able to quite understand how the leaders in
the Presbyterian church could keep on hugging
the delusion that they were ever getting anywhere
in this business of converting Jews to Christianity.
But I suppose the proselyting, like love, is blind.
Dr. Schulman is too mild when he says that "the
so-called missionary efforts of Christian churches
have not been on the whole successful." They have
been so futile that they are nothing but a tragic
joke! Money has been spent in trying to convert
Jews which could have been spent for a much bet-
ter cause. As for the assertion of the Presbyterian
board that large numbers of Jews have the Jewish
faith has lost its appeal; many have become frankly
irreligious, that is true of Jews as of Protestants.
But I do not agree with the statement that "large
numbers" have deserted. One need only to survey
the Presbyterian situation in this country to have
those clergymen who are spending time trying to
make Christians out of Jews, to realize that their
time could be spent to better advantage trying to
keep Presbyterians in the fold. When one thinks
of the numerous liberal movements in this country
the Association for the advancement of Atheism,
the agnostics, the empty churches and all the rest
of it, one would imagine that Christianity had its
hands quite full with its own problems.

et•s,

Louis Wallis "By the Waters

of Babylon," published by the

:Macmillan Co., is along the lines
of this writer's earlier volume,
"Sociological Study of the Bible."
Written after an extended tour
of the holy Land, "By the Waters
of Babylon" takes for granted, as
its background, the historical situ-
ation disclosed by scientific schol-
arship in the leading universities
and theological seminaries. Com-
posed in a style similar to the
English of the King James version,
the narrative keeps close to fact,
as Bishop McConnell has stated in
a letter, and only the framework is
fiction.
Moving amidst a colorful drama
which was veritably staged in the
East :Mediterranean highlands, the
story turns around the relations
between the wealthy noble house
of Shaphan in Jerusalem and a
poor family in a South Judean vil-
lage near the edge of the wilder-
ness. The action takes place just
before and during the destruction
of the ancient kingdom of Judah
by the Babylonian army.
The temple at Jerusalem ap-
pears in its original character as
a heathen sanctuary, wherein Je-
hovah tYahvvehl stands at the
head of a pantheon which includes
Baal and Ashtah, whose cults
bring prostitution within the sanc-
tuary itself. The temple is also a
bank of safety-deposit fur wealthy
exploiters of the people—"a den
of robbers," according to Jere-
miah, in whose time the story is
laid.

The established system of re-
ligion, politics and exploitation is
opposed by certain men who, in
later ages, became known as "the
true prophets," but who at first,
for many years, were only the
leaders of a despised faction.
Thus, Jeremiah is merely an un-
licensed agitator, who denounces
the temple in the words quoted
above, and whom the government
seeks to destroy.

The scribes of the house of Sha-
phan are secretly at work prepar-
ing a "great book" (the Bible),
which it commenced in Jerusalem
under the inspiration of the insur-
gent prophets, and finished outside
the limits of the story, under
priestly influence by the waters of
Babylon. The action ends with
the murder of Gedaliah, of the
house of Shaphan, whom Nebu-
chadnezzar, the Babylonian king,
has appointed governor of Judah
after the destruction of Jeru-
sauem.

Speaking of Ilebrew history, the
late I'rof. Albert W. Small, of the
University of Chicago, said "Every
one of us was taught to believe
that certain representatives of the
Ilebrew race had different means
of communicating with God from
those that are available today. We
consequently accepted a version
of Hebrew history which made out
of it a fantastic tradition that only
began to take on the semblance of
reality within the recollection of
living men."

In accordance with the tenden-
cies thus indicated by Professor
small, the rejection of myth and
miracle by modern scientific schol-
arship has thus far brought with it
a virtual rejection of the Bible as
a factor in the present scheme of
liberal culture, which tends toward
religious paganism. The current
discussion about belief of God is
conducted without reference to the
ethical and social conditions under
which belief took form in the
Orient before it penetrated west-
ern civilization. And consequent-
ly, in educated circles today we
meet the assumption that one
should be intelligent about the es-
sentials of all history, except the
colorful transactions which an-

ci•ntly took place in the East
Mediterranean highlands.
But the tendency of modern cul-
ture to ignore the dignified and
remarkable history which the Bible
represents cannot continue unchal-
lenged. It must before long be
checked and reversed; and in that
inevitable reversal this story aims
to be a factor. For although the
modern scientific interpretation of
Scripture does indeed bear a nega-
tive aspect, it also furnishes a posi-
tive, constructive background for
a tale of that vivid human life
which went into the evolution of
belief in one God.

