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Ti concluding article brings
publication, all
rie
and ou r owing interesting reference to the fisher Bloch. And it hoppers to be a perfectly unsynthetic c ry,
correspondence and new.
;
It
was
about three weals before Christmas that a Jew
fathers
did
not
collection
of
books
of
Benja
face b
■
atte
m
i
n
keep thy la w" . I
; roe renTillIn hn4o t
, out that the only way of procuring justice to atocus the lines of thought (Nehemiah ix, 34).
tohf.
Bloch's
looking
for
a
certah
rather
fancy
"Sislur"
(pray came i
Tuska, for 39 years trustee of the' you)•
paper only
folioed by earlier installments
The Detroit
for the Jew is to threaten the withdrawal of thaeries. The general aim
Aside from these legendary a Educational Alliance of New Y ork, I
correep
ondened on dub.
Bloch did not have it n stock, but assuni the good
Jests of interest tc the Jewish people,
nd since 1927 its president:
which were later to
it 0, I
I who but good Jews buy prayer-hooka)
bllity for an Indorsement of th• .laws but ttiselaInt. ntapo osl.
of important foreign subsidies made possi- has ben to popularize • in a documents,
be embodied in the Torah, are
' etpre +Am! by the wri
hs euu r.ni to ld g gee tt ii t t a r h
very mall compass the newer
ters
"Through the courtesy of B
"All right " said the
" b
the historical and prophetic
ble
by
the
generosity
of
American
Jews.
amin Tuska, of New York C ity,
ea' I want it for a Christmas pesent." ut be
Sabbath Rosh Chodesh Shebat Readings of the
scientk
approach
to
Hebrew'
books
containing
undoubted
.1
w
Law
historjas an educational dis-
e are privileged to examine
Although this suggo sti
Pentateuchal portion — Ex. 6:2-9:35; Num.
28:9-15.
ounds venge- ciplinethich deserves to fungi- facto around which the train (r . ollection of book s
a THE OLDEST JEWISH BCOK STORE
ions grew up: A certain tribe 1 , mined a part of the priv rice /
ful, it nevertheless has an element of merit tion Inlodern culture; and no
Prophetical portion—Is. 66.
ate
Mr. Bloch, by the way, was 70 years youti the othe day,
of goyim, the Kenites of the
attemptias been made to cover
brary
of
his
father,
the
late
It
'
the occasion.
Free Synagogue executive council gave hie a dinner t celeh
in view of the fact that so many institutions d th ee r, face
Sinai region, showed g
stiel i h r'; a wo ch h i r d onhoe l o e g x ie pti
January 8, 1932
ev. the
inter' Tuska. Upon checking the
ctoerd .
r
kindness, or "hosed," to reat
Tebeth 29, 5692
the , ooks with, our catalogues
supported by Jews resort to prejudice
a msematic work on the
13'nai Israel in the wilderness (I ' .` ound that a total of 278 \Mum we has That was a good idea—for to the averageJew, the n e
come
to
be
so
much
a
spoon7s•ma
oif,J
s
i
u
ubjue
Samuel xv, 6). These Gentiles we
ihegwipsehthish
es jin g that he fo r , et h
against the kin and kith of their suppor
ehtinhgdaintd brisk s,
Congratulations, Dr. Franklin. •
w either not re tres
in o the hesee lation
PARADO1OF HEBREW
collections or were need es ! Blo ch is very mu cht
Ara l
with Israel through th d-reunion In our
despite
the
allege'.
weight
of
The Public Library Commission of De- versif This is true not only of European oral !HISTORY
second
co
pie
u
Ile
attributes
his
youthfu
‘•
as
o a Kee - m e woman with a car- all
tst Were
c aus, e Ovrwork." 70 tsa
ies, but of many instituti ons in this I I In r ird :i t o lon tg
1
min
presented
to
the
library
by
Mr.
troit, at, its meeting on Tuesday, conferred
1
e
f ull gh- train Israelite "Mosheh" (Sho-
9 to 7 every day, Bloch is at his sim e
e ti 't th e
nifie
, as his e e!
str u ggle which
country.' Jews contribute such
phetim i, 16). During their Tuska. Since all but 74 of the before hint—sinc e 1854.
w o: v
a deserved honor upon Dr. Leo M. Franklin,
.
large sums c our?au
volumes were either Ilebraic or
•
con
•
life,
with
these
helpful
Ken-
v es: ti botrioul
to non-Jewish charities and
Judaica the gift is treated more at BLOCK AND ISAAC M. WISE
e
g
a
y
,
ies,
accustom
the
house(
e of
rabbi of Temple Beth El of Detroit, by rail
nstitutions,
in the report o f t h e •hi
. 'that s a lo
f11" Mg situ. F' h raim, which had „Joseph , or length
ef of
injustice is practiced in so
the Semitir
lion which
ng tine ago. Six yeah before Li coln
RO.OU
electing him its president.
