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and THE LEGAL CHRONICLE

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ari
Entoritt

"flow do you like your Rebecca? Does
the Rebecca I have pictured compare well
ifE
with the pattern given?" Those who knew
and THE LEGAL CHRONICLE
Rebecca Gratz stated that the job was well
tee
Jewish
Ch.:wic•
Puhliehlmi
C.,
done, Scott having done some of his best
eadka.,4 Weekly by VI*
Second-6.s matter March II, 1111, at the Peet.
writing in delineating his character.
Itesecs4
siMee at Detroit, MIA.. under the Act of March g, 11179.
An interestin g story is connected also
General Offices and Publication Building
with Irving's friendship for Miss Gratz.
525 Woodward Avenue
His fiance, Matilda Hoffman, was a close
Telephone: Cadillac 1040 Cable Address: Chronicle
friend of Rebecca Gratz, and when she died
Lend. Office:
14 Str•tford Place, London, W. 1, England
in her eighteenth year, after a prolonged
$3.00 Per Year illness, Irving remained unmarried, retain-
Dubecription, in Advance
and news matter ing a deep friendship for his and his
To Is•n publication, all corre•pond
meet reach this office by T... ••ening of each week. fiancee's mutual friend, who later became
When mailing notices, kindly u. owe side of the paper enlY•
epondence on sub- the pattern for the heroine of "Ivanhoe." '
Detroit Jewish Chronicle in•Ites
Ms
)... of Int ..... le the Jewish people, but dischdro• re•Pons:i
The dedication, on Sept. 25, of the
Nifty for an Indorrement of the •lewe expreseed by the write.
bronze bas relief tablet bearing Rebecca
Shemini Azereth Readings .f the Torah, Saturday,
Gratz's likeness, at the entrance to, the He-
Oct. 22.
Pentateuchal portions—Dent. 14:22-16:17; Num. brew Cultural Garden in Cleveland, was
a fitting tribute to the memory of the
29:35-30:1.
Prophetical portion—I Kings 8:54-60.
charming Jewess of the last century, serv-
Simchas Torah Read:ngs of the Law, Sunday,
ing indirectly as a memorial to the excel-
Oct. 23.
Pentateuchal portions—Deut. 33:1-34:12; Gen. lent piece of writing of Sir Walter Scott in
1:12-3; Num. 29:45-30-1.
"Ivanhoe."
Prophetical portion—Joshua 1.

Rumanian Jews and Dr. Clark

By EDWARD HERBERT

Our Film Folk

By HELEN ZIGMOND

Tidbits and News

By DAVID SCHWARTZ

(Copyright, 1992, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Inc.)

