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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
1 Adar 26, 5692
A Great Communal Loss.
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 wise 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-
ists 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 his 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 week 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 solely 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 most needs be done if the
accord is to have full force and effect, and is
to make sure the rehabilation of Palestine.
man who forsook his people and was widely
condemned for it.
t t ie "in Mr.
But what interests us particular)
makes
Leftwich's story is the comment
in the opening paragraph of t e second
part of the article, and this we share with
our readers. This brief but important com-
ment reads:
Hans Ileres 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 Herzl, 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."
He won 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 no 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 Herzl 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
so many major issues, was geniality itself. "The
explanation," he said, "is similar to the point
of an aticedote tolckme recently by an American
friend. It seems Ofat 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.
Emanuel Voltaire Cohen found his last
name to be un-American, so he appeared
before a jurist with another Biblical name
—Supreme Court Justice Aaron J. Levy of
New York—and asked henceforth to be
known as Conason. Justice Levy granted
the request when the term "un-American,"
referring to the name Cohen, was stricken
from the plea.
Justice Levy is to be congratulated for
having rid the Jewish people. of a Cohen
who is ashamed of his name. He is also to
be commended for his statement to the peti-
tioner, who intends to go to Harvard: "It
is doubly strange that the petitioner, who
intends to dwell in the select New Eng-
land circles, should desire to conceal his
aristocratic Old Testament origin."
But does the new Conason, the former
Cohen, really believe that he will hide his
Jewish identity by assuming a new name?
Perhaps he has not yet heard the famous
story about the thoroughly assimilated Jew
who first shaved his beard ; then performed
an operation on his nose; then changed his
name; then went to a summer resort to hob-
nob with the Goyim and to buy their favors
with his money. But none befriended him
except a hunchback. With this cripple he
became very intimate, and once, in a con-
fessional and confiding mood, this rich but
friendless man turned to the hunchback and
whispered in his ear:
"I wish to confide in you and tell you a
secret. I am a Jew."
The hunchback, equally as confiding,
equally as friendly, turned to his friend and
whispered in his turn:
"I, too, have a secret to confide. I am
a hunchback."
Unless we are mistaken, it will take very
few weeks at Harvard for Cohen-Conason
to learn the verities of this hunchback story.
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,
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
Paassen? If you wish to hear an important
the survivors.
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
The devoted group of women of the
B'rith Magazine. In this story Joseph Left-
wich divulged the inside story of the spirit- Ladies' Auxiliary of the Jewish National
ual struggle of Hans Herzl, 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 Herzl, 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.
First Graduation Exercises of
the Hebrew University
By MIRIAM SCHAAR SCHLOESSINGER
Editor'. Note: The following firsthand account of the ceremonies in
connection with the first diplomas ever granted by a Jewish university
anywhere, Sat just been received from Palestine by the American Friends
of the Hebrew University, of which Dr. A.S. W. Hosenback is president. The
author is the wife of Dr. Max Schloerionger, member of the Board of
Governors of the Hebrew University, now resident in Jerusalem. Mrs.
Schltreosinger. who Ix American by birth,reports vividly the colorful scene
on this momentous occasion in the life of the Hebrew University.
This 25th of January of 1932
will always remain a great day
in the history of the Jewish peo-
ple. On this day the first .de-
grees that have es er been is•
green that have ever been is-
sued by a Ilebrew University
were conferred on 13 students
in the presence of such an audi-
ence as could not be assembled
in any other city in the world
today outside of Jerusalem.
Ever since April, 1925, when
the Ilebrew University on
Mount Scopus was dedicated,
many people have asked the
question: "Is a Hebrew Uni-
versity really necessary? Can
it possibly survive?" Both ques-
tions received their affirmative
answer this day.
A thrill of Intense excitement
was in the air of all Jerusalem
—a magnetic thrill vibrated in
the hearts of the hundreds who
mounted to the top of Mount
Scopus—and it increased as they
entered Symonds Ilall in the
fine new Wolffsohn Library
building where the first gradua-
tion exercises of the Hebrew
University were to be held.
Each one knew that this would
differ from the ordinary gradua-
tion exercises to which we, of
the West, were accustomed.
Almost all of the great audience
had come to this strange little
land of the Near East at one
time or another with an ideal or
a mission or a hope—and an
almost mystic voice seemed to
speak to them of these surround-
ings and to offer them a solace
for many disappointments. It
was almost as if these exercises
were a sign—a symbol of inner
forces which said to them "If
we have succeeded in reaching
this stage today, so may you
hope to succeed. If we have tri-
umphed over many difficulties so
may you hope to triumph over
your many difficulties. It has
been a hard, hard way that we
have had to go—both we any
you—but the victory in the end
will be all the more glorious for
you, as it is for us today."
