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Shemini Azereth Readings of the Torah, Saturday,
Oct. 22.

Pentateuchal portione—Dent. 14:22-16:17; Num.
l9:35-30:1.
Prophetical portion--I Kings 8:54-66.

Simchas Torah ReacEngs of the Law, Sunday,
Oct. 23.

Pentateuchal portione—.Deut. 33:1-34:12; Gen.
1:12-3; Num. 29:45-30-1.
Prophetical portion—.Joshua 1.

October 21, 1932

"flow do you like your Rebecca? Does I
the Rebecca I have pictured compare well
with the pattern given?" Those who knew
Rebecca Gratz stated that the job was well
done, Scott having done some of his best
writing in delineating his character.
An interesting story is connected also
with Irving's friendship for Miss Gratz.
His fiance, Matilda Hoffman, was a close
friend of Rebecca Gratz, and when she died
in her eighteenth year, after a prolonged
illness. Irving remained unmarried, retain-
ing a deep friendship for his and his
fiancee's mutual friend, who later became
the pattern for the heroine of "Ivanhoe."
The dedication, on Sept. 25, of the
bronze has relief tablet bearing Rebecca
Gratz's likeness, at the entrance to the He-
brew Cultural Garden in Cleveland, was
a fitting tribute to the memory of the
charming Jewess of the last century, serv-
ing indirectly as a memorial to the excel-
lent piece of writing of Sir Walter Scott in
"Ivanhoe."

Tishri 21, 5693

The Community Fund Campaign.

In the present campaign of the Detroit
Community F'und, there is danger that even
the most sincerely public-spirited and de-
voted citizens will fail to realize the ex-
treme importance of the fund-raising effort
now in progress. The emphasis that is
being given to the problem of relief has
that element of danger which may cause
some people to overlook the important re-
lief elements embodies in the every-day
efforts of agencies supported by the Com-
munity Fund.
To speak of relief does not necessarily
require our thinking in terms only of emer-
gency measures for the unemployed or
those who have been impoverished by the
crisis. Practically every agency included
in the budget of the Community Fund is
an important element in affording relief
to a needy group in the city.
Our point can best be defended by point-
ing to the Jewish agencies included in the
campaign. The North End Clinic is one
of the most important relief agencies in
the city. Without the funds received from
the Community Fund, thousands who now
receive free medical care at this clinic
would be deprived of its excellent service.
The Jewish Child Care Council and the
Jewish Children's Home are protectors of
the homeless, fatherless and motherless
children. Deprive these agencies of the
help they receive, rob similar agencies of
their incomes from the Community Fund,
and the city would suffer from one of the
worst problems: that of the orphan let
loose without food or shelter.
Among the other agencies included in
the campaign is the Jewish Social Service
Bureau, whose relief program is too well
known to need comment. The hundreds
of families on its lists must continue to re-
ceive the aid they have been given in the
past, if the existing problem is not to be-
come more acute. At the same time, the
work of the Young Women's Hebrew As-
sociation and the Jewish Centers Associa-
tion must also be continued in order
that the injection of courage, confide —rThe
and faith, through the cultural efforts of
these groups, might not be displaced by
despair, cynicism and a horrid fear for the
future. The closing of the doors of these
two institutions might not only arouse a
spirit of frantic despair, but might tend
also to drive many boys and girls to im-
morality and to gangsterism.
One more important agency receives its
funds from the Community Fund: the Ile-
brew Free Loan Association. The value
of this traditional organization in Jewry
can not be measured adequately in words.
Not only has tradition elevated this cause
above most others, but experience has
taught us that the good it accomplishes
serves to encourage self-help and is the
most powerful preventative of charity. By
extending loans to needy businessmen, the
Free Loan fund enables men to become
self-supporting and aids them in carrying
on their business efforts without the burden
of paying interest on their loans.
Similar praise can be showered upon the
non-Jewish agencies included in the Com-
munity Fund, All of these facts should
be sufficient to secure the wholehearted
support of the entire community for the
current campaign. Certainly the Jewish
community has an obligation from which
it dare not shirk.

The Rebecca of "Ivanhoe".

