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fitEptaKonjonsit

HUI KAM
and THE LEGAL CHRONICLE

1

iBy-the -Way

Tidbits and News

kwisfiefRomm of strength and new life in the event of
By DAVID SCHWARTZ
the victory of the parent anti-Semitic or-
EGAL CHRONICLE
ganization in Germany.
and THE LEGAL
(Copyright. 1932. Jewish TeiriraPidg A
. 1.0
By HELEN ZIGMOND
I
Jewish Chronicle Publiehing Cos Inn
There is little, if anything, that Jews are
Pinsgait•d Weekly hy
i CARMEL HAS THE FLOOR
a
Yereh r, 1911, at flee P o
HOLLYWOOD—Mary Doran . I
The best story that came to my ears at the Zionist Convention was
in position at this time to do in an effort to
altered
By D. KLEINLERER
it7,71":. to 1',L.: 7117, ilea kot of Motob a. [its.
whose unglorified label is Fritzi, hat of Brother Cannel of Cleveland.
counteract the existing dangers. The threat- I
Applebaum (so help me!) ... used I
Mr. Carmel intended it anent some of the politics of the organization
IOU, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Inc.)
y
risat.
icep
General Offices and Publication Building
, to warble and "trip the light fan I but the story stems of Russia.
ened ills, creating a condition of uncer-
525 Woodward Avenue
I

I
tastic"
for
Glorifier
Ziegfeld,
n
It appears that some o f t he e peasan t reproe sentatives of Russia were
Killing's
'Unit
enthusaistic
Every two years there is a big
ee Chronicle tainty, demand that Jews should not be-
case you missed it, she did a cred gathered in an official conclave at Moscow, where the various Commisars
Telephose, Cadill 10 Gable Addrst
work.
art exhibition, the most import-
Imam Office:
itable
piece
of
cinema-acting
in
I
appeared
before them to fill them with patriotic Soviet ballyhoo.
Zadkine has aroused even
14 Stratford Plau, London, W. 1, England
come panicky; that our people should be and in the world, held in Venice, greater
One of the peasants who came to the conclave was particularly
Boss" recently.
enthusaism. His statues "Beauty and • the •
known as the Biennale d'Arte.

truck
by
the Commisar's frequent use of the word "tempo" in con-
I
in wood and stone live and move,
Subscription, in Advance..._ ........_-..$ 3.00 Per Year prepared for emergency measures, and that
This year, when the Biennale
When it comes to • picture por. I nection with the Commisar's explanation of the Five Year Plan.
• famous are critic wrote after
due, such is the import-
Tempo! Such a funny word! Ile had never heard of it before!
our leaders should act like true statesmen falls
To Wore publkattorn all correspondence and news mattes
traying
the
trials
and
pathos
of

