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Sabbath Readings of the Torah.

Pentateuchal portion—Deut. 32.
Prophetical portion—Hos. 14:2-10; Joel 2:15-17

or 27.

Day of Atonement, Monday, Oct. 10, Readings of
the Torah.

Pentateuchal portion—Lev. 16; Num. 29:7.11;
afternoon, Lev. 18.
Prophetical portion-1K 57:14.58:14; afternoon,

Jonah.

October 7, 1932

Tishri 7, 5693

"Who Maketh Guilt To Disappear."

Every synagogue — permanently func-
tioning as well as mushroom—was packed
in the his-
on Rosh IIashonah. At no time
tory of this Jewish community has such a
religious revival been evidenced, and there
is reason to believe that this turning to God
in time of need has also been the experi-
ence of other communities throughout the
land. It is natural to expect that Yom
Kippur Day will witness a similar outpour-
ing of the soul of Israel before the
Almighty. •
To what are we to ascribe this unpre-
cedented outpouring of worshippers to
synagogues on the Holy Days in an age of
unbelief, pessimism and cynicism? It is
natural to conclude that the depressing eco-
nomic conditions, which have thrown many
of the mighty rich and thousands of well-
to-do from their high pedestals, are driving
Jewslo a spirit of penitence. For the mis-
takes which so many have made in busi-
ness, and the even greater errors in their
social living, they now turn to their God
for forgiveness. For the penitent there are
untold sentiments expressed in the tenth
century Hebrew Yom Kippur hymn, which
was thus translated by the late Rabbi Gus-
tav Gottheil:

"Alone we come to Thee

In sorrow and in shame;
With daring hope and trust,
Now Thy forgiveness claim.

"Oh, blest the gracious world,
The evangel of this day—
That none who turn to Thee
Are ever cast away!"

Too many, perhaps, now turn to relig-
ious thoughts and sentiments in the hope
that prayers will cause their guilt to dis-
appear. Many will, undoubtedly, on the
Day of Atonement, pronounce with fervor
the hymn by Moses Nachmanides:
'0, Thou who makest guilt to disap-
pear,
My help, my hope, my rock, I will not
fear;
Through Thou the body hold in dun-
geon drear,
The soul has found the palace of the
King!

'Unheeding all my sing, I cling to
Thee!
I know that mercy shall Thy footstool
be;
Before I call, 0 do Thou answer me,
For nothing dare I claim of Thee, my
King!

"But Judah should behold that bright-
er day
For which these kneeling pilgrims
humbly plead,
And like a star on Zion's bosom lay
Her beautiful and shining golden
head."

The motivating cause for the overcrowd-
ing of the synagogues is without doubt one
of despair and disappointment. But there
is reason to hope that the sad lessons of
the last few distressing years will serve to
react as a spiritual tonic, awakening men
and women to their responsibliitics to them-
selves, their families, their people, their
nation. Perhaps the communion with God
during these Holy Days will help to remove
the baser instincts of men and women and
will re-instill anew the passion for justice
and righteousness which always dominated
Jewish idealism, forever relegating to the
past the mean materialism which stained
American Jewish history in the past de-
cade.

When a Jew Runs for Office.
• We have had numerous spectacles of
people showing their true colors on elec-
tion day. Bigotry let loose a mean display
of hate in 1928 when Al Smith was the
Democratic candidate for the Presidency.
America's most picturesque leader and one

of our ablest statesmen, he was defeated
because he professes the Catholic faith.
In the instance of the Jew running for
public office the odds are much more in his
disfavor because then the bigoted are re-
cruited from the ranks of both the Catho-
lics and the Protestants, whereas in the

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Message of Kol Nidre

Our Film Folk

By DR. BERNARD HELLER

By HELEN ZIGMOND

By- the-Way

Tidbits and News

By DAVID SCHWARTZ

(Copyright, 11335. JewIth Telegraphic Agency, Inc.)

ROOSEVELT AND MARX

Director of the Hillel Foundation of the University of
Michigan, at Ann Arbor.

