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and the best of them
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day learning is a duty and drives for funds of more or less distinct classes, teresting life.
each of which presents its own THE PROFESSIONALS
become communal burdens.
Sabbath Readings of the Law
problems.
Pentateuchal portion—Ex. 10:1-13:16
The next group consists of the
The New York Times recently com-
Prophetical portion—Judges 4:4.5:31
For the first few days after
professional classes, whose posi-
mented editorially on the fact that the ex- their arrival, the bulk of the im- tion it considerably more com-
plicated. The doctors easily ob-
January 19, 1934
Shevat 3, 5694 pulsion from Germany of noted professors migrants go through practically
permission to practice, with
is providing Turkey with first-rate univer- the same procedure. Many for- tain
the result that hundreds of new
sity talent at low salary rates. This editor- mantles have to be completed, practices have been established
Helping the German Children.
ial has sufficient interest to deServe our they have to satisfy the customs, in the last few months. Where-
The statement which appeared in The. quoting it:
as there was a shortage of doc-
the health and the immigration
tors and dentists before the wave
Detroit Jewish Chronicle last . week, in
authorities. Immediately after
Istanbul's decrepit university was awe pt
of
immigration from Germany,
their arrival, they have to be
which Herman Cohen, president of our
out of existence by official decree last summer
there is now a surplus, and con-
vaccinated for smallpox and ty-
to prepare the ground for a modern institu•
Jewish Children's Home, proposes that,
siderable
competition has ensued.
phus. On the second day, the
tion in keeping with new Turkey's aims and
In many cases it is the old-estab-
American institutions should undertake to
vaccination officer examines them
needs. The faculties of the new university
lished
doctors,
who have done
again, and on the fourth day
care for the German-Jewish children, may,
are now being largely staffed by refugee pro-
useful colonizing work, who suf-
they are vaccinated for a second
fessors from Nazi Germany. They have three
fer
from
the
competition
of the
if considered favorably, prove of national
time. In the meantime, they
years in which to master the Turkish language
newcomers.
find lodgings in one of the no-
importance.
in which to lecture. Meanwhile, instruction is
The
number
of
lawyers
who
merous boarding houses or hos-
largely through interpreters.
Should Mr. Cohen's proposal be consid-
have established themselves is
tell, for the hotels, though good
It
is
one
more
example
of
persecution
much
smaller,
for
at
least
one
as
the
ered seriously and accepted with favor—
and not expensive compared to
cross-fertilizer among the nations. Intolerance
year's study of the language
European standards, are beyond
and we believe there is much that is meri-
is the storm that scatters the good seed abroad.
and
the
law
of
the
country
is
the means of the majority of the
The point hardly needs emphasizing in the
required before the applicants
torious in his statement—it may prove the
immigrants,
case
of
an
America
built
up
so
largely
are
admitted
to
the
qualifying
by
CLASS DIFFERENCES
solution for the problem of many hundreds,
fugitives from injustice and oppression. But
examinations. Nevertheless, it
A room to oneself in such a
perhaps thousands, of German-Jewish chil-
the nations of Europe know the process. The
can he foreseen that larger num-
boarding house is a luxury that
Spanish Inquisition drove Jewish commercial
ber of lawyers will net up in
dren who are either refugees or are today
only the fewest can afford—
talent to the Netherlands. Before that, civil
practice in the near future than
space is one of the most val.
subjected to Nazi indignities and persecu-
strife in the Lowlands sent Flemings to settle
the country can absorb.
uable commodities here.' Rooms
tions.
in England, where they brought the woolen
The number' of pure scientists
are accordingly shared by any-
and
research workers that Pal-
industry
with
them.