he had visited the Zadkino room
awe acquired by this interna-
meet reach this office by Tuesday evening of each week.
poverty-stricken childhood, they What did it mean?
at the Biennale.
tional exposition, that many
Whoa nailing satires, kindly use one side of the paper mgr.
whenever they are called to action.
Well, when the speaking was over, the peasant gathered up enough
call in one who knows — Smn I
countries like the United States OTHER NOTABLES
ourage to approach the Commissar.
The Detroit Jewish C ironlele invitee correspondence ea
In
the
meantime,
the
results
of
the
con-
There are three more Jews, Mints. In his story of "Skippy," c "Toverisch Commissar," he said, "you made a very fine speech. I
of America, Poland and Den-
of Interest to the Jewish people, bat disclaims respossn
}sets of
all three Italians, who have the incident of Sooky's doe was was deeply moved, but all my life have I been, you might say, one of
have, notwithstanding the
Indorsement of the •Iewe expressed by the writers
ference on reparations provide new hope mark,
Nifty for es
rooms to themselves in the Ital- not ■ figment of Sam's imagina-
severe economic crisis, built pavi-
sons of the wild jackasses. You will pardon my ignorance, but
LAW.
e
th
of
ian pavilion. One is Arrigo Min- I tion, but one of the many real the
Readings
change
in
political
and
economic
lions
of
their
own,
in
which
to
Sabbath
that
a
ea a nd I what does the word tempo mean, which you use so frequently?"
erbi, of Ferra, who is showing experiences o of hi s own bleak
show the work of their masters.
Pentateuchal po rtion—Number 19:1-25:9
"Surely,
surely, I'll tell you what tempo means," replied the Com-
conditions may soon be in the oiling. Let
some monumental statues. One pinched boyhood days. Now he's missar. "Come with me." And the Commissar led the peasant to the
This as the eighteenth Bien-
Prophetical port ion—Micah 5:6-6:8
entire wall almost is taken up working on the story of "Little window of the hall and bade the peasant look out. "See that giant
nale. The sixteenth Biennale,
Fast of Tammuz Readings of the Law, Thursday, Germany be relieved economically, and the
by his huge sculpture, "The Orphan Annie ,' to be Mitzi structure that stands opposite," said the Commissar, pointing to a
July 21.
held four years ago, was the
Hitler bogey will fade away. With the first at which a Jewish artist, Last Supper," a giant work 1Green's next. • • •
Pentateuchal po stion—Ex. 32:11-11; 31:1-10
huge building across the way.
which
has made Minerbi famous
ton—Is.
55:6-56:8
the great world-famous sculp-
Prophetical port
"Yes," replied the peasant delegate.
Nazis thriving on want, the new era which tor, Professor Henry Glicen- all over Italy. It caused a I Hail! the King of Komics.
peasant delegate returned to his native town all exuberant
Tamuz 11, 5692 we hope is here as a result of the cancella- stein, was given the great honor stir also at the time it wan first Charlie is home again with a heed- with The
the ballyhoo that had been implanted in him about the Five Year
July 15, 1932
shown, because Minerbi,' a Jew, ful of ideas. . , . lie's busy as- Plan. When he arrived, the Soviet peasants of his town naturally
of a one-man exhibition, with a
tion of almost 99 per cent of war debts room to himself in the Biennale. had chosen to depict the Apos- sembling a 70,000-word magazine gathered to hear his report.
tles of Christianity, and Minerbi article on his world tour. Still op-
has added to his
The peasant delegate, of course, delivered a harangue. And it, too,
Rabbis for Repeal
should also considerably relieve our anx- Glicenstein
conducted a long correspondence posed to the talkie for his char-
fame in other respects by being
was full of the word "tempo."
Repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment iS iety over the growth of anti-Semitism. Once a pioneer here, too. It is fitting with a high Catholic Prelate in acterizations, he's making ready
Well, to make a short story just a little longer, after the peasant
which he explained the artistic for another "dumb-ie."
it should have been one of
finished, one of the audience came up to him and said:
favored by the Executive Council of the again hope arises that not all is lost for that
• • •
motives whch had led him, a
the very greatest of Jewish ar-
"Toverisch, what's this word 'tempo' that you are always using—
Jew, to express in art form his
Rabbinical Assembly of the Jewish Theo-
tists who was selected as the
George E. Stone's first job after
does it mean?"
conception of the Jews who had he landed from Poland was that what
first to have this signal honor
"Come with me, and I'll explain," replied the speaker, and he led
logical Seminary of America. There is Jewry.
become the founders of the Chris- ' of • page in the famous Lambs' his questioner to the window. "Look out of the window," said the
bestowed on him. A room for an
nothing sensational about this resolution.
tian
church.
individual exhibition at the Bien-
I Club in New York. His making peasant delegate. The questioner looked out and saw the great big
The other two are Dario Vit- friends among the theatrical dub
A Discussion on Immigration
nale is considered the highest in-
Neither does it suggest an effort to capital-
cemetery of the town.
erbo, one of the greatest I members decided his
ternational honor obtainable by
Back
"You see that. Well, under the old tempo, it took us 25 years to
only
a
ize on a political situation. It is the echo
It was not without a struggle—if
draughtsmen in Italy, and the ' from his recent footlight-tour, he'll
any artist.
make that, but under the present tempo, only two."
painter,
Aldo
Carpi,
who
is
fam-
of a generally accepted Jewish sentiment verbal one—that the House of Represent-