GilbertS Ides says Mr, Roosevelt is already planning for the
HOLLYWOOD—If you'd like
b to know, that "White Zom i e closing up of her home on March 4, according to a story coming to
his
ears.
I imagine it's just one of those stories. But speaking about
throughout Jewry as the Kol screemie, conceived and executed Roosevelt's election, if it does occur, a man whose career may be
The evening service of the Day
by the Halperin brothers, had a
•
Nidre service.
of Atonement has a magic ap-
worth watching is Judge Robert F. Marx of Ohio. Ile is one of the
What are the elements of Kol real "once-in-a-lifetime" history. party of six, I believe, making the coast-to-coast tour in Roosevelt's
peal to the heart of every Jew.
On that evening, every conscious • Nidre which make it so beauti- The two Ilalperins had an idea
and
went
to
discuss
it
with
a
cer-
private car.
ful and so sublime? It is not the
and conscientious Jew will move
t Marx ear, ago, while working on a Cincinnati daily.
I once
words which account for its hold tain studio exec. They waited and
mountains in order to be present
waited.
To
beguile,
the
time
they
My
recollection is of a rather well groomed well made man—with
or holiness. Translate literally,
in a synagogue. The indifferent,
i dark Semitic eyes—the type that years ago we used to associate with
and it becomes a mere jargon of collected a couple extra hands and
the skeptic, the agnostic, aye,
legal terms and phrases. In- began playing bridge (or was it German Jewish stock. If my recollection serves me right, he was one
even the converted Jew at that
producer's
of the leaders in the organization of the American Legion.
pinochle?).
Day
after
day,
week
quire
is
to
its
plain
and
open
moment is drawn as if with an
•
•
•
after week, outside the
meaning, and you will find it un-
irresistible force to Israel's
STRAWBERRIES AND THE REVOLUTION
appealing
and
ethically
even
ob-
office
they
played
and
waited.
Be-
Shrine.
. William Hale ("Big Bill")
In Illinois .
By
the
way,
Seldes
tells
a
rather
good
one about the revolution.
jectionable. In fact, this is just tween deals they formulated the
Thompson was on the loose again. Kicked out
This is not a phenomenon of
the reason why some rabbis in the story. By the time they finally A speaker at Union Square was depicting what would happen when
of Chicago's mayorality last year, Big Bill the
the present only. It was so
middle ages urged its abolition broke into the producer's sanctum, the revolution comes to America.
Builder, brassiest showman out of show busi-
for centuries and centuries. In
and why the compilers of our the picture was complete tp every
"Where do the poor live?" he asked.
ness, had taken the stump once more. No
the eighteenth and nineteenth
prayer book thought its complete
"In the slums," he answered.
detail and ready for production.
candidate himself, he was urging the re-election
centuries, a wave of assimilation
•
omission desirable. Here is its
"And where do the rich live?"
gripped the Jews of Germany.
of two-time (1921-29) Governor Lennington
reading:
"On Park avenue" he answered.
Sidney Fos was "air-mailed"'
Small, the character who was indicted, tried
Philosophic rationalism and po-
"All vows, obligation ., oaths end
"But when the revolution comes, the rich will live in the slums
to Europe to play in a British
and made to disgorge withheld interest on
litical liberalism made venerable
• theme, whether call ed 'Renew.'
and
the
poor on l'ark avenue."
or
by
any
other
name,
which
Kan., -
picture opposite . . . well, look
breaches in the walls of the
State funds in 1925. On his ten-day showboat
we may vow, or *wear
p'ed. or
"And what," continued the speaker, "do the poor eat?"
who's here . . . Feodor Chalia-
ghetto. A great number of Jews
cruise "to inspect waterways," Big Bill had
whereby we may be bound, . 11.0111 thy
"Potato soup," he answered.
Day of Atonement until the next
pin, the operatic basso. Sidney
craved equality, social as well as
brought along the top of the State Republican
waIt), we do
(who. harpy <omit.
"And what do the rich eat?"
commercial and civic equality.
didn't want to go because she
ticket, the candidates for governor, lieutenant
repent. May they le absolved. for-
"Strawberries in December."
And not being able to acquire it
had to leave her fiance, Jean
