Tat )erRorr emit 111 ■ •• ■ 11111•M.01. 110LTROITJEWIS/10RONICLE and THE LEGAL CHRONICLE Published Weekly by Tim Jewish Chronicle PublIs►log De., ant. red no Second-el.. matter March I, Intl, at the Poet- ., at Detroit. Mich., under the Act of March S. 1179. General Offices and Publication Building 525 Woodward Avenue islastam.: Cadillac 1040 Cable Addrossi Chronicle London Officc 14 Stratford Place, London, W. 1, England Sub icription, in Advance $3.00 Per Year To imam publication, all correspondence and news matter mast reach this ottice by Tuesday •reninn each week. whoa Dialling notice.. kindly use one side of the paper only, or The Detroit Jewish Chronicle (n•ites correspondence on sob. Peets of intermt to the Jewish people, but disolalme responsi- bility for an ladonemeet of the views expreseed by the writers Sabbath Readings of the Torah. P nitateucha I portion—Lev. 1:1-5:26; Deut. 25: 17-19. Prophetical portion—I Sam. 15:2-34. Fast of Esther Reading of the law, Monday, March 21. Pentateuchal portion—Ex. 32:11-14; 34:1-10; Ex. 17:8 Prophetical portion—Is. 55:6-56:8. Ma rah 18, 1932 11 Adar 10, 5692 Hitler Hangs on Purim. Purim is perhaps the most colorful day on the Jewish calendar. There isn't an- other festival which Jews celebrate with so much hilarity, joy and genuine happi- ness. So joyous is this feast day, that the Talmud has declared that "all the books of the Bible will one day cease, save only the Torah and the Megillah," and in Jewish ec- clesiastical law the principle has been adop- ted that "the reading of the Megillah is more important than the study of the Torah." The reasons for such preference given to Purim are to be found, of course, in the "Book of Esther" and in the fascinating tales which accompanied the triumphs of Mordecai and Esther and the defeat of Haman. And because in every generation there has arisen a new Haman—either in the form of a Torquemada or a Pobedon- ostzev or a Chmielnicki or a Cuza or a Hit- ler—and because we have survived them all, we rejoice all the more on Purim in commemoration of our spiritual triumphs over a crude and cruel civilization. This Purim we add another notch to our triumphs and we place another Haman on the scaffold on which have literally hanged the enemies of Israel. This time it is Hitler who hangs on the eve of Purim, and if the results of the Sunday elections in Germany are an indication, we may truly say that another Haman has met defeat at the literal hands of historic justice. It is natural, too, because of the joyous- ness of the occasion, that all the ingenious- ness of our people should have been placed at the disposal of those who invented means for celebrating the day of Purim. When- ever there are Jews, there are festivities. But what are said to be the most interest- ing of all celebrations is the Purim carnival in the all-Jewish city of Tel Aviv where, our Jerusalem correspondent reports, near- ly 60,000 people gather to witness the fes- t tivities, thousands coming from other cities to observe the festival in the city whose population of 45,000 numbers only 100 Christians and 100 Muslims. In the monthly Palestine letter released to us by the Jerusalem office of the Keren Kayemeth Lelsrael, Edward Gerson tells an interesting story of the new name given the Purim carnival in Tel Aviv, under the sponsorship of Haoel, the threatrical studio of the labor organization; Aggadati and Menorah. States our correspondent: But Haohel, Aggadati and Menorah pale into insignificance - when compared with the grand Tel Aviv Carnival. At this point I must make a break in my narrative in order to tell you that there will be no carnival this year and no carnival in the future. The carnival is dead and in its stead comes Adiliada. It was felt that the Hebrew word carnaval or the English word carnival did not truly represent the Purim fes- tival arranged by Tel Aviv. Scholars were asked to find some word in Hebrew which would happily express the Tel Aviv carnival. No less than 200 words were submitted and finally Adi- liada was adopted. An ingenious word this—which sounds well and has a deep meaning, not obvious on the sur- face. It was written in olden times: "Let a Man be so jolly on Purim that he know not (ad-dilo- -s yeda) the difference between blessed Mordecai and cursed Haman." Say the words Addilo- yd. quickly and you will get Adiliada. Rather like Maccabeada, which is taking place in Tel Aviv at Purim time. Seldom does one hear as fascinating a story of a holiday celebration anywhere. In the synagogue and on the street, so our correspondent informs us, professionals juin with workers