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DRAMATIC EPISODES IN LIFE OF SPINOZA
(Continued from Page One.)
FFS AT REPORT OF
AN TI-SEMITIC MOSLEY
FFORTS IN ENGLAND
to the son. effect. The Jewish community SCO
was a kind of state within • state, a
society foreign In religion, languag• and
E
manners to its hosts. To expose than-
selves to the charge of fostering novel-
ties In speculation might well have been
• serious dancer to them. A. prudent
governors of their household., it • oove
the chief men to suffer no more scandal.
within It like that of D•Co•te. And
Splanee's particular novelties might be
h m
n Ay e t t ltisohi h m em... 6 tw
g
Into trotyie.
Descartes, and the Synod of Dort (not
the first and famous, but • second one)
Cmtesianism. The
o
had just c ndemned
e
b st way would be to make things quiet
while It wee yet time; the next best,
-:„
EDITOR'S NOTE: Rabbi Heller,
the author of this articles, is recog-
this man, an d shall ley upon 11..11, the nized as one of the outstanding stu-
curses which are written in the hp. cm
law ,The Lord shall destroy M. name dents of the Spinozaist philosophies
tinier the sun, ens cot aim off for his In this country. Last June he earn-
Si
°I 1 "'"51- ed the degree of Doctor of Philoso-
from
511 II"'
h.'''.
""`I`41
with
• I the
curses
of the
firmament
which are written le the book of the phy from the University of Michi-
ie.. .But ye that leave unto the Lo rd gin, his doctorate thesis being on
your G od , live all of you this day.
,41
wa rn you, that none may the subject The Influence of Stoic- if
"we
A d
i ilea= boef
speak with hint by word of ..As nor by ism on the Philosophy of Spinoza. "
311„o take Th7 bgtinr t
to him, "" Ile is the author of several other IZ1, at tenet In hi. public ways, woe to
1".t.
be un er ""
one show
roof °°).
with him, nor some
cut him off . at once, and disclaim all
within four cubits of him, by read important essays dealing with the responsibility for him. "
an P.P• corona s or writteo by hi., " life and work of Spinoza.
Similar fears and similar pre-
cautions were taken not only by a
A SHUDDER ran through the
tolerated foreign religious grou,
stupefied hearers. In some, the
words aroused slight feelings of tismal font. They attended mass, but even by a school of native thin -
ers, the Cartesians, with whose
pity, in others resentment and contributed to the church, obser-
ved the sacraments. But in their master Spinoza was still supposed
wrath.
heart of hearts they remained Jews. to be identified. Spinoza writes to
The , scene is shifted from the
These new Christians were called his friend, Oldenberg, about it
shuddering or imprecating mob and Maranoes. They would secretly as- thusly:
the darkened synagogue with its semble on the New Year and Day
"While I was busy with hi
ts, the re-
melting and weeping candles, to the of Atonement and worship at the port was spread everywhere . that n
despised and denounced heretic. At peril of death. They would teach certain book of mine was In the press ,
wherein I endeavored to show that there
the time when his kinsmen were their children in secret chambers was as God; end DID report 1.nd cred
ereupon certain
Whereupon
making what seemed to them a most that they were still Jews in faith. en . with ma
ologians (themselves perhaps the au -
fearful and fatal decision, he, the These facts leaked out and the eyes the
thor of It) took occas to complain
very victim of that dire decree, of the Inquisition began to feret of me to the prince and the e magistrates;
the stupid Certesians, being
was serenely steeped in philoso- out its victims. The pyres of the moreover
supposed to •Ide with me and desiring
phic contemplatation in a small at- auto de fe were kept ablaze with to f ree themselves from that suspicion,
were diligent without ceasing in their
tic room of a humble homestead (on these martyrs.
execration of my doctrines and writings,
the Ouwerker road, a little way
end are es diliyent still. Having knowl-
Migration of "Now Jews."
out of Amsterdam.). This incor-
edge of them matters from trustworthy
'MEWS
BEGAN
to
reach
the
pen-
persons, who likewise told me that the
rigible villain was a youth of but
VI insula that yonder in Holland theologians were layiny plots against me
24 years. His face possesed refined
all sides i determined to put off , the
the exiles had found a haven of on
publication until I would see the sisue
and delicately-cut figures. Its com-
refuge and that they were enjoy- of the oftsald, end then to signify my de-
plexion was dark, except for a pale
the business Incl es,
ing the freedom to live as Jews. signs to you. But he
worse from day to
tincture that now and then showed
te em s,
The news stirred the cords of hope e•
any it and I knowe t t yet what I shall do."