given, annulled, and vo'd, and made of
, governor, attorney general and treasurer. He
"But when the revolution comes the rich will eat potato soup
no
effect;
they
shall
not
bind
us
nor
fully they resorted to the baptis-
Neguleaco.
and they stood in line on deck to shake hands
have power over The vows shall
and the poor will eat strawberries in December."
• • *
mal font. The daily conversions
with the muddy-footed electorate. Filing awk-
not be reckoned vows; the
"But
I don't like strawberries," interrupted one of his poor
of Jews to Christianity were
not be obligatory net the oaths
▪
wardly past, the electorate was then shoved
We hear that Edward Robinson
he oat s.
alarming and disheartening. The
onto a government barge towed alongside, en-
Take the traditional music to likes to lord it over his interview auditors.
"When
the revolution comes," thundered back the speaker, "you
scent of the pottage was to them
couraged to dance to phonograph music. At
this prosaic formula And you ere sometimes. Once, in describ- shall eat strawberries in December."
so appetizing that it lured them
Alton there was a small charge for drinking
will witness a most remarkable ing his visit to Westminster Ab-
on to tell their birthright in order
water.
contrast. No two versions of the bey, he was piques when a news- THIS COUNTRY NEEDS A JOKE
to obtain it. Ileinrich Heine of-
The man whom Candidate Small is opposing
Kol Nidre are absolutely identi- man said he'd been there too.
President Hoover is reported as having told the Jewish old-time
fers us a tragic illustration of
is Henry Horner (ne Levy), an able Jewish
cal. The variations of details "Well," puffed Robinson, "I saw comedians, Weber and Fields, that what the country perhaps needed
such insincere but not unrepent-
judge from Chicago. Years ago his mother
are innumerable. A critical things there that they don't show above all right now is a good resounding joke.
ant apostasy. And yet, when
study, however, shows that the to everyone ... certain bodies of
legally changed his name to hers when she di-
Yom Kippur evening came, it
But the trouble is, that if such a joke were invented now, it
main and the primary motif al- kings and such stuff that they
vorced his father. On behalf of his snaggle-
was not rare to find these rene-
would likely be at the expense of Mr. Hoover himself. Depression
ways tends toward an agreement. exhibited specially for me."
toothed partisan Small, Big Bill proceeded to
gades skulking in the rear of the
jokes, like depressions, always are at the expense of the "ins". Take
This fact is significant. • • •
give Judge Horner a forensic log-ride. Down-
synagogue to hear, if not the
the case of the Cleveland depression in 1893. That is generally
The chant commences with a
who
state rural clodhoppers gawped, snickered and
Minna Schoenberg . .
entire service, at least to catch
blamed on poor Democratic Mr. Cleveland. And yet study the career
few
soft
sighs,
which
then
develop
nodded approvingly when he shouted: "My
became Mrs Samuel Mara,
the strains of some of its hymns.
of Mr. Cleveland and see how unjust it was for the conservatives
into a series of sad, sombre
friends I don't have to tell you that Levys
mother of the Four M
to pin the blame on him. Mr. Cleveland was fully as conservative
Now, what is the magnet that
strains
which
seem
to
tellatale
don't eat hogs. If Horner is elected, hog prices
had no ordinary childhood. Her
gripped and gravitated and still
as the most conservative Republican who stigmatized him. The
of unending struggle and tribula-
are bound to drop. Furthermore, Jews run
father was a Hanoverian m•gi-
grips and gracitates the Jew- It
only radicalism be had was the subject of tariff. Ile was inclined
.
tions. There is a moaning and a
pawnshops and the first thing Horner will do
a
flare
for
venteilo-
fl
with
could not be primarily the desire
to be a free trader, but his ideas on the tariff were completely re-
pining in that lament that recalls
". "
if he gets to Springfield is open a pawnshop.
d Germany
he to
for atonement. In the first
jected by Congress, so that by no stretch of the imagination could
"
the plaint of a lonely nightengale
Ile was put up by Tony Cermak (Mayor Anton
.litty year ' s i hn u. r. ■ huge cor-
place, divine forgiveness is not
the 1893 debacle have been blamed on any radicalism of his. Mr.
