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be carried out in the next three generations,
it is much to be feared that both the nation-
al life of the Jews and the religious life of
Judaism, will perish utterly from the face
of the earth." Dr. Jacobs took a different
v i ew in later years, but his first opinion is
view
nevertheless very significant.

THE SECRET OF ISRAEL

A Book Chat

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Tidbi and News
1 By-the-Way Tidbits

By DAVID SCHWARTZ
Coming as a relief from the I
Published Weekly ar The Jewish Chronicle Publishing Co, Ina
smut and filth which is ruling a'
Entered as Second-elms matter March 8, 1916, at the Post•
considerable portion of the book I
A Sketch of Hebrew History.
(Copyright, 1991. J. T. A.)
office at Detroit, Mich., under the At of March I, 1119.
market today is Lily Tobias's "My ',i
Mother's Ilouse," just published ' McFADDEN'S MALICE
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By LOUIS WALLIS
by Messrs. George Allen & Un- '
This column is, of course, non-partisan. Yet for once we are glad
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Perhaps the most interesting sentiments 1/4-
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seam street, London, W. C. 1. i to be anything but that.
We note that in Pennsylvania, Mrs. Gifford Pinchot has announced
London Office:
expressed by Mordecai, the representative
Hebrew people at the point of Here is a novel of Angle-Jewish'
14 Stratford Place, London, W 1, England
assimilation between these earl- life which has the elements of . herself a candidate for the seat occupied by Representative McFad-
Having site that the ortho-
of the new Judaic nationalism in "Daniel
good romance and at the same , den. We extend to her our best wishes for success. Not that we are
ier
communities.
But
in
defi-
dox formate, "The Law and the
$3.00 Per Year Deronda," are the following:
Subscription, in Advance
once of the treaty, two tribes, time is flavored by discussions on ' so much opposed to Mr. McFadden, but we are convinced that he
I'rophets" (Torah, Nebiim) is
To Insure publication, allcorrespondence and news matter
called "Simeon and Levi," at- controversial Jewish subjects, add-' l : needs it good long rest. His utterances in Congress recently show
rsversed by scientific scholar-
i that he must be under some nervous strain. No completely self-
must reach this office by Tuesday •Yentog of each week.
tacked the city, thus bringing ing an informati ve
ship, so as to read "The Proph-
In the multitude of the ignorant on three
When mailing notices, kindly us• one Ode of the pope, oily-
element to the possessed man could have spoken so. If Mr. McFadden finds the rest
Israel into "bad odor" with the color of the story itself.
ets and the Law," we are now
continents who observe our rites and make the
The author takes the title and a little boring, we suggest that he move to Germany and meet Herr
Tho Detroit Jewlyh Chronicle Invitescorrespondence on sub.
Amorites.
The
disappearance
in
a
position
to
scrutinize
more
confession of Divine Unity, the soul of Juda-
Adolf Hitler. The two should get along splendidly.
jetty of interest tt the Jewish people, but disclaims responsi-
of these tribes is reflected in the theme of her novel from the verse
closely certain phenomena con-
ism is not dead. Revive the organic center:
bility for an lodorsenant of the flee. expressed by the writers
legendary sayings of Jacob, in the Song of Solomon, iii. 4: "I BLAMES JEWISH FINANCIERS
nected with the great struggle
Let the unity of Israel which has made the
"Simeon and Levi • • • Cursed held him, and would not let him
against Amorite Baalism in He-
growth and form of its religion be an Outward
Sabbath Readings of the Law
Between Hitler and :McFadden, we believe McFadden to be the
by their anger for it was fierce; go, until I had brought him int o
brew history. Our point of de-
reality. Looking forward to a land and a
Pentateuchal portion—Ex. 1:1-6:1.
and \their wrath, for it was my mother's house." The plot worse. Consider: here is a man who gets up in the Congress of the
parture
is
the
tribal
evolution
policy,
our
dispersed
people
in
all
the
ends
of
Prophetical portion—Is. 27:6-28:13; 29:22, 23.
