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Humanizing Arab Villages

Those who are still in the habit of min-
imizing Zionist aspirations as well as
achievements on the ground of fear Of pos-
sible outbreaks will find new food for
thought in a recent statement by a writer
in the Palestine Bulletin, who points out
that mast of the murders in Palestine occur
in the Arab villages. This writer suggests
that the humanizing of the Arab villages—
whom he advises to learn from the Jewish
settlements—would serve in great measure
to solve this problem. The writer in the
Palestine Bulletin states:

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Sabbath Readings of the Torah
Pentateuchal portion—Gen. 25:19-28:9
Prophetical portion—Mal. 1:1-2:7

December 2, 1932

Kislev 3, 5693

Shaarey Zedek 70 Years Old.

Congregation Shaarey Zedek will be 70
years old next Tuesday, Dec. 6.
On the occasion of this septuagenary an-
niversary, it is well to point out that this
Conservative synagogue has made great
contributions to the welfare of this com-
munity; that its members have played a
leading role in the life of this community;
that it is still one of the most important
factors in the life of this community.
Congregation Shaarey Zedek can point
with a feeling of satisfaction to its past
achievements. The efforts which have been
inaugurated by the congregation since the
completion of the present synagogue build-
ing reveal that an energetic and devoted
membership body is prepared to retain the
group's reputation for service to the com-
munity. At three score and ten, Shaarey
Zedek remains a vital element in Detroit
Jewry.

Sabbath Observance.

The World Sabbath Observance League,
with central offices in Berlin, makes known
some truly interesting facts in connection
with efforts to further the mevement for
the observance of the Sabbath throughout
the world. In Berlin and in Jerudalem, in
Cochin, Geneva, Bucharest, communities in
Poland, Rio de Janeiro, even in Moscow,
Jews are adhering to the Sabbath.
In communities like ours, where the Sab-
bath is a weakened institution, observed
only by an insignificant minority. the news
about such observance is of unusual inter-
est and importance. Speaking of India, the
Sabbath Observance League informs us
that in Cochin "Saturdays and Jewish Holy
Days are gazetted holidays for Jews and
no public officer can demand the Jew to
work on these days. No public examin-
ations are held in the two states on Satur-
days. Even the Madras University authori-
ties were kind enough to avoid Saturdays
and Jewish holidays when there were Jew-
ish candidates. But, due to a lack of suit-
able candidates, there are only very few
Jews in the state service, although here
consideration would be given to their re-
ligious requirements."
From Moscow, the Sabbath League
makes public the following report, showing
what a stumbling block the Sabbath is to
Communist anti-religious thought:

The Jewish Communist daily newspaper
Emes strongly objects to the principle as-
serted afresh by another Russian paper, "Re-
ligion is a private matter," in a leading article.
The Emes enumerates a series of Jewish
towns, colonies and collective settlements
where "the power of Clericalism" is still no
strong that even Communists submit to it. The
Sabbath is still looked upon as the general day
of rest in the collective settlement Malfeld.
Even the government offices of the collective
are dosed on the Sabbath. In the collective
settlement "Jewish Farmer" threshing work
is only begun on the Sabbath after the service
(Minion). Not even newopapers are allowed
to be delivered on the Sabbath in the collective
settlement "Ilorepashnik." These facts, the
Emes concludes, prove the harm of the theory
that religion in • private matter.

Similar reports of Jewish stubborness,
which insists upon the observance of Jew-
ish customs and traditions, particularly the
Sabbath, come from every portion of the
globe. These reports defy all pessimistic
views which would relegate Judaism to the
background of a defeated religion. But
Israel will not be downed. So long as such
a spirit prevails, with the Sabbath a dom-
inating force in the Jewish faith, there is
nothing which can possibly affect Jewry's
existence.

Reason for Prosperity.