The Simchas Torah Procession.

Rumanian Jews and Dr. Clark

Our Film Folk

By EDWARD HERBERT

By HELEN ZIGMOND

(Copyright, 1332. Jewish Telegraphic Agency.

A honk named "United Ruman-
ia," written by Dr. Charles Up-
son (lark, professor in the Col-
lege of the City of New York,
hoe recently made its appearance.
The author spent some time in
i many
Rumania and lectured in
cities there. Dr. Clark is pane-
gyric in an that concerns Ruman-
ia, but appears not to have a kind
word for her Jews. Regretably,
Rumania,
trey i(t. e his
cs long
o nstay ,R
euimandn
('lark spear s to
contact with Jewish authors and
journalists. It does not appear
that he hay met any of the repre-
sentative Jewish lawyers, phy-
sicians and other professionals re-
siding there. Nor does he evince
any knowledge of the great part
the Jews have played in the de-
velopment of the commerce, in-
dustry, finance and education of
Rumania. The Jews in Moldavia,
he writer, are "unassimilable,
keeping up their Yiddish and liv-
ing apart." Obviously, fir. Clark
does not know that this time
worn phrase was originated by

The holiday season comes to a close this I
Sunday with the observance of Simchas oBfragaenolirnealtRy78,4t Be ~ lina Bind
brought a laugh from the Iron
Torah—the Festival of the Rejoicing in the Chancellor,
Bismark.
Torah. It is a fitting climax to the most
Unfortunately the author of
important and holiest period in the Jewish this volume falls back too often
year, and because of the significance of u mp ents anti-rSeesemnittaictifivcetinniewil:d he
he
the day, which emphasizes rejoicing in the might have learned that Ruman-
ian
Jews,
like
their
co-religion.
Law, a proper element of courage and ists in all civilized countries,
good cheer marks the ushering in of a new speak the language of the land
they live in. Dr. Clark does net
year on the Jewish calendar.
mention the prominent part those
Simchas Torah's importance, however, is "unameimilables" played in the
also due to the spirit of joy which is pro- revolution of 1849, and in the
subsequent wars—the war of in-
vided not for the adult alone, but for the dependence, that of 1913, and the
child as well. It is truly one of the happi- last world war.
est clays on the Jewish calendar. The Pro- 'HISTORICAL FACTS
istoofricttle
cession of the Scrolls, the march by the chit- i aulh'
Rumanian.
Rumanian.
aut h or itele
dren carrying flags, the happiness that per- being decendante of the Romans,
but
he
is
silent
on
the
antiquity
meates the very air in the synagogue and of the Jews in Rumania,
who
the home on this clay—these provide a I have lived there since 96 B. C.
E. He does rot fail to tell of the
great occasion for genuine rejoicing.
"rapid influx of Polish Jews"
The spirit of Simchas Torah was ably into Rumania, a legend that has
described in verse almost a decade ago he origin in 1567, on the occa-
sion of the historical visit of
by Isabella R. Hess in the following poem: Sir Moses Montefiore to Ruman-

The one-hundredth anniversary of the
death of Sir Walter Scott, observed on
Sept. 21, served as a reminder of the inter-
esting story of the manner in which the
character of Rebecca of "Ivanhoe" was
Inspired and created.
Washington Irving Was directly respon-
sible for suggesting the name of Rebecca
Gratz to Scott, whom he met in 1817
through a letter of introduction from the
poet, Campbell. Irving described to Scott
the beauty of Rebecca, her devotion to her
faith, her philanthropic spirit, the manner
In which she renounced her love for Samuel
Ewing, son of the Provost of the University
of Pennsylvania, because he was not a
Jew. Scott was then working on "Rob
Roy," but the plot of his historical novel
"Ivanhoe" was already being evolved In
his mind, and when Irving described to
him the character of his friend, Rebecca
Gratz, he named his Jewish heroine Re-
becca on the strength of the American
writer's story.
Sending Irving the first copy of the book,
Scott wrote In an accompanying letter:

Long, long ago--why, now my hair is gray,
Yet I remember, as if 'twere today,
What Simchas Torah meant of old to me,
In the home village, far across the sea.