THE MYSTIC VOICE
It is very difficult here in Je-
rusalem, in this land of the
Bible, to escape this mystic
voice. The very stones speak no
strongly in a double language,
one of a factual past, and one of
a past that existed only in the
thoughts and the aspirations of
those that have gone before us.
That which is very ordinary
and natural in every other coun-
try seems old here. The BiBble
is part of one'p very soul—it
has grown out of the soil on
which we are standing. You
cannot really live in Palestine
without this greatest of all
guide books to show you the way
to the heart and the life of the
East.. And no it was good to
know that these first degrees
that were to be presented this
day were to be given to stu-
dents a number of whom had
ePalestinology their special
stud y.
When you entered Symonds
Hall with its great arched win-
dows and the splendid old em-
broidered hangings from Bok-
hare filling all the wall spaces
between — when you walked
down the aisles over the soft
colored Persian rugs — when
you looked to the slightly ele-
vated stage and saw the green
of young trees that decorated
it, your heart sang within you
because you knew that some-
thing unique—something of a
deep significance to a far-flung
people was taking place about
you.
The audience itself was
representative of all that this
ancient—of all that this new—
Jerusalem has to offer. Many
of the English officials had
come—the high commissioner,
the chief justice, the directors
of education, immigration and
other government departments
—representatives of the Ameri-
can and British schools of arch-
eology, the white-robed Do-
minican Fathers with Pere Vin-
cent (one of the greatest au-
thorities on the archeology of
Palestine), the consuls of the
many countries with their gor-
geously arrayed kawassas„
priests, church dignitaries-
judges—and Jews from every
country of the earth—Jews of
high degree and Jews from the
simplest walks of life—some of
them showing by their native
costumes that they had come
from Yemen, from Bokhara-
from the Caucasus—from Mosul
—all adding to this coat of
many colors which is Jerusalem.
A REAL ACHIEVEMENT
Punctually at the appointed
time of 3:15 in the afternoon
the students of the university,
who were seated in the back of
the hall, sang the opening chor-
ale, Beethoven's magnificent
setting to Psalm 19, and con-
tinued to sing as the graduates,
led by the high commissioner,
Sir Arthur Grenfell Wauchope;
the chancellor of the university,
Dr. Judah L. Magner„ the resi-
dent members of the board of
governors, and the deans of the
two faculties entered the hall,
amidst an applause that was in-
tended to be, and was, a recog-
nition of a real achievement.
When the chancellor of the
university began his address
with the words "Blessed be Who
hath kept us in life and sus-
tained us and brought us to this
day" he voiced for all those
who were pFellent, Jew and Gen-
tile alike, that which they
might have expressed them-
selves, if they had been given
the opportunity and if their own
voices had not been choked by
their emotion. And it seemed
so natural that he should choose
just the form of imagery he did
use in this land of the Bible to
deliver his message in the way
that his hearers would best un-
derstand and feel. For those
who have come the long way
that leads them to Palestine, the
"New Year of the Trees," in
the month of January to which
he alluded is no empty phrase.
When he referred to those
graduates as the first band of
disciples which have been raised
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By HELEN ZIGMOND
Tabus and News
By DAVID SCHWARTZ
Agency, Inc.)
(Copyright, 1932. Jewish Telegraphic
Y
This is very confidential! Each
day the manager of a famous
Hollywood delicatessen used to ap-
near at the portable dressing-rosin
bungalow of a certain actress to
give her exclusive choice of his
latest arrivals in herring, salami,
liverwurst, etc. We peeked one
day and discovered that Lilyan
Tashman likes her calories kosher!
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Do you remember Harry Srere
from your town? He's a movie-
theater owner, having • half-inter-
est in the Roxy, the Arcade and
the Fairfax theaters—all in Los
Angeles.
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And Irving Pichel, who used to
be an active member of the Arts
and Crafts Theater of Detroit, is
now prominent Ass a director and
actor in Hollywood. His next is ■
role i n "State's Attorney."
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Sam Mintz, co-author of
"Sooky," is the son of a rabbi,
and is one of the innumerable fam-
ily of Mintzes working on Holly-
wood lots. Sam is an inveterate
collector of pines from all over
the world. Webster's notwith-
standing, he says that the word
meerschaum sprang from the Yid-
dish root meertzishem.