The Manchester Guardian, outstanding
English liberal daily, commenting editor-
ially on the prosperous conditions in Pales-
tine "amid a wearly tale of world depres-
sion," thus ascribes a reason for it:
"Palestine is reaping a considerable eco-
nomic benefit because it is unstiffened by
immigration restrictions like in most coun-
.tries."
If only Britain would learn a lesson from
this happy condition in the Jewish Home-
land, and would not hamper immigration,
the continuation of Palestine's existing
prosperity would be assured.
For the United States, too, there is a
lesson in store from the fact that Palestine
today is an oasis in a desert of economic
despair. Perhaps the loosening of the bars
on immigration would create new demands
for American goods. The influx of a new
element into our population would, cer-
tainly serve to stimulate trading, and the
settlement of foreign groups in presently
cninhabitated portions of this country
would bring nothing but good to the popu-
on at large.

Once every three days someone is murdered
in' Palestine. Once every month a man is
murdered in Palestine and the murderer is not
discovered. Jews do not murder one another
nor do they murder Arabs. Arabs, in normal
times, do not murder more than a dozen Jews
a year. Therefore most of the violent deaths
are caused by Arabs murdering one another—
one every three days.
Investigation would show that most of these
deaths arise out of village quarrels, , Some-
times sex plays its part and a brother may mur-
der his sister if he doubts her moral creden-
tials. In most cases bad blood exists between
different sections in the village and they take
the first opportunity of resorting to arms.
How can this hideous state of affairs be
brought to an end? In the first place life In
the villages must be made more interesting,
no that the cracking of skulls will not be the
only pastime. Again, the position of the vil-
lage woman joust b.e raised, so that she may
humanise man's barbaric pleasures. At the
present she Is but a thrall, whose word counts
for nothing in the councils of the men.
It may be hoped that the example of the
Jewish settlements will have a humanizing in-
fluence on the neighboring villager. Just as
he learns improved methods of agriculture
from the Jews, no may he learn better manners
and the art of living in peace. Perhaps edu-
cation will have some civilizing effect on the
savage propensities of men educated in the
swift use of the dagger. It is possible that
better economic conditions would make for
happier relationships. The encouragement of
sport and the introduction of the radio might
both slowly break down the impervious rule of
uncontrolled passion.
These are merely suggestions thrown out at
random. Perhano some Arab student, desiring
to find an outlet for his brains in a pursuit
less barren than politics, will make an investi-
gation into Arab village life and make pro-
posals for its humanization.

This statement is iriteresting not only
from the point of view of the contrast it
draws between the standards of Jewish
and Arab settlements, but also because it
suggests the possibility of harmony be-
tween the two elements in the population
when the more backward Arab village will
have become "humanized."
That peace and harMony are possible
through co-operation is also suggested by
the Near East and India, a publication con-
sidered to be the mouthpiece of the British
Colonial Office. In an editorial on "Devel-
opment in Palestine" this periodical de-
scribes the development of the citrus in-
dustry as a basis for such co-operation,
and presents its view as follows:

Not the least satisfactory feature of the
citrus industry is the opportunity it provides
for co-operation between the Arabs and Jews,
and there can be no question of the advantages
that the Arab orange growers have derived
from the example set by the Jews in all that
concerns the improvements introduced into the
industry—improved methods of cultivation, of
packing and grading and of marketing. The
dependence of the Arabs in this respect On
Jewish initiative would seem to be taken so
much for granted by them, that they are usu-
ally content to me the whole duty of investi-
gation and research shouldered by the Jews
In the hope, no doubt, that the bulk of the
expense, if not all of It, will be borne by the
latter.
The material progress in Palestine will be
the more permanent, because it is based on a
sound foundation, and a great obstacle to Arab
and Jewish co-operation will be removed. In
the sphere of business enterprises thin co-
operation is already abundantly in existence,
and where it Is hampered or wholly prevented
the reason is to be sought in the actions of the
politically-minded of the two sections of the
Palestine population. On the Arab side there
can be no question that those who are most
vocal in their hostility to the Jews and to the
present regime are those, or the spokesmen of
those, who are also the worst enemies of the
fellahee. The progress of Palestine requires
a marked improvement in the lot of the fella-
been, and their standard of living.

Thus, events in Palestine are assuming
a character above narrow partisanship and
on a basis of co-operation for the good of
two kindred peoples.

The Use of Hebrew.