United
States and tells America that the cause of things as they
cruel. I will divide them in centers around Simon Black, so n
which took place in Canaan be-
the earth may share the dignity of a national
Jacob, and scatter then in Is- of poor Orthodox Jewish parents are is to be found in three Jewish bankers. Mr. :McFadden of course
fore the primitive customs (or
life which has a voice among the peoples of the
Tebeth 21, 5692
December 31, 1931
did
not
mention
the word "Jewish." Ile is smarter than Hitler in that
rael" (Bereshith, 49).
in Blaemwae, Wales. His parents
"mishpat" of the B'nai Israel
East and West—which will plant the wisdom
respect. He merely mentioned three bunkers, who are known to be
entertain hopes of his becoming
were overwhelmed by the rise EARLY MONARCHY
and skill of our race so that it may be, as of
Jewish.
Shaarey Zedek's Dedication.
Here in central Canaan the rabbi, but Simon more than disap-
of nationalism.
old, a medium of transmission and understand-
How absurd when one considers the relatively inferior position
kingdom of Israel took its early points them. His ambition is to
The forthcoming dedication, on January
ing. Let that conic to pass, and the living
TRIBAL DEVELOPMENT
form
under the leadership of enter government service, which of Jews in the banking world of America today, to single out three
warmth
will
spread
to
the
weak
extremities
of
Although the Torah, as it now
10, of the new Shaarey Zedek structure on
Jews
as responsible for the mess. a
a
Samuel the Ephraimite and Saul he later achieves as a result of
Israel, and superstition will vanish, not in
stands, has come to as through
Chicago boulevard and Lawton avenue
the Benjaminite. But Saul's his excellent scholarship. But he
the lawlessness of the renegade, but in the il-
the work of priestly scribes
OTTO
KAHN'S
ANSWER
monarchy was only an organiza- also intermarries, and the unhappy
lumination of great facts which widen feeling,
should be an occasion for rejoicing by every
who labored in the Babylonian
Mr, Otto Kahn of course gave a dignified answer to Mr. McFad-
tion of the hill-clans, having no ending of this marriage, resulting
and make all knowledge alive as the young off-
Guluth, it contains a great deal
element in the community. For at least
connectionw ith the older Amor- in separation when his wife con- den. here it is: "I should like to say very emphatically, that no
spring of beloved memories. . . .
of pre-exilic material throwing
member
of my firm, no one connected with my firm, had anything
eight years, every communal effort has suf-
ite cities. King Saul, indeed, fesses to an illicit love affair with
There is a store of wisdom among us to
light on the development of the
was of such a narrow and pro- a young Welshman, brings him to do whatsoever with the granting of the moratorium, with any
found a new Jewish policy, grand, simple,
fered from the fact that this important and
clans, or tribes, in Canaan.
attempt
to
influence the President to take the step he did, or with
vincial patriotism that, like the back to his senses and his people.
just, like the old—a republic where there is
Thus, the two wives of Jacob
second oldest congregation in the city was,
any kind of propaganda whatsoever. 1 want to say as emphatically
The Jewish elements in this any
Simeonites and Levites, he ig-
equality of protection. . . Then our race
(Rachel the beloved, and Leah
as
I
can
that
any allegation which connects us in the remotest man-
for all practical purposes, homeless. The
nored a treaty of peace which novel reveal that the author has a
shall have an organic renter, a heart and a
the hated) are identified with
had been made by the B'nai deep and intimate knowledge of ner with the negotiations or proceedinga of the moratorium or with
bruin to watch and guide and execute; the out-
virtual evacuation of the building on Willis
the two hostile kingdoms which
President
Hoover
whatsoever, in the matter, is utterly and uot-
Israel with an Amorite city, Jewish affairs. She leads Simon
raged Jew shall have a defense in the court of
arose through the division of
rageously unfounded."
and Brush streets, and the inadequacy of
Gibeon, and slew some of its in- Black through many experiences,
nations, as the outraged Englishman or Ameri-
the Davidic monarchy. The
So
much
for
the
answer of Mr. Kahn to McFadden's charge that
the temporary quarters on Twelfth and
habitants (II Samuel, 21). Saul from the time he is a student in
can. And the world will gain as Israel gains.