, ,n i sei .
e in tw o com-
many in - Feting
in th e pasture-lands of Goshen,
president there was already a Jewish book store in Amer ca. Li
versins of ore
stances, that it is high time our p
"Notable
among
the
gifts
dur-
coin
imself,
for
all
one
Inn know, may hav e
his-
belonging
to
Egypt,
began
to
ing
the
past
Congratulations, Rabbi. We consider this
hilanthro- tory. "Josha smote
least a Bibles
read of the w oks
ld by Blo .11,f
fi •
worshi p
y
as a co
pists exercised better judgment
is
and, the
name of Yahweh lection of seve
neinew of Isaac II. II),
l. who was a frequent visitOr at the White H
country, and the
a deserved tribute not only to yourself, as a
in appor- south, and th )owl
rlh
re
a
(11 " ea • xil ' 9).
undd volumes President.
esse when Li to!t ■
from th •
d and t e
tioning their wealth to would
e o son,
the Rev.
Simon 1
teacher and preacher in Israel. but as an Semites.
-be anti- slopes and al their kings. Ile
o these undoubted Tusca, which his
Benjamin
Lincoln, his law partnersaid, was not a treat reader, as
facts, and since the anti-Baal Tuska, Esq., of New York City,' are reckoned
thew days. Nor W as
left none remitting; and he ut-
ste
honor to the people to whom you minister,
h a great reader,
Prophets in Palestine actually has
he
terly (Jes(Yh
Jefferson or James Illadisn
t y e s all that
presented
to
us
a was. But Linco ln did even a 'I
. This colle
derived their spiritual impu l se tion
breathed"
the People of the Book. It is fitting that a
read the 1:,1.1
from
r the customs and usages of and consists mainly of Ilebreicac- 1 His a dd remes are all saturated with the Biblt
oshua,
x
40)..
Nevertheless, •a we read
•
;
•
•
wilderness tribes, a tradition
•
member of the Am Ha-Sefer should
About Our Communal Centers.
Judaica. Among the Ileb raica I MA S
where, " They lid net
d else-
play an
TERS AND LINCOLN ,
oestroy
were
found
the
Babylonian
Tal-1
important role .in communal institutions of
At the recent dinner of the Metropolitan the goyim, but mingled
gradually
took
shape
in
private
mud
edition
in
40
volumes
of
Prag.
I
do
not
sympathi
them-
circles that the teachings of
ze with
selves with
;
general • trend of Edgar Lee Masts!
p
peoles,
and
1839-1846; Moses ben Mairnon's in his attack on Lin col
the prophets originated
culture and 1prning. And it is doubly fit- League of Jewish Community Centers in learned their th
w k
ong,
is surely sigh.
orate in eight folio vol- Masters continually calls Lincoln thee"
thing b
seen-
New York City, at which tribute was paid fired
y from systemakac in- umes, Wien,
u
Prian."
Coast:1107
1
ting that Dr. Franklin should be the man Judge Irving Lehman, one of the organizers (Tehilim,
unto
the
idols
of
e
atructions,
Caneen
divinely
or
"toroth,"
editions
of
1936
he
throws
that
term
at
hint,19
a
reproach.
Well,
or P Psal
-1842; several "Hebraic-Puritan" too,
I
t
s alms,
think
Lincoln wa
the Midra
106).
s
but see
h; liturgical
selected for the honor. As a member of the of the Jewish
to Mosheh and certified and ritual books, such as Sirldurim,
, w
no reproach in it. It was that
Welfare Board and its pres- Clearly to percent. the basis of given
by miraculous portent s, or Mahzorim, Selichoth NYC
rath er
these rival accents will help us
"othoth."
Library Commission for the past five years ent president, some very interesting
to und ersea
etter his own mental processing, he would perforce admi
th meaning of
aggadah she) Pesach, etc., sonic
he has exerted a wholesome influence upon were said by Felix M. Warburg about things
pres- the Torah and tie significance the some unofficial character as
while
attacking
on a address
this tradition had at first 1 of which belong to the early Ile.' in awe or at blasters
the first himself,
inaugural
address,
the Lincoln
Gettysburg
of
Judaism
as
a
&r
of
world
l
to
l sides, •taild
the elaborate instructions
the work of the libraries, and has earned ent-depression-day functions of our centers. history.
l of out-of-prin
writ,
braica
Americana;
and
a
number
I
other
of
the
presidential
utterances.
