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Sabbath Reading. of the Law.
Pentateuchal portion—Num. 4.21-7:89.
Prophetical portion—Judges 13:2.25.

June 17, 1932

Sivan 13, 5692

Delinquency Among Jews.

The interesting study of juvenile delin-
quency among the JCR's in New York, made
by Dr. Julius B. Mailer of Columbia Uni-
versity, reveals that of the number of boys
and girls brought before the children's
courts of New York, 18.38 per cent were
Jews. This, Dr. Mailer points out, com-
pares very favorably with the fact that the
percentge of Jewish children of the ages
included in this study is 41.85 of the total.
Dr. Mailer adds that there has been a con-
stant decline in juvenile delinquency among
Jews. Of particular interest in his study
are the conclusions he reaches, in which
he states:
"The comparison between Jewish and
note-Jewish court cases has revealed two
significant facts:
"Jewish children are arrainged less fre-
quently than would be expected from their
proportion in the total child population.
The causes of arrangement as well as the
manner of disposition indicate that the Jew-
ish case brought before the court repre-
sents a less serious problem than the non-
Jewish case. To what extent these differ-
ences are due to the character of the Jew-
ish child and the nature of his environment,
or to the untiring efforts on the part of the
numerous Jewish philanthropic agencies,
cannot be deterinined from these data.
Both of these factors were probably re-
sponsible for the striking results.
"The second and equally significant fact
is the consistent decline of the proportion
of Jewish arraingments during the last two
decades, in spite of the increase in the per-
centage of Jews in the city. Whether this
trend downward will continue is doubtful.
There is reason to believe that the Jewish
agencies will turn their efforts more and
more toward helping the normal Jewish
child in the growth of character and the
adjustment of perfionality and that the next
project of the Jewish social organizations
will most probably be in the realm of edu-
cation rather than that of philanthropy."
A source of gratification for Michigan
residents, in the discusAion of the subject of
juvenile delinquency, are the following fig-
ures of the number of Jewish delinquents in
Michigan state institutions: In Lansing
there is a population which ranges from
725 to 790, and of this number only three
are Jewish ; in Adrian there are between
350 and 400 girls, with only one or two Jew-
ish girls.
While we have reason to be pleased with
the revelations contained in this study, on
general principles, there is on the whole
little to boast about. It is to be expected,
after all, that we take it for granted that
the percentage of Jewish delinquents—as
well as Jewish criminals of all types and
ages—should always be as low as possible.
In the first place we can't afford to have it
pointed out to us that Jewish names are
prominent in crime news. Besides, to be
half as good as the other, non-Jewish, fel-
low, the Jew must be twice as good as he
is, and to be able to combat prejudices Jews
must retain the record of being above the
average. But the outstanding reason, of
course, is our ethical and moral heritage
which commands a law-abiding spirit and
a moral living above reproach.
Dr. Mailer's prediction that social organ-
izations will emphasize the educational
above the philanthropic elements in Jewish
communal life is a welcome sign that social
workers realize the importance of preven-
tion through education rather than cure,
and stand ready to honor the Jewish tra-
dition for learning. Perhaps we are justi-
fied in hoping for a Golden Era in American
Judaism.

Economic Effort for Palestine.

A year after the great fuss made over it
at the World Zionist Congress, and timed
for publication on the eve of the annual
convention of the Zionist Organization of
America, Mr. Israel Brodie announces the
formulation of a plan for the realization
of his America Economic Committee for
Palestine. The fact that this scheme is put
into operation at this time does not speak
well for it. It sounds like another of those
easily recognizable political schemes to
create enthusaism at a convention which
might otherwise prove without spirit or
enthusaism. It is difficult to understand
why it should have taken Mr. Brodie so long
to accumulate sufficient driving power to
net his movement into motion earlier than
this. Such Zionist sluggishness has too
long been a deplorable factor in American
Jewish effort for Palestine, with the result
that our people are not easily enthused
over very important economic undertak-
ings for the Jewish National Home. We
hope that the newly-formed committee will
prove a genuine boon for Palestine, rather
than a political weapon in an hour of Zion-
ist distress.