Rachel-tribes lay in the terri-
Jewish bankers were responsible for what he terms the sell-out to
inhabitants (11 Samuel, 21). Jew's College, where his parents
For there will be a community in the van of
tory north of Jerusalem; while
Atkinson, created a sort of despondency
Germany.
the East which carries the culture and the sym-
Saul's kingdom fell to pieces at sent him to study for the ministry,
•
•
•
the chief Leah-tribe, Judah, lay
which checked the progress of the congre-
pathies of every great nation in its bosom; and
his death; and the cause of until he meets Edith Miller, mem- CANTOR FOR PRESIDENT
mostly to the south of that city.
ber
of
a
noble
family,
who
is
un-
gation and halted the communal contribu-
there will be a land set for a halting-place of
Israel
seemed
about
to
perish
at
The main body of Israel, in-
We understand that Eddie Cantor is writing another book in
usually attached to her Jewish
enmities, a neutral ground for the East as Bel-
the hands of the Philistines.
deed, was located in central
tions for which Shaarey Zedek was honored
people and who studies nursing, which he presents a platform on which he proposes to run for the
gium is for the West. Difficulties? I know
I'alestine, where it was known YEHUDA AND ISRAEL
for more than half a century.
presidency. We hope he is elected President. Now we say that, not
later
settling
in
Palestine.
Simon
there are difficulties. But let the spirit of sub-
as "the house of Joseph" (I
But a new center of national-
at first hides his Jewish origin, because he is Jewish, but merely because, it seems to us, that he is
lime achievements move in the great among
Already, the renewed activities in the
Kings xi. 23 and Amos v. 6).
ism was taking form in the
man for the place.
our people and the work will begin. . . . •
Accordingly, the legends of Be-
wilder country south of Jebus. , posing, as a Welshman. But in the logical
new building point to the beginning of a
Ile is the logical man for the place because the paramount issue
Let the torch of visible community be lit!
reshith not only picture Joseph
We read that Yehuda "went the end he turns Zionist, dying on is the depression and anybody that can help us remove that depres-
e
the
l'alestine
front,
where
h
new era in the history of the congregation.
Let the reason of Israel disclose itself in a
as the favoritie son of Jacob,
down" from his brethren in
joined the Jewish Battalion. His sion is obviously the logical candidate. Well, Eddie is one of the
great outward deed, let there be another great
Shaarey Zedek is again becoming a center
but also the first son of the fa-
central Canaan, and going to a
trip to Palestine and his enlist- very few I know who has met the depression and conquered it. And
migration, another choosing of Israel to be a
vorite wife, Rachel. The origi-
place called Adullam, southwest
of young people's activities and a home for
ment in the Jewish force was the even if he can't cure it, he can make it easier to bear with his jokes.
nationality, whose members may still stretch
nal preponderance of the Jo-
of Jebus, married a Canaanite
of Edith • • •
Hebraic learning. The old traditions are
to the ends of the earth, even as the sons of
seph-tribe in Israel gave rise to
woman by whom he had chil- result of the influence
CANTOR ENDS DEPRESSION
f
England
and
Germany,
whom
enterprise
car-
the story of Joseph's dreams, in
becoming revived in this new environment,
dren (Bereshith, 38). In the .li o l( i, ilfIn e o r,d. to whom he becomes be.
You
remember
that blue day when the Wall street crash occurred?
ries afar, but who still have a national hearth
which his relatives bowed down
time of Saul, the tribe of Yehu-
and a re-invigorated Conservative Jewry in
The discussions on Zionism and The morning after, all the victims were telling how much they lost.
and a tribunal of national opinion.... Let the
before him.
da is growing up around He-
Jewish
subjects
are
by
no
means
Among
the
chief
tellers
was Eddie Cantor, who bewailed the passing
central fire be kindled again, and the light
this city is again making its existence felt
bron and Bethlehem. David
But within the territory of
the least important element in the of a fortune
will reach afar. The degraded and scorned of
ben J esse,
here.
Joseph
a
tribe
devIlloped
under
But
Eddie
proposed
immediately to solve the depression. He
our race will learn to think of their sacred
Saul's banner, was outlawed by book. On the contrary, they en- didn't issue bonds. He issued books—two of them dealing with the
the name of "Manasseh" which
hance a very fine volume.