; go before the camera in "The
The present Biennale has made
in Italy. Ile is showing a Last Mile," the play written by
which opposed the creation of a condition atives, on July 7, passed the bill proposed strides in this respect, for there ous
series of 20 paintings, bearing I another Joon) boy, John Wesley. MIKE AND ABE Pulitzer punning prize of the convention, I nominate
are no less that five Jewish ar-
And
for
the
which not only did not enforce temperance, by Congressman Samuel Dickstein of New tists who have been singled out a common name—"Masks"— in
the remark made by Abe Goldberg, as he rose to address the conven-
which he contrasts various ten-
this great distinction, and
That Literary Guild hook. tion, but could not adjust himself to the position of the "Mike" placed
but even suggested temptations which nul- York, giving a preference statute to hus- for
dencies in modern family and "State Fair," in its screenatized
of them are East European
in the hall.
lified the intended causes of the prohibition bands of United States citizens and ex- two
social life.
Jews, Moses Kisling, who was
"It is a battle," remarked Goldberg, "between Mike and Abe Gold-
version, will have Sally Eilers in
There are a great many other
empting them from the existing quotas.
horn in Cracow, though he has
I
the
leading
role.
berg."
law.
Jewish artists who are showing
'
• •

lived
for
many
years
in
Paris,



Discussion on the measure as amended
Jews have particular reason to hope for
works at this Biennale in the
and Ossip Zadkine, one of the
Adolph Zukor dreads a sea soy- CONVENTION SCHMOOS
the repeal of the dry amendment. Our by the conferees of the House and Senate greatest glyptic artists of our pavilions of their respective ; ago worse than a major illness...
Abe Goldberg: "Dr., not every politician is a statesman, but every
countries.
In
the
Italian
pavil-
people has been affected by its ill results revealed that the bitterness and acrimony day, who was born in Smolensk, ion there
ere. are Gabriella Orefice, I The memory of that first trip to statesman is a politician."
and who, too, has lived the great-
Dr. Wise: "Hear, hear!"
of Padua, Lugi Levi, the pride of America in the steerage at the
on a par with the community at large, and which previously marked discussion on im- er part of his life in Paris .
Goldberg: "Thomas Jefferson was a politician. Lincoln was a
. . . what you
Leghorn Jewry. Nathan Arturo, ag. of si xteen
it has also suffered from it in a particular migration problems has in no way abated. TWO GREAT ARTISTS
politician. You can't be a great statesman without being a politician,
vivid.
of Trieste and Levi Carlo of night call . '• . still
• •
but of course, while all great statesmen are politicians, all politicians
The immigrant remains the supreme Ameri-
We wanted to have at this
Turin, one of the founders of the I
way.
business being what it is are not statesmen."
can bogey. Even on such a supremely hu- Biennale, those two great ar- movement in Italian painting. I I . Pulpit
place,
the
exemption
rule,
Dr. Wise: "Splendid observation, Goldberg, splendin observation."
.. or perhaps what it ought not
In the first
tists, Kisling and Zadkine, Pro-
known as the "Six Painters of
i to be . .. a certain Indiana rabbi (Turning to wife) "Mark that down, Louise."
permitting th use of sacramental wine, manitarian question as the uniting of fam- fessor Maraihi the secretary- Turin."

general of the Biennale, said to
The Dutch pavilion has given I spends his vacation months acting
s
was the cause of numerous scandals which ilies and the reunion of husband and wife me. Now Moses Kisling was a very prominent place to Isaac as sales manager for a film distrib- HEARD IN THE CORRIDORS •
Judge William M. Lewis speaking: "You see some strange signs in
did us little cr edit. It was a mistake in the the rabid restricticnists have not shown born in Cracow, he went on, but Israels, one of the greatest liv- I uting company. Well, it's good to Palestine.
in three languages—
sign
One
Jewish
butcher
there,
had
a
leside-talen
t
in
d
ep
p
re
e
ndn
ne
ar
be
da
have
tioe.
no longer is a Pole because
ing artists in Holland, who is the
first place to permit the granting of such the minutest sparks of sympathy. It was he
Hebrew, Yiddish and English—about the freshness of his meat."
da y s
he has become a French citizen
son of one of the very greatest these
in
the
course
of
the
discussion
on
the
Dick-
.