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Jeannette R•coosi n, former
citizeness of Detroit, is a very
busy person. She's a reporter for
the Quigley Publications —and
covers all the studios.
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Eleven-year-old Lester Lee will
play Ricardo Cortez's part as a
boy in the "Symphony of Six Mil-
lion." His (Lester'e) name is Ida
Schnell, former women's champion
all-round athlete.
• • •
A certain comedian spent a
week-end at Palm Springs, ritzy
desert resort. He asked for sta-
tionery at the hotel desk. "I take
it you are a guest here?" the clerk
inquired. "A guest?" retorted the
comedian, "I should say not—I'm
paying $20 a da.y!".
Did you know that the secret
yen of every actor is to be con-
sidered a great writer? Al Jolson
wrote a friendly letter to a certain
Jewish publisher of a theatrical
paper. The publisher printed the
letter as a full-page ad.—at regu-
lar rates—and when Al's friends
told him what a fine writer he was,
it so flattered him that he not only
paid the bill, but thanked the pub-
lisher in the bargain.
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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.
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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.
He 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 the painter come back to see him?
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 mattes 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."
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Perhaps I shouldn't tell, but
George Sidney was little Sammy
Greenfield back in "chaster" days.
And speaking of George, the DETROIT HAS A LAUGH
"Cohens and Kelly." will soon be
tclitor Slomovitz, who is either an ardent Jeffersonian or anti-
t ling again. This time they're administration, writes to say that the appointment of Cardozo will
out to discover Hollywood—there not do the Republicans any of the political good they might have
won't be any wild tigers—or Turk- expected, although he is immensely pleased with the appointment
ish mamas—but, well, wait and itself.
see.
"It reminds me," relates Slomovitz, "of the Jew who was seen on
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election day on Grand street, in New York, his chest swelled, a big
Did we tell you about the pro- fat cigar smoking like a chimney between his moustache and beard.
"' Chatzkel, why no happy?' a friend asked him.
ducer who, in a heated argurbent,
"'I have good reason to be,' was Chatzkel's boast. 'Tammany
insisted that his comedies were
just paid me $5 and this cigar for my vote, and I voted against
"nothing to laugh. at!"
them.' "
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At the age of three little Mitzi
Green was already a good trooper. CAMBRIDGE CONFIRMS STORY
She teamed with mama and papa
The Detroit Jewish Chronicle, by the way, prints a letter from a
on the Orpheum circuit. Now her student at Harvard confirming the recent story, printed in this column,
salary looks like a telephone num- about a certain "Professor McCullough" of the Harvard Law School.
ber—three or four figures—with- It will be recalled that the story cited how the "prof" at the begin-
out a decimal point.
ning of the semester, not yet having received the roll call for the
new semester "was stricken with an idea." "Mr. Smith," he called,
We can't claim Leila Hyams en . and there was no response. "Mr. Johnson," and still no response;
tirely—she'e half-and-half. Like "Mr. Cohen," and five responded.
Writes the student from Harvard Law to The Detroit Chronicle:
Mtn to Next Page).
"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
pacity for work! So that should him rejoice that his stories should travel so widely—and so speedily."
ease our uneasiness!"
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
JEWS AS FARMERS
all the way from Houston, Texas, from a reader who, through this
I knew Dr. A. R. Levy, who column first learned that he had a relative by the name of Slomovitz
founded the Jewish Agricultural in Detroit.
Aid Society, more years ago than I
care to remember. We used to
discuss the possibility of any con-
siderable number of Jews ever go-
ing to the farm. Dr. Levy, who
at the time lived in Chicago, was
very enthusiastic and devoted his
to go under.
whole life to the work, And I now LIFE'S CONFLICTS IN
os rtritver itil .
azer.. ons t .:
the other day in a report of the
RUSSIA DEPICTED IN
ear.
Jewish Agricultural Society that
"The 'election win carried out by our
VEL BY LIDIN revolution.