in making Adiliada the great event of the year in the Jewish home- land. And about the Jerusalem celebra- tion this correspondent also has an interest- ing report to make when he states: As I have already said, the real Purim finds its best expression in Tel Aviv, but that does not mean that the Holy City does not celebrate. On Shushan Purim, when Jerusalem makes merry, you will see people walking about the streets of the venerable city dressed as Sheikhs of the desert or as noble Beduin. Young girls can be seen masquerading as rabbis and staid matrons are dressed up to represent Queen Es- ther or even Vashti. There is a large Persian community in Jeru- salem and these dark Jews with their bright eyes find Purim a holiday dear to their hearts. Are they not the genuine descendants of 'Mordecai? They go in for wild festivity and the silent city awakens into life when midnight of Shushan Perim arrives. To know Palestine's Purim it is not enough to read about it. You must come to Palestine and take part in it; RONICIA _______ The New Jewish Children's Home. The Jewish Children's Home, at Burlin- game and Petoskey avenues, is not only the finest public building in the local Jewish community, but is without doubt one of the finest homes of its kind in the land. Those who had a share in its construction have reason to be proud of it. They have pro- vided for the boys and girls all the modern conveniences of a home and are offering them educational and recreational facilities that are seldom excelled. Such a home deserves the support of an interested community. Whether or not the community is really interested in the home will best be judged on Sunday, March 27, when the building is officially to be dedi- cated. Certainly the occasion is deserving of an overflow audience that should offer evidence of sincere devotion to a cause which many devotees have presented as an ideal of major importance before the con- struction of the present building. The dedication of the new home is an occasion for taking stock of the achieve- ments in the new Jewish Children's Home. We believe that when a complete reckon- ing is made the community will know how to honor the efforts of the officers, particu- larly Samuel B. Kahn and Herman Cohen, president and vice-president, respectively, and of the superintendent, Dr. Otto A. Hirsch. Shalach Monos for Purim. One of the most beautiful of Jewish cus- toms in the present season of the year is that of Shalach Monos, the exchange of gifts on Purim. This custom, practiced for centuries, has cemented friendships and has added beauty to a joyous feast day. Now comes a variation in this practice. Communally-minded educators are utiliz- ing the Shalach Monos practice to instill a habit in Jewish children to contribute to worthy causes and to be concerned over the needs of their fellow humans. Bernard Isaacs, superintendent of the United Hebrew Schools of Detroit, is cre- ating a worthy and highly commendable precedent by encouraging the boys and girls in the schools under his supervision to give Shalach Monos to important institu- tions. Such a practice not only encourages the youth to be concerned over the needs of the community, and not to grow up in a spirit of selfishness; it attaches a spirit of importance to the holiday which would otherwise be lacking, It is the institution of such customs, which intimately cement the -United Hebrew Schools with the rest of the community, that place the Talmud Tor- ahs at the head of Jewish educational ef- forts, and Mr. Isaacs has earned for it the gratitude of the community and of the par- ents whose children are thus inspired with a devotion to the Kehillah at large. The Council's Convention. A distinct honor is being bestowed upon the Detroit Jewish community by the con- vening here, for a week's period, of the Na- tional Council of Jewish Women. It is a mark of distinction that this community should have been chosen to act as host for the fortieth anniversary conference of the important national Jewish body, and the Detroit section is to be commended to the effort it has exerted to provide for the com- fort and entertainment of the host of visit- ing delegates. It would be superfluous on our part at this time to enumerate the points in the pro- gram of the Council of Jewish Women. Its educational efforts, the aid given the immi- grant, its co-operation in movements for peace and various other aims have enlisted in its ranks the leading women in practi- cally every community in the land. The present triennial convention meets during very trying times for the world at large, and especially for