DEPRESSION AND PREJUDICE
Bruno Lessing writes of his stopping off at an exclusive hostelry
HOLLYWOOD.—Things will be
(Copyright, 1932, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Inc.)
popping .. , so they say ... when in Bavaria, reputed or ill reputed, for its refusal to accept Jewish
Sinclair's new book rolls guests.
due to resentment against the Upton
Lessing asked them if it was true that they refused Jewish
A book named "United Rumen-
off the press . . . a biography of
high interest, 30 and 40 per cent, Movieman William Fox, relating guests.
ia," written by Dr. Charles Up-
chged
by
Jewish
money
len-
charted
"Yes,"
they replied, not guessing that Lensing was a Jew, "in
se n Clark, professor in the Col-
his struggles, victories, defeats
lege of the City of New York, tiers" Ilere again, Dr. Clark ig-
. . . and mentioning many names good times they turned Jews down, but now conditions were so bad
neres
the
facts
and
reveals
his
has recently mode its appearance.
of prominence, not always flat- they were glad to have them."'
misinformation.
•
The author spent some time in
The author does net seem to teringly.
Rumania and lectured in many
• • •
JEWS AND BICYCLES.
know that throughout the history
cities there. Dr. Clark is pane-
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
l u y , : ,, r ri i id i u . f in all that concerns Ronson-
to scurry for news on Yom Kip- story of the Ilitlerite and the Jew in the German train.
have suffered at the hands of the
a kiTy d,
s ta
isa fur T er r a
The Jew was sitting just opposite the Ilitlerite, which offended
pur. Said one: "The studios
peasant, that Jew and peasant
were Au empty iss a night club the Ilitlerite, particularly as he was a fat, beery Ilitleritewho wanted
have always lived peaceably to-
despite his long stay in Ituniania,
a
great
deal of place for his legs.
after
•
raid."
gether.
Evidently
he
was
not
wan
111 "'''
Dr. Clark spears to have had no
"The Jews are the cause of everything," shouted the Ilitlerite.
it piety or penitence that struck
told that whenevver the peasants
contact with Jewish authors and
l
"The
Jewish bankers are the ruin of the world. Yes, the Jews are
revolted
it
was
never
against
the
Hollywood?
journalists. It does not appear
the cause of all our troubles. isn't it so, Jew?"
Jews; that the seven peasant up- • • •
that he has met any of the repre-
Isn't
it so, Jew?" continued the Ilitlerite, in a loud voice.
Sobel
and
Mellinger,
risings that took place between
sentative Jewish lawyers, phy-
"You are asking yet?" returned the Jew shortly, "Of course
the years 1888 and 1907 were ex- , .the
the Broadway Musketeers, will don
sicians and other professionals re-
Jews
and
bicycle riders are the cause of the ruin of everything."
elusively in districts where no I grease paint to make a series of
siding there. Nor does he evince
"Why bicycle riders?" interrogated the Ilitlerite.
Jews were living; that those re- I film shorts.
any knowledge of the great part
volts were against the Boyars and
"Why Jews?" returned the Jew.
Did we tell you what happened
the Jews have played in the de-
•
.
•
against the local authorities, but to Winchell during his Hollywood
velopment of the commerce, in-
not against the Jews. Before 1 visit? It was this way . . • The MORE SOUP STORIES
dustry, finance and coloration of
l'hilip Slomovitz lanyards two additional versions of the soup
writing that statement it might barber at Universal prides him-
Rumania. The Jews in Moldavia,
have been well for Dr. Clark to rcif on being well-posted. Gab- story recently printed in this column, viz:
he writes, are "unassimilable,
have
read
what
a
great
Rumen-
.
Version A. Waiter is hailed by a customer who protests there
ning away to the helpless victim
keeping up their Yiddish and liv-
Tishri 21, 5693
ian author, Radu Rosetti, says in , bn 'ee the lather, he remarked is a fly in his soup. Whereupon the waiter declares: "What do
ing apart." Obviously, Dr. Clark
October 21, 1932
his
book
"Why
the
Peasants
I
does not know that this time
th..,. Winchell's broadcasting was you expect for a dime, canaries?"
Ilave Revolted." Says that
Version B. When the protest against the fly in the soul) is
by
Pretty terrible, wasn't it? . . •
The holiday season comes to a close this worn phrase was originated
The Community Fund Campaign.
erit n r i s , nli in nr i thug about the conditions of the , I li ub 1.,...u . n , from the customer registered with the waiter, the latter bends over and whispers in
;s hhe
, h frat taoita it s ,or
Rumanian
peasants
and
the
Sunday
with
the
observance
of
Simchas
I
customer's
car: "Sh-sh, not so loud! They'll all ask for it."
..
.
His