Endorsing the views of Alfred Segal, as
expressed in his column "Plain Talk," that
"if Judaism is not the tongue as a language
it may be in the heart," Charles Joseph of
"Random Thoughts" fame adds: "and in
the mind."
Comes Prof. Mordecai M. Kaplan, noted
rabbi and educator, and disputes this view.
Under the title "What the American Jew-
ish Woman Can Do for Adult Jewish Edu-
cation," in the current issue of Jewish Edu-
cation, Professor Kaplan repeats the fol-
lowing sentiment he uttered at the recent
Hadassah convention in New York:
"The inwardness of Jewish life can be
conveyed through the medium of Hebrew
speech. Many a young person who ques-
tioned the value of being a Jew found in
the mastery of a Hebrew vocabulary a
better answer than in Maimonides' "Guide
to the Perplexed." What is true of lan-
guage is all the more true of song. Ile-
brew speech generates Jewish conscious-
ness; Hebrew melody makes that con-
sciousness sensitive to the pathos and the
grandeur of the Jewish will to live."
Tradition undoubtedly is on the side of
Professor Kaplan. It is true that through-
out the ages great Jewish philosophies have
been expounded in tongues other than He-
brew, but the element which ultimatly
binds Jewry to Judaism and which causes
Hebrew culture to be perpetuated is He-
brew. It is a medium which must remain
the chief weapon of Jewish existence and
survival.

Jews in the Eyes of Europe's
Haute Monde

By HELEN, DUCHESS OF CROY

Editor's Note: The passages quoted here are excerpts
from a novel entitled "An American Duchess," published by
Robert McBride & Company, written by an American, who
married into European nobility. The Duchess of Croy, in
this sprightly novel of the haute monde of post war Europe
which takes the reader to the leading European capitals, gives
a graphic description of the condescending and suffering dis-
played toward the Jew even when he was presumably accepted
into high society because of his wealth. The passage with
which the quotations begin is a description of the attempted
putsch by Adolf Ilitler in Munich in 1921.

Our Film Folk

[ By HELEN ZIGMOND

HOLLYWOOD. — T h e report
persists that Ann Dvorak is half-
Jonah . . . on her mother's side.
Ann is still playing hookey in
England, petulantly refusing to
finish her contract . . . she claims
her salary was not commensurate
with her talents, or other words
with the same tune.
• • .

(Copyright. 1932, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, la )

The roar in the street had in-
creased until now it seemed to be
in the square below .. Under the
balcony the square was black
with people, upturned faces and
gesticulating hands showing
white in the vague light of the
street lamps. Strident voices
called for the manager, demand-
ed Jews, demanded the right to
search. The manager tempor-
ized. The mob wanted a victim
and howled. At last it found one.
A little man with a big hooked
nose, very drunk, emerged from
the bar Into the street. In an
instant he was snatched up into
the maelstrom. Cries came up
from the street, "The Jew!"
"Death to him!" "Down with
them all!" And then the mass
of maddened men made off into a
side street with their miserable
sacrififice, his thin, frightened
face showing pale in the light of
the street lamps.
The little group on the balcony
stood still and silenh for a mom-
meet, too moved to speak. Fin-
ally Ghika shuddered.
"It's revolution," he muttered.
"What shall we do?"
"Nonsense!" Briac spoke loud
and firmly. "Hitler has filled
them full of fiery speeches and
they have filled themselves full
of beer; they are jealuos of the
success of the Jews and this gives
them a chance to vent their rage
under the guise of noble love of
country. You'll see; they'll
scream a lot, kill a few Jews,
loot a lot of shops, and in a few
hours all will be quiet......
All that night the mob raged
through the town.
Their calls, the shuffling of
their feet, filtered faintly into the
Carson apartment from distant
streets . In the morning Red
Cross cars dashed through the
the square, there was the sound
of gun-fire, and the luggage of
of departing Jews wag piled at
the curbin front of the hotel.
Wilhelm and Ghika came in with
accounts of looted shops and a
tale of six peaceable citizens shot
down by the fire of hidden ma-
chine guns as they were about to
enter the restaurant where they
always went for their morning
glass of beer. The Reichswehr
had been sent for; troops should
arrive at any minute; there was
talk of declaring Bavaria separ-
ate from Prussia.
.... Everywhere were orators
and milling crowds; the square
waft black with them .... It was
dusk when she thought of re-
turing home .. Her approach was
met by a solid row of green uni-
forms and Fleaming fixed bayon-
ets; the Reichswehr had arrived.
All streets were blocked and no-
body might pass. Only one wide
avenue remained open .. . Far
away, in the broad gloom of the
avenue, a dark mass 'seemed to
be moving, approaching. Out of
the shadows came men mounted
on great horses, charging, the
hoofs striking fire from the gran-
ite blocks of the street, their out-
thrust lances catching rays of
pale light on their polished
points. • • •