And
it
was
just
these filings
,. ant
t
Hebrew
books
Let Myra M W man, who rep
ten down in the name of Yah- 1 Pamphlet
and ; which were paramount)
the respect and honor now accorded
The pre-Israelite inhabitants
e vent, relate to you these sentiment orts the I
weh by the prophet
tinent.
s
published
on
this
c
Hebraic-Puritan.
'
on- I Greek spirit.
zil,
Masters
of
Canaan
had
tat
generalized
prefers
the
8;
The Judaica, however,

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Tid 6i4
bit an
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which, although inclued
d Ein ek tehe
I
political machinery with a god
I dare say, any child retding
larger part of the
Bible, never became law, and
worshiped throw
ollecti ute the
the first inaugural would proclaim
According to Felix M. Warburg, also
have always remained private collection
Most t
gh out the en-
em are in that
it was
e
a
past-
tire
land
as
the
spirit.
And more
even indebted
M r. Mast to the Ilebraic-Puritan than to the G • k
president of the Y. M. II. A. in New Yo
Alinbol
German
and
of
a
genuine
scholarly
of
a
and
unofficial.
The
book
of
Eze-
York City 1 centralized kin d
• thanothing
N
noes
not
attempt to deny distincion to
the
first
inaugural.
.
could have been more welcom
of the C
kiel, as it no
nature. They deal with various
a long
• of Y. M. H. A.'s
now stand bef
which later, on
e
ate "cy.rates"
s phases of Jewish learning: Bible
it
only separe
with
and a founder his advice, merged with the Na-
•
*
•
the news of the merging of Congrega-
tional Jewish Welfar e
local gods, or iaalim the 1 in Scripture, is indeed a good criticism and exegesis, Mishnah WHEN OCHS MARRIED
there is now more
1 example of what the ''Jed"
than ever before a need Board,
for this
tions Emanuel and Beth Tephila. Already
Amorites
were
congrained
to
But
we
were
talking
about
Mr,
B
and
Talmud,
Jewish
history,
lit-
activ ity.
documents were in the period l erature tell
are hundreds thousands of boys
ere
said he is a nephew of
och. Let's go back to him I
accept the principle el national- i before the Babylonian ex u
over-supplied with synagogue structures, it
out o f Thork
P Y, archeology, a re lative of Adol p h 5 the late Isaac M. Wise , which must make him
who have nothing
w
ile.
ity from David, who supplied , PROPHETIC BASIS OF TORAH
0 chs
language, etc., and include the I
cousin , to be exact.
They try, but ing to do and little to sustain them
would have been not only impractical, but
organism
o
f
they cannot find work. They arethe
g o vern-
standard works of Abraham Gei-i Ochs Bloch reminisced the other day on the years long ago, when
The destruction
ec rand of Jerusalem
c rn a ent u and the
even
Jer
ger,
and Bloch were young men.
or the laer
symb lo
tt congregation
too old to return to school, and besides, there
gave the
Leonard Zunz ,
i b
h is tsoaf ic es hop fpt oh re .
n
Heirich
"Do you
the
to erect another structure and thu
ember "w hen Ochs was ivma
may be a job tomorrow if . they are ready lo take
Galath
a
Graetz,
Marcus Jost, Adolph
great
i
Yahweh, y
YalhwaT,"Elaoha
Yo
Jel-
b
t. What can they
'Yes
,' he rep)
I asked.
tunny
wasSiP
e Thus
t he sis al v id rried?"
themselve s
of
to build the Torah as we cally
linek valuabl
and Julius
Intrinsi- mind of the event after so and
ninn
im age that comet to my
day?
a group of people with a financial obligation
the term "Israel" Ms con-
now s. have it in pries
e are Furst.
Even cheap commercial pleasures are all
denied
some
volumes
of
timed,
by
olitical
Y
years
is
that
of
a
lady
smoking.
p
uty
form.
it would no doubt find difficult to meet. The
em, for they have not the price of a moving
The instructions abotl
necesity,
as
"You may think the modern girls invented smoking, but this lady
pi
theme
s
show.
how,
the name of that new amigo-
early Anglo-Jewish
periodicals
fice and burnt offerings are so published
in this country,
a s we way back in those years at a wedding celebration was sitting and
officers of both congregations are to be con-
mated
nation
whereto
were
It is these boys whom the Y. M. II. A.'s and
smoking a cigar. She was the wife of a rabbi too—Mrs.
numerous in this collection .of as some early German periodicals ll openly
gratulated on the merger.