Two
centuries
later
came
Mr. Cohen's statement merely speaks for
where from one to six people.
the Huguenots to London and brought the silk
estine can absorb is, of course,
In many cases there is not even
the Detroit home, which, according to its
limited.
and silversmith crafts.
a division for the sexes, and two
Hitler Is supplying Kemal Pasha with some
president, could absorb 25 to 30 children
The third group consists of
whole families share one room.
first-rate university talent at a considerably
business men and industrialists,
from the Reich at an additional expense of
But no one seems to mind. Thq
lower salary rate than the latter would nor-
who usually come with small
whole
house
forms
one
large
$5,000 a year. But it is applicable to the
molly have to pay.
capital. A small number of these
family, the problems of each are
similar institutions throughout the country,
go into agriculture, chiefly
discussed
una
i r tioget r h ee v rl Isa
The economic crisis in this country has m
r co in s -
orange farming. The majority
spirit
. andThere is,
and if accepted by them will relieve what done for our Hebrew school systems what
remain in the towns. Their in-
of course, occasional
prevails. grumbling
appears at present to be a national burden the Nazi regime in Germany did for Tur- about the various
fluence is particularly noticeable
formalities and
in hotel and boarding house in-
and will instead place responsibility with key and other countries: it has provided us t inconveniences,
on ne veniences,
w
but on the whole
and in retail trade. In
the individual communities throughout the with excellent teaching material at low sal- if h n w mmigrants accept th em, dustries
both
of these spheres they have
i
th enthusia sm, at least
land.
ary rates. But the difference in our case with good will and understand- introduced new methods and
This is in no sense a complicated prob- is that we have not taken advantage of such ing. They have not forgotten the raised the general standards.
from which they have KEPT BUSY
lem. In the event that a number of Ameri- available teaching material. We are handi- conditions
escaped, and are not down-
The number that have actually
can Jewish communities should endorse capped for lack of funds, in spite of theha
established new industries and
e.f ar tteerd.the first few days, the opened new factories is regret.
Mr. Cohen's proposal, it will simply mean cutting of.budgets to such low figures that
immigrants begin to look around
tably small. But this will prob-
that we, in this country, will at last begin it is difficult to imagine how the teachers for
a livelihood, and it is here
ably change in the course of
to pursue a program of refugee-relief that are able to support their families on the that the differences between the time. It is not easy to build new
vario u sc l asse s a ppear. The
is followed by many European communi- low salaries they receive at present.
factories without an exact knowl-
grou is that of the young first
peo-
edge of the country and its par-
ties. In England and in Switzerland, a
Perhaps the secret for our existing ple who o have either been sp rat - ticular conditions. The German
number of communities are already play- troubles, and the reason for the difficulty l y trained for Pastine
le
o else e
Jews are slower and steadier,
ha ve some ag ricultu ral or tec
more thorough and less specula-
ing hosts to these German children. Should in securing the necessary funds, is to be cal
experience, and can find
t ive than the pioneers from East•
our interested communities throughout found in the statement by Professor Ein- work i a as artisans
ern Europe. For this reason
0 i li ls btg . der;le is . :
America approve of a similar plan of ac- stein Isn't it reasonable to believe that if
they are slower to make their
young people naturally
rall
y
have
a
tion, then many children will be saved Jews were to make learning a joy, and if number of difficulties to over. influence felt in the industrial
field, but it may be hoped that,
through their settlement in institutions they were to accept Jewish education as a?
cl imate,
thte language,
ro
i gn e ,
once they acclimatize themselves,
s
they too will play a productive
which can readily provide a haven for natural part of Jewish life, that the finan- C U ': enttihreely
life. But apart from this ,
part in the economic development
them, and whose added expenses will be cial problem would be solved automati- of
they are in a very favorable
of the country.
position. They can find work,
comparatively nominal. A great national rally?
Most of the immigrants from
which is more than can be said
burden would thus be relieved.
Dr. Einstein wrote his statement for the of most other countries in the Germany are meanwhile busy
The New York Times fast week carried Princeton freshmen, but it is applicable world. If they wish, and have with plans and projects—or at
an item which has an interesting .bearing universally, and Jews, too, may y well take energy and strength, they can least with learning Hebrew, The
join a communal agricultural col-
complaints come mostly from
upon this subject. This story stated:
it to heart.
ony, where they can co-operate
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By- the-Way
Our Film Folk
By HELEN ZIGMOND
Tidbits and News
By DAVID SCHWARTZ
(CoSerIght, Ilia Jewish Telesraohlt
HOLLYWOOD.—George White
of the famous Br adway "Scan-
dals" is producing "Scandals" for
Fox ... and causing a good deal
of commotion because he insists
on doing everything except to help
the property mer: put up the sets.