law.
A
noted
Talmudic
au-

"The
Yiddish
sign
was
'Ich
ehecht
Mein
yeder
tag.' Underneath
an exemption
and consequently himself a
painters the Jews have yet pro-
every day.'"
Here'■ ■ little bit of real life he had translated it: 'I kill myself
French artist. Ile could not,
duced, Joseph Israels.



thority not so long ago pointed out that stein bill, prior to the final balloting on July therefore,
exhibit in the Polish
The Dutch pavilion also con- 1 drama behind the scenes S
Jews may ea lily do away with wine for 7, that Congressman Thomas A. Jenkins of pavilion. At the same time, he tains work by another Jewish 'Tracy has been seen regularly at- SPEAKING OF GIRLS
"As I was saying," remarked Sigmund Thau, lamp manufacturer
is too recent a Frenchman to
painter, van halite, and sculp- ; tending one of the local eyes.
sacramental p urposes, and proved that the Ohio stated:
and well-known Zionist who had just returned from Palestine, "in
exhibit in the French pavilion.
ture by da Costa Mendez, whose
An Englishman or an English woman who
r . . • to soy"kadish" for Palestine, you can always recognize the girls."
;e
=0
11
:
:
use of grEltie j uice is permitted.
So we invited him to exhibit in
work has been very favorably
have become American citizens in this country
"Now here, I have difficulty in doing that. In the morning, the
• • •
our Italian pavilion, and we
spoken of by the critics. espe-
do not need this protection because they can
In the sec and place, the creation of
gave him a room to himself here.
cially his "Head of David."
Jackie Cooper (whose Yiddish American girls appears with one shade of complexion, with another
all
be
reached
within
the
quota,
for
preference
the
rise
of
racketeers
has
shade of lip, and another eye-brow color. When I see a girl one day,
rackets and
This
explains
also
why
Zad-
Two
others
Jews
stand
out
at
strain
is
soft-pedalled)
will
have
takes care of them. The same with Germany,
kine, who is an artist of the very
this Biennale, Isaac Perlmutter, as his next film, "Father and Son." the next time I see her, I need an introduction. I can't recognize her
caused the Je wish people aggravation and
the same with Sccandinavia, the same with It-
first rank, exhibits in our Ital-
of Budapest, who died recently, a story written by Maurice Rapt, for the same girl. Now in Palestine, once you know a girl, you know
aly, and the same with all the countries in the
shame, and t o the conditions occasioned
ian pavilion.
and David Sternberg, one of the an 18-year-old youngster, who is her ever afterwards. The Palestine girls don't use powder and paint."
world except two. So it is laying down the
by the Eighte enth Amendment is directly
most interesting painters of new making good on his own, despite paint."
So when you go into the Cen-
bars. It is an entering wedge by the same
"But Mr. Thau," we interpose. "Isn't that because at present,
tral Italian Pavilion, you find
Russia, whose work is shown in the fact that he is the son of a
to be attribute d the new era of lawlessness
people who always come here. You know who
Palestine is in its more or less beginning stages? In time, we should
th e Soviet pavilion.
there these two Jewish artists.
highly successful movie executive, imagine they will paint up quite is much as all femininity."
they
are.
You
know
what
the
influence
is.
sae—if
an
increase
it
was-
and the incre
The American pavilion, which, Harry Rapt.
' Kisling has about 30 of his
It is always the same people with an entering
Consider Isaiah's lambasting of the girls of Palestine in his day.
paintings on exhibition, and the
incidently, has been organized by ' The story deals with a paleon-
of crime mot ng Jews.
wedge to tear down the structure of the im-
They seemed to know a few tricks of the art of make-up that even
a Jew, Martin Birnbaum, a well- tologist and his two young sons
Kisling room is one of the suc-
migration law.
modernity
of the jazz age would prize, if we may believe a prophet.
It is no won der, therefore, that one does
known New York art authority, Opening scenes are being "shot"
cesses of the Bennale.
Ugo
It makes little difference to me whether this
Ojetti, member of the Italian
contains a considerable number 1 on the Mojave Desert, which
not hear abou t champions of the dry law
bill is passed or not. Scarcely any immigra-
SPEAK
HEBREW,
PLEASE
Academy, and one of the great-
of works by Jewish artists, note- I
tion comes into my district. I am not person-
in Jewish ran ks. Themselves not addicted
Than is terrifically enthusaistic about Palestine. "What thing
bly Maurice Sterne.
est art authorities in Europe, is
(Turn to Next Page.1
ally
interested
in
this
in
any
way
at
all,
nor
about
Palestine,
Mr.
Thau, impressed you most—her orange groves,
to liquor--Jev wish drunkards to this day re-
is my party, as far as I know; but I am a mem-
university, or Dead Sea?"
main rarities - - Jes w now see the ill effects
"Palestine's best crop," replied Thou, "is her youth. They are
ber of the Committee on Immigration and I
represent what I think is a fair cross section
a crop of young Jews that surpass the best Jews in the world.
of a law whit .11 would compel abstinence.
by Charles raising
Fearless young men they are raising in Palestine."
of the country. Many of the Members of this
The Rabbin [kill Assembly is wise, how-
"And hearty, devoted young women. Palestine Maude Mullers.
House have made the statement on the stump and
H. Joseph
ving ploughs over the fields. Great sight. I came
Young women dri
ever, in warm ng against making the ques- I elsewhere that they are opposed to letting
up to one and started a conversation. Later I learned, she was a
down the bars. Now is the time to show if
tion of prohil iition the chief issue in the I you
college
graduate
and knew six or seven languages. But when I com-
mean it. I just bring that to you. Now
for the international Jewish con- I was completely incompetent tem menced to speak to her in Yiddish, she replied: 'Daber Ivrit' and
present politic !al campaign. Our economic
HITLER IN AMERICA
is the time you are going to let down the bars
would
not
speak
any
other language but Hebrew."
I have teen asked whether the spiracy. I still cannot believe that peramentally to pass upon the case
again for more people who will be reached in
system is now so constituted that the resto-