Ynu know the old Jews once gravely said
When the last line of the Law was read,
"Will the Evil One not ray our zeal is o'er
For sacred Torah? That we'll read no more?

"Let us roll back the hallowed scroll again
And read once more God's holy words to men!"
And so, each year, the final chapter done,
The first with grateful prayer was e'er begun.

And not a child but knew the very day—
No other festival was half so gay!
Each elder joined the frolic and soft smiled,
Saying, "So was it too when I was but a child!"

In gay procession marched the elders round
The little schul, their reverent arm enwound
About the scrolls, and as along they passed
Nuts, cakes and sweetmeats to the children cast;

And as the little hands were filled, they cried, .
"This is the Torah for which martyr; died!
This is the Law to which you must be true!
Sweet as these cakes its study be to you!"

The carefree children nodded, e'en as I,
A child amongst them I What now mists my eye?
A tear? Ah, well? I dream of long ago
When pious ones kept Simchas Torah en!

Indeed, no other festival is "half so
gay!" What a fortunate thing it is for the
child whose parents appreciate the impor-
tance of emphasizing the need for such
observance; and how doubly fortunate this
is for these parents who are thus able not
only to sanctify and beautify their homes
with a Jewish spirit, but to strengthen it
because such observance serves to bring
parent and child together in a common
Jewish interest.
Providing an even deeper impression is
the participation in the Simchas Torah
procession of the child. Trailing behind
the elders who carry the scrolls of the
Law, in all synagogues, many children pro-
vided with flags, and joining in the proces-
sion, will be left with the impression that
they, like their elders, have a share in the
Torah; that Simchas Torah is their holiday
no less than it is their parents'. Thus a
love for Jewry is implanted, the Festival
for the Rejoicing in the Law providing the
most important means of bringing the child
to the synagogue and of welding the inter-
ests of parents and children.

Sidney Webb Drops His Title.

A cable to the New York Times from
London informs us that—

"The gentleman who goes under the fan-
tnetic name of Lord Passfield," am Mrs. Sidney
Webb once described her husband when the
veteran Fabian was Secretary for the Domin-
ions In the last Laborite Government) has
dropped his title, according to The Daily Mail.
The familiar namen of Sidney and Beatrice
Webb, it le !dated, are being resumed in the
famous literary partnership, now engaged in
producing a volume entitled "The Methods of
Social Study."'
"I have never altered my name," he told a
reported. "I em Sidney Webb to my pub-
lisher and my tailor, and when I lecture I am
Sidney Webb."

To the Jews, Sidney Webb, one-time lib-
eral, will always be known as Passfield
and as the man who. basing his views and
sentiments upon wrong information, hand-
ed down rulings which were most damag-
ing to the Jewish cause in Palestine. As
Pas.stield. Webb the radical was a narrow
and bigoted nobleman who forgot his own
teachings of three decades ago. If only
for the reason of the sad record to his
credit as a member of the MacDonald Cab-
inet, Passfield should long ago have gone
back to his original name, dropping the
title under which he not only damaged
Jewish interests. but did infinitely greater
harm to Sidney Webb himself.

ia. Evidently he does not know
that those Jew. were brought
there by the Rumanian Boyars,
induced by lavish promises, to
settle on their desolate lands.
Also that those "Polish Jews"
had brought their enterprising
spirit with them, and developed
Rumanian commerce to such an
extent that, to use the author's
awn words, "they acquired a dis-
approportionate share of large
business" of which the author
complains.
In his reference to the minor-
ities in Bessarabia, Dr. Clark
speaks of " IS per cent Jews and
10 per cent Hebrews" In this
light it would be interesting to
know the percentage of Germans
and Teutons in Germany; that of
the English and British In Eng-
land; and what percentage the
Chinese and Mongols make up in
China.
When he speaks of the "moral
side" of the Rumanian peasants,
Dr. Clark tells of the liquor trot-
fie being in the hands of the Jews
—another long-exploded anti-
Semitic slur. The author appar-
ently did not know that the .lews
have been ushered nut of the
rural districts for decades, and
that it was the hand of a tm-
Jew that had pumped the liquor
into the drunken peasant he raw.
IGNORES FACTS
"Anti-Semitic feeling among
the peaeante," says the author,
"is primarily economic, and is

HOLLYWOOD.—Things will be
oping so they say ... when
Sinclair', new book rolls
t off r o pton
the press . . . a biography of

By-the-Way

Tidbits and News

By DAVID SCHWARTZ

(Copyright, 1932, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, loc.)