the Jewish people. There is need for a re-evaluation of the cul- tural and economic needs of our people. Colonization of Jews from lands of oppres- sion on more friendly soil looms as an im- portant problem. There is need for a more intense Jewish educational program. Other problems arise. How will Jewish woman- hood treat these problems? To know the answer to this question we shall watch the deliberations at the Council's convention sessions, as we know all American Jewry will watch them, with keen interest. We join in welcoming to this city the National Council of Jewish Women. We trust that its deliberations here will con- tribute great good to the entire Jewish peo- ple and will aid in relieving the economic and spiritual distress which has darkened the Jewish horizon. We hope, at the same time, that the Council's convention may leave an idelible mark of inspiration upon the entire local Jewish community, and especially upon the Detroit section of the National Council of Jewish Women, that it may enlarge its Jewish program and that it may in the future exert a greater influence upon the community's life and effort. Faddists, Birds and Humans. The great have not been exempted from the harvests reaped by the depression. Word comes from London that Lord Roth- schild has been compelled by circumstances to sell his cherished collection of birds to the Natural Museum of New York for £100, 000, and that this money will be used by him to maintain the remainder of his col- lection of mammals, butterflies and insects. The birds and insects are at least a bit more fortunate than humans in that such "sacri- fices" will be made to guarantee their , maintenance by the "faddists" who posers them. But there are, unfortunately, too few faddists to aim at the alleviation of Thus Palestine interprets a chapter in Jewish history. Thus Palestine makes merry and demonstrates to its brethern throughout the world that it knows how to laugh and how to be happy. Thus a new Jewish life makes the holiday more festive. And in such an atmosphere the Hamans and Hitters of all history appear more ri- diculous than ever and most sadly defeated. all human want. Purim In Tel Aviv By MOLLIE R. GOLOMB ICopyright, 1932, Jewinh Tel. graphic Agency, Inc.) Tel Aviv is the place to go for Purim, and everyone in Pal- estine who can possibly make himself free for the occasion, shows that he knows it by going there. For weeks before the holiday, Tel Aviv is Purimdig. One wonders where all the stores with "costumes for hire" come from Every other shop dis- plays face masks and fancy paper hats. Colorful posters an- nounce each coming Neshef, the name applied to every type of party, entertainment or dance, and they are imposing in num- ber. There are three balls each of the three nights of the Purim celebration, not to mention the endless number of smaller en- tertainments and private house parties. The last days before Purim are abuzz with excite- ment. The stores are kept open late. The streets bustle with people discussing and buy- ing costumes. Corners bristle with cartoons of Haman. Chil- dren in costume play in the streets, for since the schools are closed for the festival, the class- room "parties" are held a day or two before, and the young- sters, who have donned their costumes for the occasion, keep them on after the party, as in- deed they do largely for the next three days. Excitement is in the air. Gradually, Jerusalem is filter- ing into Tel Aviv. One meets all one's friends, in the thick of the crowds. All of Jewish Haifa seems to have come down, too; and of course the chalut- zim and chalutzoth from the neighboring colonies. Our Film Folk By HELEN ZIGMOND HOLLYWOOD, Calif.—At the studios, regular parking spaces labeled with the persons' names are reserved for the cars of the big-wigs. One day a certain Jew- ish director drove up majestically, only to find his space occupied by a small car ... he wasn't pleased. When the guilty one, a little "extra" girl, was found, he de- manded to know what she meant by parking in his space. "Well, I saw the preview of your picture last night," she said, "and I didn't think you were here any more!" crowd—you will see absolutely no roughness or rowdyism— and when one of the numbers in the program is in progress, you can hear a pin drop. Here you will see a dramatization of the story of Esther, in full costume, presented by one of the profes- sional troupes, the "Ohel" per- haps; you will hear a trained chorus, a brass band, a favorite comedian; and you will see elab- orate fireworks set off from the top of the Opera House. Be- Patsy Ruth Miller