Sonnenschein.
swallowed up not oMy
similar organizations serve. Wholesom
writings that a mistaken im- devoted exclusively to Jewish
the
Arnorite
e r
ation is not the least
cities but the B'nai
learning
which
were
published
in
pression
prevails
amon
of
the
services,
but
ecre-
"I
recall
that I gazed in amazement at the sight, but even today
g Chris-
it s
ris- Germany,
not the most important
brad from the desert.
were the wife of a rabbi to indulge in a cigar at a weddin
trans, and among many Jews,
If this economic
has brought out any
i probabl
Meeting Place for Two Worlds.
has
sis
Within this Hebrew
y cause a little tit t i lation
R, i it would
fact in our modern life, ut it cri has
that
the
Torah
is
mainly
the
*notion,
the widel y contrasted
. Rotogravure sections of recent issues of
work of priests.
a man
to be judged by OVERPRODUCTION OF RABBIS
shown a marked absence of striking leadership.
the "If
books
'tend-
he is reads
and e owns, th "
points
of
the
tw
parent-races
two
The Jewish communities are not extern pt.
But
w
owner
of
this
the New York Times gave liberal space to
re
hile the T
collection was
remained
as distin
distinctions attach.
All the Jewish hospitals in New York—in
organizations have recognized a challengin The
evi-
den
final form is clearly orah in its dandy
fac t, a ll of the hospitals
photographs from Palestine, describing the
a person of wide culture i n New York regardless of denomination, I um
g and
ing to social classes, 0 of
compelling obligation to provid e
the result
ese
is
of
a
compromise
with
the
means
for
d•
C
'
distinctions
arose
t
h't
et
priestly
achievements of Jewish pioneers. Taken
discovering and training at an early
their nursing schools to further entries. Too nder stan d,se hare closed
sa y,
with
a
deep
wo
great,
anti-Baal
prophets
who,
In
any starving.
r they sa ,
for the "Wissen-
and scholarly love
attainments,
imbued and they must close to keep the present nurses from
es of prophets, or neki
nus,
who conic to the centers, that the age those
as a group, these photographs were suflici-
tendencies, it is ultimately
m,
And maybe
y may some
already mentioned in
day be able to assum .
Rev.
found
the
fret
we
shall
have
to
close
some
of
the
rabbinical
schools,
e
!Positions
of
leadershi
article.
schaft
des
Judenttums."
Indeed,
if
some
of
the
stories
I
hear
are
true.
founded
on
the
work
of
tho
,, ent to gladden the hearts of Jews over the
The courage t
i n convic du
prominent
DOCUMENTS OF TORAH
n was
teac
not
onl
er
a The other day there appeared an advertisement for an Orthodox
accomplishments of our people in the Land
stress is not the result of momentary ins ring
great, anti-Baal prophets who, but was Simon
also n a Tuska
scholar
and
writer.
RAH
The ion
d again, denounced the [
ti
in, but of a carefully planned and perseve pira-
Hebrew an priests of their
camPaign
of Israel. But the most, recent group, which
again
against
again
Born
in 1835, he came as a lad to rabbi. The position paid about $1,500 a year. For to untnunera-
Baalism in Pales tjae ...itmes
influence. Mental, spiritual and physical ring
timul te
own
this city
country
and was N.
educated in tive a position, there were, nevertheless, no less than 80 appicants.
t d growth
h
was a complete page layout of photographs
sae
as grafters
mislead-
1 the
of Rochester,
ors of the
velopment contribute toward the building of de-
of teat)
I am told, too, there arc graduates of the leading rabbinical
people. and
Accordingly,
lions and legends embodiedlin s
this
Y., where schools of the country who would be glad to take jobs at that salary.
of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem,
strength,
and
it
is
particularly
importan
Torah
represents
offer it at a time when
his father, Dr. Mordecai Tuska,
. s
.,
a series of documents which
giving
•
t to
.
er of the e
the
found-
I
held
the
position
of
rabbi.
While
lark of employment and
both outside and inside views, should
WHAT—NO BEARD?
modern scholars call "the .11 -
Aaron, as pursuing his stud'
the uncertainty of the future have laid the
leadin g th priesthood,
dean or Yahwist," "the Eph-
people to
Sol
Cohen,
prominent
have served to encourage all groups, Chris-
boy
th e l local
Zionist,
or girl open to a demoralization which mus
p
a
university,
he
w
calf of gold; while at the same ; as
whom
indebted
counteracted.
a I am
s also enro cal preceding story, also tells one about to
raimite, or Elohist," and "tie
t be
Rabbi
Abbe
Mlle!