column?
Oh,
his
column
In the present campaign of the Detroit
causes . of the seven revolts in was even worse . . . A vehement
I must perforce gather from the multitude of these fly stories
brought a laugh front the Iron
Community Fund, there is danger that even Torah—the Festival of the Rejoicing in the Chancellor,
uma
.
grunt
from
the
emanating
from
my Detroit headquarters that a screen dealer could
Bismark.
"This horrible feeling, this in- but inarticulate
the most sincerely public-spirited and de- Torah. It is a fitting climax to the most Unfortunately the author of
chair . . . Now take Sobel, , for do good business in that city.
•
evitable
hatred,
is
the
result
of
.
•
voted citizens will fail to realize the ex- important and holiest period in the Jewish this volume falls hack too often the degradation, ill treatment, instance; that fellow knows how
anti-Semitic fiction. Had he
torture and abuse to which the to write! Not until three weeks LIPPMANN'S COLUMN.
treme importance of the fund-raising effort year, and because of the significance of upon
Morris alarkly is very much amazed at the success of Walter
later did the barber discover that
met representative Jews he
was subjected since 1865.
now in progress. The emphasis that is the day, which emphasizes rejoicing in the might have learned that Rumen- peasant
The uprising is 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
being given to the problem of relief has Law, a proper element of courage and ian Jews, like their co-religion- gnawing of the sin perpetrated leave a tip was none other than
ists in all civilized countries,
papers. For a column which makes no pretensions to entertainment
that element of danger which may cause good cheer marks the ushering in of a new speak the language of the land by the governing class against "Wallah" Winchell,
• • • himself.
but
is,
on the contrary, ultra-serious, the record is surprising.
the people for centuries.'
they live in. Dr. Clark does not
some people to overlook the important re- year on the Jewish calendar.
Amer
The fact is plain that the editors have been underestimating
i ic an news-
Three South to
It is not surprising that, that
e
r•iew
mention
the
prominent
part
those
n
t
wanted
men
the intelligence of the public ate arge.
lief elements embodies in the every-day
•.
Simchas Torah's importance, however, is "unassimilahles" played in the Rumanian author could find the Grouchy Marx at eight o'clock
efforts of agencies supported by the Com- also due to the spirit of joy which is pro- revolution of 1848, and in the anti-Jewish feeling among the in the other dawning. Groucho SERIOUS READING
Peasants,"
while
Dr.
Clark,
subsequent wars—the war of in-
refused ... said it was • "Span-
Where they have made their mistake is in the assumption that
munity Fund.
his
short
visit,
should
discover
vided not for the adult alone, but for the dependence, that of 1913, and the the "Jewish money lenders?" ,
ish Imposition."
there is no entertainment in a serious subject. I know a man who
To speak of relief does not necessarily child as well. It is truly one of the happi- last world war.
• •
would be bored reading the funny paper, but who gets a tremendous
ASPERSION ON JEWS
require our thinking in terms only of emer- est days on the Jewish calendar. The Pro- HISTORICAL FACTS
Edward Robinson . , . can you kick deciphering some ancient hieroglyphics,
Dr. Clark, I believe, could have
In
his
historical
sketch,
the
.
.
suffered
stage-fright
When you see Arthur Dembitz of Gratz College, one of the
!
gency measures for the unemployed or cession of the Scrolls, the march by the chil- author tells of the Rumanians served Rumania with his pane- imagine
book to greater advantage when he made a speech at a famous seven readers of this column, with one of those broad Quaker
those who have been impoverished by the dren carrying flags, the happiness that per- being decendants of the Romans, eyrie
had he abstained from casting luncheon in New York the other Oats miles on his face, you are likely to conclude that someone has
crisis. Practically every agency included meates the very air in the synagogue and but he is silent on the antiquity aspersion on her Jews. Had he d ay.
just told him some story about a traveling salesman, but it is even
• • •
the Jews in Rumania, who
money that instead, the solution of some hieroglyphic script on which
visi ted Jewish institutions where
in the budget of the Community Fund is the home on this day — these provide a of
have lived there since 96 B. C.
he could have seen a vast ma-
"I m•y be a bull-fighter, but he was working a month ago has just flitted into his head.