perched
on
a
bare
twig
staring
he carried
conditioned by one's presence in
.1. Cermak of Chicago who turned Thompson
Cleveland was in fact fully as conservative as Mr. Hoover. Moreover,
into a night which is utterly dark
`led Wtgow
w
out of office) to get the Jewish vote and he's
his trick., his scenery, . id
his wife,
the synagogue. Secondly, despite
he recalls Mr. Hoover in many ways. Ile had the same stocky build
and dreary. And as the cantilla-
trying to get the Catholic vote, too, by sending
children ...
her
harp, and threachi
the designation of one day in the
and something of the same personal reserve, though not as pro-
lion proceeds there gradually and
his children to a Catholic parochial school!"
year, as a Day of Atonement, it
he drove the vehicle himself, .
ever increasingly emerges a bold
nounced as in the case of Herb.
(A footnote at this point explains that "Candi-
His wife varied the road-ihow
need be said that according to
it
•
triumphant note which reveals
date Horner is wifeless, childless").
programs of magic by playing
Judaism, divine grace and mercy
a spirit of hope and confidence
HERBERT SAMUEL QUITS
In the primary, one-time Mayor Thompson
infvriarcoed
n-
istheearrlyAe
floweth from the heart of God
ro
p
d
.
her
T
bth
the
af
h
aarn
and ever victory. The final strain
I see where Sir Herbert Samuel, with Snowden and a few others,
employed "stooges" in rabbinical dress to ridi-
throughout the year as freely and
of the Kol Nidre is the strain
left the British cabinet, in protest against England's going in for
prodigiously as do the golden
cule Judge norther's origin.
their tendency toward show bus-
with which "olerm' is sung, the
the
tariff.
rays of the sun.
s i found
iness. Minna' amb tions
prayer which speaks of the day
Personally (not that it matters to you, of course), I clap my
Those who have seen the Dib-
What makes such display of political
vent later in training her five hand at Sir Herbert's action. I am opposed to tariffs of all kinds.
when God alone will reign su-
buk must have been impressed by
sons
for
the
stage
and
watching
preme
over
all
mankind.
The
filth all the more nauseating is that neither the rabbis sublime admonition to
I think they are immoral in the first place. Even their most ardent
them succeed. Al became the supporters admit that they can only work to your profit by choking
nightengale seems then to change
of the two major parties is free from preju- his disciples:
famous Al Sheen of Gallagher and repressing the profit of the people of other countries.
to the lark, whose lyric becomes
"Wherever • man stands to life his
end Sheen.
dice; that the bigoted are to be found in eyes
more joyous and ecstatic, the
to heaven. that pia. I. the Holy
But I am one of those who believe that they do not even work
• • •
of Holies. Every human bung created
higher it ascends heavenward.
to your profit. I think that there is something incontestably wrong
the rank and file, as well as among the by God
Burns
and
his
wifey,
Allen,
suf.
The
Kol
Nidre
seems
to
me,
fif:t
I
hi'Etrlarol f inn!
in any theory which says that it is to the advantage of a country
leadership of both groups. It is no wonder is • oar; )e:t
therefore, to mirror as no other fer from stage-fright before a that its ship go loaded to other countries with its products, and return
of Atonement; every ...le he
heart is In the name
piece of literature does, the body microphone ... so they broadcast
that Norman Thomas, Socialist candidate . . r ilzrz his
empty. I can't see how ships corning back from Europe empty are
•
and soul of the historic Jew. As behind a screen.
going to do me any good. I know the explanations that are made
for President, should have replied when he
And were even Yom Kippur
• •
the strains of the Kol Nidre
to prove this theory nevertheless sound, but they don't explain .
the
only
spiritual
"opportunity
was asked by a Detroit newspaperman
fer in details but yet are identi-
Norman Taurog has another
I agree with the late
They violate plain, ordinary horse sense.
that God offered to the way-
cal in main meaning and motif, winner . . . ''Phantom President"
what he would do in the event he had no day"
Israel Zangwill, who urged the general idea of burning down all
ward children of Israel, why,
so the Jew is ever variant and
what a satire! . . . Taurog's