Silva for the
tian and Moslem as well as Jewish, over the
student
in the of Baptist
Deuterenomic." Exce t f
Front cheerless h
time, attention is very skill- lUogical
Seminary
Rochest
Theo- I ing It was in the days when suffragettes went about the land,d
e there is no mo ne
fully brought tp bear upon Mo-
cultural achievements in Zion which should
or recreation
nef
space
during
the
reforms
ornand-
votes
for
women,
Rabbi
Silver
was
a
prominent
s
oak • foe
Y
I sheh as a kind of corn
er. suffrag e move
pon graduation h e
g that the mod ern
•
tory period of King Josiah,
ne ay he was sent by the e
e for the
redound to the benefit of all peoples.
g time in the State Norm
aure of the
s
aarop
h
scohrhol
quarters
to
West
Virginia
to
speak
for
the
uffrage
head-
these
three
documents
(JED
e
s--
Y's
nabi who anti-B
make more adequate preparation for the f t
at Brockport, N.
desiresl th p at alltth
g ion of suffragettes
•
While the visibly practical achievements
represent
a t
ar h'
was told that
a,
Y th
would
p p e o f
dpoint
•
e
n own novelist of her
await him at the railroal station
day, Mary in the West Virginia town.
Israel
should
be
1
in Palestine are centered in the colonies,
leisure. These boys on
and of the present enfor cad
was private and unofficial to
prophets,
J. Holmes . being o
girls are
Rabbi Silver, arriving at the
such an extent that the ost.
f h de-
ne ois
and ore the result of that transformation in
or nebiim (Numbers voted punils. After occupy
the future leaders of Jewry. It is here going
that to
th
town, got off at the station, but no
• ----titif people's economic position which has
characters are being formed.
air
c xi,
"•u nra h 29).
ing the
use of this word post of instructor in Hebrew
at women,
ladies came
up. He looked about and finally saw a group of young
bli,h " t The
which
i,phrafhrer
eyeing
o nn t I ly y hon ce - the
brandIgTken'tfirlelepheerroro
p
NUnion T
this man
and eyes
that on
but him
ignoring him. Finally,
If the center serves no other function than
olVed:
o!)
e
Vi
o
t.
7!
es;
10
turned
the
spotlight
of
their
r
caused the youth to turn away from the
brew history before the Exile as
they
Seminary
keep its doors open to all under these distressi to
some more. Finally, they came up to hint — hesitated, and hesitated
a time when "our kings, our
of many indications that the !while, he went abroad f
ng
middle class occupations to farming and to
conditions, it will have justified its reason for re
(T urn to Next P
post-
,
but
we
are
looking
for
a
Rabbi
Silver.
You
couldn't
maining
an
important
part
of
the
community
be
.
- — ----
1
manual pursuits, the Hebrew University
scheme.
__ _
him?" they said apologetically.
(Turn to Next Page),
_
serves to fill those important cultural needs
i "Yes, I am Rabbi Oliver," responded the Cleveland rabbi.
"'Oh, the
for ladies.
goodness sake! But, rabbi, where is your beard?"
which should be beacon lights in enlighten-
Although spoken to a New York gather-
chorused

Synagogue Merger.

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RANDOM THOUGHTS

ing Arabs and Christians regardi ng
ing, these sentiment have more than local
•
•
OH, EXCUSE ME, DOCTOR
by Charles
great contributions Jews bring to the Ori- interne
significance. They have national, perhaps
And have
you heard
the thing
one or
about
Jake, who had been taking
ent. Dr. a L. Magnes, chancellor of
tional, importance because
medical treatments
for one
another,
i
II. Joseph
the Hebrew University, has rightfully re- youth is today in desperate need of gu our EDISON'S LINEAGE
As the treatments were concluded, Jake handed the doctor $3.
"Sly fee," said the medic, "is $25,"
I ferred to the Hebrew University, in his ad- once, of social contacts, of encouragem at-
titude to assume? I am merely
I am in receipt of an interest ing asking
these questions to
excuse
me only
doctor,"
maid Jake, "here is $2 more. You see,
fain certain customs which a re thought the
dress opening the seventh year of study, which present-day economic, spiritual a ent letter from a reader in Key W
fee was
$15."
gain
,
r
e
ligious
I
sone light on the subject. At this
in chara c te r, Yet
et whi ch
as "a meeting place for two worlds."
political conditions do not supply. Eve an Fla., enclosing an article gist,
on I distance it
the
to
them
means
merely
Thomas Edison and suggest ingl
carrying
ry
on
to rne that the a custom, a habit, a superstition.
Because of existing conflicting sentiments community owes it to its youth seriously
that Edison was a Jew, or at le as t Zionist
aatagonis-.
the Arab to the In other words,djust because a Jew
has of deeper
among various warring factions throughout consider and watch over those cente to Jewish blood flowed in his eel ns. I 1 merely Bedouin
roots than
eats
resentment.
Only
mk matzos
h
oe '
ra
He
says
that
he
has
sent
me
a the other
o being carried on in the ence
which on today exert such an important infl
the world, the wrk
day an article
Spanish magazine (which, by t h e reciting the
rIGIt'llgsalerw
ilY!