itself to the eye. His hair was
in the hearts of the Maranos. T °
The
storms
Of
°position and in"
jet-black and curly. These marks
slumbering embers of their sup-
all revealed a Semitic lotus grown pressed devotion to their idealized dignant intolerance which his Tree.
up under the blue skies of Romanic Judaism were set aflame. Their tatus Theologies Politicus aroused
—justified their fears, and here his
lands.
hearts grew resolute and they risk- thesis was only to prove that "the
When told of their revocable sen- ed their lives by attempting to emi- liberty of philosophizing (that is
tence which deprived him of the grate to the flourishing Amster- making use of natural reason) may
friendship and fellowship of his dam community, the new Jerusa- be allowed without any prejulice to
people, he replied calmly, "This km. That community grew in num- piety or to the peace of any rem-
compels inc to nothing which I hers by the continuous waves of monwealth." Even five years be-
should otherwise not have done." imigration of the "New Jews."
fore the publication of this book—
Spinoza continued on the same
They built a synagogue, acquired which had to be smuggled in under
course, though in different seas. Ile the services of rabbis, established he titles of history and chemistry—
now lived amidst non-Jews, but his a Reboot (the first graded of its he had already been branded as "an
lot did not improve. Until his very kind) for their children. They gave atheist, a mocker against all re-
death, he was the target of mob- in plentitude of their wealth to ligion and dangerous instrument in
hatred and fanaticism. His abet- their support. The thing m ost this republic." What fate would
tors were now Christians instead of prized and cherished is the thing have been that of the Amsterdam
Jews. Theye were even more dan- that is most difficult to obtain. Jewel at the appearance of his Eth-
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with anathemas. Before him was ced the tortures of the dungeons munication removed every respon-
Store are not adequate to
the continuous threat of physical of the Inquisition for this freedom sibility of it from them.
LORD READING
accommodate the enormous
violence and even imprisonment, or to live and love their religion.
The offer of the Jewish elders to
NEW
YORK. — (J. T. A.)—
crowds that will attend this
Their pent-up devotion finally Spinoza of 1,000 florins to keep
expulsion.
Causes of Ostracism.
was given an outlet and it over- quiet, was prompted by just these That Sir Oswald Mosley. founder
Auction, so entire stock will
HEN WE TRY to find out flowed the banks of moderation. apprehensions. They should be of the new Fascist Party in Eng-
what the charges were, which They were inclined to be as solici- credited with enough wisdom to land, is sponsoring an anti-Semitic
be closed out at
The
character
of
the
mer-
caused his ostracism from the Jew- tous over correct beliefs as over know that one can not be bribed movement in England was ridi.
ish fold, we find ourselves balked right behavior. The pre-eminence to entertain sincere beliefs. culed by the Marquess of Reading
chants back of this institu-
and confused. Theological differ- which they gave to dogma over What I have said above was not in a statement to the Jewish Tele-
tion is your guarantee that
ences were not the chief causes for deeds was more in consonance with intended to condone the Jews of graphic Agency prior to his de-
this will be the most thrilling
Spinoza's excommunication. W e Christian rather than with Jewish Amsterdam. Their sin was griev- parture from the United States on
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Lord Reading ridiculed the idea
what the terrible doctrines were. red ethical conduct and social cus- fore the reader the various forces
records.