land, not as a place for sacred beggary, to
All elements must, therefore, welcome
, 'the Ephraimite monarch thus
was
displaced
or
absorbed,
by
a
depression. "Caught Short" was one, and "Yoo-lloo Prosperity"
await death in loathsome idleness, but as a re-
such new signs of Jewish life. An active
later and younger tribe called I early foreshadowing the disaf-
the second. Both of these books helped remove the depression
public where the Jewish spirit manifests itself
A Great Russian Fairy was
"Ephraim." Accordingly, the ' fection between North and
and stronger Shaarey Zedek will mean a
for Eddie. Then Cantor started telling jokes on the depression over
in a new order founded of the old, purified,
South. David, like Yehuda, goes
legends
picture
:Manasseh
and
Tale
the
radio
and helped further to remove his depression.
enriched by the experience our greatest sons
strengthened Detroit Jewry, and this con-
to the goyim, the Adullanntes,
Ephraim as the two sons of
To make a long story short, Eddie seems to be making the depres-
Once in a great while we are
have gathered from the life of the ages. . . .
who gave him the protection of
gregation's spiritual revival must reflect
Joseph.
treated
to
it
fairy
story
which
has
sion
a
profitable
business.
The sons of Judah have to choose, that God
their citadel, or stronghold (not
RISE OF BENJAMIN
honor upon the entire people. The dedica-
Now anyone that can do that is of course the ideal candidate for
may again choose them. The Messianic time
"cave"), which is not far from all the elements of a classic and
The
Josephite,
or
Ephraimite,
which has the charm, imagination the presidency. .
is the time when Israel shall will the planting
tion of the new building of this synagogue
Bethlehem. After staying there
•
•
clans multiplied rapidly, and ex-
of the national ensign.... Let us help to will
'
for a time, David is advised by and humor certain to hold the in- FOR VICE-PRESIDENT, HOLTZ
is a signal, therefore, for congratulations
tended southward in the direc-
terest of readers of many ages.
our own better future and the better future of
friend to depart from the Pe S te urch
tion of Jerusalem, which was as
not alone to Shaarey Zedek, but to the en-
Lou Holtz is another vaudevillian who seems to have been helped
the world—not renounce our higher gift, and
yta ,h sto:v my w ih s ic'h 'Il l u y m illi , i y a,n " , h cy.
stronghold of the Adullamites,
yet an Amorite city known as
by the depression.
say, "Let us be as if we were not among the
tire community. And the builders of this
and go into the land of Judah
"Jebus." In that region, just
oracle
ade some money in vaudeville, but had invested that in
populations," but choose our full heritage,
White has ably translated from
(I Samuel, 22(.
new house of prayer and study, and its
north
of
Jebus,
but
in
what
was
the Russian, and which was charm- stocks, and lost it.
claim the brotherhood at our nation, and carry
It is thus clear that in the
then the extreme southern ter-
Reduced in funds, he began to take his theatrical career more
spiritual leader, Rabbi A. M. Hershman,
it into a new brotherhood with the nations of
ingly illustrated by M. l'erts.
early (lays of David the term harper & Brothers, 49 East seriously, with the result that he established a record at the l'alace
ritory of Israel, a new tribe
the Gentiles. The vision is there: It will be
now share in honors which should reflect
"land of Judah" (Eretz Israel) Thirty-third street, New York, Theater in New York. The usual week run at that chief of vaude-
took form, which was appropri-
fulfilled.
was applied to a very small re- published this volume ($2.50), ville houses was lengthened to eight weeks, so successful was he.
nothing but glory upon our people.
ately called "Sons of the South"
gion, perhaps no larger than which is deserving of
(B'nai
Yemen,
or
Benjamin(.
Holtz is regarded as one of the outstanding figures in his
It is proper and at the same time signifi-
commends-
the strip including Bethlehem which is certainly among
Even as late as the time of
the nad
very field. And by some he is credited with having been the savior of
tion and recommendation,
cant that the Land of Israel, in behalf of David, this tribe was reckoned
unit Hebron,
vaudeville from the debacle which faced it.
The Federation's Anniversary.
After Saul's death, David
•
•
•
whose reconstruction George Eliot was one with the house of Joseph (II
finest children's books published
An event of unusual communal interest,
Samuel xix. 17-221). Accord- , rapidly organized the population in many years.