"ESTHER," BIBLICAL
PLAY, WINS CONTEST

The playwriting contest of the
Drama League of America ha,
become an important event in
American literary circles. The
winning plays, published by Long-
mans, Green & Company, 55 Fifth
avenue, New York, form an im-
portant dramatic library.
The Drama League—Longmans-
Green playwriting contest for
1929 was won by Mrs. Sonia V.
51. Daugherty for a Biblical play,
"Esther" (75 cents). It is an ex-
cellent work deserving of a wide
audience, and of repeated staging.
Mrs. Daugherty has caught the
spirit of the Book of Esther and
has excellently translated it into
a fine play. Iler understanding
of the reasons for hatred of the
Jews has helped her in writing her
play.
In a preface to the play, Sirs.
A. Starr Best, chairman of the re-
ligious drama contest of the
Drama League of America, writes:
"To the old Jews the story was
full of the thrill of history and of
the race but to us moderns there
is little it can teach in its usual
form. Mrs. Daugherty, however,
has managed to instill into the Es-
ther of her play a fine modern ex-
pression of the love for fellowman
and the thrill of service nobly
(lone."
Production notes by Mrs. Daugh-
erty are appended to the play.

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EDUCATIONAL WORK 04!
BY JEWISH TEACHER

Ida Mieriam Cohen, a teacher in
the Chicago public schools, has
written two educational works un-
der her family name of Mirriam,
in order to avoid confusion with
the numerous Cohens in the city.
"The Riddle Primer" and
"Washington's Boyhood," both by
Ida C. Slirriaim, both published by
Albert Whitman & Co.• 323 West
Randolph street, Chicago, each
selling at the nominal price of 60
cents each, have been received
with acclaim by educators. And
deservedly so.
In "The Riddle Primer" the au-
thor succeeded in writing a series
of 80 brief stories for children,
forming knowledge primer games.
Aided by beautiful illustrations by
Sarah K. Smith, these riddles form
individual stories which are excel-
lently suited for first-graders. It
is a book well worth while, and we
recommend it not only fur school
but also fur home use'.
Similarly, this author's "Wash-
ington's Boyhood" presents in sim-
ple, interesting and attractive
manner the story of the boyhood
of the first president. ('resenting
the boy Washington as a normal
fun-chasing, natural fellow, this
book is an excellent addition to
truly wholesome children's litera-
ture. The illustrations in color
by Uldene Shriver Trippe enhance
the volume, which is an eminently
worth-while juvenile.

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IN THE PUBLIC EYE

Leaders of European, American and Canadian .le•ry who have
long been associated with Isadore D. Morrison in his activities on
behalf of Palestine and Jewish communal institutions in this country
joined May 22 in paying tribute to him on his sixtieth birthday. Among
those who greeted Mr. Morrison were Felix M. Warburg, Nahum Sobs-
low, Dr. Stephen S. Wise, Dr. Cyrus Adler, James N. Rosenberg, Judge
Julian W. Mack, Prof. Richard Gottheil and Archibald Freiman.
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M. Morein, a Jewish student of Riga, was appointed seccretary of
the press department of the Latvian foreign office. Morein is the first
Jew to get a post in the Latvian foreign office.
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For the sixth consecutive year, Moses J. Stroock was elected chair-
man of the Board of Higher Education of New York. The board has
jurisdiction over all municipally maintained higher educational activi-
ties in the city. Mr. Stroock has been chairman of the board since it
was created in 1926. Prior to that he was far five years chairman of
the board of trustees of City College.

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Mayor Anton J. Cermak of Chicago appointed James B. Loebner,
managing editor of the Chicago Jewish Courier, a member of the Chi-
cago public library board. Mr. I,oebner is one of the veteran foreign
language newspaper men of the city.

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A bronze memorial tablet upon which are inscribed the names of
pioneer women suffragists Wan
unveiled in the headquarters of the
National League of Women Voters in Washington. Among the names
Was that
of Ernestine S. Rose, Jewish leader of woman suffrage in this
country.
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Dr. Joseph Weiner, the recently elected chief rabbi of Belgium in
succession to Rabbi Ginsburger, who resigned, has now taken up his
duties at Antwerp. An Alsatian by birth, Dr. Wiener was educated at
the University of Strassbourg in Berlin and Breslau seminaries. For
eight years a spiritual leader in Alsace, he came to Antwerp in 1904 as
rabbi of the community, a
post he held until his recent promotion.
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In recognition of his outstanding studies in the chemical substances
existing in various organs and membranes of the human body, Dr.
Phoebus Leven of the Rockefeller Institute of New York was awarded
the Willard Gibbs Medal of the Chicago section of the American Chemi-
cal Society at a national gathering of scientists at the Steuben Club.

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Joe Weber and Lew Fields, famous stage comedians who have not
appeared together for nearly two decades, will be reunited in a new
show to be presented this fall. The noted pair of comics are now ap-
pearing in a radio skit which brought them out of their
retirement,

Hugo Weisgal, a sophomore at Johns • Hopkins University, has been
awarded a $900 prize by Columbia University
for a series of short musi-
cal compositions. The compositions were all written to poems by Amy
Lowell. Weisgal is the son of Cantor Adolph J. Weisgal of Chizuk
Amuno synagogue of Baltimore.

Jacob Epstein. the famous London sculptor, is not at all concerned
about the battle that is raging in the Royal Academy over his proposed
election. Asked what he thought about the rumpus, he said "I'm a
sculptor and not a publicist." He said that six years
ago he was
asked to permit his name to be put up for election to the Academy and
that until the recent discussion he had heard nothing about it.

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