II - way, neve
Hebrew Universi ty, both in the scientific
appeared These days with the world of
their
lives,
and
which
are
certa
r reachd me) i n wh i h
proceedings of a re- Jewry filled with all sorts and
to affec t their future.
By HILDA KASSELL
in he thinks Edison's e Jewish
and other departments, in the very heart
anc
cent Moslem Congress in which a manner of "isms" I imagine that
tcoorrisht, 1932, Jewleh Telegraphic AgeneY,
ci
try is proved. However, it a es-
I erh
p. statement
was made that the Arab we can find Jews who are Gentiles.
of the turbulent Orient, justifies D
and
the
pre-Zionist
Jew lived amic.
aps the demands of the present hour pears after careful considered on I ably ,but
g will
---4—
when Zionism camel
nes s reference to the university as "one of I need of use renewal of consideration of the that Spain is trying to prove th
MORGENTHAU ON WILSON
Edison's
ancestors
came
from
th
at
along
with
its
political
program Former Ambassador Morgen-
When Yehudi Menuhin, need one I who attended the concert; was im_
the great workshops of history." The f I
an ad Jewish Center for De- country, no she wants to clai at the trouble began. I mention this , thau was once described to me by add
wonder boy violinist, re- prned
iso for more than 30 minutes
owing paragraphs with which he closed troit. Of course, the time for the construc- some of the credit for contributing m' becaise as I said I consider it un- I the late President Taft as "a regu- turns the
to America in January for his' with
his hands h I 4
annual tour, his friends will cola- he T
his recent address opening the new term of tion of such a community house is inappro a world genius. But my correapon fair to suggest unless it be based ! ler fellow with real ability," and orat
above his
a
d hewh n eerr el. he had placed
e two nootecwiaolnahpypeaocracanscieonisn. oapplaud
dent isn't satisfied with that bu ., upon FACT that the only element while we may not always agree First.
th ue nm a ntio
study deserve a wide reading audience;
ic hgiosinegn t ho us
hie
i s fiftee ont jhabhihrathryda
priate. But there are in existence the wants
i. ar
a isa rn. 3 to say , .
s the
to go even further, claimin g t, in Palestine opposed to the Jews i with Ileary bforgenthau on cer- t wenty- s econd
the
The
of
Young Women's Hebrew Association on Ro- that Edison's ancestors not only are a group of irresponsibles.
.
and
ace.
tan issues, yet no one
ran d, '
What is happening in the world today no one
in calling
can deny
that he is
wena street and the Jewish Center on Mel- came from Spain but were Jew- MATZOS FOR —se—
the boy a "genius,"
an say with precision. If there
U
man. He was his native country in long trouners. I wa
RUSSIAN
JEWS I
ish. So far as I am concerned I
bourne avenue, with its
o P an able
as the world revolution, we are p b e such a thing
s
close
tresident
Wilson
and
he
Yes,
Yehudi
is
"It
growing up. Ile is
a ssing through
sa
a
stirring
dventure,
a new
think that this discussion will re-
branch
on
Dexter
Here's
an
odd
one.
Under
an
remained
one
of
hia
friends
until
date in
some of its phases. We are at the end of an
boulevard. And these . must be encouraged suit in justab out th e same
agreement made between the S , the day of Wilson's death. It is now a well-mannered young man, famous concertos
musical
history.
Three
vi
same
of
musical
litera-
and
con-
epoch, but we do not know if life on this planet
and though he still retains his love tor were
al government agencies and a
n a that concing
elusio
ern the
will be spared so that a new
wisely guided under the present trying ligion
interesting in view of current con- for strawberry ice-cream sodas-- fat arch-ma
e
mastere d by
condition
ofs Columbus . You know producer of matzos in that coon- editions
and the world collapse as
,
s.
W e sta n d before e i th epoch msy be begun
his the yo
try over 2,000,000 pounds of mat-

MUSIC HAS ITS CHARMS

er a world eate
eatarstera
rophf
e,
or perhaps be fore the d a wn
of agr
o
truth and wisdom.
A
In the midst of this welter of worids, here we
Jewish Arbitration Court.
are in Zion, at this exposed spot facing kth
New H
East and West, a tiny handful in this sacred
even, Conn., has laid the founda-
tion
for
a
land, this biological and historical and spiri'ual
Jewish Conciliation Court This
crossways. We h • h privil
Jewish co mmunity
ege of liven g and I
is to be congratulated
working In one of the great workshops of hi
for taking
tory, where man from both the desert and the s
steps for the creation of such a
watered places, from the Orient and the Medtter- I court of a
ranean crossed and re-crossed and where the"---..s ought to e rbitration, and other communities
s Th s i m mutate its example.
have left the precipitate of their minds and
spirit, a holy land, • tragic
l'''...
