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TREDEFIZOITIEWISII (ARON ICLE

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Entered e Second-class matter March I, 1916,at the Pont.
Once e Detroit. Mich, under the Act of March I, 1819,

General Offices and Publication Building
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Telephone: Cadillac 1040 Cable Address, Chronicle

man who forsook his people and was widely
condemned for it.
But what interests us particularly in Mr.
Leftwich's story is the comment he makes
in the opening paragraph of the second
part of the article, and this we share with
our readers. This brief but important com-
ment reads:

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When mailing notices, kindly use one aide of the paper only.

The Detroit Jeoeloh Chronicle [net.correspondenc• on tub-
trete of Internet tc tine Jewish people, but disclaim. rotenone-
Witty for an indoremint of the e.t.a ozonised by the writer.

Sabbath Shekolim Readings of the Law.

Pentateuchal portion—Ex. 35 :1-38:20 ; Ex. 30:
11-16,
Prophetical portion—II Kings 12:1-17.
Rosh Chodesh Adar Sheni Readings of the Law,
Tuesday and Wednesday—Num. 28:1-15.

March 4, 1932

I Adar 26, 5692

A Great Communal Loss.

Iii

The death of Milford Stern, which came
so tragically only a few days after his re-
election for a third term as president of the
Jewish Welfare Federation of Detroit, is a
-" distinct shock to all of Detroit Jewry, and
to the many national organizations and
causes to which he devoted himself with
unparalleled devotion, zeal and energy in
the past two decades.
Not only as a leader in the Federation,
but as one who befriended every Jewish
element in the community, by the genuinely
sincere interest he has taken in all com-
munal causes, Mr. Stern earned the respect
and admiration of all who came in contact
with him. As one who was ready at all
times to lend his support, encouragement
and wig counsel to spokesmen for causes
which appealed to Jews, he was recognized
as a leader who stood above partisanship
and narrow sympathies. With perhaps only
one or two exceptions, he stood alone as a
man who was respected and looked up to
alike by Zionists and non-Zionists, Yiddish-
jots and thoroughly assimilated elements,
in Temple Beth El, the Federation, the
B'nai B'rith and other organizations and
causes.
It will be recalled that shortly after his
return from Palestine he became an ardent
supporter of the movement for the up-
building of the Jewish National Home. Al-
though he never officially joined the Zion-
ist Organization, he was ready at all times
to give the movement.14 moral and finan-
cial support. Among his extensive writ-
ings on numerous Jewish subjects are in-
cluded important statements in support of
Zionism, and the article he contributed to
the Herzl Memorial Volume in 1929 on the
question of the Jewish Agency was con-
sidered one of the most important express-
ions on the subject at the time the Agency
was consummated.
On the occasion of the Zionist conven-
tion held in Detroit in 1929, Mr. Stern coun-
seled the strengthening of the Zionist Or-
ganization to guarantee the position of the
movement within the Agency. In view of
the fact that he was not officially affiliated
with the movement, his sincere interest in
the cause was reflected in his statement
which read:

There are two objectives which every Zionist
should strive his hardest to achieve. One is

to bring about the successful culmination of the

new accord between Zionists and non-Zionists,
and the other is to assure the continuity of the
Zionist Organization itself, which in turn implies
the preservation of its basic principles, its in-
spiring idealism, and its historical tradition.
The achievement of a rapprochement with the
non-Zionist group does not necessarily mean
a weakening of purpose or a loss of influence.
On the contrary, it should constitute an enrich-
ment for the Zionist cause; it should result in
intensifying and strengthening the Zionist or-
ganization, and should, give added impetus to
all phases of the Zionist work.
What a pity if the Zionist group submerged
any of its individuality and personality, if it
became a weak and subordnate branch of the new
agency, just at the time when it is bearing its
richest fruit—the unification of world Jewry for
Palestine. Nothing could be more tragic at this
time than the adoption of a policy by the Zionist
group which would result in shifting over to the
non-Zionist group the burdens which have hith-
erto been moiety their own. The organization
should remain 100 per cent Zionistic. It should
remain militant; it should preserve its identity,
its idealism; it should increase its membership
and strengthen its forces; it should continue its
educational work and its propaganda. All this
can be done concurrently with its affiliation
through the extended Agency with the non-
Zionists, and all this must needs be done if the
accord is to have full force and effect, and is
to make sure the rehabilation of Palestine.