Our Jewish Camps.

Many Jewish parents who at one time
made it a practice to send their boys and
girls to exclusive Jewish camps are now un-
able to resort to such luxuries. These very
parents, in times of prosperity, looked dis-
dainfully upon camps sponsored by local
Jewish social service agencies, in spite of
the efficiency with which these were con-
ducted, and in spite of the fact that they
were never conducted as camps for the
underprivileged.
Those who are still in position to send
their children to camp owe it to their com-
munity seriously to consider the advisability
of resorting to these communal agencies at
this time. The Y. W. II. A. Camp and the
Fresh Air Camp are functioning as non-
profit making agencies. They are directed
by able staffs and are conducted on an ex-
tremely dignified and commendable basis.
Their work should be encouraged in prefer-
ence to camps in other states. Similarly,
there are several worth-while private camps
for boys and girls ranging in ages from
three to sixteen. An interest in the wel-
fare of local agencies should command par-
ents to patronize these camps, which are
known to be on a par for efficiency with the
best rated camps in other states.

Non-Jewish Zionists.

The Zionist movement has received its
greatest comfort at the hands of non-Jews
who appreciate the justice of Jewish as-
pirations in Palestine, and who are pre-
pared to aid in the realization of Zionist
hopes.
Evidence of the manner in which some
Gentiles translate their sympathies into ac-
tion is to be found in the newly-formed
Pro-Palestine Federation of America. An-
other important organization of non-Jews
who are interested in Palestine's reconstruc-
tion by Jews is the American Palestine Com-
mittee, of which Senator William H. King
of Utah was recently elected pre9ident.
Both groups are important, and while it is
regrettable that they could not be joined
into one body, in view of the similarity of
their programs, they are welcome forces
in the Zionist movement.
The Pro-Palestine Federation of America
particularly distinguishes itself because of
the wholesome propaganda it disseminates
among non-Jews. Its Pro-Palestine Herald
is an exceedingly interesting monthly bul-
letin, edited and written by non-Jews,
whose views on Jewish claims to Palestine
form interesting chapters in,Zionist litera-
ture. Men like John Haynes Holmes,
Charles Edward Russell, Pierre Van Paas-
sen, former Governor Fred R.•Zimmerman
of Wisconsin and other notables help in
shaping the policy of this organization and
in contributing to the spread of Zionist
thought through the Pro-Palestine Herald.
Their efforts deserve commendation and
have earned the gratitude of our people.

Crisis in Jewish Education.