Being a trained newspaper
woman, it was simple for Bar-
bara Barondess to get an inter.
view with the silent Garbo when
they were working in • picture
together. This scoop . . . for
which Miss Barondess will re-
ceive nothing but publicity . . .
will appear; in • forthcoming
national fan magazine.
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seem.
inc.)
THIS AND THAT
For the author of that inevitable book on "ghosting," there is
the story told by Rabbi Wise at the Zionist conference to protest
restrictions on Palestine immigration.
Said Dr. Wise: "Nathan Straus, in preparation for a public
speech, would have one of 'us write his speech. When the occasion
arrived, and he would be called on, Straus would take out the manu-
script and begin to read. About half through, he would toss it
aside in front of the public saying: 'This is no good. Wise wrote it.
Now I'll give you a good speech,' and he would begin to speak
extemporaneously."
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Concerning this entire matter of Jewish immigration into Pales-
tine, it is interesting to note that much of the opposition to Jewish
immigration is based on the professed argument that Jews in Palestine
do not give Arabs employment as farm workers and in construction
work and other fields of manual labor. The ironic note in the whole
thing is this: that in the old days it was said that Jews would not care
to do any manual work themselves. Now the charge is that they
want to do all of it.
Not no many years ago, G. K. Chesterton, who is by no means
too friendly to Jews, wrote that Palestine would be a success if the
Jews did their own muscular work, but that you couldn't call Pales-
tine a success if the Jews got the Arabs to do all the dirty work, so
to speak. Chesterton went on to put it epigrammatically In some-
thing of the following fashion: "Palestine will be a success, if the
Jews climb down the ladder, not to the top." And now the opposition
to Jewish immigration into Palestine is that the Jews insist on climb-
ing down the ladder.
Just between ourselves ... Sam
Jaffe, Theater Guild actor, and
Director Joseph von Sternberg
were almost at swords' points dur-
ing the filming of "Catherine the
Great." The former Joe Stern
insisted on directing every finger-
twist and the well-known actor,
unaccustomed to such supervision,
became nettled, walked off the net
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and out of the picture. It took a
good deal of coaxing to bring him
Not such a bad story was told at the"coffee-klatch" after the
back.
conference by Morris Margulies, secretary of the Zionist Organiza-
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tion. Of the Jewish Communist in Russia, whose wife anticipated a
blessed event.
Previous to the Warner•Le
.
The Jew was a Communist, but still—after all--one was a Jew-
Roy nuptials, well - meaning
friends gave Mervyn LeRoy • and here was the dilemma. How could he as a Communist reconcile
dinner to celebrate the termina- the religious rite of circumcision, which would soon be necessary,
tion of his benedict•hood. All with his Communist principles.
The Jew was much distraught. His hands shivered. His face
was very bright and merry until
someone discovered that the pa- grew pale as he paced the floor, awaiting the delivery of the child.
Finally the event occurred and the Jew was seen issuing hurriedly
per hats and aprons were labeled
"Made in Germany." In two sec- from the room exclaiming: "Got hot gehoifen. Es ist a maidel"
(It's a girl):
onds all of the colored doodads
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were in shreds on the floor.
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And then there is the story we heard of the Jewish movie actor
By the way . .. aside from the whose father was committed to strict economical ideas. The son,
romance and all that sort o' thing, however, was liberal with his money after the customary fashion of
that marriage for the Warners was sons. Moreover, the son, now receiving a very generous salary, felt
■ smart move which other studios that his father should be clad in better fashion. So it happened that
would do well to imitate ... Mar- one day Papa in New York received from son in Hollywood a beau-
rying a director into the family tiful overcoat. To quiet his father, the son wrote that the overcoat,
is more binding than contracts, which had actually stood him $100, had cost $20.