BRIDGE AND BOOKS
of the healthiest and most contributing in-
south of Jebus, and became the
ingly, it is at this exact point
promising to eclipse the gloom which rules
Our
Jewish
friends,
Lenz
and
Jacoby
seem to be losing in the
Here is a story of a hunchbacked
fluences, should now pay tribute to this
leader of all that region, tak-
in Palestine that Rachel gave
horse which brings luck to Ivan, great bridge marathon. But the Jewish publishers of the bridge
everywhere, is the approaching celebration
ing tip his headquarters at Ile-
birth to Benjamin; and her
great authoress.
h
h'
' ,. son a a books cannot lose—no matter which way the tournament ends. Lewis
bron, a name which means "as- peasant. Ivan and Humpy go Copeland, who is Jewish, is publishing the books of Culbertson, and
of the fifth anniversary of the Jewish Wel-
tomb is located "in the border
sociation."
of Benjamin at Zelzah" (I Sam-
fare Federation of Detroit.
through many interesting expert- Simon Jr Schuster, who are also Hebraic, are the Lenz publishers.
uel x. 2. The traditional grave UNITED DAVIDIC MONARCHY cores together, mainly occasioned The bridge battle is, of course, nothing but a publicity stunt to
The Polish Consul's Statement.
Being the symbol of the unification of the
After David had reigned about Czar. It ends in the Czar's in- sell the bridge book:, and we presume Copeland will cash in elan?,
of Rachel is wrongly identified
by the desires of a very selfish
seven years at ilebron, "the city
The statement of Jan Lech Byszewski, later on with the village of
most important causes and movements in
with Culbertson as the result of the seeming triumph of the Cul-
o f association , "
wa s ap - sistence that Ivan, with the aid of bertson players.
Bethlehem, 10 miles below Je-
the community under one banner, the Jew- Polish consul in Detroit, published in last
proached by representatives of
rusalem, by a scribal "gloss" in
But the tournament, as this is being written, has still some time
his magical and remarkable horse,
the Josephite tribes in central bring his, Princess Faraway, whom to go, so it is too early to make as , definite commentaries.
ish Welfare Federation of Detroit is the week's issue of The Detroit Jewish Chron-
Bereshith xxxv. 191.
Canaan to the north of Jebus,
A treaty of peace and inter-
recognized spokesman for the Jews of De- icle, while it was very evidently written in
he wishes for a bride. Ilk wish
d was el ected
marriage was made by the B'nai
is fulfilled, but the story ends in A JEWISH DEMPSEY?
troit in matters involving the welfare and a spirit of friendship and with a desire to Israel with the Amorite city of
Israel." His first move was to
We casually suggested the other day to the editor of an English-
English-
the death of the Czar end the
cement
good
will
between
Jews
and
Poles,
take the still Amorite city of marriage of Ivan and the Princess. Jewish organ the appropriateness of an article on the new looming
social needs of local Jewry. The comple-
Shechem in central Palestine,
foreshadowing
the
rise
of
the
Jewish heavyweight cbampion, Kingfish Levinsky.
(Turn to Next Page).
tion of five years of such united efforts, and is nevertheless .a weak defense of the Pol-
(Turn to Next Page).
We were told that this paper specialized in things of a Jewish
the wide approval given the program of ls government.
inspirational nature. Hence the idea was taboo.
unity in the most important local Jewish
he Honorable Consul Byszewski re-
Well, maybe. But somehow we feel that there is perhaps as much
of an inspirational content in the theme suggested as in much of the
quarters, lend an air of importance to this viet'9 the many statements made in the
inspirational blah that does see its way in print.
anniversary celebration.
Polish press, by Polish government officials
Take this man—Kingfish Levinsky. Ilia real name is Samuel
and
Krakow. But entering the prize ring, he adopts a More Jewish
by
Jewish
leaders
in
Poland,
but
in
the
•
The plan for a three-day institute, pre-
. Joseph
i
raw.
I care not for the motives that lead to these greater "Jewi•
.
senting nationally-known Jewish scholars light of the growing danger of a renewal
,
fication" of names. Suffice for me that here, in one calling at least
as lecturers on the most vital Jewish topics, of the attacks, and in view of the constant ANOTHER YEAR
o m neln y a ntoe ldno in t a ,,f ,h ri a oin d f to nin beinos p o enly Jewish. The prize ring is perhaps the
I Jews feel that they should remem•
Well, here's another year. On ber ALL philanthropies when they of any committee purporting to b
is an excellent form of commemorating this increase in the boycott movement against
representative of the Jews o • • •
event. Such an institute should not only the Jews of Poland, the assurances made thing is sure that most of us wit I pass on. But our Christian neigh- , America that the late Simon Wol THE SILVER STANDARD
shed no tears when 1931 goe •
enhance the events with an educational by him as well as by the government offic- limping out. The old fellow ha bor. seem to hold a different view- of Washington and Josiah Cohen
Walking along the boulevards the other day with Professor
s point. Let the Jews take care of
Pittsburgh should hove been Eliash, Yiddish scribe, we saw along the opposite side of the street,
value, but should also be a great contribu- ials in Poland must be taken with a grain of made quite a mess of things. If i t their own, seems to be their slo- of
omitted.
