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S■ ,bath Readings of the Law.
Prophet lest portion—Judges 4:4-5:11
Pentate ichal portion—Ex. 13:17-17:10
..January 26 , 1934
Shevat 10, 5694
Dr. Franklin's Anniversary.
Temple Beth El's Men's Club acted
wisely in sponsoring a Fellowship Dinner
to honor the thirty-fifth anniversary of Dr.
Leo M. Franklin's ministry in Detroit.
Very few men in Detroit, Jews or non-
Jews, have done as much for the promotion
of good-will among the various elements in
the community as is recorded to the credit
of Dr. Franklin. He was one of the or-
ganizers of the Thanksgiving Community
Service, on t of the most powerful instru-
ments for the dissemination of amity and
good-will in this city. Whenever occasion
presented itself for the advancement of
the spirit of fellowship among the various
creeds in Detroit, he was among the first to
be found in the front ranks of such service
to his own people and to all other groups in
the community.
The honors paid to Dr. Franklin on Wed-
nesday evening were therefore highly de-
served. The Catholic tribute in his honor
served as a reminder of the high honors
bestowed by that religious group upon
Rabbi Franklin when the University of
Detroit honored him with an honorary
doctorate.
Perhaps even more impressive was the
tribute by the spokesman for the Protest-
ant group, delivered by Malcolm W. Bin-
gay, editorial director of the Detroit Free
Press. Mr. Bingay, in his long newspaper
career here, has had occasion to watch the
activities of Dr. Franklin. His tribute was
therefore an echo of the community's high
regard for Temple Beth El's spiritual
leader.
The honors paid Dr. Franklin may justly
be said to have been shared in great meas-
ure by his congregation. Without the en-
couragement he was given by Temple Beth
El, Rabbi Franklin could not have carried
on the Work for which he is being honored
at this time.
In extend ing our congratulations, there-
fore, to Dr. Franklin, we also congratulate
Temple Bet ] a El on this anniversary occia-
sion.
Jew i sh Symphony Night.
The settin g aside of Sunday night, Feb.
4, as Jewish night with the Detroit Sym-
phony Ore iestra should stimulate in-
creased sup port and wider interest within
the Jewish community for the important
musical ore inization of our city.
Jewish ni tht with our symphony should
serve as a gesture on the part of Detroit
Jewry for a ;suring the Detroit Symphony
Orchestra th at our people are prepared to
encourage t he continued existence of this
institution.
The fact that a program of music by
Jewish coin posers, and an outstanding
Jewish soloi 5t, are to feature the program
on Jewish night is of minor importance
compared w ith the necessity of supporting
and encour aging the Detroit Symphony
Orchestra. This, in reality, should be the
aim in obser ring Jewish night. The Jew-
ish group, as part of the entire Detroit corn-
munity, owe s its obligation to this impor-
tant civic en terprise. Jews are obligated
to contribute their share to the city's mu-
sical agency It is to be hoped that Jewry's
contribution will be made in a liberal spirit
and will be ndicated by an overflow audi-
once on Jett ish night on Feb. 4.
The Late George E. Miller.
The Detroit Jewish Chronicle joins with
the journalistic fraternity of Detroit, and
with the entire community, in mourning
the death of George E. Miller, former ed-
itor of the Detroit News.
Fair, always motivated by a desire to
serve the best interests of the community,
ever guided by a sense of justice, the late
Mr. Miller directed the policies of the News
to the end that no one should be hurt, but
that all should benefit fairly from the ser-
vices rendered by his paper.
The Jewish community has special rea-
son to express sorrow on the death of this
,able newspaperman, and to utilize the oc-
casion of the mourning period for an ex-
pression of appreciation of the services he
has rendered to our people as a part of the
entire Detroit community. As editor of
the News, Mr. Miller was responsible for
many decisions which prevented harm to
Jewry. There have been numerous in-
stances of fanatical attacks upon Jews,
both in our own city and in other communi-
ties whence came reports of bigoted treat-
ment of Jews. Mr. Miller's determined ef-
fort to give tactful treatment to such news,
and to provide an equal opportunity for
Jewry's expression on matters affecting
our people. has given us the satisfaction of
knowing that a fair-minded journalist di-
iected the destinies of a great paper in
pur community.
AR
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Will Hitlerism Come to America?
An alarmed reader writes us imploring
that we explain to him why, in his opinion,
we are so optimistic over conditions in this
country; why we do not sound more fre-
quent warnings against the impending
dangers of the spread of Hitlerism to this
country.