is in New tween numbers, in spite of lack of room, little groups in the York, but illness prevents her ful- audience will start the "Ilorah;" filling her personal-appearance others will take it up; and soon bookings. • • • you will see a whole section of And William Fox, erstwhile of the crowd bobbing up and down as they sing and dance. Per- Fox Films, is again nibbling at haps you will begin to insinuate Hollywood's edge .. Ile arrived in yourself out of the mob. You his private car the other morning, will find that the edges of the but swished northyard again be- square seem just as full as the fore you could say "Sol Wurtzel." middle. And if, after your (Wurtzel, may I explain, was strenuous evening, you are opti- Fox's former associate and still a mistic enough to hope to obtain nabob at the Fox studio.) • • • a vacant table and chair, you You haven't forgotten Harry will find yourself wandering from restaurant to restaurant Rabwin from Detroit? He, too, and from cafe to cafe—every- has his finger in the picture pie thing is packed—and if you do ... he's the attorney for a foreign finally come upon a free table film producing company which and sing gratefully into a chair, makes Italian and French pictures. • • • you will probably discover that Then there's Abe Simon, the there is no milk left for your lawyer, who has a financial inter- coffee!" eat in "Lucky Day," local musical THOSE DANCES! show. When you have refreshed • • • yourself somewhat, you will "Girl Crazy" is out ... at last want to get into the streets again and become part of the • . . half the first version had to gay, happy crowds. Everywhere be done over, the retakes alone is singing and dancing: the costing $200,000. It's a good pic- "Ilorah," the "Polka," the "Tel ture, but Mitzi Green is the best Avivia." Even a few of the part of it. That child has a her take- Arabs, whom cusiosity and the talent, what I mean excitement have brought into offs of Bing Crosby, Marlene Diet- THE JOYOUS MASS rich, Roscoe Ates and Edna May the all-Jewish city, catch the If one attends the reading of spirit, and you may see a Oliver brought down the house. the Megillah at one of the syna- Herman Mankiewicz adapted couple of them, with waving gogues, he is likely to miss the handkerchiefs, executing an the story to the screen. George official opening of the Purim (Rahpsody in Blue) Gershwin Arabian dance right on Allen- carnival by the mayor. It does by! At Allenby and Nachlet wrote the music. • • • not matter specially, however, Benjamin a brass band is per- for in that case he will rush ex- Once you get "filmitis," there's forming. On the aide streets, practically no citedly forth, making for the cure. Raymond impromptu parades of boys and beach, weaving his way through girls, of young men and young Keane (the name was Kortz, if the massed, slowly moving our memory serves), leading man women, arms interlocked, march crowds, and bursts full upon the up and down, singing spiritedly. in "The Midnight Sun" and oth- torchlight procession on one of A generous sprinkling of mas- ers a few years ago, tried going the side streets. There he sees quers lends color and fun to back to the jewelry business, but Ahasuerus's court, with a van- the gay thousands. And if, tired —no likee—he has returned to guard on foot, a few courtiers with the strain and the multi- flicker-land, and is in the cast of on donkeys, and by far the "Vanishing Men," a Tom Tyler tude of new impressions, you western. greater number on camels, all reluctantly leave the streets at • • • bearing flaming torches, all in 2 o'clock in the morning, you colorful costumes of red and The Joseph Schenck yacht will leave the gaiety at Its gold and purple that gleam and anchored the other day, and the height, with all the fun just as shine in the fitful light. Small enthusiastic and fresh as it was Doug Fairbanks picture unit had matter that the costumes are arrived in Papeete, Tahiti. The at 6 o'clock in the evening. merely strips of colored paper picture is to be a modern Robin- You will want to attend at son Crusoe story of the South Seas imaginatively sewn together. least one big "Neshef"—they —to be called "Tropical Knight" The procession, with flowing are all masque balls—perhaps — not a travelogue.. head-dresses, on lolloping cam- els, as it winds slowly down, the one in Mugrabi Hall. When I was there, the storm had Bialik street, for instance, .by Maybe you don't stop 'to worry blown off part of the roof, so the about how the stars keep their the light of the flickering upper ballroom was a huge youth or where they acquire those torched, must