On
that
issue,
I
lashed
Goldman.
be true that adversity strengthen t gay. Forgetting that after all we
ting force in enlightening the leadership of salt.
out right and left. And at this
"There's Goldman," toe remarked,
a man, then the human rat • are all members of the same social
"No, not Goldman any more," " observed Profess
Detroit Jewry on national and international
"No
Marshall Joseph Pilsudski's government !should be powerful by this time • order and SUFFERING is IIU•. day, in a much calmer mood, and
Eliash. "Don't
like these
tv, he dcnie
w try to b e MAN and NOT JEWISH NOR viewing the situation dispassionate- you know that all the Goldmans, Goldsteins, Goldbergs, Goldfarb'
problems of our people.
at present has an excellent opportunity to In times n.le
ly,
I
am
more
convinced
than
ever
have
all changed their names?"
philosophical,
not diffi - CHRISTIAN. Only in the rarest that the organizers of the commit-
prove its desire to guarantee the just rights cult
"No, I didn't know that."
haos One necks
s intet - instances do we have occasion to
"Sara, they've all gone back to the silver standard now."
of the Jewish population of Poland. It has lectual diversion on an empty mention bequests left to a Jewish' tee lacked both judgment and ap-
George Eliot's Name Perpetuated.
predation in omitting the names
I ask you, is not this a joke?
,
stomach.
In
face
of
real
hunge
✓ organization by wealthy Chris-
it within its powers to suppress the boycott
our best intention. fail. The tians. I can never forget the say- of these men. Both had done too
Ludwig Lewisohn, describing his impres-
much for American Jewry at a
agitation, and to assure once and for all trouble as I see it
is that the world ing of the crazy Dean Swift: "That
sions of Tel Aviv, in "Israel," stated: "I
that the riots will not recur. Until it takes has glorified money. And when we have just enough religion to time when American Jewry needed
such leaders to be ignored. But
observed that I was myself less offended by
such action, all verbal assurances and dec- our money system gets out f make us hate but not enough to the idea of a REPRESENTATIVE
_
1
joint the world is out of joint
the ugliness of the houses in Tel Aviv than
committee that really represented
larations of friendship for Jewry will be , Now I do not intend to discourse • make us love one another."
I was pleased at the names of the streets
a cross-section of American Jewry
meaningless words.
on the subject of economics, nor AMERICAN JEWISH
(Continued from Page One.)
' is interested in advertising Wa-h
finally prevailed and that is why
which are called after poets, Yehuda Ha-
' to consider money merely as me- COMMITTEE PLAN
today the American Jewish Coma ient
nt as successor to United States ington and Bloom.
dium of exchange and not as rep-
levy and Malik, after prophets of various
The
announcement
that
the
mittee
can
speak
with
much
more
Senator
Dwight
Morrow
I
Our Oth r Congressmen.
e
. But Bach-
Foreign diplomats, arriving in Paris from resenting real wealth, but as a
sorts and ages, Bambara (Maimonides) and
American-Jewish Committee in- authority than in its earlier days. Iarach must have figured, and he
At any rate, Bloom is a dynami
Bucharest, state that "Mme. Magda Lupest symbol. Our expert economists tends to increase wider comma-
was doubtless right, that his place N'TS05 and he is putting a lot of
Herzl, aftyr benefactors, Rothschild and
can analyze it and prove on paper
cu has renounced the Jewish faith and be- that it isn't money but something ity representation which will bring SELF•INVESTED AUTHORITY on the Ways and Means gave him e
into the thing. Perhaps to
Balfour."
number to 300 recalls the flow.
It used
be the in fashion,
more influence than being just one view of the more important pole .