She wag not a German
frau at all. She was an Ameri-
can by birth, the daughter of a

d iplomat, and was known
throughout Germany for her ab-
surd efforts to adopt without
modification the traditions of the
class and religion she had mar-
ried into ... Hers the distinction
of glancing the length of the
table and complimenting her host
in strident tones: "Ah I see you
have everyone here from Frank-
fort Jews to royalties!" ... His
cold blue eyes sought his wife's
and directed them to where a rich
elderly man stood, talking with
ill disguised impatience to two
plump Jewesses . . . His eyes
without jealousy stayed riveted
upon her until he saw her with-
draw her hand from the count's
and turn away to join the rich
Kogmerzienrat, then he smiled at
his pretty companion and nodded
in the direction of his patron:
"Sau Jud, but one needs them!"

• •
. . . .Baron Sylvestre de Gott-

schalk's tall stooping figure stirs
the imagination of even blase
Paris. He is awkward, inelegant
of carriage and of manner in his
fantastically cut and oddly col-
ored garments . . . He is con-
sistently kind to his poodle and
spasmodically kind to the friends
of the moment who catch his
fancy. Wherever he goes gossip
follows in his wake, heavy and
persistent as the amber scent in
his clothing exudes. The par-
ties he gives in his house, which
is richer in beauty than many
great museums, are a sort of
cocktail in which all strata of
Paris society, diplomatic corps,
Faubourg St. Germain, art, liter-
ature and politics are shaken to-
gether with a very few decora-
tive specimens who do not belong
to any society at all, convention-
ally speaking . These are the
ladies, these are the husbands,
the brothers . . . these are the
people who talk of Gottschalk the
Jew
Often his strange Ideas of hos-
pitality provoked incidents which
enlivened Paris conversations for
weeks. He had ideas upsetting
to the orthodox and took a sar-
donic pleasure in giving full ex-
pression to them; to be the worst
mannered man in Paris, some
said in the world, a Jew whose
family's old home still stands in
a German ghetto, and to see all
these people accepting his brus-
queries and groveling to his
wealth, grasping the crumbs he
throws at them—ladies with
great names from the Faubourg.
. . . . At the last ball there
had been the Gauthier incident;
Madame Gauthier, the wife of the
famous rue de la Pais jeweler
had received an invitation to the
ball and had arrived accompanied
by her husband. Sylvestre wel-
comed Madame effusively but or-
dered Monsieur into the street.
"Where is the Baron?" the
Duchess de St. Quentin was de-
manding loudly: "We must see
him. We must say our adieus.
It is outrageous this! Inviting
us, our daughters to dance on the
same floor, to eat in the same
room with this woman who has
disgraced our name....."
.... The woman with the sharp
face came forward.
"It is a disgrace, indeed! This
is what comes of frequenting
Jews with no discernment."

Can you imagine? ... Of all
our comedians, H•rpo is wanted
in Russia. An official invitation
for • stage appearance will soon
be forthcoming, .ays • dispatch.
They think over there audiences
can understand his demoniacal
pantomime ... We hope so ...
we never could.
• 4,

Now it's Mrs. Alien Kandel
who's gone lit'rary , she's writ-
ten a play called "Wedding,"
which hubby is endeavoring to
have Broadway-produced.
• • •
M-m.m-m . . . • new schnoe.
:alai . carved and rebuilt to

order for Sidney Franklin, the
Brooklyn matador.
After the
nose-lifting, the Gible-Gilberts
had better look to their laurels
. . . Franklin is going into the
movies with determination. He'll
star in the filmixation of his
own bull-fighting experiences.

