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Readings of the Law fo r First Day of
Hashonah, Saturd ay, Sept. 12.

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Pentateuchal portions—Ge 1. 21; Num. 28:14.
Prophetical portions—I. aml 1:1-2;10.

Reading of Torah on S mond Day of Rosh
Hashanah, Sand y, Sept. 13.

Pentateuchal portions--G en. 22; Num. 29:1-6.
Prophetical portion—ter. 31:2-20.

September 11, 1931

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The New Year an Its Problems.

The advent of a new year compels serious
thought regarding the personal problems
of the individual as wet 1 as of the commun-
ity at large. In a year al trying as the pres-
ent it is natural that he thought of con-
scientious Jews should turn to the institu-
tions which have been affected by the de-
pression, as well as to t le mass of the peon-
pie who are in want of the bare necessities
of a mere economic ex istence. The latter
problem falls within th realm of the gener-
al problem of the coin nunity at large, and
where the element of prejudice enters to
aggravate the situation it has been our pain-
ful task on numerous o :casions to point out
the needs to our leaders.
leaders.
But in the
But
of the problems
of the poverty-stricken we must not forget
the needs of our institutions. And in De-
troit many needs demand our immediate
attention. Outstandin g among these is the
Jewish Old Folks Home. Here is a cause
which ranks first, both from the point of
view of the humanitarian needs of the com-
munity as well as from that of Jewish tra-
dition. And yet this institution is in dire
want of genuine attention and of radical
change which will eliminate the causes for
criticism which were not so long ago leveled
against it as a result of public charges of
the lack of safety in the building.
Certainly the community is not so sorely
stricken that it will forget the aged and the
infirm and will permit the existence of a
condition which constantly stands in dan-
ger of inviting criticism. If we are to per-
mit economic depression, even as serious as
it is today, to check the labors of a gener-
ation and to call a halt to the accomplish-
ments of which we boast in times of plenty,
then we confess to spiritual bankruptcy and
to moral suicide. That we must not permit.
The same holds true with regard to our
schools. These must not be permitted to
suffer. It is true that the needs of the hun-
gry must come first in our communal tasks
But if these needs are to be the only ones
to be considered in times like these, then
they will stamp us as t he weakest and spiri-
tually most immoral generation of all time.
What would we say, for instance, if the
city of Detroit were to close up its public
and high schools in order to use the funds
for doles and relief for the needy and un-
employed? Would even the starving per-
mit such moral defeat?
Many institutions a Id causes will plead
to us again, during the coming year, for fi-
nancial assistance. So long as Israel lives,
we must not turn a deaf ear to them. Pales-
tine's foundation stone s must not be jeopar-
dized, and the reconstruction work must go
on unhindered. Our oppressed brethern in
Eastern European countries must not be
forgotten. The national and traditional in-
stitutions must be encouraged and sup-
ported.
We have faith that Israel will not falter
and that our people wi I not be found want-
ing, even in times of n eed. And with this
faith firmly implanter I in our hearts we
greet our friends and readers on the New
Year 5692.

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the sake of the preservation of our Jewish
entity. But in times of stress this is doubly
demanded.
We can not emphasize too strongly that :
UNITY MUST BE PRESERVED!
It is immaterial at this time who is at
fault, the Emergency Relief Fund group or
leaders in the Jewish Welfare Federation,
or both. The fact remains that the serious-
ness of the situation demands that both
should strive for the retention and preser-
vation of that unity which attracted nation-
wide attention to Detroit folowing the Al-
lied Jewish Campaign in May.
One attitude we take the means of con-
demning at this time, and that is the senti-
ment expressed by a spokesman for the
Emergency Relief Fund that Orthodox and
Reform elements are comparable to oil and
wider, and that both cannot mix. The
moral in this comparison is that it is im-
possible to arrive at a working basis be-
tween spokesmen of both groups. Such an
attitude has no place in our community at
this time. It is not only suicidal in its phi-
losophy, but is false in view of the kinship
that exists in both groups for non-observ-
ance and for the shelving of dogmas and
religious differences, except on three days
in the Jewish year. On the other hand,
Jewish and national Jewish idealism has
always found both groups staunchly and
friendly united in behalf of the Jewish
cause.
Whichever way the situation is viewed,
destruction of communal unity in a time
like the present must not be permitted, and
all rifts should be discouraged. The crisis
demands the elimination of partisanship.
We call upon the leaders in both groups to
arrive at such amicable understandings
which will elevate them in the eyes of the
entire community as spokesmen for the
cause of emergency relief.
We repeat:
UNITY MUST PREVAIL!