Rumania's Shuttlecock Policy: Between
Cuzism and the League of Nations

Our Film Folk

By HELEN ZIGMOND

By-the-Way

Tidbits and News

By DAVID SCHWARTZ

(Copyright, 1932. Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Inc./

WISE WISE-CRACKS
IIOLLYWOOD.—You no
Harry Schneiderman of the American Jewish Committee tells one
By OTTO SCHICK
longer have to journey to Holly- about Dr. Wise. The rabbi of the Free Synagogue, it appears, re-
(Copyright. 1932. Jewish Telegraphic Agency. Inc.)
wood . . The movie industry, cently was invited to address the scholars of the Lincoln High School.
with surprising frankness, is open-
The chairman, introducing Dr. Wise, spoke to this effect: "There
ing its heart so that you may see are some queer tasks that have come to me of late. Recently, I had
Which way is Rumania go-
the League of Nations is and
how it ticks. "What Price Holly- to introduce here a tall, gangling speaker—and his name was Small.
ing? Will it maintain its tra-
what international treaties
wood" is the first flicker of the At another time, I had to introduce a great, big, blond Nordic, and
ditional contact with Western,
mean, are unmoved. When Cuza
new trend . . . a peek behind his name was Black—and now I have to introduce Dr. Wise."
especially French, thought, or
is reproached on the score of
studio doors ... some actual inci-I
Whereupon Dr. Wise arose and told one on himself. "Recently,
will it join the powers of re-
his fraternization with the Hun-
... filmdom reviewing itself I was invited to address a colored audience. The chairman introduc-
action which are preparing to
garians, he has a ready retort—
with a satirical smile.
ing me said: 'I now have the pleasure of introducing a man who is
rise in Central Europe? For
that all Christian nations must
The Jewishness of the cast' conceited to be one of America's greatest orators.'
the moment it is impossible to
unite to . defend themselves
seems to be on a sliding scale: ' "When I returned home, I told my family of the slip. 'flow they
say. Rumanian public opinion
against the Jewish peril. This
Gregory Ratoff, 100 per cent Yid- know you,' my family chorused tome,"said Dr. Wise,
for the past few months is in a
is the ground on which he justi-
dish; Lowell Sherman, 50 per cent,
state of political indetermina-
fies the formation of the "In-
and Connie Bennett, 25 per cent. DIPLOMACY AND DEBTS •
tion. Government spokesmen
ternational of the Swastika," by
Strictly between ourselves, you
I have often thought—and I presume I have not been alone in
are found contradicting each
the very same people who are
understand, Ratoff's role of the thinking it—that the cause of peace is retarded by the fact that so
other, and if one would turn up
always denouncing internation-
movie producer is said to be a many of the diplomats do not appear to use any common sense.
If
the situation One would say
take-off of Sam Goldwyn.
alism in every shape and form
instead of all this suavity and subtlety, they used more of plain
• •
•
that Rumania is at the moment
—an international of anti-Se-
mother wit, the kind that one uses say, in horse trade, or in the sale
busy with a kind of shuttlecock
Aline MacMahon, of whom it of a bale of hay or a suit of clothes—there would be less wars. For
mitism, of enmity and blood-
policy, between Cuzism and the
has been said "She looks more instance, now that we know fairly well that Europe does not intend
shed, in place of an interne-
League of Nations.
like Abie than Irish Rose," is ■ to pay her war debt to America—many have undoubtedly felt, as
tionnl of brotherhood and peace.
As elsewhere and' in other
little of each . . . if you follow I have felt, that America if she does not insist on payments, should at
The relations which exist be-
times, the attitude here and
tween Cuza and people of his , as . . . her mother was Jewish. least use the debt to further diplomatic ends—to demand disarma-
now with regard to the Jewish
Aline was the niece of the late ment or something of that sort.
mentality outside Rumania has
problem is again the touchstone
Sophie Irene Loeb, noted news.
led to a split in the Rumanian
Well, I can now report that something. very much like this has
on which these diverse currents
paper writer and sociologist. And been done—even though not quite in the realms of government. I
anti-Semitic party. Those anti-
meet and break. The minorities
in private life she is Mrs. Clarence take off my straw hat to Mr. William Lowenstein, who has done ,01111.-
Semitic Nationalists who repudi-
problem in Rumania as such has
Ste'n, wife of ■ well-known New thing like that—for Palestine.
ate all contact with other coun-
not yet shaped itself, and there