DEPRESSION AND PREJUDICE

Bruno Lessing writes of his stopping off at an exclusive hostelry
in Bavaria, reputed or ill reputed, for its refusal to accept Jewish
guests.
Lessing asked them if it was true that they refused Jewish
guests.
"Yes," they replied, not guessing that Lessing, was a Jew, "in
good times they turned Jews down, but now conditions were so bad
they were glad to have them."'
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due to resentment against the
high interest, 30 and 40 per cent,
charged by Jewish money len- Ifovieman William Fox, relating
di•s." Here again, Dr. Clark ig- his struggles, victories, defeats
nores the facts and reveals his t. . . and mentioning many names
of prominence, not always flat-
misinformation.
The author does net seem to teringly,
• • •
know that throughout the history
JEWS AND BIcYCLES.
Which reminds me for some reason or other of Lewis Browne's
Press men of the dailies had
of the Jews in Rumania no Jews
have suffered at the hands of the
to scurry for news on Yom Kip-
story of the Hitlerite and the Jew in the German train.
peasant, that Jew and peasant
pur. Said one: "The s tudio•
The Jew was sitting just opposite the Ilitlerite, which offended
have always lived peaceably to-
were as empty as • night ebb the Hitlerite , particularly as he was a fat, beery Ilitlerite who wanted
gether. Evidently he was not
H m.m-m,waa a great deal of place for his legs.
raid."
■
"t"
told that whenevver the peasants
"The Jews are the cause of everything," shouted the Hitlerite.
it piety or penitence that struck
revolted it was never against the
"The Jewish bankers are the ruin of the world. Yes, the Jews are
Hollywood?
• • •
Jews; that the seven peasant up-
the cause of all our troubles. isn't it so Jew?"
risings that took place between
g ,
e
Winchell, Sobel and
isn't it so, Jew?" continued the Hitlerite, in a loud voice.
the years 18148 and 1907 were ex- the Broadway Musketeers, will don
"You are asking yet?" returned the Jew shortly. "Of course
clusively in districts where no grease paint to make a series of Jews and bicycle riders are the cause of the ruin of everything."
Jews were living; that those re- film shorts.
"Why bicycle riders?" interrogated the Hitlerite.
volts were against the Boyars and
Did we tell you what happened
"Why Jews?" returned the Jew.
•
against the local authorities, but to Winchell during his Hollywood
•
•
not against the Jews. Before visit? It was this way . . . The
MORE SOUP STORIES
writing that statement it might barber at Universal prides him-
Philip Slomovitz forwards two additional versions of the soup
.
have been well for Dr. Clark to re,f
on b e in R
P t d. Gab-
recently printed in this column, viz:
have read what a great Ruman- ling away to the helpless victim !dory Version
A. Waiter is hailed by a customer who protests there
ian author, Radu Rosetti, says in I n 'el.
the
lather,
he
remarked
is
a
fly
in his soup. Whereupon the waiter declares: "What do
his hook "Why the Peasants ;
the
Winchell's
broadcasting
was
you
expect
for
a dime, canaries?"
Says
that
au-
Have Revolted."
pretty terrible, wasn't it? . . •
Version B. When the protest against the fly in the soup i"
thor about the conditions of the
Glub,
geeh,
from
the
customer
registered
with
the waiter, the latter bends over and whispers in
Rumanian peasants and the
reuses of the seven revolts in ... His column? Oh, his column customer's ear: "Sh-sh, not so loud! They'll all ask for it."
was even worse . . . A vehement
I
must
perforce
gather from the multitude of these fly stone-
Rumania:
"This horrible feeling, this in- but inarticulate grunt from the emanating from my Detroit headquarters that a screen dealer could
chair
.
.
.
Now
take
Sobel,
for
do good business in that city.
evitable hatred, is the result of