It seemed as though the whole
filhi colony turned out to pay
homage to Eddie Cantor and the
"Kid from Spain." Even Chaplin,
who hasn't attended a premiere
since his own of "City Lights,"
paid tribute to a brother artist.
Mrs. Eddie Cantor with her flock
of kiddies, Ben Lyon, Lil Tash-
man, Gregory Ratoff, Ilarpo Marx,
facing the cameras with Norma
Shearer on his arm, Mervyn Le-
Roy, Louis B. Mayer, and a host
of other celebrities.
The picture': Tremendous . . .
colossal . . well, anyway, good
entertainment. Goldwyn has in-
herited Ziegfeld's crown as con-
noisseur of beauties ... Bert Kal-
mar and Harry Ruby wrote catchy
lyrics which are a hit . . . you
know . . Sidney Franklin does
some fancy cape-snatching before
the bull • . . and Eddie is at his
funniest . . . although sometimes
his Mexican accent has a Russian-
Jewish flavor.
I • •

Irving Pichel authored • book
called "Modern Theaters" which
is widely used as a text in mil.
varsity dramatic courses.

•

By the way, that banquet,

given by the Motion Picture
Academy, is the most important
event of the year for the movie
folk. It is then that awards for
best acting, directing, etc., are
bestowed. For the first time in
years no Jew was singled out for
individual achievement . . . an.
less you count Harry Rapf's
receiving • gold statuette for
dear old Em-Gee-Em because
"Grand Hotel" was voted the
greatest Picture ;

Few knew of the passing of Jay
Hunt last week . . . he was 77, a
Jew, and a grand old trouper.
The Troupers (an actor's club
which requires 30 years of stage
experience for membership eligi-
bility) conducted the funeral ser-
vices with signal honor . . . Clara
Kimball Young's father, 88 yearn
old, repeated the prayer. Jay Hunt
finished his colorful memoirs a
week before his death. He had
played with some of the big ones

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RANDOM THOUGHTS

proper objection to permitting a
minority of any religious group to
Owing to lack of space I can only insist that we shall do thus and no
quote very briefly from a letter on Sunday as a CHURCH REGU-
written to me by a reader referring LATION through LEGISLATIVE
to my comment "that Jews can be AUTHORITY. With the whole
just as good Jews when they do I world involved in crimes that
not know their history as when ' threaten the very safety of the hu-
they do." That of course Is NOT man family, some clergymen still
my COMPLETE comment on the have time to waste on things that
matter under discussion. Because mean nothing in the sight of God.
the point I stressed is that too or man. I am sure that if common-
ninny Jews stress the LETTER and sense continues to rule through the
the LAW rather than the SPIRIT next legislature that these obnox-
of their religion. They almost wor- io us Blue Laws condemned by the
ship Hebrew! So here 'n what my liberals of all religious groups will
correspondent says:
be eliminated.
"What constitutes a Jew is pri- 1
• • •
marily two things—being born •
Jew and being raised in a Jewish RABBIS AND SOCIAL JUSTICE
It seems that our rabbis are ad-
environment, and knowing some-
thing of the history of Judaism. venturing far afield. At least that
Without that, to be merely born of seems to be the opinion of Dr.
Jews is a very lukewarm Judaism Schulman, of New York, who is out
that cannot last ... The knowledge of sympathy with the report of the
of a people's history makes the dif- Central Conference of American
ference between sacrifice and sur- , Rabbis regarding economic reforms.
render. What a chasm exists be- The conference through its sodal
tween these two extremes. On the justice commission doesn't like the
one hand, we see men endowed with present profit system. It makes for
the spirit of Judaism, who knew greed. It believes that we should
their past and made the supreme levy heavily on capitalists and in-
sacrifice to uphold their religion creasing income taxes and other
. . while so many of our modern such things. The point Dr. Schul-
Jews who do not know their his- man makes is that there isn't
tory are ready to surrender their enough economic knowledge in the
religion as readily as our fore- Central Conference of American
bearers were willing to die at the Rabbis to justify its taking action
' in such • manner. Which leads me
stake for their convictions."
Well, I can't quarrel with that to wonder whether our rabbis have
economic advisers on matters of
position.
, thin kind.
• • •
Without in any way disparag-
INTOLERANCE
ing the ability of our spiritual lead-
Just to ohow you how distorted
our reasoning becomes when in-
fluenced by intolerance • great ado
was made in Pittsburgh because
tickets were to be sold for • sym-
phony concert on Sunday. The nun-
By MISS JESSIE SAMPTER
erintendant of police very 'sensibly
remarked that it was not more sin- Blessed be Ile that gave us days
ful to listen to a concert in a hall For work and rest, to serve and
than to listen to one in your home
praise
over the radio. But here we have In orderly and seemly ways.
Pennsylvania faced with problems That set the bounds of day and
that are vital to the moral and eco-
night
'some welfare of its people sub- With Are distinctiens in His sight,
jected to endless discussions be- And bade on honor them with light.
cause of the obsolete Blue Laws Blessed be He whose Sabbath rest
which are a relic of bigotry. No one With song and wine and light ess-
objects to setting aside a day of
pressed.
the week for rest. But there is Shall make the days of labor blest.