A Study in Gifts.

Elsewhere in this issue our readers will
find an unusually interesting article review-
ing Jewish contributions to philanthropy
in the past year.
Aside from the interesting facts con-
tained in this article, it reveals the power
that was wielded by Jews for the good of
humanitarian causes. By their outright
gifts to charitable and educational causes,
and by their wise provisions in behalf of
worthy institutions in their final testaments,
Jews have been a great contributing factor
to the good of this land, as well as for the
building up of great Jewish institutions in
Jewish communities other than in the Unit-
ed States.
This list of noble gifts is an encourage-
ment in the present time of stress that con-
siderable wealth remains in the American
Jewish community to which we may look
for support of our important institutions.
And the resume of Jewish benevolence also
serves to remind many of our people that
what they were able to do in their lifetime
they may carry on when they are gone,
through their wills and last testaments.
The writing of wills is as important as ded-
ication to great causes in one's lifetime.
Many great things were made possible
through wills and bequests. Meditation on
the New Year regarding one's obligations
to family and community should also serve
to remind our people of their duty to pre-
pare last testaments in order that their
ideals may live after them.

An Artistic Calendar.

The arrival of a new year traditionally
creates the need for a new calendar to cor-
respond with the new-born twelve-month
Pkj
period.
For the aesthetically-minded, the present
year has in store a truly artistic piece of
work, in the yearly pocket calendar of the
Jewish National Fund,
Beautifully gotten up and containing a
wealth of information, especially with re-
gard to activities in Palestine, this calendar
has a sentimental value in that it was print-
ed in Jerusalem.
Unity Mus Prevail.
This calendar is procurable in either Eng-
From all quarters a id all groups proph- lish, Hebrew or Yiddish, and we recommend
iq ecies are ventured that the coming winter to those who appreciate a well-gotten up
will be a very difficult one, and that the record of the year that they write to the
depression will then be felt the hardest. Jewish National Fund office for a copy of
In spite of it, however, friction and differ- this fine pocket booklet.
ence of opinion is being permitted to stand
Sho-Sho-Nie Lodge of Boyne City, Mich.,
in the way of a unified communal action in
advertises that "Gentiles only" may spend
behalf of the needy a id unemployed.
their vacation there. Which is not a new
Only four months ago, what appeared to
manifestation of intolerance. But we feel
be a unified Jewish community hailed the
unity that was cemented in our midst as we owe it to our readers at least to warn
a result of the highly successful Allied Jew- them in advance against summer lodges
where they are not wanted.
ish Campaign in which were included items
for local, national and international Jewish
The desecration and violation of the
relief, education and other very important
social agencies. Now, on the eve of the most twenty-sixth grave on the Memel Jewish
trying period in the history of the Detroit Cemetery, in Lithuania, drew a promise of
Jewish community, everything that led to a reward of one thousand lit for the appre-
the unity that was evidenced in May ap- hension of the vandals. When bandits stoop
pears to be shattered on the rock of par- to destroying the graves of the dead, it is a
sign of an even greater decline in the mor-
tisanship.
ality of so-called civilized beings.
It is painful therefore to be compelled
to call upon all sections in our community
There is talk of a boycott against Succoth
to strive for the retention and guarantee Esrogim coming from anti-Semitic coun-
of peace and unity in our own midst. Even tries. Here is at least one article that offers
in times of plenty reason would dictate to the Jews a chance to shake off the anti-
us that such a course must be followed for Semites.