I never
come a Christian preparatory to becoming else that's at fault. Yet I insist the
did to
believe
investing
feeling
and
discussion
aroused
tome
faring
cing the nation at this en
To the great already honored by names
Queen of Rumania." Allowing for the sum- that our greed for MONEY is at when the committee was first anybody with authority to name if a body of senators. For, it must
time, this may be misplaced
its successors. We have that situa- la. remembered, that the business of cal ti
the root of the present evil. The
given Tel Aviv streets were recently added
, sationalism of such statements, and for their tragedy of the whole business is brought into being. If I am not lion in Jewish philanthropies, con- rooms.
the House
of
Representatives
is energy—but it is energy,
The
formal
sessions
of
the
those of the non-Jewish authoress who is
mistaken there were some 50 men
evident exaggerations, we are nevertheless that we have ABUNDANT HAR- arbitrarily chosen and being more gregations and other organize- - actually done in the committee blast.
known under the pseudonym of George
The most oratorical of the Jew-
not disappointed. at no time having expect- VESTS, as the President pointed impetuous in those days, I leaped
house are merely valves to let off ish members is Congressman Sir,
out in his Thanksgiving proclama-
Eliot, and the following six other notables:
into the fray, challenging the en- and I presume it continues today, i steam. In the privacy of the com- vich. There is versatility for you
ed Magda to become a modern Esther.
tion, yet at the same time have
where communal leaders are short- i
Lord Melchett. Dr. Alexander Marmorek,
tire method of procedure. I con- sighted of making out of public I mittens, the work is done, and of —a physician, playwright and con-
ABUNDANT STARVATION.
tended that a self-selected group institutions close corporations.( these committers, none take Pre greenmail rolled into one.
Bernstein Cohen, the Phophetess Deborah,
-
I The seventieth birthday of Charles E. There's something upside down in of men had no right to set them- That
sort of nonsense has done cedence over Ways and Wane.
Si ravish takes keen delight in
a social order that witnesses a
Rabbi Naftali Zwi Yehuda Berlin and 'Lev
Bloch. head of the Bloch Publishing Co., shipload of bananas being dumped selves up an the spokesmen of the much to retard the progress of
getting
tting the ear of Congress—on the
Compensation an Depression,
epression.
Jews of America. They could talk Jewish organizations through lack
(Vladimir Tiomkin). The name of George
floor
of the house—and he does
on the occasion of which he was honored in the water because they can't if they wanted to, for themselves,
A notably important member of make them
listen.
Eliot, the only gentile in the new group, is
WIDENING community inter- the house, i in view of its present
I by the Free Synagogue of New York of be sold and humans are hunger- but not for the rest of us. And of
est.
ing
for
food.
There's
something
Congressman (seller is a more
of especial significance in view of the pion-
In our synagogues and tem- Democratic leadership, is. Samuel
from
one
end
of
the
country
to
the
which he is a past president and one of the sinister in a civilization that has
ro
other went the discussion against plea the usual procedure is to have Dickstein, who became chairman conservative type. lie is profession-
eering role her "Daniel Deronda" played
ally a lawyer and banker. lie was
i founders, serves to remind American Jewry too much grain and not enough "star chamber" newtons "secret HEAVY, SUBSTANTIAL citizens of the immigration committee.
in creating Zionist sentiment in England.
bread to go around. The deaire diplomacy" as against "open cove- sitting in a dignified manner on
the organizer of one hank jointly
of the man's contributions to Jewish learn-
Johnson, rabid foe of There
ig rants,
are with William C. Redfield, a member
for a living but for luxury has nants openly arrived at." But the board. A board thus adorned succeeded by ■ Jew! imm
Fifty - four years have elapsed since the ing through his firm's publications. What- not
brought us to our knee's This what angered me more than any- looked good but it usually had a ,
President Wilson'a cabinet. fel-
rompensationa even in d
appearance of "Daniel Deronda," and , ever honors were accorded him were well country has put too much em- thing else was that in the makeup deadening influence on the life of ; compensations
It in, of course, not to b epressions! ter is an effective worker, and the
the
congregation.