Hans llerzl's life shows how dangerous it is
for parents who happen themselves to have no
faith, to let their children grow up in a spiritual
vacuum, so that when they become older and
find, like Hans Herz!, that "religion is essential"
to them, they are open to the first religious in-
fluence that come their way. Having no real
hold even on that, they run the risk of becoming
what Hans Herzl described himself as—"a drif-
ter"--or as Father Day said to me of him, "a
wobbler."
Ile was afflicted, in addition, with the terrible
faculty of "seeing around corners." "All in-
telligence," he writes of himself, "and no will.
Tossed by every wind that blows." One might
say that he was so spiritually bruised and in
search of healing, that there was no quack whom
he did not try.

Here is a lesson and a warning which is
of particular timeliness now. There are too
many faithless, and too many who have lost
the courage of their spiritual convictions. It
is a dangerous thing so well displayed in
the experiences of Hans lierzl and it ought
to serve as a warning of a serious menace,
Mr. Leftwich's "The Truth About Hans
Herzl" should be read not only for the new
light it throws on the unfortunate hero of
the story, but also for the spiritual lesson
it offers. The author of this article has done
a service to Jewry by divulging these facts.

Weak League of Nations.

From the editorial columns of our issue
of July 13, 1928, we reprint the following
story:

Sir Austen Chamberlin, when asked by an
impertinent U. S. correspondent, last week, to
state why the League postpones settlement of
no many major Issues, was geniality itself. "The
explanation," he said, "is similar to the point
of an anecdote told me recently by an American
friend. It seems tlat one of your schoolmasters
had asked a lad to form a sentence using the
word 'diadem.' The pupil replied, 'People who
drink bootleg diadem sight quicker than those
who don't. . .' You catch my meaning, I am
sure."
Paraphrasers suggested that Sir Austen
meant, "A League which used raw, unmellowed,
strong-arm methods and thus antagonized its
member states would diadem sight quicker than
will the present milk-and-water League."

This item should speak for itself in ex-
planation for the failure of the League of
Nations to act on the numerous problems
and conflicts affecting the world. As an
aggressive League, to whom little atten-
tion would have been paid by the world at
large, it might long ago have died. As a
"milk-and-water" League it still holds on
to dear life. Whether the conscience of the
world will one day realize the need for an
International tribunal which should have
genuine powers in directing the universe
to the paths of peace is a question which
cannot be answered in an age replete with
bigotry and hate. But that the present
League of Nations in its present form is
hardly more than tragic failure very few
will deny.

The Hunchback Story.

eIRONICILE

Our Film Folk

By MIRIAM SCHAAR SCHLOESSINGER

This is very confidential! Eac h
day the manager of a famou
Hollywood delicatessen used to ap
near at the portable dressing-roo
bungalow of a certain actress t
give her exclusive choice of h is
latest arrivals in herring, salam
liverwurst, etc. We peeked on
day and discovered that Lilya
Tashman likes her calories kosher
• • •

Editor's Note: The following Maths, account of the ceremonies in
connecLion with the first diploma• ever granted by • Jewish universitY
• nywhere, has lust been received from Palestine by the American Friends

of the Hebrew University, of which Dr. A. S. W. itoxenback I. president. The
is the wife of Dr. Max Sehloe.-inger, m ember of the Board of
Gove
rnors of the Hebrew University, bow resident In J erusalem. Mrs.
Governors
Schloe4ainger. who Is American by birth. report.vividly the colorful arena
on this moment,. occasion in the life of the Hebrew University.