Several days later, son in Hollywood received a telegram: "Send
options, and so forth,
six more overcoats. Sold last one for $30."
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Bien James, the erstwhile
Good stories are still occurring in real life, too, despite depres-
Brooklyn editor, is popping into
sions,
and
such
things.
print with a new novel . . .
And we think the fact that "L'Affaire Jones" by Hillel Bernstein
"Ladies in Waiting" ... uh, huh,
has become • best seller in one of such.
• Hollywood yarn.
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About four years ago, Bernstein wrote a story which Harpers
S'funny thing ... Al Green, the published. They liked the story so well they advised the author to
director, sneezed ... broke a rib expand it into a book. Bernstein followed the advice, and in the
.... now wears an adhesive tape course of time submitted to Harpers the elongated manuscript.
Harpers examined it—and rejected it—decided that they didn't
coat!
believe the public would be interested in the theme.
• • •
An
Did you know that Samuel seller. English publisher later examined it—and now it is a best
Goldwyn discovered Anna Sten in
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the rotogravure section of the New
Speaking, as we were some paragraphs back, about the Zionist
York Times, which contained a
photo of her Soviet production. Conference, we kept eyeing that man Sprintzak, the llistadruth
labor) leader. Physically, when one first observes him,
The Yellow Ticket"? Back in it (Palestine
is hard to believe that the big labor organization of Palestine should
th e auld countree" she's known
have
made
him its leader. He seems to be lacking a couple of feet
as Anjuchka Stenski.
in the necessary height for leadership. But as one looks his f ace,
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the
keen
eyes
begin to tell another story. And when he spoke, I finally
We hear that Gregory R•toff
• . . who was once of the Yid- completely saw. Talks sound sense. It seemed to me in general that
these
labor
representatives
at the conference were a pretty hard-
dish Art Theater . , , will stage headed
lot. I expected them to be utopianistic, but they seem to
a play called "Job" by Jacob have their
feet solidly on the ground.
Roth . . . Appearance is sched-
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uled for Broadway in March.
By the way—what is there to the report that Secretary of State.
• • •
Cordell Hull is wed to a Jewess?
Georgie Burns asked his wife
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whether she thought they ought to
And speaking about queer intermarriage/4 there is a vety•nter-
take out fire insurance. "Of
course not," answered Grade. esting married couple of that type which has just arrived in Palestine.
You have heard of Eliezer ben Yehuda. He was the father of
"We have contracts ... they can't
the modern Hebrew language—the compiler of the Hebrew dictionary.
fire us!"
Ben Yehuda gave his life to establish Hebrew as a living tongue.
• • •
Ben Yehuda came to Palestine and announced he would converse
Pola Negri's pictures have
In the English village of Otterden, near
those who came to Palestine with
no one except in Hebrew. Such was his passionate love of the
in the attempt to create new
been barred from Germany . with
language of the Jew.
Faversham, Kent, stands • country house which
and healthy forms of social life
no understanding or sympathy.
The Nazi, decided Pole is Jew-
in recent weeks has been turned into a school
Ben Yehuda's daughter also loved Hebrew, but she loved a
Chamisho Osor b'Shvat.
In the towns, too, they can find
ish, though the records have her
The vast majority are beginning
for the children of well-to-do German-Jewish
German non-Jew better. And she married him, and they lived happily
On Wednesday, Jan. 31, world Jewry a congenial atmosphere. The the fight for a new life with a tagged •s Polish Catholic.
in Germany.
families transplanted en bloc from a school In
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workers'
organizations
play
an
will observe the traditional festival of Rosh Important part in the Jewish na
feeling of pleasure and pride that
Germany which their parents and teachers
Then came the Nazi revolution. The couple found themselves
Anything can happen in this
Ilashonah Lellonoth — the New Year of tional life of thecountry. The they and their children may co- town
The husband, because of his Jewish wife, could find no
thought it advisable for them to leave.
. . . afire salesman crashed proscribed.
work.
There are 75 children at the school already
significance
of
the
worker
in
the
operate
in the upbuilding of the the gates of a major studio . . .