the degradation, ill treatment, instance; that fellow knows how
torture and abuse to which the to write! Not until three weeks LIPPMANN'S COLUMN.
Morris Slackly is very much amazed at the success of Walter
peasant was subjected since 1565. later did the barber discover that
The uprising in the natural the irate customer who didn't Lippmann's column on politics through the country,
The Lippmann column is now syndicated in over a hundred
gnawing of the sin perpetrated leave a tip wasnone other than
himself.
papers. For a column which makes no pretensions to entertainment
by the governing class against "Waltah" Winchell,
• • •
the people for centuries.'
but is, on the contrary, ultra-serious, the record is surprising.
Three South American newe-
It is not surprising that, that
The fact is plain that the editors have been underestimating
st.. wanted to inter view
Rumanian author could find the
the intelligence of the public at large.
Groucho Marx ■ at eight o'clock
anti-Jewish feeling among the
the other dawning. Groucho
peasants," while Dr. Clark, in
SERIOUS READING
... said it was • "Span-
his short visit, should discover
Where they have made their mistake is in the assumption that
ish Imposition."
the "Jewish money lenders?"
there is no entertainment in a serious subject. I know a man who
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ASPERSION ON JEWS
would be bored reading the funny paper, but who gets a tremendous
Dr. Clark, I believe, could have
Edward Robinson . . . can you kick deciphering some ancient hieroglyphics.
suffered stage-fright
served Rumania with his pane- Imagine'
When you see Arthur Dembitz of Gratz College, one of the
gyric hook to greater advantage when he made a speech at a famous seven readers of this column, with one of those broad Quaker
had he abstained from casting luncheon in New York the other
Oats
smiles on his face, you are likely to conclude that someone has
emersion on her Jews. Had he day.
just told him some story about a traveling salesman, but it is even
•••
visited Jewish institutions where
money
that instead, the solution of some hieroglyphic script on which
he could have seen a vast ma-
"I may be •• bull-fighter, but
he was working a month ago has just flitted into his head.
chinery of education maintained
I'm still • Brooklyn boy at
The serious things are just as interesting as the so-called light.
with Jewish money, where pa-
heart," says Sidney Franklin.
A good manager, I am convinced, could get as big crowds for inter-
triotism and loyalty to their coun-
"I got • terrible razzing from a
league debates on economics as for a baseball game. And a good
try is inculcated in the hearts of
crowd one day when I fell ill
reporter could make the debate as interesting reading as Damon
the Jewish children; had he visi-
from seeing • horse gored." At
Runyan's column on sports.
ted the Jewish quarters, he would
•ny rate, Franklin s constant
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have heard the Jews speak, not
advocacy for the protection of
IN 1492.
"their Yiddish," but Rumanian.
horses finally won an edict in
Speaking
of
the
island
of
Majorca,
as we were recently, Dr.
He would have discovered, as I
Spain.
Moses Hades tells on that in the days of 1492 that island was the
have, in my recent visit there,
• • •
domicile
of
a
noted
Jewish
cartographer,
whose
maps were used by
that one hears the intellectuals
Rumbling rumors report this
speak not Rumanian, but rather new comer-upper, George Raft, as Columbus in his expedition of discovery.
It is only fair, perhaps then, that so many American Jews are
French or German. The lower descended from echule-goers in
classes use the slang, while the New York, in epite of his press now fleeing to that asylum of escape from the high costs of the