be a fabled cara- pond, entirely unavailable for classic profiles, but Dr. Josif Gins- van lifted bodily out of Arabian dancing. Consequently, the burg, famous plastic aurgeon, Nights, or indeed the veritable lower floor and stage were realizes the importance of too court of the great Ahasuerus crowded past belief. It was - gay `much or loo little nose. himself. After following them enough. Everyone was in cos- Dr. Ginsburg came direct from for a while, one 'permits him- tume; two bands kept up a con- Austria to Hollywood eight years self the luxury of standing still tinuous flow of dance music. It age and has operated on many fa- and watching them disappear was far too jammed to make mous people, Bebe Daniels, Kay the torches are mere gleams in dancing, in its ordinary sense, Johnson, Paul Lukas, Georges Car- the night, and one remains be- possible, so one just permitted pentier, Elinor (Three Weeks) hind in the weird moonlight; for oneself to be pushed along more Glyn, Noel Francis and Vivienne in Tel Aviv, on moonlit nights, or less in time with the music, Segal are only a few of them. there are practically no electric and then spent a hilarious half- And when you marvel at the youth lights. Then one surges on with hour trying to locate one's and beauty of some who have been the crowd toward Allenby ave- friends. The "Ohel" company stars for a good many years, just nue. interspersed the evening with remember, "A stitch in time saves Allenby and Nachlat Benja- clever little sketches and songs. nine"—or ten years, min are ablaze with lights— And you were free to leave Forty-second street and Broad- whenever you had had enough Just between ourselves, the way transplanted to Tel Aviv. —at 1, 2, 3, 5 or 6 o'clock in genuine caption of Mervyn LeRoy, People crowd the sidewalks and the morning. whirlwind director, is—Levi. the driveways; traffic, vehicular His next picture will be "Cen- as well as pedestrian, is im- THE BIG PARADE Of course you will witness the tral Park." And, by the way, did peded. Before you know it, you parade on the last afternoon of you know that Mervyn was a child are in the huge square in front the carnival. House-tops and prodigy as an actor years ago? of Mugrabi Hall, the opera • • • balconies will be full along house, and as the evening Allenby avenue; but the num- Sergei M. Eisenstein, Russian wears on you are sucked deep- bers gathered there will scarcely film director, who has been in er and deeper into the dense square. An open-air perform- _seed to relieve the crowds in Mexico for more than a year, was the streets. And although the refused re-entrance into the U. S. ance is taking place on the parade may not prove tremen- He has made a picture dealing steps of the opera house. It is a remarkably well behaved (Turn to Next Page). (Turn to Next Page.) RANDOM THOUGHTS FORD'S CAMERON by Charles H. Joseph opinion seemed to be that the bur- gather with the MIDDLE CLASS den of responsibility rests upon WELL-TO-DO SNOB who are the the majority religion, Protestant- worst offenders. Just check this ism. The Protestants who are in up and you'll see that it's true. the large majority are the ones —4— who should take the initiative, be- DISCRIMINATING JEWS cause it is hardly likely that the Someone writes to suggest that Catholic and Jewish minorities can • certain large soft drink corpora- make much headway. To say that tion discriminates against Jewish the Jew is aloof is ridiculous in the extreme. The Jew is forced agents; that is, it will not give agencies knowingly to Jews. It to huddle by himself because he finds the door closed to him by his so happens that there are, or at Protestant neighbors. That's the least a few years ago there were reason why he has to have his own to my personal knowledge, Jews that organization holding rather business men's clubs, his own in important positions. However, I lunch clubs, why he is restricted am not mentioning the name of in the choice of living conditions, why he has to be careful where he the corporation in question be- cause even denial of such accusa- travels in order to assure himself and his family hotel accommoda- tion brings publicity, and possibly unjust publicity. I am well aware tions, and so on and no forth. But to me the interesting part of the of the fact that there are certain types of corporations that do not whole business is that it is the middle class and the upper social employ Jews in key positions. We set who are the worst offenders. find this among outstanding manu- You won't find prejudice so much facturing industries; it may be among the INTELLECTUALS in doe to