York architect. If you saw "Five
tries, created under the leader.
is no real agreement concerning
Star Final," you haven't forgot. LOWENSTEIN PLAN
ship of Belea Codreanu, the
it, and it is this minorities prob-
ten her as Edward Robinson's sec•
anti-Semitic Fascist terrorist
If you have been in New York, you have probably eaten at ,. se
lem that is occupying the fore-
ret•ry. Now she's to have her time or another in one of the numerous restaurants of Mr. Lowen-
group, the Iron Guard, which
front of the present Rumanian
original
stag
e
the government recently sup-
part in the screen stein. Ile is the proprietor of several chains of eating places—St.
political indecision. And both
version of "Once in • Lifetime." Regis, Stewart:—and the like. And Loewenstein is also a devoted
pressed for its part in the Jassy
• •
•
the Jewish and the general mi-
anti-Jewish excesses, and even
Zionist.
norities problems can be under-
Did you know that B. P. Schul-
some of his loyal followers have
Well, to make a long story short, Loewenstein wanted to raise
stood only in relation to the gen-
berg, Paramount executive, was money for Palestine, although he himself is a generous contributor
often reproached Cuza on ac-
eral political tendencies which
once a reporter on the New York to the cause. Well, what does he do?
count of his alliance with the
are now struggling against each
Evening Mail? And his favorite
Hungarians, who are working
This is what he did. Ile got the Astor Hotel to get up one of the
other for domination in Ru-
study at school and college was best dinners they have ever served—anti he invited to the dinner all
against the integrity of the
mania.
Latin! That would flatten some of the 'maple doing business with his restaurants.
present Rumanian frontiers.
CUZA'S AGITATION
HITLER INFLUENCE
of the high-hats who disdain the
"There isn't any man here," Lowenstein said plainly to the
The chauvinistic elements in
But the advance of the Nazi , movie-makers.
guests, "to whom in a business way I am not in debt—who does not
• •
•
the country have long been pro-
movement in Germany brought
do business with me."
claiming their discontent with
The Louis Levine. may not he
a change in the situation. The
So what could the guests do? When a man to whom they sell
the League of Nations, and
of Barrymore caliber, but they thousands of dollars' worth of goods a year calls on them in this
Rumanian anti-Semites of all
Cuza has repeatedly denounced
get along. There are nine of fashion for a donation. They gave. Ten thousand dollars was
shades were so exhilarated by
it in Parliament as the instru-
them—papa, mama, and seven raised at the dinner—in this year of the depression.
the prospect of an anti.Sernitis
ment of the Jews to obtain
children, ranging from 5 to 19
Ilitlerist government in Ger-
However, after Loewenstein got through with his speech on Pales-
years of age . . . all are red- tine, I am sure they were all glad that they gave.
domination over the nations.
many that they forgot all about
•
•
•
They have forgotten that it is
haired . . . . all are in pictures
the danger which a Nationalist
doing "extra" or bit work. They A RACE OF DEMPSEYS
the League of Nations which
German foreign policy implies
averag
e
guarantees the peace treaties
four at work a day. Re-
Lowenstein is no orator. He used none of the arts and artifices
for Greater Rumania, and the
cently the whole family was hired of the orator. Ile spoke very bluntly, but seldom have I heard a
under which Rumania holds the
result is a pact with Ilitlerism.
■ at one time for work in "Make more effective talk on Palestine than his. I suggest that the Zionist
new provinces, and they see the
Cuza believes that if Hitler suc-
Me • Star."
League only as the institution
Organization send him throughout the country on a speaking tour.
ceeds in obtaining power in Ger-
• • •
which is always reminding Ru-
What he did was to give merely an account of his observations in
many, he will help him to seize
mania of her obligations towards
power in Rumania. The prime
It appears that Eddie Cantor Palestine. I wish I could reproduce them, but at best I can only
her minorities. Every report
minister (retired), Professor
will soon be the only Hollylight give sonic inkling of them.
"Palestine," he said, "does not look like a country that is rich in
that comes from Geneva relat-
Jorge, who made Cuza "Presi-
relying solely on humans for affec-
It does not look like a particularly prosperous country,
ing to intervention on behalf of
dent by Seniority" of the pres-
tion. Everyone else is taking resource.
any of the minorities in Ru-
ent government, kissing him on