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ish Personalities.

By DAVID SCHWARTZ

The telegraph companies have
very nobly come to the aid of the
Jew who wishes to send a New
Year greeting to his friend. To
(lay, all the arduous labor of cum
posing one of these messages o
greeting may he avoided by simply
asking the company to send mes
sage No. 14, which possibly reads:
"May you be inscribed for a very
happy new year and may all your
children become champion ball
players." Or maybe you ask for
No. 15 and yet get a message which
reads: "May the new year bring
you prosperity, popularity, punch
and pep, but not porous plasters."
Which is all very good. But these
messages, very apropriate for your
intimate circle, can scarcely fill the
hill, if you want to send a New
Year's greeting to some great cele-
brities. You can't be quite so inti-
mate with them, you've got to have
something, don't you know, more
dignified.
To supply that need, we have
formulated a number of messages
suitable to dispatch to these cele-
brities:
To hr. "halm Weizmann,
London, England.
A happy new year and a fast
Yom Kippur. Cheer up. Have you
thought of columning? Look at
Cal Coolidge.

To Dr. Nahum Sokolow,
President World Zionist Organiza-
tion, London, England.
A happy New Year and a fast
Yom Kippur. You are credited
with being not only a great Jewish
statesman, but a great humorist.
Could you arrange to tell a real
corking one no that the Arab dema-
gogues could split their kishkes?

To Adolf Hitler,
Fascist and anti-Semite leader,
Berlin, Germany.
Yeah? Thanks. Some to you and
many of them. If you decide to
jump the fifteenth floor is better
than the tenth.

To Dr. Albert Einstein,
Berlin, Germany.
A happy New Year and a rela-
tively fast Yom Kippur. Could you
as the world's greatest authority on
time do something about this over-
time and time and a half business?
Remember me to the relatives.

Bernard Postal,
Jewish Telegraphic Agency,
New York.
Happy New Year. More than
a year ago you got a postal—not
from the mails. Females. Hope
you get another postal this year.
There is nothing like correspon-
dence.

To Herbert Hoover,
The White House,
Washington, D. C.

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To Morris 1Valdman and Bernard
G. Richards, secretaries, respec-
tively.
American Jewish Comittee and the
American Jewish Congress.
A happy New Year and a fast
Yam Kippur. Hope business will
be slow in your line. No anti-Sem-
itic speeches laws discriminations
protest against. Not altogether stop
you understand. A little discri-
mination is as good as pinochle to
get excited about.

To Al Jolson,
New York and Hollywood.
Happy New Year sonny boy.
You sure put it over in "Mammy"
a rein.
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To Eddie Cantor,
New York.
A whoopee New Year and a fast
Yom Kippur. Byebye see you in
the moving pictures.

To Lieutenant Isidore Bachman,
With the Nautilus, Somewhere
around the Pole.
A happy New Year but you bet-
ter not fast Yom Kippur. You
might fast about a minute as the
days are pretty long around the
pole. Six months or something like
that.
By the way a friend of mine a
kosher butcher but he's a regular
fellow, Isidore, asks me to write
you to say a good word for him if
there is any opening in his line at
the l'ole. Ilethought maybe a Jew-
ish butcher with a sideline of eski-
mo pies might go good. Sure he's
a Pole.

To Congressman Sol Bloom,
Chairman Washington Bicentennial
Committee,
Washington, D. C.
A cherry happy New Year. You
sure are making the old cherry
tree Bloom Sol.
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To Benjamin Winter,
President Ilaym Salomon Monu-
ment Committee,
New York.
A monumentally successful New
Year to you Mr. Winter.