But these were the products of his tom over and above theological and currents that brought it about. that an anti-Semitic movement
later years. The story is told that creeds. They were too long in con- I have made this long digression in could find root in England.
a fellow student of his informed tact with the church and some were order to correct the current view
It is remarkable, he said, that
even compelled to be identified with which makes theological heresy the in America I learned for the first
the elders that Spinoza confide d
him the view the God possessed ex- it—not to have become imbued with sole basis for the excommunication time of the anti-Semitic move-
tension and that the angels were its spirit. We now find them even of Spinoza. Timidity more than sent in England. In genera
phantoms and the soul was thee- imitating the ways of the Inquisi- bigotry played a part in it.
there is a tendency here to regard
fied in the Bible with life. On these tion which they so much detested
Other Dramatic Episodes.
too seriously both Mosley and his
ground,' he is reputed to have been and dreaded. Like the Pilgrims or HE BONDS connecting Spin- new party, the distinguished Brit-
excommunicated. I do not believe they too traversed an ocean to ob- ' oza to his people having been ish statesman declared.
that these charges formed the main taro religious freedom—and when severed, where did he turn now for
"I regard it as foolish to speak
Jews of Am-
of anti-Semitism in England. The
basis of the ban. The the eld:rs, they attained it they proceeded to faith and fellowship?
sterdam, p articularly
in Jewish lore. They deny the privilege to those who
Spinoza did not enter the church. British people have demonstrated
deviated from their creed. In this He was never baptized nor did he on numerous occasions that they
were versed
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I brought new and hair raising re- less, food it congruous to attend a Liberaland the Labor Parties. All
day, Cabbalists
Open
at
1
P.
M.
Wed-
•
ports of martyrdom of kinsmen synagogue and he called up to the three have frequently evinced
for Advertising Pur-
in the corporeality o f God
once, regardless of coat or value.
speculated on the dimensions of His and converts in Spain and Portu- Torah and even respond liberally their sympathetic attitude toward
lesday.
poses.
body and of His several members gal. See story of Lisbon Monk, to a 'Mi Shebarach.'
the Jews,' the Marquess stated.
(Shiur Komah). It is true Maimon- Drogo and Solomon Molcho.) Is
We have a letter of Spinoza writ-
The Marquess of Reading, ac-
ideas was severe in his structures it any wonder that their sparks of ten (1673) in answer to a critic of
companied by the Marchioness of
religious
idealism
were
fanned
into
against the ascribition of material
his Tractus—aa being an atheistic
Reading, spent several weeks in
attributes to the godhead. lie torches of fanaticism?
work—wherein he says: "He (the
-
Liberty of Worship an Issue.
made the belief in the incorporeal
critic) begins with saying it con- this country.
ARTYRDOM had unstrung the cerns him little to know what is my
ity of God a dogma—the denial of
nerves
of
Spanish
Jewry.
Their
which deprived one of a share in
nation or way of life. If he had
the world to come (Yed Teshubal souls were bitten and bruised by known it, he would have not se past not exceeding the cost of three
111,7). We must, however, remem- the Inquisition and the poison en- easily convinced himself that I half pence . Occasionally he treat-
ber that no less eminent persons tered their system. They became teach Atheism." I think in view ed himself to one half-pint of wine.
This frugality of Spinoza was
than Rabbis Abraham hen David obsessed with a morbid fear of the of the fact that Spinoza never re-
of Posquieree and Moses Takes, took clear waters of free thought, They pudiated his Jewish identity and not due to any niggardly tendency.
Spinoza
was not a miser, intoxica-
walked through,a furnace of fire did not accept Christianity this sen-
issue with t im.
As for the second charge that he and they became charred with ex- tence gives more than a clue as to ted with a love of gold. There
— one cessive zeal. They fought for faith his spiritual propensities. "Spin- lived no man who cared as little for
deemed angels to be phantoms
"Merchant of Venice"
in a life of martyrdom Is greater
could find precedent for such views but fled before truth. It is hardly oza," says Colerus, " being well wealth and its advantages as Spin- not due to timidity. His was a cou-
than that which is confirmed to but
in esteemed Jewish books. The likely that such an act of fanati- versed in the study of the Law, oza.
Dropped in Maryland
rageous and indomitable soul. Ile
Spinoza
was
a
devotee
par
ex-
cism
would
have
been
committed
by
a
moment,
Psalmist (CIV,4) spoke of God—
and of the customs of the Ancients,
cellence of simple living and high fought for truth and freedom. His
Edgar
A.
Singer
well
summarizes
whose angels are winds and whom French and Polish rabbis, even in was not ignorant of these maxims,
bravery consisted not in the use of
CINCINNATI, 0,—Baltimore
his life in the following sentences:
servants are flames of fire. They the darkest corner of the Ghetto. and did not forget them, though he thinking. lie wanted to adjust sword or spear. His was a more
has now been added to the .
himself to as few needs as possible.