goldfish, lizards, chimpanzees, and but the Jews there are the happiest in the world.
mania, no matter on what
"I
asked
a Jewish woman, working in one of the colonies, 'Are
the cheek as a tribute to his ob-
such like for pets. Eddie says he
ground, evokes immediately a
jective attitude," and asked the
may finally have to adopt a hobby- you happy?' She replied: 'I am very happy. I never dreamed I
howl of indignation.
horse
would
be
as
happy as this, but I cannot describe my feelings. You
king to bestow a decoration on
... so as not to be too old-
have to be one of us to understand.'
Cuza has been agitating for
fashioned.
him has encouraged Coca in his
•
•
•
years against the League of Na-
"The Jews there are determined. No power on earth can stop the
belief that he is the next ruler
tions, and against Rumania's
of Rumania. And since Cuza
A topsy-turvy world . , . Nor- devlopmnt of I'alestine.
"Physically, the Jews are being regenerated. We have one Benny
recognftion of her international
knows that to govern one muse
man Taurog will direct George M.
obligations. He ignores the
have not only the votes of the
Cohan, the "Yankee Doodler," in I,eonard here. Palestine Jewry gives the impression of a race of Jack
fact that Rumania's national
electorate, obtained, if neces-
the latter's first talkie, "Phantom Dempseys.
'I have often heard the charge that Jews would not till the soil,
ideal has been realized only as
sary, by the pressure of gen-
President." Twenty years ago
a result of international confer-
darmerie and in other ways, but
the situation was reversed . . . and frankly, I had begun to believe it. But when you see the Jew
on
the
land in Palestine, it seems that no people are more adapted to
ences, and is guaranteed by in-
also--horrible dictu!--a certain
Taurog, playing in the stage pro-
ternational treaties, and he al-
duction of "Broadway Jones," the soil than the Jews. The Jews in the cities of Palestine all pray
amount of international support
for
the
time when they can settle on the land.
lies himself with the Nationalist
took histrionic instructions from
from outside. So he has turned
"There isn't an ounce of fear among them. I asked Jews here
chauvinistic Magyar elements,
Cohan (a two-syllable name; he's
from Goemboes, the Hungarian
and there, 'What of the Arab problem?' There is no Arab prob-
Irish).
whose whole attitude is one of
minister of war and leader of
lem,' they replied. 'But what of the outbreaks in the recent past?'
rigid opposition to Rumanian
the awakening Magyars, and • • •
Nationalist ideals in favor of
The real reason that Theda 'Well, that is passed,' they replied."
Hungary.
has gone over POLICY
to Hitler. Bare (Theodosia Goodman to you)
SHUTTLECOCK
never attempted a comeback in THE KISS OF THE ANGEL
That is Cuza'a first point.
This shuttlecock policy be-
There was a good story told at the dinner, by the way, of Dr.
And his second point, which
ithe movies was not loss of beauty,
Motzkin, the famous Zionist.
tween Cuza
and the League
of but
trouble.
The
old-time
arises out of his first, is his
Nations,
the incapacity
to decide
klieg eye
lights
used in
making
pic-
It seems that Motzkin was always being called upon to be chair-
participation in the co-called
between the primitive anti-Se-
tures
did must
their now
worst
. . heavy
. and man at Zionist meetings.
International Anti-Semitic Con-
mitic hate instincts, which urge
Theda
wear
One
day a Jew said to Motzkin: "Dr. Motzkin, you are always
ference held in Budapest about
collaboration with Hitler, and , "specs."
chairman. I can't understand it. The Ilagada says that when a child
four or five years ago.
the western orientation which
• •
•
is born and he is destined to become a great thinker, the angel that
is based on a conscious realiza-
ANTI-SEMITIC SPLIT
The two small sons of agents attends his birth kisses him on his forehead. When it is destined
tion of Rumania's real national
These two points are made
(Hollywood colloquialism for ac- that he become a great speaker or singer, the angel kisses him on his
interests, was the outstanding
much of in Rumania against
tors representatives) were play- neck. Gracious, Mr. Chairman, where did the angel kiss you?"
feative of the Congress of Ru-
Cuza and they were even util-
ing ping-pong. Suddenly Billy,
mamas students held at Sibiu
ized against him in the last
the little Jewish boy, decided that
not very long ago. For two days
election campaign, but without
something was not quite ethical.
the
Ilitlerist
delegation
which
much effect. The intellectuals
He laid down hi. racket and asked,
had come to the Congress from
are impressed, but the great
"Do you think that was quite
Germany was the cynosure of
masses of the Rumanian peas.