Jew it is who speaks a pure Ru- agents' insistence that he is modern economic system.
On Majorca, it is said, one may live at an expenditure of from
manian.
you ,, three to eight dollars a week. I have an idea that if one wants to.
It does not require a micro- French-Italian. Of course,
always believe the p. a; ,
eeope to see that the book is a must
until you find out the truth for he can do even the same in the United States, provided he has no
work of propaganda. Who could
objection to isolating himself in some cranny of the couhtry. But
object to that? But, there is ; yourself.
I it takes a hardy soul to be able to bear the required isolation.
• • •
•
.
•
more to it. It is part of an in-
An ex-vamp of some years
sidious propaganda, reflecting on
AND ACCIDENTS.
■ ago still takes herself ver•r-ry POLITICS
the Jews in Rumania, and carried
asked
the
Republican
nominee
for
the Senatorship from New
I
seriously. She's now retired sod
on here.
York, U. S. Attorney George Z. Medalie, whether his political career
married to a director (we've
Who is doing this work? Who
ment ione d h er b e f ore ) . I n an represented the fulfillment of any youthful hope.
is encouraging it? Surely it can-
His reply was that he had never expected to enter politics; that
not be laid to the door of the Ru- I interview with ■ magazine rep-
was all an accident.
resent•ti•e
recently, she gave it
manian Legation. The present I
So was, if you remember, the discovery of America. People are
Minister, Charles Davila is an 1 out long descriptions of "her generally disposed to deplore accidents, and yet they are among
moods, her ■ rt" ■ and this and
tannest, sincere and broad-mind-
the
most
fruitful means of progress.
' ed man and he has on more than I that. She capped the climax b y
The fact that they occur, it seems to me, is perhaps, from one
informing that she couldn't •I-
l-
one occasion demonstrated his
aspect, the most consoling thing of life. The pessimist is generally
low the article to be printed un-
friendliness toward the Jews.
bottomed on facts and tendencies. The one thing that may be
King Carol, too, has ordered
til she had okayed it . . . be-
said against his conclusion is that accidents may happen, and the
anti-Semitic agitation suppressed
cause of her public ... dash me,
hopeful occur. Even science concurs in this view today, as your
in his kingdom.
don't you know.
readings of Eddington and his school show. The protons that con-
Dr. Clark would do well to re-
• • •
en of the times? A Joosh stitute the atom, they tell us, may jump in any unpredictable way.
vise his book to conform with the
S .
can know until you try. e
facts as they actually are and not ■ 73weie on the (Boulevard cries, Or in a homely way, you never
•
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as they were related to him. His
say my papers . . . or I'll vote THE WHEEZE INDUSTRY.
book might then really serve as for Hoover!"
Al Boasberg, former jeweller, now makes between fifty and
a "trustworthy hook of refer-
• • •
Al Jolson will top Ed Wynn for seventy-five thousand dollars a year providing wheezes for the stage.
ence."
As it stands today, it is diffi- radio pay-checks. Ile's been signed s So I gather from a sketch of Boasberg in the New Yorker.
To me, the funniest part, or rather the oddest part, is not that
cult to escape the conviction that
it present? a libel against the by Chevrolet Motors over N. B. C. one can manufacture such wheezes, but that one can make $50,0oo
out of their manufacture. It seems to me that there are many'
Jews in Rumania.
(Turn to Next Page.)
people who could turn out these wheezes, but how to sell t hem f or
$50,000—now that requires an artist.
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POETRY AND WEIGHT,