"We may be sure that few,
have been allegorized by many a Never did the skeptic Maimon nor was separated from the Jews and
humane and more powerful weapon.
growing list of cities which
He
didn't
want
to
habituate
him-
the
atheistically
inclined
MaSkilim
brought
to
the
lap
of
Lachesis,
Midrash and Hellenistic Jew. It
excommunicated by them."
Dr. John H. Finley, publicist
"Mind," he taught, " are conquered
have eliminated Shakespeare's
I shall now cease with glosses self to dispensable desires and crav- not by force of arms, but by love and educator, associate editor of would have the courage to pick
is difficult to find a bolder and clear- experience such a fate.
"The Merchant of Venice",
The soul purging institution of and commentary and return to the ings. He wanted freedom. lie
therefrom Spinoza's lot. Tb be
er denial of the literal reality of
the
New
York
Times,
has
been
and
high
mindedness."
from the curriculum of their
born of exile Jews, to be test off
angels than that of Maimonides. Christiandom not only shattered other dramatic episodes of Spin- wished to be the master of his ap-
When his stepsisters and rela- awarded, by a distinguished group by family and race as an offender
public schools at the behest of
petites
and
not
their
slave.
their
nerves
but
it
also
dazed
their
"Natural forces and angels," he
oza's life,
of judges, the American Hebrew
tives
tried
to
deprive
him
of
his
On
a
certain
occasion
he
was
in-
B'nal B'rith's Anti-Defamation
against holy traditions, to live then
a When the minds. It left its imprint not only
The story of Spinoza's love for
writes, "are identicl.
League.
. X, 7.) say, on the temper of that Jewry, but his pupil, the charming Clara Mar formed that loan of 200 florins due inheritance, he persisted in Medal for the Promotion of Bet- n lonliness among Christians whose
Rabbis (Mid. Ecd
k
which he had made to an individual fighting for his rights even to the ter Understanding between Chris- faith one does not accept, to die by
Rabbi Edward La Israel of
"When man Bleeps, his soul s peaks also on the tendency of their Jud- is Van Ende, the daughter of that
point of engaging in legal litiga- tian and Jew in America for the inches at the age of 45 even as
would
be
lost,
he
replied:
"I
must
liar Sinai Congregation, Balti-
aism.
Their
religious
view
point
free thinker, who introduced Spin-
to the angel, and the angel to
tion. When the case was won, he year 1932.
more, represented the League
liens go. This would hardly be cal-
cherub," man's imaginative faculty was put into the Catholic mould of oza into the humanities and the retrench my allowance to make up
Previous recipients of the Amer- led an easy one. How seriously,
in this case. He has just noti-
and his intellectual Medievalism. Judaism to them be classic lore, is suffused with pathos for this little matter, at this price refused to take his portion ex-
is called angel, T
cept for a bed which he wished to ican Ilebrew Medal were Hon. then, must be that sustaining power
one buys equanimity."
fied B'nai B'rith national head-
faculty is called cherub. he form - came a creed, mitzvoths sacraments and appeal. Israel Zangwill in his
It
was
these
reasons
that
impel-
keep
as
a
heirloom.
Newton
D.
Baker
of
Cleveland,
in
quarters that the president of
of a philosophy which enables Spin-
in which angels appear character and their rabbi afathertonfessor. "Dreamers of the Ghetto" utilizes
led him to reject the offer of a
Spinoza's closing days were 1930, and Archbishop Edward J. oza, partly accepting, partly invit-
the Baltimore school board In-
izes the mental vision of the seer." The very form and style of their this story in his dramatic depiction
-
chair
in
philosophy
at
Heidelberg
Hanna
of
San
Francisco,
in
1931.
marked
not
only
by
extreme
fana
formed him that in the new
excommunications was a la'inquis- of the life of our hero. He vividly
ing his destiny, to lend it an aspect
(Mohre Nebuchim III).
and refuse a pension from Louis ticism, but, in addition, by the pre-
The
presentation
of
the
medal
course of study for senior high
of
calm
beauty
that
touches
our
pictures
the
frail
but
brilliant
Spin-
ition.