The decision to discontinue the Hebrew
Union College School for Teachers in New
York, owing to the lack of funds, is deplor-
able in itself, but it is also the echo of a
much more serious' danger which is facing
Jewish educational institutions in this coun-
try. In communities like Detroit, the bud-
z
gets of the Hebrew schools have not only
been cut to about half in the last two or entry who have no idea of what
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three years, but their income for the cur-
WITH INTERMARRIAGE
rent year is uncertain.
But the schools of higher learning—espe-
Numerous novels have been
by Charles
written dealing with the theme of
cially the seminaries for the training of rab-
intermarriage
between Jew and
H. Joseph
bis—are faced by a crisis far more serious
Gentile. In practically every
than that occasioned by financial troubles.
case, the futility of intermarriage
is revealed. True, Louis Golding's
It is a crisis affected by the employment IN HIGH PLACES
LORD MACAULAY AND
deferred by a physical cause. A
long as you have a boundless ex "Give Up Your Lovers" and his
situation, and it is safe to say that for the
Gentlemen in high places! It DEPRESSION
newest, "Magnolia Street," paint
of fertile and unoccupied land
first time in this country men ordained as annoys me to be forced to cons. On May 23, 1857, Lord Mac.' tent
a brighter picture of the possi-
your laboring population will b
ment on cheap prejudice in clubs
bility of joining in marriage men
rve_r
atoteEnag
rabbis find themselves jobless and with presumedly peopled by gentlemen.
isthterestsoa5t1hset: far more at ease than the labor
and women of different religions
an ud
laY p'ub tl h i e citg s
Ile
h
ag
population
of
the
Old
World
limited opportunities of being assigned to So many second-class clubs try to Hon. H.
and races. But in general the
E. Randall of New York. But the time will come when New
feel first-class by excluding Jews.
pulpits.
In View of the present situation in England will be as thickly popu failure of it is depicted.
I am not here to argue at this late
Arnold Lunn, in "Family
The Hebrew Union College has gradua- day whether Jews should or should this country I am sure that every , lated as Old England. Wages wit
Name," just published by the Dial
ted 18 rabbis. Fourteen were graduated not be admitted to certain clubs of reader will take an interest in this be low and will fluctuate as much Press, 152 West Thirtieth street,
remarkable letter, from which I with you as with us ... Hundred
nature. But there can b
from the Jewish Theological Seminary of a no social
quote a few statements. and thousands of artisans will as- New York ($2.50), similarly pic-
argument that those respon-
tures the failure of the mixing in
America and ten more from the Jewish In- sible for the incident which is re-
"I have long been convinced suredly be sometimes out of work
marriage of people of different
stitute of Religion. Eighteen are to be , vealed in this clipping sent to me that institutions purely demo- Then your institutions will b castes. In spite of the fact that
fairly
brought
to
test.
Distres.
from Baltimore, are cads and erotic must, sooner or later, de- ,
his Jewish hero, Daniel Martinez,
graduated from the Yeshiva College. Thus j cheap
bounders. That's expres- stroy liberty or civilization or both everywhere make, the laborer mu
is a highly cultured, polished gen-
far very few of these new rabbis have been sive language but not nearly
. I have not the smallest doubt tinous and discontented and in
tleman, his marriage to Moira
strong
enough
to describe persons that if we had a purely demo- clines him to listen with eager
called to occupy new pulpits, and there is
Fairlight is a colossal failure. The
so lacking the ordinary courtesy. cratic government here the effect ness to the agitators who tell him
reasons, of course, are the same.
serious talk that there ought to be a halt
would be the same. Either the that it is a monstrous iniquity the Daniel, while he Its in, does not
to the training of rabbis at a time when so 'CADS MASQUERADING AS
poor would plunder the rich and one man should have a millio
tolerate the stu pid
S of
GENTLEMEN
civilization would perish, or order while another cannot get • ful
many remain unemployed. Aside from the
his wife. Then there is the dis-
Through such season.
Here's the item from the col.
property would be saved by a meal . .
tinctly Jewish 'reason when the
financial crisis, therefore, there is the new umn of Louis Azreal in the Balti- and
strong military. government, and the United States in the course o
is born. Daniel, in his anx-
problem of employment, occasioned by the more Post. ( Whoever sent it to me liberty would ' perish. You may the next century, if not of this son
iety to be fair, proposes that his
seemed to think that the paper think that your country enjoys an • • • How will you pass through
serious situation which is facing America shouldn't
son be brought up neither as Jew
have published it. I'm exemption from these evils. I will them?? I heartily wish you
nor as Christian: that the choice
Jewish congregations.
glad it did as it shows the city frankly own to you that I am of s good deliverance but my reason
of religious affiliation be left to
;
;
what
cheap
cads
are
masquerading
very differett opinion. Your fate and my wishes are at war and
With conditions continuing as they have
him
when he grows to manhood.
gentlemen.)
I believe to be certain, though it is ; cannot help foreboding the worst.
in the past few years, there is no question las "And
!... It is quite plain that your goy Moira agrees, but a few days after
then I ran into a young
j
the
son's birth Daniel returns
but that there is justification for the de- doctor who had a story to tell.
, ernment will never be able to re
strain a distressed and discontent home to learn that he was bap-
"Ile, together with two other
mand that theological seminaries cease ac-
tized.
ed majority. For with you the
young doctors. had gone to the
PAYS HIS DEBT
cepting additional students until such time I new
"Family Name" in many re•
majority is the government, and
Bonnie view golf course to
as the congregations are able to absorb the play. One of the trio was Jewish.
AFTER 42 YEARS I has the rich, who are always in the spects is superior to other novels
minority, absolutely at its mercy. of a like nature because of the ex-
"It happened that the two non-
unemployed rabbis. Perhaps the current
. I seriously apprehend that cellent bits of conversation deal-
registered their names first.
Forty-two years ago a poor
crisis will draw to the rabbinate not the am- Jews
you will in some such season of ing with the Jewish and other is-
Then the third doctor put his name
Jewish merchant left Warsaw
The episode dealing with
adversity
as I have described, do sues.
bitious alone, not those who see in this call- on the book.
and came to this country. Hav-
things which will prevent prosper- Daniel's election to an exclusive
"'Are you Jewish?' the attend-
ing failed in business, he owed
ing the possibility of earning large salaries,
club
is
particularly interesting,
,
ity
from
returning;
that
you
will
ant asked.
■ "wholesaler" with whom he
but especially those who are drawn to the
act like people in a year of scars because of the determination of
" 'Yes, was the answer.
held a bill for a consignment
two
of
the
Jew's friends to con-
a 'I'm sorry, sir,' said the at-
pulpit by a genuinely spiritual inspiration.
of goods. The whole amount Icily who devour all the seedcorn