RANDOM THOUGHTS

•

I see where Feuchtwanger, the author of "Power," whose new
work "Jovephus" is now out, is quoted as saying that he lost as
much an 14 pounds in weight 9n one occasion in writing a poem.
"
There must be a mistake somewhere. I have heard of men
losing two pounds in a night session at a Turkish bath; I have even
heard of prize fighters in training losing as much as five pounds during
riti ng a po em
d day, but losing 14 pounds in one hour, and that at w
crship in the House of Israel.
in a position he adopts it an one
PIOUS BELLE BAKER
It is commonplace to say that stays there. There is no doubt is a little too great a burden on credulity.
If this Is true th en
to
Dr.
Philipson'a
position
on
Feuchtwanger
does
it
must,
it
appears, he
Dr.
Philipson
is
a
scholar.
Any-
An
as
Writing
poetry
Jewish movie magnates need re-
forming.
Here's the item in one who knows him or knows any- Zionism. Ile is not a Political classified in the list of heavy labor. If Feuchtwanger did succeed in
Zionist,
nor
an
Economic
Zionist,
thing
of
Jewish
life
recognizes
doing
it,
I
dare
say
he
can
make
more
starting
a
poetry
reducing
question:
that. It might be interesting to nor any other kind. Ile just isn't! school than by writing novels.
"Belle Baker stuck to her re-
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I
know
that
I
am
expressing
the
recall that he in the author of
ligious principles and the Para-
"I'rogress of the Jewish Reform sentiments of thousands and thou- A NEAT COME-BACK
mount Theater is replacing the
Movement in the United States"; sands of co-religionists in every
One of the neatest bits of come-back is that of the rabbi I heard
singer with two vocalists for the
"The Beginnings of the Reform part of the country when I con- about the other day.
current week. Miss Baker told
Movement in Judaism"; "The Jew gratulate Dr. David Philipson, not
It was at some meeting of the synagogue or temple—I didn't get
the theater management she
in English Fiction," and "Old alone on his seventieth birthday, all the details. Some member of the congregation had the floor and
wouldn't .i91 Sunday or Mon.
European Jewries." Ile has been but for his long and distinguished he was tearing into another member. I can't give the exact word-.
day es Om had planned to ob.
Yam Kippur. Informed a most influential force in direct- career of service to his people. but it was a lacing full of acid. Such expletives—on a par with
ine the trend of Reform Judaism May he be spared for many, many tame of the language in modern novels. I Can only indicate some
that her absence would consti•
in the United States. Though it more years of usefulness.
of the milder terms. "Cohen," he said, "is an ingrate, a scoundrel, a
tote • breach of contract, th e
—::—
must be admitted that in some in-
singer decided she would rather
stances the current has swept A. Z. A. DEBATE TOPIC
"Cohen," continued the speaker, "is the most conscienceleee ,
forego the $4,000 salary in-
Since the B'nai B'rith has hyena,
a liar—"
ahead too rapidly for the good of
hypocritical,
mean, petty person around here—"
volved than drop her religious
Reform or the good of Judaism. started it I trust that the plan-
The rabbi, by this time, could no more sit aghast. Ile rose.
principle."
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"Mr. Speaker, you forget yourself."
One would imagine that the But David Philipson has not ning of a eerie); of debates by
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Paramount management would chanced his attitude to accommo- members of the Aleph Zadik Aleph
find it more profitable in the END, date anybody's convenience. Oth- on the subject: 'Resolved, That RABBIS AND SERMONS
And speaking about rabbis, Scribe Abe Allen has been making ;i
to respect Belle Baker's religious ers may adventure into radical- the Calling of a World Jewish
Congress As Proposed by the Gen- collection of strange subjects of rabbinic sermons. One of the oldie ,.
principles than to ease her out. ism, but it Is not for him. lie
eve
Conference
Is
Unwise,"
will
been,
he
is
and
he
always
will
be
in
this
Allen collection is that of the rabbi who took as the text
The Jewish public, which is rather
■ generous, theater-attending put, the dignified, acholarly gentle- be taken up by other groups. This his sermon: "Yes, we have no bananas."
is
a
most
timely
subject
and
one
man, who earned the high esteem
Well, I once knew a rabbi—and if I would mention his name
he, may resent such action.
in which every Jew in the coun- many of 'you would know him, too—who was in the habit of using
and goodwill of every e emen
his own city and community which try should be made familiar. It no inanimate texts or subjects for his sermon. Ile always spoke
DR. PHILIPSON AT 70
David Philipson, I salute you values TRUE WORTH. He is not will be a relief, too, from the de. about people.
Thus, if you came in late in the synagogue, when the rabbi