That the soul or spirit of man in
The public ostracism was also oza vieing unsuccessfully with the XIV. He accepted a small pension valence of lawlessness and crime. was made on Nov. 22, at the audi- wonder!"
schools of Daltimore City,
the early portions of the Bible was
from his friends and admirers Si- Things were unsettled. War was torium of the College of the City
prompted
more
by
the
fear
of
non-
which is going to press this
substantial
and
handsome
Kerk-
identified with the life blood is a
Jewish public opinion than by their krinck for the hand of Clara. The mon De Vries and John DeWitt and rife between Holland and France. f New York at Lexington avenue
autumn, The Merchant of
fact which they could n ot
this only after a great deal of in- Fear and suspicion were wide-
red
Twenty-third
street,
New
inhospitality
to
heresy.
The
e-
Venice" has keen eliminated.
failure,
we
tee,
saddens
but
does
(Gen. IX, 4; Lev. XVI1,11), much o
sistence and importunation on their spread. In 1672 the DeWitt broth- York. Outstanding figures in many
• rse t f
Church of the Netherlands not crush him.
In other words, this present
as they may have
part. Of that proffer an an an- era met death at the hands of soya -
had
broken
away
from
Rome.
They
This
incident
in
the
life
of
Spin-
term
is the last Is which tie
the view. The supposed heresies
nual pension of 2000 florins he con- e sins. When the news was brought fields of endeavor were among the
play will be studied.
of Spinoza are theological alibis, too, passionately were concerned oza was brought to the attention
speakers.
sented to accept but 300.
to Spinoza, his customary calmness
with
guarding
the
integrity
of
their
Behrman's
Jewish
Book
House"
first
by
Colerus,
his
earliest
bio-
In
addition
to this *Ion be
and not the real ground for his ex-
Yet Spinoza was not an ascetic. gave way to an emotional outburst
has acquired from Funk & Wag-
the City of Baltimore ' , lbwss
communication. There were his- newly won rights. Any disturbance grapher. Later historians of Spin- Ile says: "No God and no human and a torrent of tears. Leibnitz
of the established belief or creed oza have branded it as apocryphal
we
nails the rights to "Laughs from
are many counties In Maryland
toric, psychologic, and so
being, except an envious one, is tells on that it was only with diffi-
where the play has been
Was bitterly resented as a step to on the ground that at the time of
which mainly impelled
particles of crystal which he was Jewish Lore," by Jacob Richman,
Spinoza's excommunication he was delighted by my impotence or my culty that he was restrained from forced to inhale during his work of and has issued • fifth printing of
dropped from the recalled list
sterdam Jewry to their decision. atheism.
trouble
or
esteems
as
any
virtue
in
affixing
at
the
publicplace
a
docu-
The Jews of Amsterdam were on 24 while Clara was but a child of
grinding
and
polishing
lenses.
On
popular
price.
shall
not
try
to
explain.
a
because of Rabbi lsrael's ap-
it
to
be
sold
at
These I
sufferance in Holland. Their re- 12 or 13 years. It is, however, con- us, tears, sighs, fears and other ment denouncing this brutal crime. Sunday, Feb. 21, 1077, after having
The author is • well-known
The Golden Period.
peal to the county superintend-
things
of
this
kind
with
which
we
In the following, year, Spinoza assured his landlady of his good Hebrew scholar and authority on
FTER THE DEFEAT of the ligious freedom was not legally se- tended (by W. Hale White and are affected."
ents last spring.
A
cure and assured. Their gather- Amelia H. Stirling) that there
was the recipient of an invitation
rliAlsgothe by the Moors, the Jews
B'nai B'rith Anti-Defamation
The rule of life which he advoca- to visit the commanding officer of health and after having advised her Jewish folk-lore. His "Jewish
in ings into the synagogue on the holi- might have been sonic historic bas-
Stories Old and New" have been
League has now been directly
lived happily and peacefully
ted is as far removed from aseer- the French army. The authorities not to stay away from churc
on
day were looked upon with suspic-
acefully
responsible for the elmination
Spain. Under the ruleof theib sonsy ion, not only be'ause of their relig- is for Colerus's account. The lat- ticism as it was from sensualism. of Holland, for some unknown rea- his account, he passe d
• regular feature of the New York
ter does nowhere state that Spin-
away In the presence ol 'eonly his Evaning World and its allied
of Ishmael, the road to life, lert
of this play from the public
ious divergence, but also lest their oza contemplated making an offer Life and the world to him was to be son permitted hi mto go to the
hysician, friend and admirer, Dr. newspapers for more than seven
and success was open to them. Jews
school curriculum-of more than
assembly be made into a sort of to Clara for marriage in 1656. Her enjoyed. But the enjoyment was to camp of the enemy. It is possible
eyers.