This 25th of January of 1932 I broidered hangings from Bok-
will always remain a great day
hare filling all the wall spaces
in the history of the Jewish peo-
between — when you walked
ple. On this day the first de-
down the aisles over the soft
grees that have der been is.
colored Persian rugs — when
green that have ever been is-
you looked to the slightly ele-
sued by a Hebrew University
vated stage and saw the green
were conferred on 13 students
of young trees that decorated
in the presence of such an audi-
it, your heart sang within you
ence as could not be assembled
because you knew that some-
in any other city in the world
thing unique—something of a
today outside of Jerusalem.
deep significance to a far-flung
Ever since April, 1925, when
people was taking place about
the Ilebrew University on
you. The audience itself was
Mount Scopus was dedicated,
representative of all that this
many people have asked the
ancient—of all that this new—
question: "Is a llebrew Uni-
Jerusalem has to offer. Many
versity really necessary? Can
of the English officials had
it possibly survive?" Both ques-
come — the high commissioner,
tions received their affirmative
the chief justice, the directors
answer this day.
of education, immigration and
other government departments
A thrill of Intense excitement
—representatives of the Ameri-
was in the air of all Jerusalem
can and British schools of arch-
—a magnetic thrill vibrated in
eology, the white-robed Do-
the hearts of the hundreds who
minican Fathers with Pere Vin-
mounted to the top of Mount
cent (one of the greatest au-
Scopus—and it increased as they
thorities on the archeology of
entered Symonds Hall in the
Palestine), the consuls of the
fine new Wolffsohn Library
many countries with their gor-
building where the first gradua-
geously arrayed kawassas„
tion exercises of the Ilebrew
priests, church dignitaries-
University were to be held.
judges—and Jews from every
Each one knew that this would
country of the earth—Jews of
differ from the ordinary gradua-
high degree and Jews from the
tion exercises to which we, of
simplest walks of life—some of
the West, were accustomed.
them showing by their native
Almost all of the great audience
costumes that they had come
had come to this strange little
from Yemen, from Bokhara-
land of the Near East at one
from the Caucasus—from Mosul
time or another with an ideal or
—all adding to this coat of
a mission or a hope—and an
many colors which is Jerusalem.
almost mystic voice seemed to
speak to them of these surround- A REAL ACHIEVEMENT
ings and to offer them a solace
Punctually at the appointed
for many disappointments. It
time of 3:15 in the afternoon
was almost as if these exercises
the students of the university,
were a sign—a symbol of inner
who were seated in the back of
forces which said to them "If
the hall, sang the opening chor-
we have succeeded in reaching
ale, Beethoven's magnificent
this stage today, so may you
setting to Psalm 19, and con-
hope to succeed. If we have tri-
tinued to sing as the graduates,
umphed over many difficulties so
led by the high commissioner,
may you hope to triumph over
Sir Arthur Grenfell Wauchope;
your many difficulties. It has
the chancellor of the university,
been a hard, hard way that we
Dr. Judah L. Magnes„ the resi-
have had to go—both we any
dent members of the board of
you—but the victory in the end
governors, and the deans of the
will be all the more glorious for
two faculties entered the hall,
you, as it is for us today."
amidst an applause that was in-
THE MYSTIC VOICE
tended to be, and was, a recog-
nition
of a real achievement.
It is very difficult here in Je-
When the chancellor of the
rusalem, in this land of the
university began his address
Bible, to escape this mystic
with the words "Blessed be Who
voice. The very stones speak so
bath kept us in life and sus-
strongly in a double language,
tained us and brought us to this
one of a factual past, and one of
day" he voiced for all those
a past that existed only in the
who were present, Jew and Gen-
thoughts and the aspirations of
tile alike, that which they
those that have gone before us.
might have expressed them-
That which is very ordinary
selves, if they had been given
and natural in every other coun-
the opportunity and if their own
try seems old here. The BiBble
voices had not been choked by
is part of one's very soul—it
their emotion. And it seemed
has grown out of the soil on
so natural that he should choose
which we are standing. You
just the form of imagery he did
cannot really live in Palestine
use
in this land of the Bible to
without this greatest of all
deliver his message in the way
guide books to show you the way
that
his hearers would best un-
to the heart and the life of the
derstand and feel. For those
East.. And no it was good to
who
have come the long way
know that these first degrees
that leads them to Palestine, the
that were to he presented this
"New Year of the Trees," in
day were to be given to stu-
the month of January to which
dents a number of whom had
he alluded is no empty phrase.
made Palestinology their special
When he referred to those
study.
graduates as the first band of
When you entered Symonds
disciples
which have been raised
Hall with its great arched win-
dows and the splendid old em-
(Turn to Next Page),

By HELEN ZIGMOND

• • •

Sam
Mintz, co-author
o
"Sooky," is the son of a rabb
and is one of the innumerable tam
ily of Mintzes working on Holly
wood lots. Sam is an inveterat
collector of pines from all ove
the world. Webster's notwith
standing, he says that the woe
meerschaum sprang from the Yid
dish root meertzishem,
• • •

Jeannette R a coo s n, forme
citiceness of Detroit, is a ver
busy person. She's a reporter fo
the Quigley Publications—an
covers all the studios.
• • •

Eleven-year-old Lester Lee wi
play Ricardo Cortez's part as
boy in the "Symphony of Six Mi
lion." Ibis (Lester's) name is Id
Schnell, former women's champio
all-round athlete.