stories that Hitler organizations this actual danger will not induce ' of Sacco and Vanzetti, it is re
due course in a short time. It is an absolutely
eer
and
wine
industries
can-
I
i
ration of the
are being established in this coon-, the Jewish Congress to abandon I vealed in his opposition to the ap SMOKE AND POLITICS
absurd proposition; useless, senseless, and un-
Smoke-filled room, where presidents are nominated. You have
try are not an exaggeration. Well, the idea and to bring this 'sacrifice' I pointment of Prof. Felix Frank
necessary.
not, even in s mall measure, provide relief
heard of those things in general political circles. Well, I am here
The inference is clear. Mr. Jenkins here is a story I can personally in behalf of the German Jews." furter of Harvard to the Supreme to
in the present depressing and critical times.
tell you, that at Zionist conventions everything is done n smoke-
Dr. Adler charges this repre- I Court of that state. I am not con-
vouch for. A meeting was called
The major pr !oblems are far more serious would again have you believe not only that by a well-known leader in a cer- sents the sentiment of the Jews , cerned at the moment with the foe filled rooms, too. The delegates just ratify. In smoke-filled rooms,
community to hear a discus- of the very countries the Congress that the opposition is levelled there were many fights. On the convention hall, everything was
and more try ng than the mere solution of the Nordics are superior, but that these su- tain
sion of conditions in Germany. has in mind to help. This is no against a Jew; but what should peaceful. Even Weisgal was quiet on the convention floor.
the wet ques t ion. To hide the real issues periors would not resort to "an entering Many well-known men and women time for stubborness or hot-headed greatly concern every liberal is that
Jewish leaders and Jewish Fuller is so fanatically intolerant
with the pro hibition question may do a wedge to tear down the structure of the were present because the sponsor- 1 debate.
ship was of sufficient prestige to leadership have no right to commit and reactionary that it annoys him
great deal of harm. The responsibility of immigration law." But the others, the non- attract the representative element. the Jews to the program of a con- that one who DARED question HIS
America's le aders is to face the issues Nordics, naturally would. You notice that A German was the guest speaker ference if the statements of Dr. Ad- decision in a murder case which
the day and in the course of his ler can be substantiated. On the stirred the whole world and which
squarely and seriously to aspire toward a Mr. Jenkins does not name them. He just of
remarks he discussed Hitler and other hand if the leaders of the was open to grave doubt among A Discussion of a New Curriculum for the Jewish Religious
School of Tomorrow
solution of th e most trying economic prob- lets you guess who these dangerous ele- Hitlerism in the most favorable Jewish Congress are correct in thoughtful men as to its JUSTICE,
manner and deliberately attacked their convictions that the Jews of should be appointed to the Su-
ments are.
lems which h ave ever faced this land.
the Jews. At the close of the Europe view with favor such a preme Court. It is a disgrace to
By DR. EMANUEL GAMORAN
Fortunately, at least in this particular meeting a discussion was held with conference, that's a different story. I the state of Massachusetts that
Educational Director of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations
case the rabid restrictionists were defeated, the speaker which conclusively But it should not be difficult for an such a mind should have ever oc-
Crisis for German Jewry
cupied
the
Gubernatorial
chair.
It
that he was not only a Hit- impartial agency such as the Jew-
and many American wives will now be re- proved
It seems to me that the curricu- Bible and the Prophets, will all be
lerite but an anti-Semite. I fur- ish Telegraphic Agency to get at illuminates with startling brilliance
"The entire movable property owned by united with their foreign husbands. To ther
can vouch for the fact that the truth through its contacts with the darkened mind of the former lum of the Jewish Religious School reflected through a series of ex-
the Jewish nation can be confiscated," is Congressman Dickstein should go the cred- attempts have been made, and I Jewish leaders in Europe. Unques- governor of the state of Massachu. of tomorrow will be centered on periences that should lead the
the idea of giving the child—not child to identify itself with the
Fuller.
the interpretation of Article 14 of the Nazi it for having conducted a successful battle think in some state successfully, to tionably conditions abroad are us- setts, Alvin T. —4.—
subjects formally organized and Jewish home.
secure charters for Hitler groups in ually sensitive at the moment for
program in Germany.
formally taught—but a rich Jew-
In these grades the children
in defense of a humanitarian point just this country. There is no doubt our own people and it would be ex- , PROPHECY COME TRUE