We believe that these queries deserve
an answer, and are happy to have the op-
portunity of expressing confidence in the
American ideals of democracy and in the
sense of fair play which has distikuished
the American people for several genera-
tions.
There are several ways in which to put
this opinion to the test, and perhaps the
most important is the newspaper test. On
several occasions since the advent of Hit-
lerism in Germany we already had the op-
portunity of paying our respects to the
journalistic profession in this country for
the fairness with which it treated the Ger-
man situation. Further proof that the
American press will battle for the prin-
ciples of freedom and liberty, and for the
tight of free expression of opinion by all
mankind, was provided recently in the list-
ing of a group of American newspapers
who were charged with being pro-Nazi.
There were only five newspapers in the
group thus classified, and most of them
have since emphatically denied this
charge.
Another test is the political one. There
are many more Germans than Jews in this
country, but we are yet to hear of efforts
to defend Germany's return to medievalism
from an important American rostrum.
Anti-Jewish discriminations have, how-
ever, been condemned, both in public aji-
dresses, on the floor of the United States
Congress and in other important assem-
blies, and in resolutions introduced in our
Congress.
One of the most emphatic condemna-
tions of Hitler and his policies was ex-
'pressed recently by Senator William E.
Borah of Idaho, in an address before the
Council on Foreign, Relations. Senator
Borah's references to Hitlerism were in-
cluded in the following portion of his ad-
dress:
Mr. President, there is no creed or faith,
no political principle or form of government,
but must at some time or other undergo at-
teen, and this seems to be one of the periods
of challenge and general assailment.
We read of a movement lately initiated in
one of the leading countries of Europe to
delete the Ten Commandments, presumably
thht part which says "Thou shalt not kill";
edit the Lord's Prayer, since that perfect sup-
plication encompasses all men regardless of
race or creed; abolish Christianity, and con-
form the teachings of the Nazarene to the
practices and principles of their political
leader.
This wicked and blasphemous exhibition of
diseased minds teems only a little more im-
pious and no less vain and impotent than the
persistent attacks everywhere encountered
upon popular government, the right and
capacity of the people to direct and manage
their own political affairs.
Here and elsewhere, either by those who In
their own land have destroyed the last vestige
of personal liberty, sending to prison and to
the torture chamber men and women because
of race, religion or political opinions and sac-
rificing all rights of the people to the stratifi-
cation of personal power, or by those in our
own land who consult appearances rather than
realities and mistake surface indications for
the deep currents which move below, is heard
the solemn pronouncement that popular gov-
ernment has failed and constitutional democ-
racy is dead.
We need not be dismayed, but we cannot
be unconcerned. The right to worship accord-
ing to the dictates of one's conscience, the
right to freedom from persecution on account
of race, are parts of that political liberty, that
freedom from oppression which is the Life-
blood of democracy.
These things, together with free speech,
a free press, the right of assemblage and those
guarantees, the sum total of which make up
the inestimable blessing!, of personal liberty,
are the things for which democracy stands.
They are the things for which we stand. And
I venture to believe that we will not fail to
preserve them.
Looking backward and looking forward, proud
of our past and confident of our future, we
Audi find our highest service, not only to our
own people, but to mankind and to thep race
of the world, in transmitting these principles
unimpaired to succeeding generations. This is
our supreme duty, a duty which we cannot dis-
regard.
This is plain speaking. It provides justi-
fied cause for feeling proud that this
should be an expression of American ideal-
ism, and that it should serve to strengthen
our confidence that American principles
will survive the bigotries of the Old World.
It is regrettable, of course, that some ac-
tion has not as yet been taken by our gov-
ernment to protest to Germany against the
horrors and indignities imposed upon mil-
lions of oppressed, among them the entire
German-Jewish population. But in prin-
ciple American idealism has not yet yielded
to the medievalism which threatens to em-
brace Europe. We refuse, therefore, to ,
abandon confidence that American prin-
ciples will triumph and that the spirit of
fair play and justice will not only continue
to rule here but will once again exert a
wholesome influence upon lands now ruled
by bigots.
The popular way of celebrating Jewish
Arbor Day—Chamisho Osor b'Shvat—in
Palestine is by planting trees. There is no
more constructive way of celebrating the
festival in this country than by encour-
aging the reforestation program in Pales-
tine with your gift to the Jewish National
Fund.
,1
DID POE KNOW HEBREW?
One Hundred Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of Birth of
Great American Writer Is Occasion for Recalling
Influence of Bible on His Literary Work.
By PHILIP SLOMOVITZ
Our Film Folk
By HELEN ZIGMOND
By-the-Way
Tidbits and Newi
By DAVID SCHWARTZ
(CopyrIght. 1137. Jewish Telegraphic Agency, inc.)