To Lewis Browne,
Macmillan's, New York.
You've written a history of the
Jews and now a history of the
church. I have some good mater-
ial on the Litvaks if you care to
write a book. Happy New Year,
Lew.
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To Leon Trotzky,
Somewhere in Turkey.
Happy New Year Leibel. Hope
you and Joe Stalin get together.
After all both of you boys are well
read and have much in common.
Could you send us a little Turkey
from Constantinople for Thanks.
giving. Please rush-her.
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To Heywood Broun,
World Telegram.
It seems to me that your's and
Britt's expose ought to help the job
hunting children of Mose Shams
Torn!

To Gertrude Stein,
Paris, France.
Happy New Year. The man said

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HAPPY New Year to my enemies and my
friends. Elbert Hubbard, the famous Roy-
crofter, once told me that he was too busy to hate
anyone. And I ant beginning to feel the same
way. The years pass quickly on and there's so
much important business ahead of us before we
go to the Great Beyond that we shouldn't spend
any of the precious moments remaining to us here
in such a futile and wasteful exercise as hating.
. . . So to all my co-religionists, good and bad,
I extend the greetings of the season. . . . They
know better than I do wherein they have failed
during the past year and it's up to them to
straigten themselves out and make a better job
the coming year.

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LOT of unfavorable situations developed for
our people during the past year Mexico
and Belgium, two countries where we had been
getting along rather comfortably, suddenly showed
animus and our co-religionists are no so happily
situated. Of course the old anti-Semitic countries
like Rumania and Hungary and Poland were on the
job making life even more miserable for the Jews,
if that were possible. . . Conditions in England
and France remained pretty much the same, and
the same may be said of Russia. . . Of course
the atheistic movement there gained headway dur-
ing the year and, religiously speaking, the Jews are
worse oft than they were. . . . In Germany the
Ilitlerites gained considerably in power and as
they obtained additional strength in that degree,
has the Jewish position been weakened. . . . I
don't like the looks of things in Germany and
wouldn't be surprised if we heard from Mr. Hitler
in the year to come in rather unfavorable fashion.
. . . Zionism hasn't moved much either forward
or backward, rather sideways. . . . The world's
present economic condition hasn't made it any
easier for the development of Palestine and it is
difficult to predict with any degree of accuracy
what the coming year holds in store for the Jew's
out there. . . . Personally I can't see where much
improvement can ever be looked for until once and
for all some workable basis is established with the
Arabs.. . . In this country the Jewish position is
stable. • . . 1 discovered nothing that makes for
an increasingly unfavorable trend. . . . We have,
of course, the discrimination in business and social
circles, but nothing worse than before. . . . In the
colleges we have discrimination to just about the
same degree as formerly. . . . There we find no
evidence of an increase in Jewish exclusion. . . .
Conditions in New York and some of the other
large cities have affected Jewish prestige some-
what, financially speaking. . . . The newcomers of
20 years ago who gained great fortunes have
been among those most seriously distressed. . . .
There will have to be some new economic develop-
ment to enable them to regain their wealth and
their prestige. . . . Everybody, Jew and Gentile,
is keeping his fingers crossed, hoping for a better
year.

SARANAC INN, New York, doesn't want Jewish
patronage even in times of depression. The
other day they sent a telegram to a lady who had
applied for reservations that they had them but for
Christians only. The best thing to do, no it seems
to me, is not to apply to hotels where we know
the bars are up against us. It merely results in an
embarrassing moment. The situation in the Adi-
rondacks and in the White Mountains has always
been exceptionally UNCHRISTIAN in its JEWISH
attitude. I have known of a prominent family that
was permitted accommodations in a hotel in the
Adirondacks OVER-NIGHT. That sort of thing
isn't ANTI-JEWISII—it just isn't decent.