the fact that the Jews have all walks of life; it is the MON- not developed, possibly because of MACHINE-MADE MAN EYED MAN in BUSINESS and lack of opportunity, to become The machine age has made ma- BANKING and INDUSTRY to- technically adequate for top posi- tions. I am not familiar with the chinery of some men. Share with situation sufficiently to speak au- your starving neighbor seems to thoritatively on the subject, but I be the rule of the day. And one My Zionist Credo have always had the impression would imagine that a human be- that the leading railroads of the ing possessed of untold millions of By PIERRE VAN PAASSEN countries do not seem to have Jew- dollars might forget his efficiency ish executives I have never no- long enough to reach into his vast To those of us among the Goy- ticed Jewish names among the financial resources and give gen- erously to the starving. But we im who have taken the Zionist leaders of our great steel indus- have evidence that some of the ideal to our hearts, for the reas- tries (not smaller independent richest men in the world living in son that therein we think we companies). Oh, I have seen Jews this country have contributed a have recognized and seized upon listed as directors or fiscal agents, pitifully meager part of their one of the moral world-factors but I ant speaking of operating wealth to the worst economic dis- that k to play a role in our own heads Perhaps we have not de- tress ever experienced in this vision of a better humanity, the , veloped along those lines. It is Jewish national movement , true that Radio Corporation has country. throughout the world and the Sarnoff, but his is an exceptional THE GOOD-WILL RALLY transformation of Palestine into case. In the automobile industry That was quite an interesting a National Home for the Jewish I find no Jews, with possibly one Good Will gathering in Washing- people, teems at all times of exception, who has achieved any ton when leaders of all faiths tried vaster import and significance kind of a position as an operating to develop some workable plan of than most movements that ■ are head. Jewish agents there are, eliminating intolerance and hatred current in the world of thought plenty of them, but in the manu- along all the good church people. and action. facturing end of the industry they of the country. The consensus of I teem to be off the map. In an account of the riot in front of the Ford factory the other day I notice that William J. Cameron was the spokesman who gave out the Ford statement. I imagine that he is the Cameron of the infamous Dearborn Inde- pendent fame; the famous Old Sleuth who had every garbage barrel in the country turned over in the hope of finding something that might be used against the Jew. I am not surprised that Ford is keeping him on his payroll; he did a dirty job for him and while it landed Ford in a libel suit and almost in the witness chair, yet it was a good job. And I suppose that the greatest apostle of the recent machine age admired Cam- eron's efficiency. But so far as the general public is concerned what Ford has to say might be re- ceived with greater respect than delivered through such a discred- ited mouthpiece as William J. Cameron. By-the-Way ■ MMIPINgian _ Tidbits and News By DAVID SCHWARTZ (Copyright, 1932. Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Inc.) Dear Ed: You want to know what's the inside stuff in New York? Well, right now—as this is being written—there isn't much inside stuff. The topic of chatter in New York right now is probably the same as out there in Keokuk—namely, the Lindbergh baby. The first ques- tion that's popped at you as you enter any Jewish organization now is: What does the latest extra say about Lindbergh's baby? Just a while ago, I said there was no inside stuff. Well, I withdraw that. There's a hit of inside stuff connecting Lindbergh's baby with the" Jewish world that will probably never see print—except in these columns—a story how Lindbergh's baby helped to make Jewish his- tory. That's inside stuff, and I don't know whether I have the right to print it, but my brakes are off right now and so here goes. My story goes back to the year 1927. The New Palestine, Zionist organ, at that time entered into a contract with a non-Jewish agency for the selling of advertising space in the Zionist organ. About a month later, the business manager of that periodical wrote the adver- tising agency that the contract was off. The advertising agency com- menced suit for $80,000. The case went to court and the judge threw it out. The advertising agency appealed the judgment, and the