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RANDOM THOUGHTS

Making Palestine Healthy.

Dr. Tabori, Jewish physician of Haifa,
and Dr. Lombroso of Tunis will share a cash
emolument of 2,000 Swiss francs, repre-
senting an international award for research
work in trachoma. This achievement by a
Jew is much more than a scientific triumph
by an individual. It is rather representa-
tive of a great effort that has been made by
Jews in Palestine, in the course of recon-
structive achievements, to make the Jewish
Homeland healthy and habitable. It is
one of the results of Iladassah work, and of
a determination on the part of the Jewish
settlers to eradicate disease and to make
the neglected areas blossom forth again as
in the days of Israel's greatest glory.

tendant, 'we can't permit you the
use of the course.'
'The young doctor who told me
about the incident explained: 'Of
course, we were much more em-
barrassed about it than he wag.
We argued with the attendant. We
told him that our friend's fee was
in the same money as ours. We
even made speeches to him about
equality of races and about Jews
going into battle side by side with
non-Jews under America's • flag.
But it was of no use. The attend-
ant said rules were rules. so all
three of us went to another'
course and played.
" 'We were very angry about
the whole thing, but the boy who
was turned away took it--or pre-
tended to take it—as • Joke. "I
should have told them," he said
afterwards, "that I'm married to!
• Christian woman. They might

have let me play nine holes."' "

totaled 80 rubles, about $40 in
the old currency. This debt
has been troubling this man
ever since and no a couple of
months ago the old man turned
up at the Hies office in New
York at 425 Lafayette street,
and asked, after telling the

story, that either the man or his
heirs be traced. A letter to the
Hias office in Warsaw resulted
in the heirs of the creditor be-
ing found. The man himself
had died several years ago. The
debtor deposited $50 with Hiu
here, covering principal and in-
terest, and the money was
promptly forwarded to the
heirs. The old debtor, upon be-
ing handed the receipt which
told of the discharge of his

nearly half-a-century-old debt.
exclaimed: "I can now be at
peace."

forma the publishers of "Who's
Who' that "Martinez is the fam-
ily name of the Earl of Rye."
Lunn's "Family Name" is an
excellent novel of English life.
spiced with interesting mountain-
eering experiences in Switzerland.