ON THE threshold of the Jewish New Year it
might not be amiss for those who take a couple
of days off every 12 months to wonder why they are
Jews, to be reminded of an incident that happened
about this time last year. An important case was
set for trial by the Supreme Court of Ohio for Rosh
Ilashonah. Among the array of talent was Gilbert
Beaman, attorney-general, on one side, and Mur-
ray Seasongood, former mayor of Cincinnati, on
the other sire. A few days before the holy (lay
the cour was advised by these gentlemen that Rosh
Hashonah was for them a solemn day, whereupon
the court directed that the case be postponed. Wide
publicity was given the incident at the time and I
think it was the B'nai B'rith Magazine that made
the comment that self-respect begets self-respect
and nowhere do Jews have a higher standing than
in Cincinnati, which is quite true. Let's resolve on
this New Year day to RESPECT OURSELVES AS
JEWS. For some mean and snobbish advantage
let's not compromise and hide our religion under a
bushel . . . and if we are not interested in reli-
gion let's not hide the fact that we are Jews.

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AM AFRAID that a gentleman by the name of
Alfred Segal is looking for trouble. . . I read
a column of "Plain Talk" in the American Israelite,
written by Mr. Segal that is likely to draw fire from
the higher-ups in Reform Israel. . . . It seems that
someone in an excess of proselytIng zeal wandered
into the Australian bush to bring the light of Re-
form Judaism to the benighted Orthodox. . . .
As a result there arose some tart criticism which
supplied copy for the Jewish press for some weeks.
. . . But Mr. Segal takes a long, very long and a
sharp needle and jabs into the most sensitive part
of Reform anatomy by suggesting that before we
send missionaries to convert others we'd better de-
vote our efforts where they seem more urgently
needed—at home. In brief, Mr. Segal is not sure
that Reform has saved its own reformers to Reform
Israel. . . . On the contrary, it appears that Re-
form today is being nourished from Orthodox
sources. The "old families" are dying out and their
children and grandchildren are absent from Reform
Jewish congregational life. . . . So if it were not
for the "newcomers" it is likely that Temples would
be even emptier than they are. . . . Cincinnati,
where Reform received its blessing does not appar-
ently differ from cruder communities. . . . There
our critics say: "If there is a saving power in
Judaism the great-grandchildren of Reform ought
to be in the Temple on the holy occasion when child-
hood dedicates itself to Judaism. If Reform has
kept their parents faithful to the traditions of Juda-
ism, why do they not bring their children to the
altar on this day? Rather the children of Ortho-
doxy come to the Temple to be dedicated to Reform.

MR. SEGAL is righ to turn an inquiring mind on
the subject. However, for many years I have
predicted this very thing, as a reference to any
file of my writings will show. I have maintained
that Reform will be modified and that there will be
a swing back to a more traditional observance.
Today if a vote were taken in most of the Reform
Jewish congregations regarding a more conserva-
tive service it would be carried by a large majority.
Reform took too much for granted. It thought that
RATIONALISM could be substituted for FAITH
and CEREMONY. It paid too high a compliment
to the intellectual status of the average Jew.

FFRANK HARRIS, the great writer and swash-
buckler of literature, who died the other day,
is said to have been of Jewish parentage. I always
thought him to have been an Irishman and still be-
lieve it. Harris was a friend of Oscar Wilde, Whist-
ler, Thomas Carlyle, Swinbourne, Bernard Shaw,
King Edward, and seemingly of every well-known
person in the civilized world. I met Harris one
night down in lower Fifth avenue, New York, just
before he delivered a lecture to about fifty per-
sons in his studio. He was a remarkable personality,
but getting into trouble with the literary censors.
I understand that his last book, "The Life and
Loves of Frank Harris" had to be kept in a safe de-
posit vault for fear of contaminating the morals of
the public. Harris was • radical if ever there was
one. But I still insist he was an Irishman.

JEWS WHO BATTLED
UNEMPLOYMENT

By BERNARD POSTAL

No problem of the
(Editor's Note:
p mient generation has wooded such
t ernemlous om
cmunal activity at that of

unemployment . In the local. state and
national efforts to relieve distress resuit-
ing from millions of jollies+ men and w
nwn Amerblin Jewry h•• played • sig-
nificant and active role. This article de-
scribing the services rendered by Anteri•
can Jewry in this great service is writ-
ten especially for the Jewish Telegraphic
Agency and The Detroit Jewish Chron-
icle.)