I

A certain comedian spent
week-end at Palm Springs, ritz
desert resort. Ile asked for sta
tionery at the hotel desk. "I tak
it you are a guest here?" the cler
inquired. "A guest?" retorted th
comedian, "I should say not—I'
paying $20 a day!"



• •

Did you know that the secre
yen of every actor is to be con
sidered a great writer? Al Jolso
wrote a friendly letter to a certai
Jewish publisher of a theatrica
paper. The publisher printed th
letter as a full-page ad.—at regu
lar rates—and when Al's friend
told him what a fine writer he wa
it so flattered him that he not oral
paid the bill, but thanked the pub
fisher in the bargain.
• •

Perhaps I shouldn't tell, bu
George Sidney was little Samm
Greenfield back in "cheder" day
And speaking of George, th
"Cohen• and Kelly." will soon b
traveling again. This time they'r
out to discover Hollywood—ther
won't be any wild tigers—or Turk
ish mamas—but, well, wait an

see.

• • •
Did we tell you about the pro-
ducer who, in a heated argurbent,
insisted that his comedies were
"nothing to laugh at!"

At the age of three little Mitzi
Green was already a good trooper,
She teamed with mama and papa
on the Orpheum circuit. Now her
salary looks like a telephone num-
ber—three or four figures—with-
out a decimal point.
• • •

CARDOZO AND MARSHALL

There are numberless stories telling of the very homely impression
John Marshall, chief justice of the Supreme Court, used to make;
walking about the streets with his coat on his arm, or carrying a
basket of cucumbers to market.
It seems that we are beginning to get a duplication of these stories
about Justice Cardozo, and they have every ear-mark of being
authentic.



THE ARTIST FLEES '

I have heard in the past week several, but I prefer to tell one
which comes by way of Dr. Cyrus Adler, a close friend of the judge.
Some Jewish artist about a year ago sought to paint a portrait
of Judge Cardozo. To that end, he visited Albany and entered the
chambers of the jurist.
Ile saw a little man walking about the chambers. The painter
asked the little man if the secretary to Judge Cardozo was in.
"No,” replied the little man, "but maybe I could help you."
"No," grunted the painter, "you couldn't help me. I must see
the secretary. When will he be in?"
"Well, I don't know," replied the little man, placidly, "maybe in
half an hour—maybe longer."
"Oh, the devil," said the painter. "I am in a great hurry. Just
my luck, darn it."
"Will you tell me," asked the little man, "what you want of the
secretary?"
"Oh, there is no use telling you," said the temperamental and by
now irate artist, "but well—I want the secretary to see the judge in
the hopes of getting an appointment with the judge to paint his
picture. '
"Well, I am Judge Cardozo."
The painter turned green and blue—and what are those other
colors of the rainbow?—well, he turned them all, and then he upped
and fled.
Subsequently, he came to Dr. Cyrus Adler, and told him how ho
had been frightened by learning how insolently he had been talking
to Cardozo. Dr. Adler thereupon wrote to Judge Cardozo, and ex-
plained the situation.
Judge Cardozo wrote back, that he had not at all been offended—
just a little amused, and would thepainter come back to see in

SLOW MOTION

Is Palestine the Promised Land?
So the Bible calls it, but if you may believe Lord Snell, it is rather
"the too much Promised Land." It was promised by Britain to the
Jews and it appears that John Bull also did some promising of the
land to the Arabs.
But Snell is optimistic nevertheless.
What the Jews need now, says his lordship, is patience. Remem-
ber that even Moses didn't enter the Promised Land, and that the
Jews had to linger 40 years in the wilderness.
I gather from his lordship that he recommends a sort of recon-
ciliation to slow motion.
It was Pascal who observed that most of the troubles of the world
come from mai'i's inability to sit still.
Slow motion is almost as painful as sitting still—but it appears
we'll have to grin and bear it.