NEW NO
there are now 100,000 Jewish
The feeble disappeared, the
Aron[ remained. But it is not every-
souls on farms in this country and
body, even among the strong. that fa
The conflicts between individual. capable of accepting the new lawn of
32 years ago there were only a
thousand! That's a wonderful ism and collectivism, greed and un- life. We, the older ones, tan maintain
hold, we ran. when nee rare strike
showing, and the organization is selfishness—the basic principles our
out on new lines, we have •t our Who
to be congratulated and heartily which affect the Soviet ideals the traditions of the old culture which
never letrush down the steep
commended. The day is coming —are depicted in a new novel by will
gradient to the bottornIess pit—hut that
when a great many Jews will ap- Vladimir Lidin, "The Price of danger is there for you, and I am afraid
preciate the value of such an op- Life," published by Harper and that you •re in that very danger now.
life is ma inn in le•p•—•nd life
portunity. With economic re- Brothers, 49 East Thirty-third When
with us nukes a fresh leap every
strictions becoming more acute, no street, New York ($2). An excel- you must learn to adjust yourself to
leaps, or you will fall so far that
far as our people are concerned in lent story, ably written, "The Price those
not • trace of you will remain. Listen
the cities, many young people who of Life" can well boast of a perfect while I tell you what I mean, Lots of
expect to join the white collar bri- translation, the work of llelen you went to the was in the spirit of
and it was for the roman. of
gade may welcome the opportunity Chrouschoff Matheson, the trans- romance.
It that you went through the revolution.
lator, deserving commendation,
to become farmers.
When the revolution overflowed, Olie •
riser
Its banks and deluginn the
The story deals with student life • bursting
you still remitted romantice. mut
in Moscow. It centers around the la fields,
where you are out of touch with real-
ITEM WORTH READING
handsome but weak-charactered ity. You remain filled with the old
e e mil
ic sm, PO that the the
Here is something well worth Kiril Bessonov, who, brought from dr-domanti
ofr today s eem dull. What the
the space it occupies and well a village factory to study at the NAM.
devil is there of romance in the rise
worth the time you spend in read- University in Moscow, through the of prices day by day and politics filled
bitter workaday problem./ And yet.
ing it:
influence of Lebedkin, falls under A with
• matter of fart, old fellow, there is
In 1929 George Eastman gave the influence of Sverbeev, neglects romance there, too. Lowering the OPP‘t of
putting up new thIltrie power
the city of Rome $1,000,000 for his studies, enters illicit deals which Production.
stations, there Is romance in that, •nd
anyone"rho wan. to Sur/rIlra must under•
the establishment of a dental clinic compel his flight from the center of anyo
eland that it is no. You can't go
for Italian children. It was one of Russian Soviet life.
li•ing antiquated heroin—that way lies
several similar rifts to European
The greed for money and for ruin.,
communities. The publication of Individual power, first destroying
"What we nerd is a new romanticism.
this item in the press of West Vir- his scholastic career, leads to the • new heroism, not the elevation of
on pedestal. Fm watch-
ginia caused a debate in the Men's murder of Professor Chelishev by linhemianism
. the younger neneration, KIM, and
Bible Class of a certain church, young Kiril. In his flight from unless you realmse that you can find
Poevf I n ca rotating price., unless Yon
and the secretary and teacher Moscow, Kiril meets an old machin- consent to acquire culture .. .111Ie. en,,
wrote Mr. Eastman as follows:
ist who travels to Tiflis to recover .... the whole of our benighted . Russ'.
inn. Is doomed. Mark rt.
"The result of this debate was that lost machine parts. From this . .
words. Kiril. much an end would be In-
In-
men like vou•nd Mr. Blank me the Aeat•
est •totehling blotto to • poor man ii•ing machinist Kiril again regains cour- [Porto.. Ignominious Far better to h••e
met one's fate florin, the re•olution than
• Christian lire.
age, a desire for constructive work now,
when a new life Is emerging into
"This rhumb is made up of poor work-
inernen. I will rite myself • to tithe is renewed within him, and instead being."
Poor means. Arnerlean-42 years old . of flying from punishment he leaves
How welt thin sentiment is com-
Family of sir. Work days per week.
no •aration room.. on hon.: Sverbeev to face trial and start parable with the idealism which
11400 doctor bill. Wife and pert of Ail.
den won't no to rburrh on account of lifeain
Br e eflw
y, this is the story. A well rules life in the Jewish colonies in
poor clothing. Three children need ton•
Palestine! And what • hint of the
removed. no mane:, Bills to PM told tale, spiced with numerous
no money.
experiences and a love plot, the glory of the achievements of the
pioneers
in Zion! In twn countries
"The questions I was requested to Ali importance
of this novel lies in the
you re as folios.:
the world today—in Russia and
"If •nu were men and if..• rich no
idealism expounded by Lebedkin in
Palestine--a
throwine •aw••.
mon .
would it
sin
k.