'''
land that has !won
• profaned over and over again
aNsabilit portant fact to remember is the
and that has
, and Jayvs i y of averting suits between Jews
known but little peace, and yet that bat heard
voices of some of the greatest moral per.
1 dilations c n the non-Jewish courts. If con-
sonalities of histor
y
! ish tribun - a an be achieved through a Jew-
In all of these cross currents and passions, in
1, such a court would serve a
all of this labor and pain, it is the
great pur p ose,
endeavor .
of the Hebrew University t.. h o
But
of
e
a
lighthouse
shining rut r n to the Rea, Westwards, and out to
greater value is the forma-
tion of suc h ven
the desert sands, F.astwards The light of c vile-
a court to s rve the community
zat i en
whenever e
are of human kindness has often been
quenched in the course of man's tumultuous and
I arise. To problems of a communal nature
cruel history. We are but ordinary individuals
permit such questions to be aired
in an extraordinary time. Yet let us do what we
nut in a lin blic court is certainly wrong and
can to deepen our eourag e
leas
unpant.
and to keep the light aflame, and our humility, •
A Jewish arbitration court will ,

prevent suc h unpleasant situation,,
From the point of view of the economic
Have yo u visited th
transformations as well as f th
achievements in
ural Home on Bu
Children's
Palestine something great
rlingarne and Petoskey? If
then one
you of
ha ve
not
failed
is developing in the ancient Land of Israel, with
to become acquainted
The present generation is the witness to where. Spe the finest homes of its kind an
y
one
of the most striking occurrences in all hour in beco nd your next leisure week-end
tory.
ming
acquainted
with
this
•
1 porta t
u 'on in your own city.

ys.

1

that some Jews have
boys will be boys even though they with a clairvoyant
ster on
instrument
been trying zos will be shipped to Russia this • result of the war to have this are infant prodigies—h
e is very with
digies—he
to claim him for a long time. But
statement of Mr. Morgenthau on
a matter of f assurance and
year
to
care
for
the
Passover
!
that
be
has
at this writing the question is still I needs of the Jews. For three years the occasion of the seventyfifth 3't
of
proud
of in the
f grown
genius
in expression act
of certaintly
tone and
inches
the
last
year
and
that
very much undecided. And I think there has been a
birthday of Woodrow Wilson:
he now has a driving license. "Soon technique."
struggle to have : " 'Eternal Vigilance is the
I the same thing will happen in Edi- matzos excepted from
the
Soviet
, son's case. Personally I don't
price I shall have a car," he said, In'am- of Recently
over 7,000
he played to an audience
ban on shipments of foreign food- of liberty —and Woodrow Wilson ingly.
th
th k
was a ew or that he ever stuffs. But that isn't what inter- clearly saw the name problems
le in the Royal
It is a disarmin g surpri
Sad
Hall
in
Londonp.eopEver
e blood in hs veins. ests me so
h any Jwish
much as the DESIRE r confronting our times t at con- that despite the alm ost se to find occupier!, and the ordinar
y seat
re-
o I think we'll have to look else-
t was
fronted Jefferson and Jackson
in
of
Jews
in
Russia
for
so
h A t,,
where for glory.
manyr
overwhelm- strained and undemonstrative En-
matzos.
I
have
been
led
to
believe
,
nd
ing
and
unanimous
adulation
gliahman
forgot
self
to
the
iv
theere
--e-
showered upon this ky-genius 1,3 ,
irsdiffTerheentu,aZts a
that Judaism is
:1•3t 71; -7
Russia; I w
tent of shoutin him
thie th
ex -
9-
SOKOLOW'S STATEMENT
7es famous critics and musician
That synagogues dying
1 .
are in d o
the young man
g "Bravo, Bravo,"
is i
a ns fe o:n r, a had
N ahum Sokolow, the leader of , I that Jewish
r
m
, after
the "Vidui
lad's rendition
of Ernest
their fier y pirit I m arked
children
are
being
still
retains
a
Bloch's
from
the Zionist movement, arrived in reared as atheists. Yet here we
degree of wholesome elm-
s,..
ual to theirs.
He ijici! 7 which is perh aps
His Father Tells Beal Shem."
the United States last week. lie find a demand for two million renewed their a deck
of
the secret I
upon p
a Story , em
lege and injusti
is a very able man, undoubtedly' ohucnhds more
of m atzos and pro
Speaking
of Moshe
Ernest Menuhin,
Bloch recalls
his
charm.
And he is charming. i to mind
a story
the
bably ' at his wos s; ce. Men thrilled
■ great leader. But sometimes
m
I
when other matzos Je
they
had
when
No
longer
the
plump
boy
in
velvet
!father,
related
to
me
only
a shea
wonder why even such an out- bakers get busy. Are matzos then , fferson and s
Jackson
spoke.
shorts
and
socks,but
a
shoul,
r,
,
time
ago.