higher court reversed the inferior court and ordered a retrial, with the result that the Zionist organization lost and a judgment of $22,000 was awarded to the advertising agency. Well, you know, Ed, the Zionist organization had been owing something like $150,000, but arrangements had been made for the installment paying off of this debt. But when this new judgment of $22,000 against the organization came, there was weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth. That had to he paid at once, or a sheriff would come in and the Zionist organization would be declared bankrupt. Getting $22,000 in a few days' notice in these days is quite a difficult thing, Ed. And the worst part about it was that the lawyers for the advertising agency knew that they held the whip hand over the organization, for they knew that the Zionist organization could not dare face the moral effect of bankruptcy proceedings. Yet, Ed, let me tell you, that there were plenty of people who advised that the organization bury its pride and let the sheriff come in. A meeting was held—and this is where Lindbergh's baby helped to make Jewish history. The meeting, Ed, began something like a wake. Not one of those Italian wakes, where everybody drinks beer and enjoys himself while he mourns, but one of those honest-to-goodness wakes where every- body wears a long face, and feels longer than he looks. Here was $22,000 that had to be raised before you could bat your eye—or bang would go the sheriff's hammer. Well, a number of speakers got up, and said bankruptcy wouldn't do—it wouldn't do at all. Among them ware Rothenberg, Delius,. Wise, etc. They joined in asking what would the world say—what would the Arabs say—what would the British government say, if it were announced that the American Zionist Organization, richest and strongest of all Zionist organizations, went into the hands of a receiver. They would say that the Jews of the world were not behind Zionism, or that, if they were, they weren't worth much considering, for here the richest of them couldn't face a debt of $22,000. Well, here Abe Goldberg rose. Goldberg possesses at least one faculty which every one must concede. Ile has the faculty of pre- senting something abstract in some small homely way that instantly reflects the whole thing. It was Goldberg who brought out this Lindbergh's baby business. Suppose the kidnapers, said Goldberg, would ask of Lindy $50,000? Would he not give it? Suppose they asked $100,000—would he not give it? In the final analysis, said Goldberg, Lindbergh, if there were no other alternative, would strip himself of his last cent to get his child back. "Well," said Goldberg, "Zionism is our 'Lindbergh's baby.' This money has got to be raised—wherefrom we don't know, but there can be no talk of bankruptcy or talk of failure to get the money." That simile caught fire, and soon all the other speakers were referring to the trouble as Lindy's baby. Well, Ed, a small crowd was there, among them few really rich men. Most of them have more than you and I—but no big pluto- crats among them. Yet there was Szold—for instance—not a rich man, who gave a thousand on the spot. Wise contributed $500, Judge Mack gave $250, Rocker and Tulin gave $500 each. Well, in a few minutes, they had something like $6,500 and the promise of other support. Of course, Ed, I am not saying that if Abe Goldberg had not sprung that Lindbergh's baby story, this happy ending would not have come about anyway, but it helped, Ed, and I figure that Lind- bergh's baby ought to have a place in Jewish history. Marvelous, Ed, how one episode can so focus the mind of the world. There are, I am told, something like 700 kidnapings a year. All together, they never attracted one fraction of the attention that this one kidnapping has stirred. Of course, part of it—perchance even the greatest part—is due to the prominence of Lindbergh. But I feel that much of it is due to the fact that mankind cannot grasp of evil in bulk. It must have one little episode—one little incident. Here, for instance, Ed, this week, there died Briand, the French statesman, and his career recalls a similar episode in which he figured —the Dreyfus case. Think of all the attention that case attracted. Besides Briand, there were Clemenceau, Jaures, Anatole France. I do not say that the Dreyfus case made all of these, but it helped a powerful lot in bringing all of these figures to the public eye. Not only did that one single case help make all of these French- men, but look what it did to the Jews. Did anything do more to start Zionism than the Dreyfus case? It was the Dreyfus