Trees—commonly referred,to as Chamisho
They are under the care of a dozen adults,
So now the couple are in Palestine, to stay there permanently.
reconstruction of Palestine is
Jewish
National
Home.
Osor b'Shvat because it occurs on the fif-
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I think Ben Yehuda in his grave must be happy, His daughter
some German, others English. The children
is speaking Hebrew again. And not only that, but a Christian is
ars expected to speak English and will sit for
teenth day of Shvat.
learning to speak it.
English examinations in due course. Eventu-
While this festival is the least popular in
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ally they are to mix freely in English life.
A Column of
the Diaspora, it is perhaps one of the most
Strange new faces are now to be seen working for Zionism.
They will visit London whenever possible In
Frank Speaking.
There is Aaronson, for instance—the vice-president of the New York
order to hear good music, see the picture gal-
joyous in Palestine because the Jewish
Central Railroad, one of the leading railroad men of the country.
leries and generally glean what they can of
By ALFRED SEGAL
Homeland provides an opportunity for its
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English culture.
practical
observance.
Jewish
children
plant
Perhaps some day Aaron will help build that railroad between
Meanwhile the elder boys are building out
MR.
EDDIS
LOOKS
AT
houses and bookshelves for the library, and
Haifa
and
Bagdad,
about
which
so
many
Zionists are dreaming, and
US
drunk
in
public,
still
less,
respect-
Many
Jews!
trees on that day, arrange for hikes and
Jews drunk!
the girls take their turn at the housework.
the construction of which, it is expected, would do to much for the
able women.
fo r celebrations and make of the occasion n`HE
But the full blow of pain was awakening of the Near East.
ENGINEER, J. B. Eddie of
r
The lierrlingen School, as it is called, has been
„
These were plainly drunk.
reserved for Mr. Eddis' further
Buenos Aires, Argentine, has
made possible by the help of a committee of
" truly joyous holiday.
Mr. Eddie' eyes, following their observation: Jewish women! Man
been in the United States these
Br fish sympat 'sera
The joy of the occasion is now being ex- East months looking at Jews. M a ccustomed bent, looking here, Jewish women! Daughters of Isra
The saving of the children of Germany pressed in Palestine in legends that have Eddie 15 of the few succeasfu ' looking there for the familiar faces drunk!
eY1
is the most pressing duty of world Jewry. grown up around the new agricultural life Jews who take very seriously th _ Mr. Eddie' eyes hurt as he looked; The descendants of the prophe ts
as if they had been afflicted by a drooling in alcholic stupor! The
matter of being Jewish.
They are the worst sufferers from Nazi introduced by modern Jewry, as well as
who were to be mothers in Isra el
By JULIAN L. MELTZER
in Nor is it only since Hitler be-1 sight too horrid for eyes: Jews! shrilling
cruelties, and their future is the least prom- the practical efforts of New Judea. One
like harridans!
gas giving Jews a pain that Mr.
a THE GATES OF ERETZ
Mothers
in
Israel!
.
.
.
"Th
ising, fraught as it is with the many threat- of
areth, the Jewish National Fund
so Jewi sh.
women of valor," as Proverbs as ISRAEL
the most charming descriptions of the Wii: iTi'
of which 2,965 dunams were
f
the matter
oeitl
JEWISH LITURGY
being
g .In
T e wl‘iisnb I
ening tragedies. Practical means must be ce lebration of Chamisho Osor b'Shavt in
. For her price is far abov e The outstanding issue of the past tract
recently restored to the direct ad-
is an inspiration, • prophetic mis - '
found to settle them in friendly countries, Pa lestine is the following bit of poetic prose : son, a solemn responsibility.
rubies... Strength and honor ar e month and more has, of course, ministration of the fund, which had
Dr. Abraham I. Schechter, rabbi her clothing . . . She openeth he ✓
to provide them with homes and to teach fr om the pen of Ittamar Ben-Avi:
He flames with it, and when of Congregation Sons of Jacob of mouth with wisdom; and in he ✓ been that of Jewish immigration leased it to the Palestine govern-
into Eretz Israel. Any aspect of ment for temporary Beduin occu-
one might rather hear about Ar- Providence, R. I., has rendered a tongue is the law of kindness ..