an important element in affording relief great occasion for genuine rejoicing.
E. He does not fail to tell of the "
at
kl y n boy bt
I'm still • Broo klyn
The serious things are just as interesting as the so-called light.
shiner y of education maintained
"rapid influx of Polish Jews
ys Sidney Franklin.
with Jewish money, where pa-
he•rt," says
good manager, I am convinced, could get as big crowds for inter-
to a needy group in the city.
The spirit of Simchas Torah was ably into Rumania, a legend that has triotism and loyalty to their cone- " I got a terribl e roari ng f ro ., a A league debates on economics as for a baseball game. And a good
Our point can best be defended by point-
its origin in 1867, on the occa-
try is inculcated in the hearts of
crowd one day when I fell ill reporter could make the debate as interesting reading as Damon
ing to the Jewish agencies included in the described in verse almost a decade ago sion of the historical visit of the Jewish children; had he visi-
from seeing a horse gored." At Ran's
uny column on sports. .
by
Isabella
R.
Iless
in
the
following
poem:
Sir Moses M
ontefiore to Roman-
•
•
quarters,
he
would
tad
the
Jewish
quarters
any rate, Franklin's constant
campaign. The North End Clinic is one
is. Evidently he does not know
advocacy f or t h e protect i on o f
have heard the Jews speak, not
of the most important relief agencies in
that
those
Jews
were
brought
"their
Yiddish,"
but
Rumanian.
Long, long ago—why, now my hair is gray,
D r.
horses finally won an edict in IN 1492.
Sp eaking of the island o f Ma jorca, a s we were recently ,
Spain.
there by the Rum ian Boya rs ,
Ile
e ould have discovered , as I
Yet I remember, as if 'twere today,
t h e
the city. Without the funds received from
Mose s Iladas tells us that in the days of 1492 that island w as
han promi to
. • •
induced by lav isses,
What Simchas Torah meant of old to me,
have, in my recent visit there, :
domicile
of
a
noted
Jewish
cartographer,
whose
maps
were
used
by
the Community Fund, thousands who now
settle on their desolate lands.
that one hears
the intellectuals I
he
In the home village, for across the sea.
Rumbling rumors report this
i
Also that those "Polish Jews"
receive free medical care at this clinic
speak not Rumanian, but rather
It is only fair, perhaps then, that so many American Jews are
had brought their enterprising
French or German' The lower ' ' descended
from
nebula-goers
in now fleeing to that asylum of escape from the high costs of the
You know the old Jews once gravely said
would be deprived of its excellent service.
I New York,
in spite
of his press
When the last line of the Law was rend,
modern economic system.
The Jewish Child Care Council and the
Rumanian commerce to such an
Jew it is who speaks a pure Ru- , agents' , insistence
"Will the Evil One not say our zeal is o'er
nsistence that he is
On Majorca, it is said, one may use at an expenditure of from
'
extent that, to use the author's
Jewish Children's home are protectors of
manian .
For sacred Torah? That we'll read no more?
, French-Italian. Of course, you
own words, "they acquired a din-
, s three to eight dollars a week. I have an idea that if one wants to,
It
does
not
require
a
micro-
bel t' ieve the p. a.
the homeless, fatherless and motherless
mus.t alwa
alwa ys be
i
approportionate share of large
he
can
do even the same in the United States, provided he has no
scope to see that the book is a
"Let us roll back the hallowed scroll again
sonic cranny of the couhlry. But
children. Deprive these agencies of the
business,
work of propagan da . 1Vho could : until
And read once more God's holy words to men!"
yourself.
it
takes
a hardy soul to be able to bear the required isolation.
s.
object to that? But, there is
• • •
help they receive, rob similar agencies of
And so, each year, the final chapter done,
In
his
reference
to
the
minor-
more
to
it.
it
is
part
of
an
in-
The first with grateful prayer was e'er begun.
An ex-vamp of some years POLITICS AND ACCIDENTS.
their incomes from the Community Fund,
ities in Bessarabia, Dr. Clark
sidious propaganda, reflecting on '
ago still takes herself ver-r-ry
I asked the Republican nominee for the Senatorship from New
and the city would suffer from one of the
speaks of " 10 per cent Jests and
the Jews in Rumania, and carried
And not a child but knew the very day—
seriously.
She's now retired and York, U. S. Attorney George Z. Medalie, whether his political career
10 per cent Hebrew's." In this
on here.
worst problems: that of the orphan let
married to a director (we've represented the fulfillment of any youthful hope.
No other festival was half no gay!
light it would be interesting to