SOLOMON SCHECHTER

SOLOMON SCHECHTER. lie Norman
lientwiely Published by George Alien
linsain, Ltd,. 41) Mueeurn street, M.
C. t, London. England,

The text of the brief, but un-
usually interesting 68 pages of this
small volume is devoted to a study
of the life of the late Solomon
Schechter, who was at one time
Reader in Rabhinics at Cambridge
University and professor of Hebrew
at London University, and later be-
came president of the Jewish Theo-
logical Seminary of America.

Mr. Bentwich, former attorney
general of Palestine, in his own
rights an able student of Jewish
affairs, drew a charming picture of
the subject of his biographiea'
sketch, which formed the Albei t
Davis Memorial Lecture for
He describes the career of the
noted scholar, his discovery of the
Hebrew manuscript s from th• .
Cairo Geniza, his famous "Studies
in Judaism, and quotes at length
from some of the noteworthy work'.
An interesting portion of thi-
address deals with Schechter' ,
views on Zionism. Mr. Bentwich
states that "the gulf between mans-
Zionist leaders and conservativt
Judaism for a time kept him from
open adhesion, for he could not
conceive a true Jewish nationalism
which was not essentially relig-
ious. In 1906 Dr. Schechter mad.;
a declaration formally asserting
his Zionist faiths, Mr. Bentwich
states, and quotes from a letter
the noted scholar wrote two years
earlier to Israel Zangasill, as fol-
lows:

tinue to blackball other candidates
"One may be a Zionist without
until their own Jewish candidate wearing a label. If Zionism mean ,
is elected.
admiration for Israel's past and
Then there is the question of hope of faith in its future, devo•
Martinez's family name. His wife tion to the national literature and
urges him to change it to Martin. reverence for the national institu
He refuses. Ile tells the story of Lions—and I deeply hope that we
hit ancestors who staunchly lived are nog merely forming a g i p s }
camp—then 1 am trying in ni)
up to their faith. One of them'
became a Christian and died on humble way to be a Zionist. If
the auto-de-fe during the Spanish Zionism in a philanthropic move-
ment, then I plead guilty of n' .t
Inquisition. The other members
being a Zionist. I have neither the
of the family fled to Venice and
money nor the practical mind to
since honored the family name and
deal with such questions. I have
the Jewish tradition. Daniel re-
spent nearly 50 years on the study
fuses to be a traitor.
of Jewish literature and Jewish
The great satisfaction gained
history, and I am deeply convinced
by Daniel, when a divorce becomes;
that you cannot sever nationality
unavoidable, is when his son se-1
from Jewish religion. The destruc-
quires the title of Viscount of li
AS REFORM JEW LAZY?
tion of the latter will end in the
of destruction of the former."
i I note that the Chicago Rob- Fairlight upon the death
' binical Association decreed that Moira's father. Although marked'
Prof. F. C. Burkitt, Christian
confirmation exercises should be by a apirit of social Vengeance,' professor of divinity, who presided
the author paints • glowing plc-1 at the lecture, writes the
preface
(Turn to Next Page).
tore of loyalty when Daniel in-' to this essay.

and thus make the next year a
year not of scarcity but of dis-
tress. The distress will produce
j further spoilation. There is noth•
l ing to stay you. Your constitu-
' Lion is all sail and no anchor ...
, Either some Caesar or Napoleon
will seize the reins of government
with a strohis hand or your re-
public will be as fearfully plun-
dered and laid waste by Barber-
' ions in the twentieth century as
' the Roman Empire was in the
, fifth."
I Well, if Lord Macaulay were
, living today he might think that
his words have in some measure
!come true.

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