them trades. There are vacant beds and
What is the commotion in the streets of
gentinian s and how their tango is service to the American Jewish Let her own works praise her i n . the Aliyah (Jewish immigration) potion; and the settlement in the
ample facilities in the Jewish Children's
Jerusalem? What is that long, almost endless
cannot
but be international; for the ' Haifa Bay area. The settlers are
done, Mr. Eddis talks about being community by publishing in a sin- the gates "
procession? What '
question of the resettlement of Pal- to come from the quota , naturally,
a ing of these col-
Home of Detroit. Why not make this home
a Jew.
gle volume the series of lectures
Were these to be the women of estine is one that affects world , but with their absorption
umns of boys and girls passing towards the
in the
available for the German-Jewish children?
This is not to say that Mr. Ed he delivered on Jewish liturgy be- valor? They opened their mouths Jewry as a whole and its compon-
outskirts of the city? They are all dressed
' fore the Kallah Convention of with maudlin laughter and in their ents as vital parts of that whole. I Jewish rural areas, there will re-
die is a ritually perfect Jew.
Surely there must be institutions in other
in white, with blue bands across their chests.
am sure our chief orthodox rabbi Texas Rabbis. This volume, un- tongues was the thickness of ton- The curtailment of the Jewish la- ' main the great demand for labor
There are fresh flowers in the boys' button-
in urban industrial and building
communities which should be in position
inspecting what Mr. Eddis eats ' der the title "Lectures on Jewish goes in alcholic paralysis.
holes, and the girls are crowned
bor immigrant's quota, which the zones.
with gay
for dinner, would not put his sea Liturgy," is available from Rabbi Mr. Eddis stood as a mourner Jewish Agency has estimated
similarly to offer homes to the oppressed in
wreaths. Each group carries its standard and
at
Inflation of wages on • small
upon hi m .
(Schechter,
58 Eaton street, Provi- desolated by the sight of the soul 24,700 and
Nazi-land.
the band at the head of the procession urges
the Palestine govern- scale hitherto, but likely to rise
of Israel dead. It was not as if ment finally approved at 5:500 was if
So instead of looking at U. S. dance, R. I.
them on with martial tunes. Where are the y
the
under-employment becomes
Mr. Cohen's proposal certainly merits
Three lectures are included in one Jew or even two were seen a serious blow at the Jewish econ- more acute,
going, these care-free children? What can be
skyscrapers and U. S. industries,
has resulted from the
serious consideration.
Mr. Eddie has been looking at this volume: "Rabban Gamaliel drunk; for these were many. What omy of the country, as were the present impasse. Competition
the cause of their singing so joyfully psalms
U. S. Jews, smiting the Gran d II, Reorganizer of the Synagogue' of the old teaching? And the high measures conceived and brought • rates are ruling in the building
of the past and songs of the future?
pride?
And
the
loud
conduct
Services,"
"The
Prayer
Book
I Lodge of the B'nai Brith in Cin
of
that into erect by the authorities against trade. Workmen are leaving their
is the fifteenth of Shebat—not a Shebat
Study as an Opportunity.
cinnati
of
Re inspecting the machinery Maimonides" and "Cabbalistic In- was unscrupulous for righteous. those Jewish tourists who had be. established posts, attracted by the
of Europe or America with its January winds
Reform Judaism as seen in h , terpolations in the Prayer Book." ness, lest the good name of Israel come absorbed into the population, I higher wages offered in
Dr. Albert wrote a brief statement for
and snows, with its freezing cold, with its
the towns;
offices of the Union of America n Each lecture has its values, and be offended?
without displacing any other resi- Jewish policemen are leaving the
stormy skies, with its bare trees, but a Shebat
the Dink, freshman humorous publication
What has come upon Israel in . dent.
of Jerusalem, of all Eretz-Israel. It is the New Hebrew Congregations seeing th e ' the entire series contains informs-
, force, where conditions of pay are
the
United
States?