WHAT CONSTITUTES A JEW?

HABDALAH

• •

Maybe you've heard it . . . the
one about the actor who was asked
how he was getting along. "Oh,
fine!" he answered. Three com-
panies are after me . . . the gas
company, the electric company,
and the telephone company!"

by Charles
H. Joseph

era or for that matter depreciating
their economic knowledge as con-
trasted to that of the average bus-
iness man, yet it does seem that on
important economic questions only
the most expert advice should
be the basis of revolutionary
action. It may be that the confer-
ence leaders were the beneficiaries
of such advice. If so, that fact
should be made known to the end
that whatever recommendations are
made by the conference will have
weight of economic authorities.
Even Governor Roosevelt, who un-
doubtedly possesses more than the
average amount of knowledge on
economic questions, must consult
such an expert as Prof. Moley of
Columbia, before entering upon a
discussion of such matters as in-
ternational debts. At Princeton
they have Prof. Kemmerer, who is
recognized as one of the greatest
authorities in this country on eco-
nomic questions. With such a man's
opinions to guide them the rabbis
would gain greater respect for their
reports on matters usually outside
their special sphere.

• • •

MRS. HANNAH G. SOLOMON
I saw a note in one of our ex-
changes the other day in which
Mrs. Hannah G. Solomon of Chi-
cago, who is 75 years old, wants and
expects to live to be a hundred. It's
been many years since I last saw
Mrs. Solomon, who at that time
was the inspirational leader of the
National Council of Jewish Women.
I recall her as • quiet-mannered,
but forceful personality, not at all
I like the crusading women of the
short hair, large spectacles, mane
nish coats and collars and ties, and
who walked with a stride rather
than • glide. A remarkable wo-
man, indeed, Hannah Solomon. She
it was who founded the National
Council of Jewish Women and be-
came first president of that organ-
ization. It was organized in Chi-
rac() with a membership of only
200. That was in 1893. Today
there are 200 sections ,s. 1.• a —s--
bership of some forte
On'y a (restive mind, with union,
plus executive ability could have
energized the Jewish women of the
nation to such an extent She has

built a

living

monument.

By-the-Way Tidbits and News

By DAVID SCHWARTZ

(Copyright, 1932, Jewith Telegraphic Agency. Ine•/

ROBBINS AND LEVINSOHN

The aid in the finding of Raymond Robbins, furnished by
Salomon Levinsohn, the Chicago lawyer, who has for years been a
friend of Robbins and a co-partner in his peace endeavors, serves to
call anew attention to Levinsohn.
It will be recalled that the Kellogg Peace Pact was largely the
work of Levinsohn, and one newspaper now reports that at least one
of the reasons why Levinsohn was not mentioned for the Nobel
prize, while Kellogg got it, was that Levinsohn refused to have his
name presented. This despite the fact that he not only formulated
the Kellogg pact, but spent tens of thousands of dollars out of his
own funds in promoting peace endeavors.
I like this act of Levinsohn in refusing to have his name pre-
sented. One of my suppressed desires has always been to turn down
some prize, but thus far, alas, I have not had the opportunity. I
have always dreamed of Ilarvard University offering me an honorary
degree and myself nonchalantly answering: "What can I do with the
dipldma—my wall is all cluttered up now with photographs from the
rotogravure section of Bishop Canon, Cal Coolidge and Texas Guinan.
Give it to Slomovitz or Frisch or Bieben."