other choice except to vote either Demo- therefore, should the evening divided, but in fundamentals, directing may again put him in custom houses.
••
•
be conceived to be the
however, the heart of Israel al- line for the Academy award which'
cratic or Republican, that he would go service
most sacred and solemn of the
DICTATION AND STYLE
ways beats as one. Like the Kol he A received
yearfor
n n
e ivie d n e,s
fishing and would utter a prayer for the day?
Swope,
former
editor
of
the
World, and F. P. A. of the Ilerald
Nidre, ostensibly a Jew's life
if there's an award for
The answer to these queries
seems prosaic and unattractive, song-writers, Rodgers and Hart Tribune, are in the midst of a heated debate. On the question whether
welfare of this country.
good writing can be dictated.
lies, first, in the Kol Nidre;
and often highly objectionable.
should head the list . . . they've
Adams declares good writing cannot be dictated. Swope says
secondly, in the appeal which
Ile appear at times dirty and contributed to this picture some
it can. I incline to Adams opinion, though I admit that the ordinary
Judaism
has
to
Israel
as
a
col-
gaudy,
rich
and
cunning,
radical
Service. lective unit.
delightful chuckly lyrics a n d
newspaper and perhaps book writing can be dictated, but I cannot
and reactionary, legalist and lit-
"chunes."
The Kol Nidre literally be-
imagine the classics—the pearls of expression—being dictated.
eralist, tribalist and assimila-
Modestly and unheralded, Dr. Abraham
• • •
I can't imagine, for instance, Abraham Lincoln turning to his
witched the Jew. His imagination
tionist heretic and even heathen.
Sylvia Sidney wears • Jewish stenographer, who happened to be, I believe, the late John Hay, and
M. Hershman just completed a quarter of cart about it a halo, which is And yet, beneath it all, there is
"cameye" around her neck for
equalled
or
is
excelled
only
by
the
saying
to him, "John, take a letter," and then dictating the Gettysburg
in him either a spiritual devotion,
a century of service with Congregation
good luck . . . and she never
Shema.
a prophetic aspiration, a humani-
Address. I imagine that part of it formed itself in Lincoln's head,
takes
it
off.
Shaarey Zedek. A resolution adopted by
Nidre, masterp:e. of .t.
tarian affection, an intellectual
as he was just getting out of bed—that another expression came to
•
•
Thou outcry of • weary heart,
concentration, a poetic imagina-
him as he was wiping the egg of his breakfast off his chin. In such
Sublime, saphic,
er
seems to me
the synagogue's board of directors ex-
Long time no see . . . Jetta
tion or a stoic resignation that
ways does the creative spark work. You can't time-clock it or reduce
The sweetness of the melody.
Goudal is coming back to pictures.
No other eons is hall so rich
make
him
into
that
unsolvable
it to the discipline of the business office.
pressed the gratitude of his congregation
And none may ever so bewita
enigma, that baffling paradox, Her first assignment is "Tarnished
And it is rather difficult to imagine William Shakespeare turning
the spell
Like thee—for mark
Youth."
for the services he has rendered the entire
—M. O.iaa
which he always was or is.
0 hymn of Israel .'
to a stenographer and saying, "Take a soliloquy, Helen," and then
• • •
The Kol Nidre is the "sanctum
Secondly,
the
Jew
Is
impelled
reeling
off his "to be or not to be."
community. But the learned rabbi's friends eanctorum" of the rich and var-
•
•
•
Al Jolson, when on a tour in
to the synagogue on Yom Kip-
could not go further than that, in order to ied liturgy of the Atonement pur because he feels, sometimes the South, was taken to lunch by LIPPMAN AND THE TRIBUNE
Day. The invent of its recitation
the
local
theater
manager.
Al
that his religion
The New York Herald Tribune presents a rather Interesting
honor his wishes that no public fuss be has become to the Jew the hob. is unconsciously,
not content with a relationship wasn't in a good humor that day, situation. Ogden Mills, the publisher of that paper, is the Secretary
iest and most significant moment
which involves only himself and and the poor service of the wait- of the Treasury and spokesman of President Hoover, and the Herald-
made over this anniversary.
of the year. The whole evening
God. Judaism stipulates that ress increased his irritation. Final-