These
were
of
of Princeton University, in which he coun-
Hon
which
should
be
imparted
to
po
wer
houses
of
Judaism
in
New
ear of the Trees, because between the Medit-
The entire lack of sympathy with low, in order to take advantage of
the younger Jews and what teach- which
ever y observe nt Jew.
Y ork.
selled the verdant yearlings in this fashion:
erannean and the Jordan, and especially be-
the position of Jewish tour- the better terms of civil life, and
had been in their parents? into
tween the Jordan and the Euphrates, the win-
Mr. Eddie has a way of pickin g ' Rebhan Gamaliel II, later known ing
"I am delighted to live among you young
and those who may have cros- this migration will ultimately be
What
hope
was
there
if
this
was
ter has come to an end at last, the rains and
ul itehloro tehb nh e a h,,i
out Jews even in crowds. Multi _, a s
sed
the
frontiers unopposed (I am I to the disadvantage of Jewish pub-
nits to be Israel in the future? The '
and happy people. If an old student may
the hell have almost ceased. The sun has
e dR i a t b e db abny G
t
tudinous are the faces in a crowd
the sons of the prophets were drunk; given to understand reliably that I lic interests; in fact few local eco-
resumed its glorious dominion; the kindly
say a few words to you, they would be
but of all the faces Mr. Eddie' eye I been "the savior and reorganizer the daughters' heads lolled.
the number of the latter clans is I nomists regard the transition as
winds announce the approach of Spring, the
find one to look at .. . "This i 5 , of Abode'', of the synagogue' ser-
not as high as the Arab propagan- healthy. Even costs of prime ma-
• • s
these: Never regard your study as a duty,
trees are blossomin g once more and the fra-
a Jew!" . . . Not that Mr. Eddi 5 vices." The student will find much THE NEXT DAY Mr. Eddis nar- digt, would have the world believe terials needed in building and al-
I PLAIN TALK
PALESTINE TOPICS
but as the enviable opportunity to learn to
know the liberating influence of beauty in
the realm of the spirit for your own per-
sonal joy and to the profit of the commun-
ity to which your later work belongs."
This statement will undoubtedly be re-
corded among the noted scientist's gems.
Here is a practical statement on education
which deserves to be inscribed on every
house of learning. In too many institu-
tions study is a duty ; in too many instances
It is merely a means to an end, in the pur-
suit of which the "profit of the community"
is sacrificed.
For Jews there is perhaps a greater les-
son in this statement than for the non-Jews.
We have made Jewish study a duty, and
Jewish learning suffers thereby. When-
ever we campaign for funds for Jewish
schools we are in the habit of reminding
contributors about their grandmothers and
grance of myriad s of wild flowers, daisies and
lilies and anemones saturate the clean atmos-
phere.
This is why the city is rejoicing. This is
rushes up to him to embrace him , of interest in the first lecture, the a
or popular complications indicate), lied trades are rising.
rated
to North
friends
this observe-
but he looks at him and knows him , author making an interesting Area- Lion
from
American
Jew- is being treated in official circles,
In a world of uncertain economic
' as • brother.
entation of the various prayers hi),
has evoked a spontaneous expres- conditions, wide-spread unemploy-
l ife.
and their connections to ancient
sion of resentment both in the Yis-
TImple services and their adapts- was It was answered him that this huv and outside. The situation is
symptomatic, not particularly
, timer to the present. of North American Jewish life but ish point of view, because of the
When he speaks of the prayer
North American life in general. the more perplexing, from the Jew-
book of Maimonides, Dr. Schechter of
Was there not many a non-Jew in' remarkable scarcity of labor that
now exists in the land. People
tells much that is of historic inter- his drunken crowd?
w ant to build h ouses, reliable con-
est. Particularly instructive is his
Yes; but Jews drunk! Wait ther
reference to the discussions on not upon them a special inhibition e terns wish to expand their enter-
whether the Shemoneh Esreh ... upon them with their timeless ' prises, factories are planning in-
should be read once or twice, or inheritance, their teaching which creased production, new invest-
twice by the cantor or just once was like an Ageless] tree whose roots ments are pouring in--the money
and th e will to create are there,
by the latter. M d
run deep? Was there not upon them
... en who are lacking.
domed the reading of the Shem-i a special obligation of highest con- an d it i-
eh Ere
arm
ehi,,o,n,l,
The authoritative Jewish state-
taolrktetri vteo.