Unemployment has unquestion-
ably been the one problem to
which the American people have
devoted the greatest amount of
money, effort and consideration in
the past year. With the number
of jobless and part-time workers
estimated at anywhere front 5,-
000,000 to 0,000,000 it is the for-
tunate family that has none of its
members idle. Naturally the 4,505-,
000 Jews of the United States
have not escaped the scourge of
unemployment. While no figures
are available as to the number of
unemployed Jews, it is a safe as-
sumption that the number of job-
less Jews is approximately in the
same proportion to the total num-
ber of idle as the Jews are to the
total population.
Since unemployment has hardly
been a matter of race, religion or
sex, although in some instances
Jews were reported to have been
the first dismissed when staffs were
reduced, it was to be expected that
those Jews who were not affected
should come to the aid not only of
their co-religionists but of the gen-
eral population as well.
This article is an effort to tell
of the individual Jews in various
parts of the country and of the
Jewish local and national organiza-
tions who turned their funds, their
organizing powers, their time and
their counsel to the relief, if not
the solution, of America's weight-
iest and most pressing problem.
New York City, which has been
as hard hit as other cities by un-
employment, has made heroic ef-
forts to relieve the effects of the
situation and the leaders of New
York's Jewish community have
been in the van of these almost
superhuman endeavors.

The N. Y. Emerging Group.

In the early fall of 1930 the
leading business and financial lead-
ers of the metropolis created the
emergency employment commit-
tee. This committee set about to
provide at least $150,000 weekly
as a payroll for unemployed heads
of families and others. In the
more than six months that the com-
mittee functioned it raised nearly
$7,000,000. Among the organiz-
ers of this body were Solomon
Guggenheim, Paul M. Warburg
and the late Col. Michael Fried-
sam. The committee wasted little
time in organizing and soon money
began to roll in. In Wall Street
Julius S. Bache, Joseph L. Lilien-
thal, Richman I'roskauer and
George M. Sidenberg rendered yeo-
man service in raising $1,000,000.
Bernard Baruch, Ralph and Na-
than Jones, Walter Sachs, Arthur
J. Singer and Frederick Strauss
joined the committee later, as did
S. A. Wertheim and Samuel Feld-
man.
In the meantime the organized
welfare agencies of the city were
not idle. With former Governor
Smith as the leading spirit a city-
wide committee representative of
all interests, private and public, to
develop a plan of joint action for
assisting the needy unemployed
was created by the executives of
family welfare and relief organ-
izations and the Welfare Council
of New York City. The Jewish
members of this co-ordinating
committee of 100 were Ralph Jo-
nos, Philip Klein, Dr. Samuel
Kohs, Edgar Levy, Sam A. Lewi-
sohn, Dr. Solomon Lowenstein,
Mrs. Henry Moscowitz, Ida L. Op-
penheimer, Mrs. Joseph H. Pros-
kauer, Samuel Rabinovitch, Rose
Schneiderman, Dudley Sicher,
Jesse Straus, Arthur Hays Sulz-
berger, Frances Tuassig, Lillian
D. Wald and Felix M. Warburg.
Governor Smith appointed an
executive of 17 and the chairman

was Dr. Solomon Lowenstein,
executive director of the Jewish
Federation of New York. Other
Jews named to this important re-
lief board were Fritz Kaufman, di-
rector of the state employment
service; Dr. Samuel Kohs, execu-
tive director of the Brooklyn Jew-
ish Federation; Frances Taussig,
executive director of the Jewish
Social Service Association, and
Lillian D. Wald of the Henry
Street Settlement.
Eventually the city-wide con.
mittee and the emergency employ-
ment committee co-operated. An-
other group called the emergency
conference on unemployment had
the able assistance of Rabbi Sid-
ney Goldstein. At the same time
steps were taken, under the lead-
ership of Felix M. Warburg, for
cooperation between Catholic and
Protestant groups with the Jewish
Federation in the organization and
dispensation of emergency relief
funds while Rabbi Stephen S. Wise
joined with other leaders in the
light to have the city widen its
program of unemployment relief.