A CALIFORNIA STORY

Some time ago, someone was telling me of the rather kaleidoscopic
career of David Weissman, managing editor of the B'nai B'rith Mes-
senger. I thought it very interesting, and intended to comment on
it, but unfortunately misplaced my notes.
But perhaps I have something almost as good—a story sent in by
the California editor.
Moshe was taken to the County Hospital. He was sick enough
for that, but not too sick to continue his daily "tephillin legen."
The next morning, early enough, he sat up in bed and placed one
of the phylacteries on his forehead. An Irish patient in the next bed
watched him with interest, but said nothing until Moshe started
to wind the leather thong around his arm.
"Well, I'll be —" grunted the Irishman. "These Jews are
smart. Look at the guy, comes in only last night into the hospital,
and he's already taking his own blood pressure."



DETROIT HAS A LAUGH

Editor Slomovitz, who is either an ardent Jeffersonian or anti-
administration, writes to say that the appointment of Cardozo will
not do the Republicans any of the political good they might have
expected, although he is immensely pleased with the appointment
itself.
"It reminds me," relates Slomovitz, "of the Jew who was seen on
election day on Grand street, in New York, his chest swelled, a big
fat cigar smoking like a chimney between his moustache and beard.
'" Chatzkel, why so happy?' a friend asked him.
" 'I have good reason to be,' was Chatzkel's boast. 'Tammany
just paid me $5 and this cigar for my vote, and I voted against
them.' "



CAMBRIDGE CONFIRMS STORY
The Detroit Jewish Chronicle, by the way, prints a letter from a
student at Harvard confirming the recent story, printed in this column,
about a certain "Professor McCullough" of the Harvard Law School.
It will be recalled that the story cited how the "prof' at the begin-
ning of the semester, not yet having received the roll call for the
new semester "was stricken with an idea." "Mr. Smith," he called,
and there was no response. "Mr. Johnson," and still no response;
"Mr. Cohen," and five responded.
Writes the student from Harvard Law to The Detroit Chronicle:
"Schwartz tells a story about a certain Professor McCullough. Well,
it's true, but the name of the Scotchman is McLaughlin—as tough a
Scotty as ever wore kilts—and only four Cohens responded. I ought
to know because it happened in my Property class in September, 1930.
Thought you might be interested, and so I am sending you the exact
details."
And The Chronicle comments on the letter as follows: "Which
goes to prove what a small world this is, after all. David Schwartz
does his columning from New York, a Detroit boy read it in Cam-
bridge (in a Detroit paper) and now we shoot it back to David to help
him rejoice that his stories should travel so widely—and so speedily."
But Editor Slomovitz had even a better illustration last week of
the mighty potency of this column, for we sent him a letter that came
all the way from Ilouston, Texas, from a reader who, through this
column first learned that he had a relative by the name of Slomovitz
in Detroit.