New
blood
phasis
upon
property
and
not
upon
e
expected
same
may be said of Congressman
many history-making events have since deserved.
creates new interest, a fresh ap- that the doors will awing ajar again Sabath of Illinois.
the value of human life.
taken place. The foundation for "a nation-
proach to problems and more ,. and welcome all who want to come,
What will the New Year bring
Sabath of Illinois, incidently par.
b
FRIDAY NIGHT
energy in attacking them. How- but it
al hearth and a tribunal of national opin-
allele B acharach of New Jersey in
Emil Ludwig, now in Russia where he is forth? Who knows, lest of all
some of the cruelties
cies
rudti
ever, the attempt to correct such of the present law w and mitigated.
one thing, and that Is a brother
ion" by the Jewish people. And in all the working on a biography of Joseph Stalin, the captains of industry. In good The air is still, the limn is lit;
l
be
situations was usually met with
times the captains looked like gen-
As t to the other Jewish members, alai politically active.
rears of the past half century not a plea believes that Jews will be the first victims erals. now they look like corpor-
Call blessing!' for the hallowed suspicion on the part of the. re- i
.
,
Congressman Bacharach's broth.
es!,
actionaries.
in other words, it
or another choosing of Israel to be a na- should Hitler come into power in Germany, als. Of this we are certain that
rn, who Is Chiefly et Harry Bachrach, is mayor
there
engaged
is in letting us know
how
All
cares
are
hushed
and
shadows
waa always deemed necessary to
of
Atlantic City and Congreesman
ionality" has had as great an effort on and adds that it is much easier to persecute those who would carry on their
flit
vest the control of a con gregati on , great a man George Washington
journey must drop overboard some
Mother
other is ■ prominent
re•ry everywhere. In the opinion of Israel Jews than to institute economic and political of the ballast to make the going
In every grateful prayer we or other Jewish institution in was. Bloom is the chairman of the
iudge
of Chicago, known partici!•
weave ;
'safe" hands. Because God for- Washington Bt-Centennial Commit- fatly. for his effective work in recon.
;angwill, "George Eliot, the great seer, reforms. It is the old story of an anti-Sem- easier. In this instance, the bal.
And over all is shed the light
s °nth the introduction of new. un- tee ' In the city of Washington. en- citing married cos lea seeking di-
p
forced into the heart of the question with ite seeking for a scapegoat to cover up his sot are the 1.7NNECESSARIES.
Of love, to welcome Friday night. tried
t
and "radical" elements might. "nnu'us preparations are on foot to oorcoo Judge Sab ath has estah-
And as our parents' blessings fall create an lished
eener vision than any Jew."
embarrassing condition. ∎ make the bicentennial of Wash-
shortcomings and making the Jew his vic- JEWISH BEQUESTS
something of a record along
I read the other day the final
Like vernal airs to wake the But time change, everything an d ington • thing to be remembered. this line.
Writing his comments on the book in the tim.
flower..
.
dispositions of the bequests to
oday the ranks of the Old Guard
There are some critics of Sol who
And then there is that sweet J e w-
h eritable institutions under the The rest of God is over all,
a re very much thinned and it has charge him with overdoing it, and ieh lady in Congress—Congress -
Line, 1877, issue of Macmillan's Magazine,
W ho made the peace of Sabbath t herefore been found neeeseary to some in very ungentlemanly (ash- woman Florence Kahn. But it would
will
of
the
late
Henry
C.
Frick.
ie late Dr. Joseph Jacobs expressed the
Only 162 Jews entered Canada in the
OUTS,
he Pittsburgh multi-millionaire. I
0 out in the highways and the ion say that Congressman Sol is not do to dismiss her with
mend Jewish reaction to the book upon past year. The doors to Jewish immigrants was interested to note that not a The joy, the sweetness and the b prays and invite the assistance really more interested in advertis- usual complimentary terms to the
the
light,
a nd co-operation of those who less i ing Bloom than Washington. But feminine sex. For she is more than
s appearance, declaring in part: "Unlessare being shut tighter and tighter every- a Ingle Jewish institution was re-
t than a decade ago would have ' this, I am convinced, is wrong. At , sweet. She is able. And for wit,
i membered, which is typical of the, To sanctify the4riday night.
me such projects as Mordecai has in view I where.
—
w ills of wealthy non-Jews Many
ore B. Asher. I been frowned upon.
tile worst, one may say, that Bloom she has few her betters in Congrr'm

1 RAND OM THOUGHTS

by Charles
H

Jews in the Present Congress