Who is doing this work? Who
Each elder joined the frolic, and soft smiled,
mentioned her before). In an
loose without food or shelter.
His reply was that he had never expected to enter politics; that
know the percentage of Germans
is encouraging it? Surely it can-
Saying, "So was it too when I was but a child!"
interview with ■ magazine rep. it was all an accident.
and Teutons in Germany; that of
not he laid to the door of the Ito-
Among the other agencies included in
resentative recently, she gave
So was, if you remember, the discovery of America. People are
the English and British in Eng-
maiden Legation. The present
In gay procession marched the elders round
the campaign is the Jewish Social Service
out long descriptions of "her generally disposed to deplore accidents, and yet they are among
land; and what percentage the
Minister, Charles Davila is an
The little schul, their reverent arias enwound
moods, her art" and this and the most fruitful means of progress.
Chinese and Mongols make up in
earnest, sincere and broad-mind-
Bureau, whose relief program is too well
About the scrolls, and as along they passed
that. She capped the climax by
The fact that they occur, it seems to me, is perhaps, from one
ed man and he has on more than
China.
known to need comment. The hundreds
Nuts, cakes and sweetmeats to the children cast;
informing that she couldn't al- aspect, the most consoling thing of life. The pessimist is generally
one occasion demonstrated his
When he speaks of the "moral
low the article to be printed un- bottomed on facts and tendencies. The one thing that may be
families
on
its
lists
must
continue
to
re-
side" of the Rumanian peasants, ' friendliness toward the Jews.
of
And as the little hands were filled, they cried,
til she had okayed it . be- said against his conclusion is that accidents may happen, and the
King Carol, too, has ordered
Dr. Clark tells of the liquor trot- 1
ceive the aid they have been given in the
• me, hopeful occur. Even science concurs in this view today, as your
"This is the Torah for which martyrs died!
cause of her public ... dash
anti-Semitic agitation suppressed
fic being in the hands of the Jews
past, if the existing problem is not to be-
This is the Law to which you must be true!
don't you know.
in
his
kingdom.
readings of Eddington and his school show. The protons that con-
—another long-exploded anti-
•
•
Sweet as these cakes its study be to you!"
Dr. Clark would do well to re-
come more acute. At the same time, the
Semitic slur. The author appar-
the atom, they tell us, may jump in any unpredictable way.
vise
his
book
to
conform
with
the
of
the
times?
A
Joosh
Sign
Or in a homely way, you never can know until you try.
ently did not know that the Jews
work of the Young Women's Hebrew As-
•
•
The carefree children nodded, e'en as I,
•
have been ushered out of the ' facts as they actually are and not newsie on the (Boulevard cries,
sociation and the Jewish Centers Associa-
A child amongst them! What now mists my eye?
rural districts for decades, and 1 as they were related to him. His " Buy my papers . . • or I'll vote THE WHEEZE INDUSTRY.
book might then really serve as for Hoover!"
A tear? Ah, well? I dream of long ago
tion must also be continued in order
that it was the hand of a non-
Al Boasberg, former jeweller, now makes between fifty and
a "trustworthy book of refer-
When pious ones kept Simchas Torah so!
• • •
Jew that had pumped the liquor
seventy-five thousand dollars a year providing wheezes for the stage.
that the injection of courage, confide — n— ce
ence."
' I gather from a sketch of Boasber g in the New Yorker.
into the drunken peasant he saw .
Al Jolson will top , Ed
. Wynn for
. So
As
it
stands
today,
it
is
difli-
and faith, through the cultural efforts of
Indeed, no other festival is "half so IGNORES FACTS
ride)
pay-checks. Ile s been signed
rad
i
o
To me, the funniest part, or rather the oddest part, is not that
cult to escape the conviction that by Chevrolet Motors over N. B. C.
0
these groups, might not be displaced by gay!" What a fortunate thing it is for the
"Anti-Semitic feeling among
one ca n manufacture such whe er es, butto that one can makae e
it presents a libel against the
the
peasants,"
says
the
author,
me that there r$5molly
out of their manufacture . It see ms
despair, cynicism and a horrid fear for the child whose parents appreciate the impor- "is primarily economic, and is 1 Jews in Rumania.
(Turn to Next Page.)
people who could turn out these wheezes, but how to sell them for
future. The closing of the doors of these tance of emphasizing the need for such
$50,000—now that requires an artist.