Emanuel Voltaire Cohen found his last
We can't claim Leila Hyams en-
tirely—she's half-and-half. Like
name to be un-American, so he appeared
before a jurist with another Biblical name
(Turn to Next Page).
—Supreme Court Justice Aaron J. Levy of
New York—and asked henceforth to be
known as Conason. Justice Levy granted
by Charles
the request when the term "un-American,"
referring to the name Cohen, was stricken
H. Joseph
from the plea.
Justice Levy is to be congratulated for
BIBLE IN SCHOOLS
invited some severe criticism be- parity for work! So that should
having rid the Jewish people of a Cohen
This statement quoted in the cause he holds that the Jews are ease our uneasiness!"
who is ashamed of his name. He is also to Literary Digest from the Episco- not any more charitably inclined
be commended for his statement to the peti- pal church paper The Churchman, , than their neighbors, and he at- JEWS AS FARMERS
indicates that the liberals feel j tempts to prove that the American
I knew Dr. A. R. Levy, wh
tioner, who intends to go to Harvard: "It about
the Bible reading in public Jew did not do so much for for- founded the Jewish Agriculture
is doubly strange that the petitioner, who schools much as we do. And in eign relief, spending only "50 mil- Aid
Society, more years ago than I
intends to dwell in the select New Eng- this connection it is interesting to lion dollars," while he spent 500 care to remember. We used to
note that Joseph Lewis, the Free- million for pleasure cars!
discuss the possibility of any con-
land circles, should desire to conceal his thinker leader in this country, in-
—a-
siderable number of Jews ever go-
aristocratic Old Testament origin."
tends to have the Supreme Court MEXICAN ANTI-SEMITISM
ing to the farm. Dr. Levy, who
the United States decide
I am glad to see that Alfred at the time lived in Chicago, was
But does the new Conason, the former of
whether the reading of Scripture
very enthusiastic and devoted his
Cohen,
international
president
of
Cohen, really believe that he will hide his in the public schools is in viola-
whole life to the work, And I saw
Jewish identity by assuming a new name? tion of the Constitution of the the B'r,ai B'rith, who has just re- the other day in a report of the LIFE'S CONFLICTS IN
RUSSIA DEPICTED IN
United
States.
But
here
is
what
turned
from
Mexico,
corroborates
Jewish Agricultural Society that
Perhaps he has not yet heard the famous The Churchman says:
NEW NOVEL BY LIDIN
statements I made some months there are now 100,000 Jewish
story about toe thoroughly assimilated Jew
"We confess that, though we ago when the Jewish press and souls on farms in this country and
who first she his beard ; then performed believe in Christianity and in Jewish leaders were excited over 32 years ago there were only a The conflicts between individual-
an operation on his nose; then changed his teaching it as widely as possible, anti-Semitism in Mexico. At that thousand! That's a wonderful ism and collectivism: greed and un-
are unable on logical grounds
showing, and the organization is selfishness—the basic principles
name; then went to a summer resort to hob- we
to see why a Jew, a Roman Catho- time I suggested that we had bet- to be congratulated and heartily which affect the Soviet ideals
nob with the Goyim and to buy their favors lic, a Buddhist, an agnostic, ter wait until we had something commended. The day is coming —are depicted in a new novel by
with his money. But none befriended him or an atheist, has not a perfect more than hysteria by which to when a great many Jews will ap- Vladimir Lidin, "The Price of
right, as a taxpayer in a democ-
I ,n4coe wthaci,osuittuAteioz.an From what predate the value of such an op- Life," published by Harper and
except a hunchback. With this cripple he racy which refuses to endorse any jud
portunity. With economic re- Brothers, 49 East Thirty-third
ership ,
became very intimate, and once, in a con- religion, to object to the reading that is governmental, lead
I coul strictions becoming more acute, so street, New York ($2). An excel-
fessional and confiding mood, this rich but of a Bible in which he does not hardly believe that there could far as our people are concerned in lent story, ably written, "The Price
his children, or any children,
friendless man turned to the hunchback and wish
exist a well-defined anti-Semitic I the cities, many young people who of Life" can well boast of a perfect
to believe."
attitude. So Mr. Cohen tells us: e xpect to join the white collar bri- translation, the work of Ilelen
whispered in his ear:
That's common sense; but com- "I am convinced that there is no gade may welcome, the opportunity Chrouschoff Matheson, the trans-
t
"I wish to confide in you and tell you a mon sense has no place in the religious discrimination as such o become farmers.
lator, deserving commendation.
minds of fanatical churchmen who !wing practiced in Mexico, and
The story deals with student life
secret. I am a Jew."
insist on ordering other people's that the present immigration re- ITEM WORTH READING
in Moscow. It centers around the
.
.
I
handsome
but weak-charactered
The hunchback, equally as confiding, lives according to their own pat- . . .
.

Here is something well worth
I economic pressure becomes less." the space it occupies and well Kiril Bessonov, who, brought from
equally as friendly, turned to his friend and tern.
a
village
factory
to study at the
I The Mexican minister of interior worth the time you spend in read-
"JEWS ON APPROVAL"
whispered in his turn:
University in Moscow, through the
Charles Hanson Towne, who with whom spoke considers the mg it:
"I, too, have a secret to confide. I am writes
influence of Lebedkin, falls under
about books and other ' Jews an asset to the country and
In 1929 George Eastman gave
a hunchback."
things in the New York American, lauded them for their persever- the city of Rome $1,000,000 for the influence of Sverbeev, neglects
his studies, entera illicit deals which
! once, morale, initiative and co-
has
this
to
say
of
Maurice
Sam-
Unless we are mistaken, it will take very
the establishment of a dental clinic compel his flight from the center of
uel's new book, "Jews en Ap-
for Italian children. It was one of Russian Soviet life.
few weeks at Harvard for Cohen-Conason proval."
which, by the way, he
several similar rifts to European
to learn the verities of this hunchback story. strongly recommends to both Jews
The greed for money and for
LIFE
communities. The publication of