were engaged in commerce, counsel- ,
years, and have attracted wide
100 cities and towns.
conspiracy to return Holland to marriage did not take place, we be regulated by reason and in the that he may have been entrusted
Spinoza not only loved but also attention. It was the first time
led kings (Chasdai Iban Shaprut
interest
fo
a
life
of
contemplation.
Papal rule—from whose lands they know, till 1671. At that time she
with an important mission. In the died as he thought. Ile neared his
)ban Nagdela of Cordova), healed
His Closing Days.
In the history of American news-
wor.
liberty
of
fact
the
course
of
the
interview,
Lieutenant
a
woman
of
26.
Spinoza
could
Was
end not like the quarry slave at
princes (Maimonides), wrote poet- hailed. la
ship of the Jewish comnsuaity be- have been attentive to her during UOW DIFFERENT was the life Colonel Stoops proffered him a pen- night scourged to his dungeon, but papers that real Jewish anecdotes Dr. Arid Benxion Dies is
7 and philosophy. That period
and humorous folk-tales, in con-
1
e of Jewish liter- came sa issue during the contest the years following his excommun- L Lot Spinoza from that of Marcus sion if he would dedicate a book to sustained and soothed by an un-
Paris at Age of 45.
tradistinction to the offensive
was the golden
roduags repreeented the between the remonstrant. and the ication when he made his residence Aurelian. The emperor's writings the French monarch, Louis XIV. faltering trust. He approached his "Hebrew yarn," have been pre-
ature. Its pct
are
profuse
with
panegyrics
on
emonstrant..
The
states
This
request,
Spinoza
rejected
moat
in the homestead on the Ouwerker
grave like one who wraps the drap- tented to the American public. In
fruitage of Jewish cultural achieve- contra r
PARIS.—(J.
T. A.)—Dr. Ariel
I even appointed a commit. Road. lie was then a short distance simple living and high thinking. likely on patriotic grounds. When ery of his couch about him and lies
ments.
There was, however, a wide dich- he returned to the Hague, he found down to pleasant dreams, thereby 1926 Funk & Wagnalls published Benzion, representative of the
The Crusaders were, however, tee to regulate their freedom in from Amsterdam which city he vis-
Palestine
Foundation
Fund of the
ordinance was passed ited frequently.
°tem), between the practice and infuriated mobs hurling at him the exemplifying his own doctrine that some of the stories In book form.
slowly but pernistently attacking 1615. A city
preachments of the Roman philoso- injectives of "Spy," "Traitor." "A /' ree Man Thinks of Death of The book has been reviewed by Sephardic countries, died here at
The Philosopher's Frugality.
the disunited Arabs until in the prohibiting them from ereakInt
the age of 45.
ET US DIRECT our gaze now pher. He sang of the superior de- They clamored for his life. They
II Things, and His Wisdom Is • more than 600 newspapers. and
twelfth century, Moslem Spain be- or publishing anything that would
Dr. Benzion was elected • mem-
° -
lights of wisdom and yet he allow-
the late Dr. Frank Crane wrote a
came entirely Christian. The cross detract from the prestige of the Leto another scene. In a small ed himself to be surfeited with threatened the landlord that they Meditation Not of Death, But of
ber of the Spanish Academy of
special editorial about it
would
burn
down
his
house
and
Life„
and
dingy
room
in
Rynsburg,
we
supplanted the crescent. A tale Christian religion.
History
In Madrid this year, fol-
royal
luxuries.
Honeyed
words
of
Mr.
Richman
has
now
completed
murder his tenant. We see the lat. Spinoza's biography does not lead
The Jews of Amsterdam dreaded see our hero sitting near a small
of woe began for the Jews which
the heretical utterance of Spinoza table upon which are mattered peace and generosity came from ter pacing up and down in excite-
za's p to the dramatic climax which a new volume of Jewish anecdotes lowing the publication of • book
ended with their expulsion d from
his
mouth,
yet
he
waged
wars
of
on
the
Zohar.
five
and
humorous
folk-tales,
and
will
sent and fear.