when Kiril comes to tell him of his and in both new life is emerging,
yoo doubt Cod's justice
lands staunch and
"Are may a member or any rhorch• disappointment in student life and
ILA Cod decide the Christian part of it.) of his aspirations to become • poet idealistic pioneers are building a
"If •oil
oney m
to trO, f away wh. and
practical
center
nn a romantic
"to climb." Thereupon Lebed- basis.
not elm it to the spreading o the go , -
l orist?
f Ch
kin, Cemmunist idealist, expounds
"Why not per it to your work.. in his philosoph
y:
.1., if
Lidin'a "The Price of Life" it
„ F on: . , stiur r. y
nay
not only an excellent story. It is
it to • nation like you did? Why not
I one ...Ind.
a fine description of the philosophy
. Their "disease
most rn.. is shell-shock. due to the of Communist sidealista. By all
(Tarn to Next Page.)
war or the re•olution. Tee art first
means, read this book.
RANDOM T HOUGHTS
invited some severe criticism be-
BIBLE IN SCHOOLS
This statement quoted in the cause he holds that the Jews are
Literary Digest from the Episco- not any more charitably inclined
pal church paper The Churchman, than their neighbors, and he at-
indicates that the liberals feel tempts to prove that the American
about the Bible readiyg in public Jew did not do so much for for-
schools much as we do. And in eign relief, spending only "50 mil-
this connection it is interesting to lion dollars," while he spent 500
note that Joseph Lewis, the Free- million for pleasure cars!
—ono--
thinker leader in this country, in-
tends to have the Supreme Court MEXICAN ANTI-SEMITISM
of the United States decide
I am glad to see that Alfred
whether the reading of Scripture Cohen, international president of
in the public schools is in viola-
tion of the Constitution of the the B'nai B'rith, who has just re-
United States. But here is what turned from Mexico, corroborates
The Churchman says:
statements I made some months
"We confess that, though we ago when the Jewish press and
believe in Christianity and in Jewish leaders were excited over
teaching it as widely as possible,
we are unable on logical grounds anti-Semitism in Mexico. At that
to see why a Jew, a Roman Catho• time I suggested that we had bet-
lic, a Buddhist, an agnostic, ter wait until we had something
or an atheist, has not a perfect more than hysteria by which to
right, as a taxpayer in a democ- judge the situation. From what
racy which refuses to endorse any judge the situation. From what
religion, to object to the reading I know about Mexican leadership,
which he does not that is governmental, I could
of a Bible in
h ard y believe that therec 1A
wish his children, or any children, exist ■ well-defined anti-Semitic
to believe."
attitude. So Mr. Cohen tells us:
That's common genre; but com- "I am convinced that there is no
mon sense has no place in the religious discrimination as such
minds of fanatical churchmen who being practiced in Mexico, ynd
insist on ordering other people's that the present immigration re-
lives according to their own pat- strictions will be lifted as soon as
tern.
economic pressure becomes less."
—8---
The Mexican minister of interior
"JEWS ON APPROVAL"
Charles Hanson Towne, who with whom I spoke considers the
Jews an asset to the country and
writes about books and ' o ther Ilauded them for their persever-
things in the New York American,
has this to say of Maurice Sam-
Sam-ance, morals, initiative and ca-
uel's new book, "Jews on Ap-
proval," which, by the way, he
LIFE
strongly recommends to both Jews,
an*Genitles:
v .noeld
u s r .ock of granite,
"Maurice Samuel has a caustic Tli
and clever pen. He is not afraid Thou grindest under thy feet
to say exactly what he thinks.
And there are as few honest wri- Thou turnest into dust
ters as there are few honest poli- Generations.
ticians. In his new book he speaks Eternities fall and vanish,
right out to his own people and And thou remainest over all.
tells them • few of eir faults as
well as a number of their virtues. I Heaven,
houseest
my days,
e
He has the wisdom to say this: 'It Tn
is doubtful whether proving to the How beautifully I bleed
world we have produced a great
number of geniuses will make life For my God.
more comfortable for Ile also God, remove the veil from my eyes;
Free the sky from the nights
Atatea that his people 'live at the
best of times in a perpetual sub- Hanging upon it.
dued panic' which is as good ■
phrase as any one has uttered. font thou know the hour;
There is a splendid chapter on When all clocks stop,
'Alms and the Man,' which goes And worlds are put out,
into the subject of charity and All skies enfold themselves;
with a satirical slant which is When God beweeps the souls
Of unborn children?
nothing short of maidenly.
CHAIM KROOL.
Regarding Samuel's statements
Translated from the Yiddish by
P. M. Ia.'s.
regarding Jewish charity he has
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