Mr. Stern's annual report as president of
the Jewish Welfare Federation, on January
31, similarly was a masterful resume of
conditions and achievements of the local
social service agencies. His masterful ad-
dresses and scholarly papers delivered and
written for national assemblies and impor-
tant periodicals, revealed his deep under-
standing of Jewish problems.
A leader and friend of the sterling char-
acter of Milford Stern is not easily replaced,
and his loss will be felt throughout the land,
in every movement which counted on his
friendship. The Detroit Jewish Chronicle,
to whose columns Mr. Stern was a frequent
Have you reserved Thursday, March 10,
4 contributor, joins in mourning this great
for the lecture on "Adolph Hitler and the
loss and in extending sincere sympathies to Jewish Situation in Europe" by Pierre Van
the survivors.
Paassen? If you wish to hear an important
message by a well-informed journalist,
don't miss this lecture by The Detroit Jew-
Lessons from Hans Herzl's Life.
One of the most fascinating stories about ish Chronicle's special European correspon-
the life of a notorious convert was featured, dent.
in two monthly installments, by the B'nai
B'rith Magazine. In this story Joseph Left-
The devoted group of women of the
wich divulged the inside story of the spirit- Ladies' Auxiliary of the Jewish National
ual struggle of Hans Herz], notorious con- Fund deserve commendation for their un-
vert who committed suicide a year ago. A tiring efforts in sponsoring the donors
close personal friend of the son of Dr. Theo- luncheon next Wednesday, with Mrs. Jen-
dor Herz!, the founder of the modern Zion- nie K. Zwick of Cleveland as guest speaker.
ist movement, Mr. Leftwich's descriptions The Jewish National Fund is in line for
of the human and likable Hans Herzl that congratulations for having enlisted such a
he knew is a revelation in the story of a faithful and devoted group of workers.

RANDOM THOUGHTS

By DAVID SCHWARTZ

(HoPYright, 1932. Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Inc.)

Do you remember Harry Srer
from your town? He' ■ a movi e •
theater owner, having • half-into r -
eat in the Rosy, the Arcade an d
the Fairfax theaters—all in Lo
Angeles.

And Irving Pichel, who used t
be an active member of the Ar
■ and Crafts Theater of Detroit,
now prominent as a director an
actor in Hollywood. His next is
role in "State's Attorney."
• • •

Tidbits and News

By-the-Way

First Graduation Exercises of
the Hebrew University

Books and Authors

,

and Genitles:
this item in the press of West Vir-
of granite,
"Maurice Samuel has a caustic
rinia caused a debate in the Men's
r
under thy feet
and clever pen. lie is not afraid Thou gindest
Bible Class of a certain church,
to say exactly what he thinks. worlds.
and the secretary and teacher
and
And there are as few honest wri- Thou tamest into dust
wrote Mr. Eastman sa follows:
ters as there are few honest poli- Generations.
"The re.ult of !AI. dewe we the
men ink.. ont and Me , Plank see the •Ip ,e-
ticians. In his new hook he speaks Eternities fall and vanish,
block to • Pnor men
And thou remainest over all.
right out to his own people and And
lig
• Chri.tian Ille
. 151. thurek I. made , of poor work.
tells them a few of their faults as
Mem,. I will con.• mv.lf
a. en whe
well as a number of their virtues. , Heaven,
e
none mean..
Am•riesn-42 yeara ale
lire has the wisdom to say this: 'It Thou 'west my days,
Family of nix. Work .even 11.,11 per week.
no ..... inn Ill, m,tear. on horn,
is doubtful whether proving to the How beautifully I bleed
do,nr
are and pert of chit-
world we have produced • great - In them
anon
n umber of ge niuses usi make li f e F or my God.
peer rie",:in:n s,:l.",47,,.Z.Zi"cin:f.
m f o at a efcira-il
God,
remove
the
veil
from
my
eyes;
;.
also e
".....r.,::::,':,:::::. I n T s . ",..:.i.7.4t ::::4'
states that his people 'live at the Free the sky from the nights
sett are a. follow.:
best of times in a perpetual rub. Hanging upon it
dued panic' which is as good a
thro wine mon ' ern
al...,'
,4 'ilt4 m w are
phrase as any one has uttered. Dost thou know the hour;
M rl o.cohb
ni
tn , M
: h
a J . Q.
: ' r,
„..
t I.Cre ,n, a
h
There is ■ splendid chapter on When all clocks stop,
Let God deride the (Thrbit
an
part i
of H.)
'Alms and the Man.' which goes And worlds are put out,
- If ,ni have
i have mon.. to el.. •war wilt
WA •I•• A to the spreedIsr of the Boa.
into the subject of charity and All skies enfold themselves;
with • satirical slant which is When God beweeps the seals
- WI, not re. it
to your worker. in
wares?
nothing short of masterly."
Of unborn children?
nut if •ou rennet An et her wh
al..
••
CHAIM
KROOL.
Regarding Samuel's statements,
..
• • nen), Iske you dal?
tt
t
I
Wht
'y
no
the Yidshsh by
recording Jewish charity he has'
P. M. Aeolis .
(Turn to Next Page.)