Though
Spino re- one finds in the biographies of So-
many optical glasses and lenses.
an
Make,
he, however,
Spain later
in the from
year Portugal.
1492, More because they feared they woo
Dr. Benzion, who was born in
years
conquest and was ruthless in his
appear shortly under the title,
was at
dred thousand Jews antagonistic not only to Judaism, Spinoza is wan, yet not weary. persecution of the non-conforming life
seined unperturbed. Ile endeas or-
crates
Jesus.
He is lie
not
Jerusalem, came of • distinguished
but also to Christianity. They fear- There in contentment in his feat-
forced
to and
drink of the
hemlock.
is That Reminds Me—"
un
h
wo
than t
Christiana. Reason, he claimed, eel to calm the disturbed landlord not nailed to a cross. Ili' life
Sephardic family. His wife is the
hmhir
ures
and
an
unfathomable
delight
arouse
es.
Tme
in
ost
ed
that
they
would
ause
the
relig-
had to leave the i r
former Ida Seigler of Montreal.
in the gleam of his eye. With bent was his guide, but he did not hes- with a p romise that with the ■ ap - sto ry,
titles no less
however
• exemp
,
es.s oione
instances and
were
confiscated.
They ious ire of their benefactors. Their
state proach of the mob to the door of his
property
pose
Active in Braille Work.
back and keen interest he is en- itate to be the patron of a
an intense faith in and a selfless
pagan
rites.
By
took up the wanderer's staff. Some not-too-firm position
would
then
be-
cult
with
its
crude
„un.
tense.
He
feels
house.
he
would
not
hesitate
to
pre-
dized. The excomm pee:: gaged in polishing a
devotion to high ideais and interests
come jeopar
h
NORTH END CLINIC
e e
Among Cincinnati's most active
ith as hfi a g r ptrhed
hi h to him were the very ee,
a' oy in his work—not the joy that his royal presence, he lent dignity sent himself in persn to them and
ier A e ca aasth ww
went to Palestine, some to South
la•August, 1932, 121 hay fever
comes from the anticipation of mon- to the brutal glariatorical combats recount the purpose of his visit
life. His struggles and workers for the blind is Kra.
America, and twine landed in Am. ication
.
/LOY
-e-
- do
°fi
podoet. in 287 visits received re-
etary reward. It is rather a joy that were staged in the amphithea- though the act may spell death to sence
of
disavOwing
the
community's
Adolph
Dryer,
whose
latest
tram-
suffering'
not
converge
to
•
fo-
pose
sterdam, Holland.
ters of the capitol. His claim that _
1
cal point. Ills patience and fort'. eribed books "Memoirs of Gluckel lief in Nortk fad Clinic's allergy
Great numbers, however, were connection with the utterance of in the fact that he wail able to work during the performance he was ab- " h" -
and work well at the task.
make that great that bold youth.
tnde, however, equals if it doesn't , of Hamelin, translated by Mar- depertineat, wb.s deficit the
Died As He Thought
not prepared to
sorbed
in
philosophic
meditations
Community road pap — 51 per
he
partakes
The day is over, and
..7°
1"5"".1.
Is mere clap-trap. Spinoza inherited from his moth- exceed that of • Socrates or a Je - i win Lowenthal, has just been sent
"is Fr.l.rk h P lock
sacrifice. They were unwilling to Sir
. thM dee perm,
cent more patients than August,
meage meal mhich consists
bweeid
of
Spa te and Perlsgel
c•mtented er consumptive tendencies which I sus, just because of the protraction I to the Jewinh Braille Institute Li-
tear them/elves out of the soil they t ,.•
a
Spinoza
possessed
ie
one with butter, or
1931.
""tiwk •••' of lmi lk -sop eel
must have become aggravated by of his pain. The heroism involved' brary in New York.
I and leave themselves
and retiring disposition. This was
fat
e. 5 ho w But le this cane
gruel
done
with
retains—the
re-
to the mercy of a precartons e bap- ...dm pet. we.
submitted
to
the
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