case which, you recall, turned Theodor Herzl into that agitation of mind which led him to write "Die Juden Staat." And if you want further evidence of the power of one little epi- sode—think of little Eva. Here was an episode which was purely fictional, and yet, do you know any one of a half-dozen things com- bined which did more to cause the Civil War than Ilarriet Beecher Stowe's story? Otherwise, there isn't so much. Oh, yes, met the other day that mathematical wunderkind, Dr. Finkelstein, who has come from Ger- many to exhibit himself before the leading universities. They say that while working in the Polish government bureaus, his mind was so apt at figures that he alone could replace some several dozen tabulat- ing machines. Professor Einstein, I am told, after noting the quick- ness of Finkelstein's mind, remarked that Finkelstein was but a fore- runner of what all humanity would be a thousand years hence. In other words, we shall ultimately perhaps become superior to the effi- ciency of our machines. Speaking of Justice Holmes' birthday anniversary, a new biog- raphy just issued of him tells a good story about Holmes and Brandeis. Once, it appears, Brandeis, moved by social injustice, urged Holmes. who was about to go.on his vacation, to read up on social statistics. "All right," said Holmes, "you pick out the right books and send them to me." In due time a box arrived at the resort at which Holmes was stopping. Holmes looked at the studies of the textile industry, the eight-hour day, minimum wages, employers liability and similar topics for a moment. Then he turned to a servant. "Just nail it up and send it back to Brandeis," he said. Speaking about books, in our two thousand years of wandering since the destruction of Jerusalem—even going farther back—since the days when your ancestors and mine were in the brick manufactur- ing business in Egypt, do you ever remember when there were as many books published about Jews. "Jews in Love," 'Jews Without Money," "Jews on Approval,"—and now Louis Golding has one about Jews and goyim. All of the dirty linen, too, is being washed right in the open, so that goyim may see. I see where Fanny Hurst says that every one has some great book within him, but unfortunately it does not get printed, perhaps for- tunately. Imagine what it would be if every one actually published a book. Job was more sensible than Fanny. He said "Oh that my adversary would write I book." He would leave publishing entirely in the hands of his enemies. I think he was more right than Fanny. With beat regards and hoping that little Lindy will be back in his mother's arms before this reaches you. D. S. SYLVIA SIDNEY A New Jewish Star Upon the Horizon. By HILDA KASSELL (Cnprright, 1982, Jewich Telegraphic AM.). A five-foot bundle of exquisite simplicity, Sylvia Sidney typifies the modern Jewish beauty—slight of figure, with undulating curves, jet-black hair, violet-blue eyes, luminous with intelligence—she epitomizes that which is repre- sentative of the modern Jewish girl—beauty with brains. Five—six years ago she was gallavanting with the children in the Theater Guild school. Now, hardly out of her teens, she occu- pies dressing room No. 1 at Para- mount Studios, previously tenant- ed by such stars as Clara Bow and Gloria Swanson. It was to replace Clara Bow in "City Streets" that gavo Sylvia Sidney her first big chance in the cinema. The rest—"Confessions of a Co-Ed," "An American Trag- edy," "Ladies of the Big House" —is movie history. tar.) Born in a Bronx flat in New York she will even point it out to you the very house, if you are inter ested. Her father, Dr. Sigmund Sidney, a New York dentist, Ls of Rumanian stock, and her mother, of Russian descent, is considered the youngest-looking mother in Hollywood. To the parents of Sylvia Sidney goes all the credit for intelligent application in edueating and the bringing up of their talented daughter. A student at the Ethi- cal Culture School, she tired of it d left it atthe age of 12 to study i the school 1By the time she was 15 years of age, at a performance of "Pro- nella" given by the Theater Guild School, other children's doting parents and fond relatives grudg- ingly conceded that the honors for the performance must go to Pro- nella—identitied on the program Born in Bronx Flat. Not for all the pseudo-glamor as someone named Sylvia Sidney. Her Career on Stags. of publicity possibilities will Syl- Since then she has appeared on via Sidney budge one inch from the legitimate stage in such di- the true history of her early life. It is her story and she sticks to it. (Torn to Next Page).