two institutions might not only arouse
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 He-
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 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,

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.

RANDOM THOUGHTS

by Charles
HJoseph
.J

POETRY AND WEIGHT.
I see where Feuchtwanger, the author of "Power," whose new
work "Josephus" is now nut, is quoted as saying that he lost
much as 14 pounds in weight gn 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
one day, but losing 14 pounds in one hour, and that at writing a poem,
is a little too great a burden on credulity.
Writing poetry as Feuchtwanger does it must, it appears, he
classified in the list of heavy labor. If Feuchtwanger did succeed in
doing it, I dare say he can make more starting a poetry reducing
school than by writing novels.

in a position he adopts it and
ership in the House of Israel.
PIOUS BELLE BAKER
It is commonplace to say that stays there. There is no doubt
If this is true then some of our Dr. Philipson is a scholar. Any- I as to Dr. Philipson'a position on
Jewish movie magnates need re- one who knows him or knows any- Zionism. Ile is not a Political
forming. Here's the item in thing of Jewish life recognizes Zionist, nor an Economic Zionist,
question:
that. It might be interesting to nor any other kind. Ile just isn't!
•
• •
"Belle Baker stuck to her re- recall that he is the author of I know that I am expressing the
ligious principle. and the Para- "Progress of the Jewish Reform sentiments of thousands and thou- A NEAT COME-BACK
mount Theater is replacing the Movement in the United Stales"; 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.
get
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
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 sing 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 •s she had planned to ob- 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
Yom Kippur. Informed inn' the trend of Reform Judaism May he be spared for many, many some of the language in modern novels. I can only indicate son,"
that her absence would consti- in theUnited States. Though it more years of usefulness.
of the milder terms. "Cohen," he said, "is an ingrate, a scoundrel , a
tute a breach of contact, the
—..—
hyena, a liar
must a
be admitted th t 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 conscienceless ,
forego the $4,000 salary in- ahead too rapidly for the good of
Since the B'nai B'rith has hypocritical, mean, petty person around here—"
• olved 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. He rose.
principles."
•
"Mr. Speaker, you forget yourself."
But David Philipson has not ning of a series of debates by
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One would imagine that the ; changed his attitude to accommo- members of the Aleph Zadik Aleph
Paramount management would date anybody's convenience. Oth- on the subject: 'Resolved, That RABBIS AND SERMONS
find it more profitable in the END em may adventure into radical- the Calling of a World Jewish
And speaking about rabbis, Scribe Abe Allen has been making a
to respect Belle Baker's religious ism, but it is not for him. Ile has Congress
. Gw e i n l I - collection of strange subjects of rabbinic 'sermons. One of the
ce i l n bw y i
, C ,, ci a n e esn s f , A rse si Proposed
Sidney Webb Drops His Title.
principles than to ease her out. been, he is and he always will be
Use,"
in this Allen collection is that of the rabbi who took as theheteXild',.:tf
his sermon: "Yes, we have no bananas."
A cable to the New York Times from The Jewish public, which is rather the dignified, scholarly gentle- be taken up by other groups. This
a generous theater-attending pub- , man, who earned the high esteem
ubjie n ctthaen d coo un ne.
Well, I once knew a rabbi—and if I would mention his name
wh m k oh st etvie n r ie yl y Je sw
London informs us that—
lic, may resent such action.
many of you would know him, too—who was in the habit of using
and goodwill of every element in in a
It
Ile always FP, "
I
tr
should
be
made
fame
Ian
no
inanimate
texts or subjects for his sermon
which
hich
e
y
Y
d co
Tc R i tuyEa nWOR
"The gentleman who goes under the fan-
DR. PHILIPSON AT 70
is not will be a relief, too, from the de- about people.
TH -
tastic name of Lord Passfield," as Mrs. Sidney
David Philipson, I salute you! hie own n He is an uncompromis- bates with which we have been
Thus,
if
you
came
in
late
in
the
synagogue,
when the rabbi
or a Zionist :
Webb once described her husband when the
No honor
your congregation
your
community
can show you on ing anti-Zionist. He does not afflicted concerning the subject of ascended the pulpit, you would know pretty well in advance that the
veteran Fabian was Secretary for the Domin-
sermon
would
be
devoted
to
you.
I
remember
once
hearing
the raela
the occasion of your seventieth pussyfoot and evade. lie is never a Jewish University. Debating a
ions in the last Laborite Government) has
vo ,hiv e e re rs aisty ge etsva nlo ue ono efan dy e : sermonize on a worshipper who came into the synagogue Saturday
birthday can be overdone, because on the fence. When he believes Jewish u