ish experience.
tremely
unwise
to
aggravate
them.
whatsoever
that
Hitlerism
at-
would also engage in activities
While courage is being inspired by the added to our immigration laws.
I I am not a fortune teller. But
empting to gain the ear of the
The primary grades will concern leading to an understanding of the
in
these
warm
July
days
one's
mind
Central Union of German Citizens of the
American people in the hope of ob- FULLER INCOMPETENT
themselves with a study of the Jewish community, both local and
If any further evidence were dillydallies so to speak and we
a sympathetic attitude to-
Jewish Faith, whose latest assurance is
speculate idly upon happenings immediate Jewish environment of nation-wide. Thus a study of the
A Contemporary's 25th Anniversary taining
ward the Hitler program in Ger- necessary to prove that former here and there. References to files the child to whatever extent it local Jewish life and activities
that there is yet no ground for panic, daily
Governor Fuller of Massachusetts,
The Jewish Daily Eagle of Montreal, many, including its ANTI-SEMI.
will prove that I predicted before still is Jewish. Jewish customs and would be followed by a study of
TIC policy. That is as definite as
reports from Germany increase anxiety
11111Mk Coolidge's term was near its end ceremonies particularly, as these American Jewish life, bringing in
Canada, has issued an impressive special I can possibly make. I have sug.
that he absolutely would not be are reflected in home and !pia- the most salient facts and move-
over the status of German Jewry.
jubilee number which commemorates two gested that the leaders in Ameri-
a candidate for a third time. I gogue, offer an opportunity for ments of the history of the Jew's
Thus, the Central Union of German Cit- important events, the centennial of Jewish can Jewry consider some definite LETTER—Ca-7—
predicted four years ago that rich experiences. in America.
B 0.-1
X
to stop this un-American
Franklin D. Roosevelt would he the
Such a study may perhaps be a
izens went to the extreme of issuing a call, emancipation in Canada as well as its own course
Plan for High School Grade.
menace from gaining a foothold in "LOST WITHOUT ANGLO- nominee of the. Democratic party.
little different from what is now
The high school grades would
this country. I suggest again that
under the slogan "War on the Entire twenty-fifth anniversary.
I predict now that he will he the being done in some of our better then
proceed to a study of the
JEWISH
PRESS"
the B'nai B'rith investigate the
president of the United States. schcoole. It will not consist of for- world Jewish community,
Front," calling upon Jews to resist the at-
in which
The observance of the centennial of the situation quickly and if the facts F:ilitor, Detroit Jewish Chronicle: next
w
And
while
I
am
in
the
predict-
mill
discussion
on
the
celebration
beg to convey to you the thanks
tacks of the Nazis.
emancipation of Canadian Jewry is not the are as represented to take steps to of I the
the main
objective
would
be and
to
officers and Board Members ing mood I say that within four of the holidays. It will consist of obtain
end it.
the basic information
Of significance in this call for self-de- holiday of the Jews of Canada alone. It
--e—
of the Union for your uniform con- months the depression will be ap- activities, handwork, dramatize- t o cons ider this information in th e
sideration in giving space in your, preciably behind us.
lion, storytelling, singing; all or-
fense is the statement "We will not per- is occasion for rejoicing by all Israel. It is CONGRESS CONTROVERSY
is something grave enough paper to news matter pertaining to
ganized and related to Jewish tea- problems.
solution of
present
day Jewish
Jewish
current
events,
mit ourselves to be driven into a pale of needless to repeat the accepted principle to Here
arrest the attention and invite the Union of American Hebrew RELIGIOUS PREJUDICE
totals and ceremonies.
,
present day movements, the many
Undoubtedly religious prejudice
settlement. We will fight for every inch of that when one Jew is hurt, all Jews feel the interest of even the most indif- Congregations.
Study of Hebrew 144 ide.lol
currents
and
cross
currents
beat-
ferent Jew because it may affect
In • simple way, it may include
Our activities embrace so many is an active element in anti-Semi-
our position." That the conservative Cen- pain; when one Jew is honored, all Jews the
welfare of his European breth- fields that we find ourselves lost ' tism. In an exchange I read that the singing of Hebrew songs and ins on active Jewish community
tral Union should express fear that the feel proud. Thus, the emanicpation of Can- ren. Not being in possession of without the help of the Anglo-Jew- Bishop Gilmour, of Cleveland, a consequently, the study of He- life, should here find reflection.
This arrangement should not be
I do not attempt to act ish press. Unfortunately it is not Catholic church dignitary, has writ- brew. The emphasis, however, will