is regarded as the official mouthpiece of the President Its
While we, too, honor this wish, by elim- service has acquired not only its fellowship with God must be ly when she brought tea instead Tribune
editorials continually chant the defense of the Hoover administration.
meaning, but its very name from
Yet it has a columnist, whom it not only features but syndicates
inating the customary greetings and state- this hymn. That service is known
(Turn to Next Page).
(Turn to Next Page.1
named, as you recall, Walter Lippman. Ills column, which appears
ments from leaders in the community, we
thrice a week, is non-partisan. Nevertheless, he has been far more
severe on Hoover than on Roosevelt. And Lippman can be very
nevertheless believe that a few words of
effective indeed when he criticises. As a result, the Herald-Tribune
public greetings and gratulations are in
has been flooded with letters from many of its lloover readers, pro-
testing the appearance of the column, But Lippman keeps right on
order. Having left an indelible mark upon
criticising and the Ilerald-Tribune keeps right on printing the criti-
this community during the 25 years he has
cisms. The other day, the Herald-Tribune printed a big batch of
letters from its readers, many of them Hoover supporters, who urged
served here, Rabbi Hershman stands out
the continuance of the column despite its attacks on Hoover. They
Itions, it was announced today. The REGARDING CONGRESS
HORNER
all admitted that, irrespective of their personal predilection for
among the profoundest thinkers in Ameri- REGARDING
The following letter from Henry local drive, started under the di-
I received a letter the other day Hoover, they enjoyed Lippman's column.
of the Greater New York
•
•
•
can Israel. His erudition and scholarship, Hurwitz, Chancellor of the Men. !rection
. Committee of the Union of Amer- from Rabbi Stephen Wise sug-
orah Association, will be of inter-
his encyclopaedic knowledge of and famil- est to the readers of this, and at I ican Hebrew Congregations.' We getting that I was on the wrong MR. WINCHELL'S TROUBLES
Another
columnist
has
been
having
an experience. I refer to
same time dispose of some of were not responsible for this itemitrack regarding the World Jewish
iarity with Jewish facts and problems, have the
lh'inchell. His editor has just written a book with himself as the
the "undercover" attacks I have I nor was the chairman of the White Congress. While I can't agree
and Winchell as the villain.
caused his services and advice to be in received concerning Judge Hors 'Plains committee, Mr. Popper. Evi- with him I was very glad to hear hero Of
course, he uses other names, but the masque is very trans-
who is a candidate for Gov- dently the New York Times rep from Dr. Wise, because his letters parent. He pictures the ruthlessness and unscrupulousness of the
constant demand among those who know ner,
ernor of Illinois: resentative made a mistake for
personal
columnist, always bent on uncovering dirt, and his own
are so interesting and no full of
"Apropos of your recent para. which we are now being held.
of and appreciate the man's learning and
superior and aesthetic revulsion to it, and then goes on to claim
"Knowing the Union as you do, life! And incidentally it offers
graph on Judge Horner of Chi-
credit
for
the making of Winchell.
his ability to apply his store of knowledge cago, may I offer a bit of testi- I am very much surprised that you me the opportunity to repeat what
Newspaper reviewers as a whole, who know the insides, however
mony? should have believed that we were
to every-day Jewish problems.
I have said so often, that whether ere disposed to be more favorable to Winchell than to his editorial
"You heard right when you responsible for this The Greater
When Congregation Shaarey Zedek cele- heard that 'he does not hide his , New York Committee in connec- our people agree or disagree with critic. They point out that there has been a constant quarrel be-
tween Winchell and his editor, and some surmise that the editor
under a bushel.' In tion with this membership drive this leader, they should always
brates its seventieth anniversary on Dec. 6 Jewishness
may be just a little jealous of Winchell's rapid rise. It is hard to
Chicago any insinuation to the and other membership drives which keep in mind that Rabbi Wise has