Individual power, first destroying
his scholastic career, leads to the
murder of Professor Chelishev by
young Kiril. In his flight from
Moscow, Kiril meets an old machin-
ist who travels to Tiflis to recover
lost machine parts. From this
machinist Kiril again regains cour-
age, a desire for constructive work
is renewed within him, and instead
of flying from punishment he leaves
Sverbeev to face trial and start
life anew.
Briefly, this is the story. A well
told tale, spired with numerous
experiences and a love plot, the
importance of this novel lies in the
id ealism expounded by IA,
bedkin
when Kiril comes to tell him of his
disappointment in student life and
of his aspirations to become • poet
and "to climb." Thereupon Lebed-
kin, Cemmunist idealist, expounds
his philoaophy:

- For eery hundred mentally sound
perk,. there W. In our time.. •5 least
one aeound. insane. Their disease to
one
M.P. Is stooll.shocit, dun to the
we or the reotution.
They an fire

to go under. The stronger, caner one.
survive—selection of the fittee, PO to

r.

''The nelection wee carried nut by our
revolution. The feeble di.•ppeared, the
trove remened. Hut it I. not err . ,
body. even wrong the strong, that
capable of streepting the new laws of
life. We, the old, ones. can mansion
our hold..e caw when nee AAAAA y, strike
out on nw line., Ire have at our bark.
the traditions of the old culture which
will never let um rush down the ate,
gradient to the bottomless pit—but the
d•ngrer Is there for you, and I ant afraid
that you ae In that very denser now.
wh en life o i moving In leape—and life
ith
a make. a fresh leap everY ew-
e , time learn to adju•t y,rmelf Ie
those leaps, or you will fall an far that
not • trace of you will renmo. 1,i•tro
while I tell you what I mean, Lots of
You went to the war in the spirit of

It Ihnte you wet e tt„f u o;h

rom not

When the ,volution overflowed, like •
riser bursting ita bank. and deluging the
beide, you still remained romantic.. The
Is where you •re out o f touch with ree•
Hy. You remain all with tne
ld

Itrtnf"trZn;fr.1:."'„; "Alls. h ar w■ ,".1

devil

the

ia there of rom•nce in the rlee
of price, day he d•y •nd polities filled
with bitter workad ay pro bems?
l
And yet.
as • matter of fact, old fellow, there I.
romance there, too. Lowering the coat or
production. putting up new electric power
station', there I, romance in that. Ind
snows who want• to eurvivn must under.
stand that it I. PO. You can't so ^ o
Ilene antiquated heroics—that ../



-- What we need Is • new rorn,liebrn.
new heroism. not the elevation



i s r Inn l i h e T
s sh
. u crn
o ' r io
t.
4 a; t'n'i u Ks' s' in
h
7 n nhi -
Poe
,
Ter.
e:
om ens
the w hi711”eeofi.oudroobrn
eneilhteil .rRku ,

worair. CHI. ouch an n end would be Ine
ou Ignoininioua Far better to have
gloris,
met o
nf aate nel.u.rinl eit.thies ce rn
.

11:1Lig"

How wait l hta sent imen t i n eons .
parable
h ed
m wh
rules l ife in the ewish colonies in
Palestine! And what a hint of the
glory of the achievements of the
ers. inZion! Intwo countries
ipn the w or ld t o d a y — i n
Palestine—a new life is emerging
and in both lands staunch and
idealistic pioneers are building a
practical center on a romantic
basis. •

Lidin's "The Price of Life" is

not only an -excellent story. It Is
• fine description of the philosophy
of Communists idealists. 137 all
means, read this book.

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