ghetto may be re-created for Jews, and adian Jewry was merely another victory in as a facts
judge in this situation, but in sufficient to be right. It is neces- ten a book which contains • para- be on the formation of attitudes taken too Etrictly. We do not
that assimilated German Jewry should rec- Jewry's battles for justice and equal rights. view of the flatly contradictory nary that the world know that you graph like this:
and habits of Jewish life, rather mean to imply that it is not pos.
"At length Jesus was raised up than on the transmission of infor. Bible in the early grades to intro-
ognize the need on the part of Jews, as Canadian Jewry's triumph was another statements issued by Dr. Stephen are right.
S.
duce the children to some phases
in the name of the Amen-
Thanks again for your many and hung suspended by his wounds.
Jews, to organize self-defense units, is an point of justice won for the Jewish people can Wise
Jewish Congress and Dr. Cyrus kindnesses which put us under deep How cruel were His torments,
of Jewish life in other lands, nor
will have the
whilst His blood ran in streams to I m
Adler in the name of the American
element of discouragement in viewing the the world over.
t aorItetioofnf.rt introducing creative activ- to assume that the nearer ■ sub-
the ground. But the Jews re- , ities
Committee regarding the proposal obligation. Rabbi GeorgeZepta
in "
,
into the school even such as ject is in time and in place, the
position of our people in Germany.
It is quite proper that this centennial ob- to hold a world Jewish congress, a
mained unmoved. Nay, they even
Secretary
are absent from the present Jew- more suitable it is for younger
mocked
Ilim
and
in
derision
cried:
quick
appraisal
of
the
facts
should
It is now generally admitted by Jews in servance should be linked with another an-
ish home and the present day syn- children.
You who said You could destroy
he made and QUICKLY, too. so
To car
carryout
out the implications
Young Israel's Thanks
agost b . For
et s
schools
Germany that the rights of Jews will be niversary: the twenty-fifth birthday of the that
the confusion which exists
the Temple of God and in three
the curriculum described, the
must guee not merely a
Jewish
Chronicle:
Editor,
Detroit
considerably diminished whether the Nazis Jewish Daily Eagle. To this newspaper is should be cleared up. Dr. Adler In accordance with • resolution days could rebuild it, come down Jewish
Religious School will have to un-
life, but Jewish life ideal-lof
from
the
cross
if
You
be
the
Son
contends
that
the
leading
Jews
of
attain a majority or not. In the event they assigned a position of prominence in the Germany, Poland and Rumania unanimously adopted at the meet- of God."
ized by competent teachers and dergo radical transformation, It
kheers.neTre
o nemnary
ke t tohiesxnpm
osisnie bleie
on t cannot possibly continue as a
win an absolute majority, it now appears Jewish journalistic field, Always alive edi- view with disfavor, not to say ing of the Young Israel of Detroit Now the good Bishop shouldn't
school that meets one day a week.
8,
1932,
at
Hotel
Statier,
June
write material of this port which will
certain that Jews will be deprived of all torially, ever alert in its search and selec- alarm, the assembling at this time on
worthwhile
for
in- It must become at least • two or
social
this
opportunity
m
y
heritage
and
to
select
from
eaire
to
take
wee
d
can only react in • hateful and pre-
of such an international body of
three day a week school, or it must
tion of news, a worthy defender of the Jews as it will serve to create a of expressing our sincere apprecia- Mired way to the Jew today. This it what is most
rights.
undesirable situation and give tion and thanks to The Detroit is especially true because books of 1 I elusion into the activities of the be combined with the development
Only those who are totally blind to the rights of the Jewish people, the Canadian very
the anti-Semite , of Europe fuel Jewish Chronicle for the splendid this type probably find their way Jewish achool. Those values should of a more intensive program by
threatened dangers can possibly fail to see Eagle ranks among the best in Jewish jour- with which to feed the flames of assistance and cooperation you into Catholic schools I do not hold be selected which reflect human or which home training under the in-
that anti.Semitim is entirely re- cultural or aesthetic aspects. This, finesse of the teacher will supple-
nalism.
their propaganda. Dr. Adler is have given our movemen t.
the result that such conditions must have
Your paper, dedicated to serving ligious in its aspect because anti- cifeouz
a
the one-day a week meeting
course,
a apply
eurr ic . mint
more specific and Pays that he
It is a genuine pleasure to be able to join even
the school, along the line with
on legislation affecting Jews in other lands.
whole and not merely ,
received ■ letter from ■ leader in the best interests of the Jewish Semitism prevailed before Jesus alum
the
i
which
Dr. Benderly is now viper-
people,
has
become