•

•

•

"HE'S A SHE"
I see where the New York Times, in speaking of Duff Guilfond's
just appearing work about Coolidge, "The Rise of Saint Calvin,"
refers to the author as "he."
May I call their attention to the fact that Duff is not a "he,"
but very much of a "she."
I have never met her myself, but I have met a man who is her
husband—a Hebrew boy—who until recently was working on the
Washington I3i-Centennial Committee at Washington.
Duff is a little Hebrew maid, but where she got the moniker of
"Guilfond" I don't know.
However, she writes swell, and "The Rise of St. Calvin," if 1
mistake not, is going over very well.
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MISS BRANDEIS GOES SLANGY
I was a little hesitant about using the word "swell" in the pre-
vious paragraph, but my hesitancy was overcome by reading in the
newspapers that Susan Brandeis, appearing before the recently estab-
lished Concjliation Court in Brooklyn, had used the word. Not only
that, but Justice Brandeis' daughter had gone further and used the
words "nope" and "yep."
I suppose Miss Brandeis or rather Mrs. Gilbert, to use her mar-
riage name, was feeling very democratic on that particular day.
After all, there is no such thing in itself as "good usage." There
are fashions in words as in clothes. Today, for instance, only the
southern darkey will say "aks" for ask. And yet, three or four
hundred years ago the literary way of saying the word was "aks."
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OUR "OH YEAH" DEPARTMENT
Felix Adler before Ethical Culture Society: "The madness for
money is not universal. The Buddhists and the Brahmins do not
share it ... It is wrong to ascribe a material motive to everything.
Certainly, no material motive explains the Crusades."
For Prof. Adler's information, may we call attention to the fact
that the Brahmins are the principal land owners of India, and we
imagine that much of their high caste is due to nothing but that fact,
a very material fact. As to the Crusades, we are not authority, but
we would wager two pipefuls of Prince Albert, Granger or any other
inexpensive smoking tobacco to Felix Adler's one that the thousands
who left on the Crusades cared very little about the Holy Sepulchre,
but responded to the opportunity of getting away from the economic
penury and grindstone to which the masses throughout that period
were condemned. We regard that as a very material motive.
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WHY SHE IS DYING
She is in a sanatorium on the coast, dying of tuberculosis. That
Is what the doctors say, but her friends say she is dying of a broken
heart.
She is the wife of a professor, who is nationally known. He is
Jewish. He is the author of several works on economics which are-
very thought of in the academic world.
The professor was working very hard. "Why don't you get
somebody to help you with the research?" his wife pleaded.
He finally saw her point, and a young woman was brought in
as his secretary. He decided to make a trip to Europe and took the.
young woman along. She became more than his secretary. The
wife was pushed out of the picture.
She is dying alone in a Pacific Coast sanatorium.
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ZOLOTKOFF WRITES A BOOK
This department, some time ago, told of the little ruse once
employed by Dr. Shapiro of the Library of Congress in entertaining
some Arabs. Taking some 40 or so Arab students of his class in
Palestine, years ago, he gave them each some number, and then, to
their amazement, repeated to each the number he had given them.
Of course, the ruse was simple to anyone knowing Hebrew,
where every letter of the alphabet also has a numerical connotation,
of some word in the Psalms.
Well, I see the same device is narrated by Zolotokoff of the'
Jewish Morning Journal in "From Vilna to Hollywood." The book,
by the way, I imagine, will make the movies. It is full of movie
possibilities. There is in particular one dramatic scene where the
"hero" of the book is caught by the Czar's secret service at a revolu-
tionist meeting. The hero saves the situation by bursting forth in
the Kaddish. The others join in the responsive amens. And the
hero tells the sleuths that they are just holding a yahrzeit service.
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THIS AND THAT
Eddie Cantor has been elected president of the Jewish Theatrical
Guild, succeeding the late William Morris.
John D. Rockefeller, Jr., voted the complete Republican ticket,
except for the governorship of New York. For governor, he voted
for Lehman, Democrat
Mrs. Irving Berlin, nee Ellin Mackay, is said to be doing a great
deal of reading of books on Jewish themes.
Lee Posner is doing a new column for the Sunday American—
"This Whirl of Ours."
The David Resnicks, formerly of St. Louis, are anticipating a
blessed event.
Lewis Browne is planning a world tour.
Barney Gallant, night club owner, was at one time publicity man
for General Carranza, erstwhile President of Mexico.