dropped his title, according to The Daily Mail.
w it h h hi s um b re
11 a. Th e
th
e ra bbi di I some ra i i n ng on hi
m —that the
you deserve well of your people.
The familiar names of Sidney and Beatrice
bating the proposed Jewish Con- umbrella could not protect him from.
Of the class of '83, the first to
Webb, it is stated, are being resumed in the
Of course the rabbi didn't last very long—but I think he must
greys will at least get some Jews
TIPPING
be graduated from the Hebrew
some information. Members of have had a good time while it lasted.
famous literary partnership, now engaged in
Union College, Dr. Philipson re-
And after all suppose it didn't last. Did not the ancient Jewish
producing a volume entitled "The :Methods of
Heti .. Junior Temple groups, members
'
mains the only survivor. I met (Quidnunc in Palestine tsu
of Young Men's Hebrew Associa- sages observe: "There are thos e who make their world in one hour'
Social Study."'
Dr. Philipson a great many years
lions, and other such organize- The quintessence of eternities may be squeezed into a fleeting
"I have never altered my name," he told ■
To tip or not to tip, that is
the lions should encouraze discussions moment.
ago, when he was a friend and
e clog-
reported. "I am Sidney Webb to my pub-
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confidant of the late Rev. Dr. Lip- question
i on NI IC h has caused th
lisher and my tailor, and when I lecture I am
on this subject. It will be of
A GOOD ADVISER
man
Mayer,
of
Congregation
Ro-
great value to American Jewry.
Sidney Webb."
Aviv.oTihemvslititers
of
a
certain
def Shalom, Pittsburgh. These Tel
—::—
If you may believe Dr. Weiner, it happened to the late Lou''
on the sea-shore objected to
Marshall.
To the Jews, Sidney Webb, one-time lib- two represented the conservative, cafe
being treat
JEWISHNESS
re as beggars and they COLUMBUS'S
Mr. Brisbane again suggests
scholarly school in Reform Juda-
Some "schnorrer" or other came to Mr. Marshall looking for a
eral. will always be known as Passfield ism. Dr. Philipson typifies, to my demanded that a service fee of ten
in job. "What can you do?" a.sked Mr. Marshall.
igtht
o have
per cent be added to all bills. What! that Columbus might
the
man
who.
basing
his
views
and
Jew.
At
any
rate
the
Catholics
ind,
the
best
in
the
American
as
a
"Well," replied the men. "I can't do any hard physical worl"
m
and
a man have
the ir e string Tbe doctor told me that if I strained myself I am liable to inflame
of;n
o n , xwe.d him
. w i n . .i annexed
sentiments upon wrong information, hand- R abbinate. Ile has never found cried the proprietors. When piastre
ws
a
ts.
Whether
r
e
al
f
my
sciatica."
it necessary to resort to sensa-
ed down rulings which were most damag- tionalism in order to maintain in- h f al e LI y ra raCaUnP) o is f he to°pr ■ 11mils?
it
hat difference heoes
d
"I pee," said Mr. Marshall sympathetically. "But maybe you a re
ing to the Jewish cause in Palestine. As terest in his spiritual leadership. The thing is impossible.
make except to add to ou r vanity. qualified for some more mental vocation. Are you a bookkeeper, do
To me, however, it seems quite
like Lincoln, belongs to you know a trade or something?"
Passfield, Webb the radical was a narrow Ile 'seems to have made up his clear that a mil tax is preferable Columbus,
the ages and not any group. Bris-
mind at an early date that the
to tell you the truth." said the man, "I have no training
aud bigoted nobleman who forgot his own leadership of a Jewish congrega- to • grush tip. A tip loweret him bane mentions that those moderns at "Well,
all—I don't know any trade—but, Mr. Marshall, there is one
gives and him that takes. In who question Columbus's Jewish thing I am good at."
teachings of three decades ago. If only tion, and the affairs of • Jewish t'at
Palestine, generally, Jews, other
that the
"Yes, yes," said Mr. Marshsil, "what is that one thing?"
for the reason of the sad record to his community plus an occasional ex- than waiters. are averse to tips. origin should remember rl•re
were
cursion into Jewish literature as
"Well," said the man, "I am ■ very good adviser. 1 can advise
Semitic race in ancieet
credit as a member of the MacDonald Cab- an author, would consume the Have you ever tried tipping • Jew- great navigators, "
you on anything."
ish taxi-driver? In London you think that who Columbus was will
"You don't say," said Mr. Marshall, and pausing a moment and
inet, Passfield should long ago have gone major Part of his time. So he left cannot
grat-
go by taxi without a
out of his program any attempt oily. Nor shall I ever forget the always remain as great • mystery surveying the man:
back to his original name, dropping the to
Gold-
as the life of Shakespeare. These
correct ALL the evils in the
"Mr.
Goldstein (his name, I believe, was Gbldstein), Mr.
look on the fare of ■ barber in
title under which he not only damaged
Which
le se ems to me to 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 ml
about is how to get rid • of you."
keeping records.
Jewish interests, but did infinitely greater have resulted in Dr. Philipson piastre.
achieving such distinguished lead.

to Sidney Webb himself.