by-word
in
to
the
primary
grades.
I was ever thought of. But why
Anti-Semites in other countries would be with others in the profession in greeting Cerrnany who writes as follow,: many Jewish homes.
For Intermediate Grades
, imenting in New York.
should modernists continue to play
"Nothing could be more vitally
heartened by the curtailment of Jewish the Eagle on this occasion, at the same time dangerous for the cause of the We hope that your valuable , en the game string? It's time every In the intermediate grades,
tie
is o ob
T vie.obus b e t hea to neither
e Re lo the
I
rights. In Western European countries, in- extending to Canadian Jewry our congrat- German Jews than such • world publication will meet with con- church and every creed understood center of gravity should be on the Talmud
that one of the purposes of RE- synagogue, the local Jewish ram- School as they are constituted to-
Congress
held
directly
arms,
the
ulations
in
this
hour
of
its
celebration.
All
cluding England and France, and in the
purIS"LRAEL OF DETROT. LIGION is to promote good will I munity, and the Jews of America. day, seem to be the institutions
German border. I can already tin rOUN
A. J. Roeenshine, Pres. and peace on earth and NOT I The ceremonies of the synagogue, that will meet American Jewish
United States, the nucleus created for Hit- Jews must feel a sense of joy in such an imagine the headlines in Ritlerite
Evelyn Friedman, Sec'y. HATE.
the prayers, the reading of the needs.
papers that finally • proof Is found
!trite organizations would be given a lease hour of jubilation.

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