No honor your congregation or • Zionist. He is an uncompromis- bates with which we have been
the
your community ran show you on ing anti-Zionist. Ile does not afflicted concerning the subject of ascended the pulpit, you would know pretty well in advance that
,
the occasion of your seventieth pussyfoot and evade. Ile in never A Jewish University. Debating a sermon would be devoted to you. I remember once hearing the TRW
on
the
fence.
When
he
believer
Jewish
university
gets
no
one
any-
sermonize on a worshipper who came into the synagogue Saturday
birthday can be overdone, because
where,
whereas
the
value
of
de-
with
his
umbrella.
The
rabbi
did
some
raining
on
him—that
the
you deserve well of your people.
bating the proposed Jewish Con- umbrella could not protect him from.
Of the class of '83, the fleet to
Of course the rabbi didn't last very long—but I think he mot
geese will at least get some Jews
TIPPING
he graduated from the Hebrew
some information. Members of have had a good time while it lasted.
Union College, Dr. Philipson re-
And after all suppose it didn't last. Did not the ancient Jewish
Junior
Temple
groups,
members
mains the only survivor. I met (Quidnunc in Palestine Bulletin)
of Young Men's Ilebrew Associa- sages observe: "There are those who make their world In one hour
Dr. Philipson • great many years
The
quintessence of eternities may be squeezed into ■ fleeting
tions, and other such organiza-
ago, when he was a friend and
To tip or not to tip, that is the
confidant of the late Rev. Dr. Lip. question which has caused the clos- tions should encourage discussions moment.
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men Mayer, of Congregation Rn ing down of most of the cafes in on this subject. It will be of
A GOOD ADVISER
def Shalom, Pittsburgh. Three Tel Aviv. The waiters of a certain great value to American Jewry.
If you may believe Dr. Weiner, it happened to the late Louie
two represented the conservative, cafe on the ma-shore objected to
Marshall.
scholarly echnol In Reform Juda- being treated as beggars and they COLUMBUS'S JEWISHNESS
Mr. Brisbane again suggests
Some "schnorrer" or other came to Mr. Marshall looking for a
ism. Dr. Philipson typifies, to my demanded that a service fee of ten
mind, the beet in the American per cent be added to all hills. What! that Columbus might have been job. "What can you do?" naked Mr. Marehall.
Jew.
At
any
rate
the
Catholics
•
"Well," replied the man, "I can't do any hard physical work.
Rabbinate. lie has never found cried the proprietors. When • man
it necessary to report to genes- buys • cup of tea for a piastre have annexed him to their string The doctor told me that if I 'trained myself I am liable to inflame
of
immortals
Whether
he
was
sciatica."
my
tionalism in order to maintain In- (lucky man) is he to pay 11 mils?
or wasn't, what difference does it
said
id Mr. Marshall eympsthetically. "But maybe you ar e
"l se
terest in hie spiritual leadership. The thing is impossible.
make
except
to
add
to
our
vanity.
qualified
for some more mental vocation. Are you a bookkeeper, do
He .seems to have made up his
To me, however, it seems quite
mind at an early date that the clear that • mil tax in preferable Columbus, like Lincoln, belongs to you know • trade or something?"
"Well, to tell you the truth," said the man, "I have no training
leaderihip of a Jewish congrega- to • rush tip. A tip lowereth him the ages and not any group. Bris-
tion, and the affairs of • Jewish ("at gives and him that takes. In bane mentions that those moderns at all—I don't know any trade—but, Mr. Marshall, there is on
community plus an occasional ex- Palestine, generally, Jews, other who question Columbus's Jewish thing i am good at."
"Yes, yes," said Mr. Marshall, "what is that one thing!"
cursion into Jewish literature as than waiters, are averse to tips. origin should remember that the
"Well." said the man, "1 am • very good adviser. I can advise
en author, would consume the Have you ever tried tipping a Jew- Semitic race in ancient des, were
you
on anything.
"'e'er,
I
great
navigators.
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major part of his time. So he left ish taxi-driver? In London you
"You don't say," said Mr. Marshall, and pausing • moment an
out of his program any attempt cannot en by taxi without a grat- think that who Columbus was will
surveying
the man:
to correct ALL the evils in the I uity. Nor shall I evc r forget the always remain as great a mystery
"Mr. Goldstein (his name, I believe, wu Ghldstein), Mr. Gold -
universe. Which seems to me to look on the face of • barber In as the life of Shakeepeare. These
me
have resulted in Dr. Philipson Tel Aviv, when I offered him a days we have better methods of stein, you're hired. And the first thing I want you to advise
about is how to get riclof you."
keeping records.
achieving such distinguished lead- piastre.

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