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While these organized groups
were coping with the problem of
aiding over 750,000 jobless in the
greater city, individual Jews and
Jewish organizations were doing
their share in relieving the un-
precedented crisis. On East Broad-
way a group of Jews organized
the Free Kosher Kitchen of New
York, which served nearly 10,0110
meals. This unique establishment
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Nathan Pailgug. Morris Eisman
paid the rent for the store, Judge

Jonaah Goldstein paid the gas bill
and a number of firms contributed
the food. Later the kitchen sus-
pended operations and all of its
cases were transferred to the Ile-
brew Immigrant Aid Society,
which maintained the only Jewish
shelter in the city where the un-
employed and the poor received
three meals a (lay and shelter.
Isaac Wisotsky, a Brooklyn
baker, went to the heart of Brook-
lyn's business section in an en-
deavor to give away 800 loaves but
found takers for only half. One
of the finest pieces of unemploy-
ment relief was the organization
of an orchestra of 200 men, 75
of them unemployed musicians, by
Samuel L. Rothapfel (Rosy/. This
orchestra gave a series of popular
Sunday concerts in the Rosy
Theater for the benefit of unem-
ployed musicians. When the city
itself went into the business of
providing food and shelter for the
unemployed, Louis Kadens do-
nated 10,000 eggs fur the egg mer-
chants, and the real estate firm of
Newmark, Jacobs & Newmark
placed all of its vacant apartments
at the city's disposal.
The synagogues too took a hand
in the problem. The New York
Board of Jewish Ministers, repre-
senting Orthodox, Conservative
and Liberal sections of the com-
munity, appointed a special com-
mittee to organize the synagogue
for service in the relief of unem-
ployment under the chairmanship
of Rabbi Sidney Goldstein. This
committee moved to have the
synagogues create unemployment
funds with each member, clergy
and laity alike, asked to contrib-
ute one day's salary a month. Sim-
ilar action was taken by the sec-
ond district Sabbath organization
under the auspices of the Union of
Orthodox Jewish Congregations of
America. The Jewish Sabbath Al-
liance, in the meantime, engaged
in an active campaign to place the
Sabbath-observing unemployed, as
did Young Israel for the younger
Sabbath observers.
Cantor Joseph Rosenblatt and
his choir gave a series of concerts
in the synagogue of Congregation
Ohab Zedek for the benefit of the
unemployed under the auspices of
the Union of Orthodox Congrega-
tions of America.
As acting governor of the state,
Lieutenant - Governor Lehman
strained every sinew of the state

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By PENINA MOISE

Into the tomb of ages past
Another year bath now been cast;
Shall time, unheeded, take its flight,
Nor leave one ray of moral light,
That no man's pilgrimage may shine,
And lead his soul to spheres divine?

Ah, which of us, if self-reviewed,
Can boast unfailing rectitude?
Who can declare his wayward will
More prone to righteous deeds than ill?
Or, in his retrospect of life,
No traces find of passion's strife?

A "still small voice," as time departs,
Bids us inspect our secret hearts,
Whose hidden depths too oft contain,
Some spot, which, suffered to remain,
Will (slight at first) by sad neglect
The hue of vice at last reflect.

With firm resolve your bosoms nerve
The God of Truth alone to serve,
Speech, thought, and act to regulate,
By what His perfect laws dictate;
Nor from His sanctuary stray,
By wordly idols lured away.

Peace to the house of Israel!
May joy within it ever dwell!
May sorrow on the opening year,
Forgetting its accustomed tear,
With smiles again fond kindred meet,
With hopes revived the festal greet!

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