Yehudi
has
gtxxl-looking blonde young man
standing Zionist as Dr. Sokolow eaten by JEWISH ATHEISTS? I oa r r rteha ega p,
ort
ino w
piaa 7 he authentic voice
who affection for Bloc
makes statements like these:
a grt
wouldn't be surprised,
, ; reads Schiller in the original, an d / and
h •nd his music,
"W e want to arrive at
because et i o n c c; o of f vi th, jel.ot the strong, dear!
nru. . e
it with
is almost
unwritten
an un- many Jews are prompted to main-
Hebrew, of the fact that he speaks , ciple
him an
to lay
at least prin-
one
derstanding with the Arabs. We
"We shall not leaders of men. is proud English,
------- -
have no
grasp the signifi- man fluently, an French and Cr.
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quarrel with them. The
,.
'selection
from
Blocph's
compositions
life
and
achieve
!Italian.
d is now Intrinsic . at each one of his conce
manta
only trouble-maker s in Palestine
t t a s if the
do tr h a of first of all un- HE
BREW IN
rts. About
ALESTINE
have been the Bedouins. We do
Applauded
three years ago Yehudi was
to
instein.
not wi sh to r uin the
a
, play
th
that
he
was,
,
in Munich.
-I
One
can
scarcely
all
thing
s else, the spokes- a word
byattEem pt to gs e
but
By Jessi e E.
Te
to dev elop it and rai country and-
entire City
man
of
/
was
S■ mpler,
picture of the almo.t hyst.-r-
the conscie nee
se
the
st
lacarded
with
bill-posters
an-
'
and the
ard of living. The Jews
ter spiritual natur
i e al and frenzied ovations t, at dud c ing the fo rth coming violin
of Pales- I
e
ka
bet_ street
of th Amer
. re.
have lernt in Hebrew school
of American peep of the masses
nounpe
eet , the boy wherever he A
Arabs rt any friends among h the 11 'ord. and letb.r
ican wo
p in
pra ars The first
politician
s
s
MI
number on the nder-child.
concert stage. When he
l ived amicabry
by rule-- spiritual lea
i dead. But Wilson
" the
PI • •v d the
is Be
ni 'Lou; people :al I Slowly, slowly I rule
it
stated
was
program.
li
the'
r
n
fo
can
to
be
"
der
liv
a- e n
Y ears"
speak;
r the
es, and will live
have read e th h I
tar ol 7ti'n fr
forever
" a
.rnest Niegun
ook
in "29 rn
an 2050 tiers ns ■ °ne
Bloch' a . "B at 1
Now, is it true that the only Fr om Abraham to Ily akakk
gathered in the Philharmoni
"Partisan hatred may el
m."
uk,
trouble-maker s
Da
c
'
cert
If
(
y
by
day
ct
nod
the
•n-
all
p
A
are the Bedouin.?
sad
D ore of his true natur
need to regard qt. ly long distance call was
I have heard that for a great ' A
week by week. moment Our national rela e for the , ' whole undertaking
as the peak fret
hurried-
put through to Switzerland
many years, and then I have been Bo m 1 proud of all I've done?
pse into
w here
the sensual pleasu
of American
advertising. Only , then holiday-making.
puzzled when I have witne.sed the
the Menuhin family were
t in Palestine they run
our o e f mate riali I after
prosperity m a y dimres
only
12
the
sturdy
little
chap,
who
'
"M
WA3
breadth and strength of Arab
Through the field
essential s f '
yes to th e
•
pos i tion
op-
o I , re ndered;
a l ive
• ,
greatness. But selections from years
other
greatness.
compos
as expressed by promi- All
d' You realize
each time
itions by you are do ng "
nest Arabs. Maybe the Arab op- Tit in Hebrew, sptaki
away will strip these impediments Bach, Beethoven and Brahms,
excited avoice
ng
fast,
did i o f the an er
. se
Posterity will rank him as the audience burst in
g tales
rst
salon is intentionally mini-;
o
Wee
o
the
d
mo
asked theth
, " Munich
f !Braes past
he
er:ets.mora%l'it
hied, and If so 6
f .h ea :
lkiea
h
Nang
raah ee tomb
a verit le Semitiam Is the
Washi ngton hurricane
that a fair at-
and
Linco
ln,
of our fi
he 'ripe
n itoksw ie n. i Aaa me ori
of applause and cheers. jgra
• You e cansta
t
ht-bed
of ant t-
ne i (storming the platform, aim,
't
rt
a pro-
m with a Jewish
lean history."
those seated in the frrit
" Sorry,"
S
was the piece like That"
rows- Professor Albert Einstein,
calm 1,ply.
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