of this year, one of the things of which it contrary would be laughed out of , it has conducted has specifically rendered extraordinary service to believe, but sometimes even editors are jealous.
Judge Horner stands out instructed its workers that under
will be able most proudly to boast is that Court.
as an American and a Jew—as a no consideration.should people al- the Jews of the world; and Jewry
Jewish
spokesman, when neces- ready affiliated with Orthodox, will NEVER be able to repay this
its rabbi ranks among the leading scholars
man for the sacrifices he has inside
nary, always as a loyal lover and Conservative or Reform congrega-
supporter of Jewish causes and tions be asked to join other con- in behalf of Israel. He is without
in American Israel.
ideals, as an integral part of high- gregations. The object of this question the outstanding person-
A Review
minded and patriotic American- campaign was merely to interest ality in Jewish life today. We
unaffiliated Jews in the synagogue. have an Einstein, it is true, but
ism.
By S. HOOFIEN
"Your comment in the Chicago I said in JEWISH life, and we
"For over 15 years he has been
Beginning with this issue, The Detroit s Chicago member of the National . Sentinel has done us an injustice have a Weizmann, while Dr. Witte
President,
Chamber
of Commerce, Tel Aviv and 'Jaffa.
very much appre- has championed every Jewish
Jewish Chronicle will feature a number of Board of the Menorah Association, and we if would
you would rectify this cause under the sun, and he still
as in behalf of other constructive elate it
(Copyright. 1912. Jewish Telegraphic Agency. Ine.)
articles dealing with major activites of the Jewish enterprises. matter through your column in has plenty of time for Zionism.
Chicago Sentinel and through Stephen Wise is a great man and
Order of B'nai B'rith. The article in this
"Would that all our Jewish' the
a great Jew.
Palestine has remained singu- million boxes. This figure can to
public
men
throughout
the
coun-
,
other
weeklies
in
whirl
your
col-
issue deals with the efforts that are being
larly unaffected by all the more calculated with a fair amount id.
try were as outspoken (but with.' umn appears.
RABBI CALISCH
exerted in the interest of the Hillel Founda- out braggadocio or chauvinism) I
severe symptoms and consequences confidence, on the strength of the
"J. B. POLLAK."
There is another rabbi who hay of the world depression. Of course,' present area under cultivation, and
tions. Future articles will describe other and as devoted to high Jewish'
rendered a great service to Israel at a time when the prices of agri- it does not reckon with any new
interests.
activities of this order.
and he is Rabbi Edward Calisch of cultural products all over the areas to be planted in the future,
"Henry Hurwitz."
Dr. Wise In Geneva.
Richmond, Va. Dr. Calisch has world have gone below pre-war which could begin to influence ex
The occasion for the publication of these
here d•ys for the
"He was In G
served his congregation for 40 level, things cannot be expected to port figures only in six years or so.
Jewl.
Committee.
of
which
he
is
chair-
articles is the approaching celebration of FAIR PLAY
man, that con•idered two thing. it) The consecutive years and has spent he different in the Holy Land, and
Grape fruit is gradually becom-
the interest of fair play I Present Sitmition of the Jews in the 45 years in the ministry. Now the consequences for the agricul-
the seventy-fifth anniversary of Pisgah am In asking
the editor of this paper World, and (RI shall There hr Held a that's a wonderful record. isn't turist are naturally the same as ing quite an important product.
When? It Dr.
It is estimated that in five years
Lodge of B'nai B'rith, the only Detroit to provide sufficient space to pub- World Je w/ It " Conss. d .
it? It indicates the toyer), and everywhere else. But even so it , time, at least three quarters of A
rtrh el b e:
reni"C°171
10ne eriN
VT
y d t e.4
chapter of the order. The series will re- lish the following letter received rl r tional
t near devotion of the members of his must be remembered that the value million boxes will be exported.
• deo
lu b. it wa• delight
Rabbi Jacob Pollak, Regional him. Dr. C Atkin.on
community, and equally important of the total wheat and barley crop