1
ey.sonanendin
1 duT
nthis was the fruit of prohibition roents made, in the interviews with
Diaspora Jewry has much to gain by
ness, leading to lack of decorum I it was argued. It has corrupted . ' the high commissioner and in eon-
' tributions to the general preu,
es d
a.t.Evoel: on the part of the congregation.' non-Jews and Jews alike.
adopting some of the ceremonials of Pales-
wit
tired,
4,is e y es n ot
Interesting reference is also I But these Jews were drunk! I show that the present Jewish pol-
tine Jewry. A revived observance of ; Km his brethren
•
hot
s he entered made to Maimonideg' interventions i Jewish women drunk! The ageless icy of expansion is • sound and
Chamisho Osor b'Shvat will add greatly to the dazzling lobby, ribald with the in behalf of the Yemenite Jews. Jew succumbing to current vices! I solid one, and that the efforts at
1 constructing a permanent edifice
a healthy Jewish life everywhere. Let our ! m thari n l.l ilinia, u:ihter of omf enw. omen, the The latter continue to honor him , Daughters of Israel getting drunk!
are by no means of that "tempo' ,
by using his prayer book, which ' Oh , it was said , parental
author-
people, young and old, rejoice on the occa- 1 There was • multitude, celebrat- ; has been preserved as a result. I ity had fallen
" and ill-founded character
everywhere!
'
sion of the Jewish Arbor Day—on Cham- Ing the New Year. Mr. Eddie They also honored him by adding
which
the powers-that-be allege.
But these were the sons and
, looked with pain. In his Argen- a phrue with his name to the daughters whose majesty the Ten
Among the great national pro-
isho Osor b'Shvat.
i tint respectable men never are seen 1Kaddish.
jects
that
have been launched are
Commandments established!
the colonization of the Wadi Haw-
why the young generation of rejuvenated
Jerusalem is happy, for they love the light and
the sun, the warmth and the verdure. For they
see in that festival the festival of their own
growth, an of their own destiny. And as in
years gone by before the great destruction, as
now too after the rebuilding of the national
edifice has been begun, all the schools, of all
degrees, in the whole of Palestine, send forth
their pupils by thousands, under the leadership
of their teachers, over green fields or orchards
heavy with fruit, over savage rocks, or can-
dulent dunes, to drink in the splendor of •
happy and renewed nature.
i When a Jew misbehaves, Mr
I Eddie suffers pain, since he is a
. brother; when ■ Jew stands oil
the mountain top with his head
among theaters Mr. Eddis is pleas-
ured, since he is • brother.
I He stands now introduced .
la stranger who goes here, goes
there to observe the state, the man-
I Hen and the Jewish life of United
States Jews.
• • •
MR. EDDIS was tired when he
returned to his hotel in Cin-
cinnati some hours after midnight
after passing the New Year eve
ment, trade fluctuations, and busi-
ness depression, Palestine is indeed
in a unique position. That position
is rendered all the more peculiar
because of the restrictions Imposed
upon the rate of progress. With
these facts clearly before us, it can
hardl y b e at matter for wonder or
surprise t h the Jewries of Pales-
tine and thetDi aspora feel that the
future of the notio na l redemption
in the traditional homeland
eland is jeop-
srd i zed b y a short-sighted
policy
dictated by political exigencies and
not by any definite economic stan-
dard.
WHAT J. N. F. IS DOING
There are two noteworthy fac-
tors well worth recording in the
contemporary annals of national
work which have become known
within the past month. The first
is that during the year 1932-33,
which ended on September 30., the
Jewish National Fund collected ap-
proximately f220,000 throughcaa•
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