I Books and Butbors

MAJESTIC TRIBUTE
TO JEWISH PEOPLE
IN DRAMATIC POEM

—
Sara Bard Field, non-Jewess, has
written a dramatic narrative in
tribute to Israel the like of which
In seldom duplicated. Her "Bar-
abbas," published by Albert and
Charles Boni, 66 Fifth avenue, New
York ($2.50), is indeed a majestic
poem breathing sincerity.
In an introductory note the au-
thor makes the following interest-
ing confesoion of faith:
"If the author of 'Conquistador'
was urged to apology for the use
of his alchemy in turning the con-
quest of Mexico into shining poe-
try, how much more humble should
be the apology of one who presumes
to build a poem with the relatively
more emassive stories of Palestin-
ian history during a period whose
events reshaped human destiny. My
excuse is two-fold: The first, ex-
ruse of the blue-jay for his rancous
notes—an urge to express, however,
Inadequately, my burning con-
sciousness of and my gratitude for
both that racial aggrandizement
and personal spiritual wealth con-
tributed by the Hebrew nation. Al-
lowing even complete failure, I have
had the transport of the aim.' The
other excuse is that of hope: the
hope that this poem, like the run.
rem stone at Olympia sony be but
the starting point for other poets
with more and better disciplined
breath in their bodies for the far-
ther going. For I am unable to
explain why no few poets, espe-
daily and preferable Hebrew poets,
have topped the inexhaustable sup-
ply of living water stored in Jew-
ish history, unless it be that the
beauty of Biblical poetry has seem-
ed final to see sensitive creative
minds and an attempt like this but
a Philistine's presumption. If.
however, this explanation be not
true and this poem indicates 'to any
poet a like direction glorioualy run,
the author will be amply rewarded
for the years spent on "I8arabbas.'"
Sara Bard Field in reality pro-
duced an epic, singing her

iation for "the spiritual wealth
contributed by the Hebrew nation."
Her poem is a tribute to the love
and devotion of Jewish motherhood,
of the heroic determination by the
people to carri on in spite of ob-
stacles, of the spiritual powers that
have influenced the world. Thus,
she writem
"See, Israel's spirit does not lie
among her fallen pillars strangled
in the curled fingers of flame. Her
song is not yet aung. The honey
thereof dripping from the tongue.
Not Rome was hers to conquer but
the world."
Sara Bard Field is the wife of
Col. Charles Erskine Scott Wood,
author of note. She has written
four other books.

A

Millionaire in Russia.

Russia today presents one of the
most interesting experiments in all
history. Economically and politi-
ally, the things that are happen-
ing under the Soviets are revoution-
'zing social thought.
Communist progress is also pro-
ducing • number of literary sensa-
tions and not the least interesting'
phenomenon from a literary sense
is that Russia today is not devoid
of humor.
Ilya Ilf and Eugene Petrol!, in
"The Little Golden Calf," publish-
ed by Farrar & Rinehart, Inc., 9
East Forty-First street, New York,
($2.50), offer ample proof of the
existence of a sense of humor in
Russia. Replete with jests and
funny situations, this volume—so
it is reported to us—was considered
too humorous, especially in its jests
at the expense of the Five Year
Plan, to be published in Russia.
Nevertheless, Academician Anatole
Luncharsky, Soviet Commissioner
of Education, writes the Introduc-
tion to this novel. The chase after
• million by the hero of this store,
Otsap Bender, provides the num-
erous exciting and complicated sit-
u& ions in the book. The most Pa -
thetic figure in the poek and this
reveals the attitude toward wealth
in FIL1661/1-13 the millionaire who
finds how useless the million Ii to