Introduced hint •
veal anew the important projects sponsored from
Compared with this ail-importart
Rabbi and Secretary of the Union among other distinctions 'being one of it indicates that Richmond has had of
the whole country is less than branch of agricultural industry, the
York's first eltisens: On rising.
by this international organization in this of American Hebrew Congrega- New
fastened to ••y that he was trying hi. a leader who admirably suited its that of the orange crop alone. Most wine industry has been relegated to
tions:
'twit to rid New York of Its Ant citieen.' needs. Forty years as leader of fortunately and remarkably
country, and the vast amount of good that
the comparative insignificance. Rishon-
"My attention has just been Ile spoke plainly. eloquently on the treat-
is being accomplished through the Hillel called to your comment in The ment of Jews by Christendom—she black- one congregation and NOT a sen- price of Jaffa oranges on the world le-Zior, famous for its wine cel-
est runt in
Ito Christianity. It was &nerved- sationalist! Rather, one who, while market has shown a gratifying lars, is increasingly replacing its
Foundations, the Anti-Defamation League Chicago Sentinel of Sept. 16 with hc,e.
declared that be wee over- liberal in his views and active in steadiness, and the average yield vineyards by orange groves. Still,
by disappointment and eery.,
to The Membership whelmed
and the other institutions subsidized by the reference
that • greet nation eke Germany shoot" civic as well as Jewish life, never- per box in the 1931-32 season was it may he noted that the Risher
Drive which Reform Congrega- lausonte po•..ed
s with •Itch demoniac.' theless has maintained himself in no way worse than in the pre-
wine cellars have In the present
that .wiled
in Ilitlericm.
..
order.
tions in Westchester are conduct- fury.
w. terrified that the souls of Chriatian with the dignity that becomes ■ vious season. year sold about 15 per cent more
ing
under
the
auspices
of
the
terihle spiritual leader. So it is indeed
It
Unfortunately, Pisgah Lodge has not
Wine
Industry.
than in the previous year.
Greater New York Committee of el'ie't' n7ert ' Of b; =et. f6t 1.4'•
made itself felt in this community in recent the Union of American Hebrew in'
Grain crops, which were threat-
Saronl So 'Christian' well, away (roar a high tribute to his scholarship.
quit teethe.. without feellan a• If he his sincerity, his character and his
Altogether the development of ened by what was thought to de-
years. Perhaps the publication of the pres- Congregations.
had been watching • fresh crucifixion of personality that he has lived as Palestine's citrus industry is most
velop
into a drought, are after all.
hi.
Lord
.
.
1)y.
WI.
reached
•
Cl
"In your comment you call at-
ent series of articles, informing our readers tention
print. too. referring I•ar. be happily over no long a period of striking, and the Jews certainly on the whole, corning out reasoner y
to the item in the New
y rierlaredi ' rd soon.- time with his congregation Both take the moot prominent part in
and •
well,
and
the pest of field mice
on the amount of real good that is being York Times which states 'The Jew- • die awt•
then lift my voice for one war
•11.— 111 t newer f cem- have been blessed by the union. 4 t. Whilst the season under re- which ravaged crops last year has
done by the order, will inspire B'nai B'rith ish reform congregations of West- ace eommitte
h W
ha all tr And I trust that not alone the new view witsesses an export of three also very much abated.
r d Would t o
have united for a three- could hare rl en and cheered, an de •
bat many new years will be and a half million boxes, trade ex-
members to action and will cause the local cheater
too? Some day. Dr. WI. • year,
The small industries, concentrat -
eeks' drive to gain new members lared, 'Here
w
' his portion and that they may be perts have estimated the probable
lodge to become a more vital part of the from non -churchgoers and from
export five years hence at seven
e (Turn to Next Page.)
filled with happiness.
of large-
the ranks of orthodox confreres we by EWAAT
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Dr. Hershman's 25 Years of

RANDOM THOUGHTS

by Charles
H. Joseph

Palestine In 5692

Pisgah Lodge's 75th Anniversary.