HOLLYWOOD. — Here's news
Emil Jennings is of Jewish descen
on his mother's side . . . he now
resides in Vienna . . . an exile
from Naziland ... is energetically
studying English preparatory to
re-entering motion pictures in
America. Execs are considering
him for the part of Louis XV in
"Du Barry."
TEXAS AND PALESTINE
It is a long way from Oklahoma and Texas to Palestine. The
I places seem to have nothing particular in common.
Yet when the full story of Palestine history is written sonic day,
I there will have to be at least a footnote about the part played by
, Oklahoma and Texas. And even more strangely, the story will hark
back to the oil wells of Oklahoma and Texas.
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SPEAKING OF WELLS
Before proceeding with our story, it will be necessary to do a
little talking about oil wells. What have oil wells to do with Judaism
—what have oil wells to do with Palestine" you ask It is true h
there is a good deal mentioned in the Bible about oil, but then it is
always referring to olive oil. When the psalmist compares the peace
that reigns when brethren dwell together in unity to the oil that ran
down the beard of Aaron, the analogy appears a little strange to our
modern minds, and anyway, he is referring to olive oil.
And even though some geologists hold that Palestine soil does
contain oil—as Oklahoma and Texas does—and some concessions
have been granted to explore. for these oil wells—still all that is still
a matter more or less of speculation. So why bring that up? you ask.
But I bring it up nevertheless, and moreover I will show that
those Oklahoma and Texas oil wells have 'Such to do with Palestine,
•
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SOME OIL FACTS
If you speak to any of those who have been pursuing the trail
for oil in our southwest, they will tell you that if you dig for oil in
Oklahoma, you are apt to find your well, if there is a well there, at
• dept of 500 feet. Texas has much the some sort of terrain as
Oklahoma and prospectors rightly conjectured that beneath its sod,
too, must flow Elvers of oil. So they planted their apparatus and
began digging. They dug at one spot for 500 feet—at another for
500 feet—but no oil came. Perhaps the • oil lay deeper, but there
was no drill which could get below 500 feet.
That is, there wasn't for a long time. Then some ingenious mind
contrived to devise a digging machine that went 1,200 feet into the
soil—and oil gushers CAMP forth in Texas such as Oklahoma had
never seen.
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THE MORAL TO THE TALE
Now there are all sorts of morals to this tale, the most obvious
one being that though the Texas sod seems to contain less oil than
Oklahoma, still if you dig deep you will strike richer oil fields than
the superficial digging in Oklahoma soil will reveal. There is a moral
here that a Bruce Barton is more suited to adorn than I. I still have
not answered the relation of this Texas oil business to Palestine. So
let's get to that.
;
The observance on Friday,
splendors which the early pro-
Jan. 19, of the one hundred
phets sang to them in times of
twenty-fifth anniversary of the
calamity. They had re-establish-
birth of Edgar Allan Poe, one
ed their state after the Exile
of America's greatest literary
with such hopes luring them on.
giants, ushers in a series of dis-
Then weary centuries wore away
• • •
cussions, and the publication of
and their enemies continued to
Josef von Sternberg it an ac-
innumerable newspaper articles,
rule them instead of coming to
tor with ■ sensahumor . . . A
regarding the distinguished writ-
lick the dust at their feet, Pro-
lady visiting the lot approached
er's habits and eccentricities, hia
phetic voices no longer spoke to
him for his autographed picture.
poetic moods and caprices.
them. Eyes grew dim with
"Madam," he said, "I am not
Few, however, know of the
watching for promised glories;' important enough to give out
great influence that the Bible had
hearts broke with longing. It was
autographed
pictures, but if I
upon his life and works; few are
intolerable to their men of feel-
may, I would kits the lady's
aware of the possibility that this
ing and imagination — others
hand."
With
■ flourish and ■
eminent American may actually
could content themselves with
bow he did so, and the lady
have known the Hebrew lan-
the past, and with legalism, and
went away much impressed with
guage.
with priesteraft. Then arose
the polish of these movie di-
The man who did the greatest
the new order of seers. In new
rectors.
service to students of Poe in
fashion the hope of Israel found
•
•
•
calling attention to the tremen-
voice; in strange guise the mys-
Would you call it a scientific
dous influence of the Scriptures
teries of life were expounded. interest
in nature? ... Joan Bien-
upon this author is William Men-
The prophecies were not to fail. dell and her husband, living atop
tzel Forrest, John B. Cary pro-
God would yet avenge. Upon Hollywood's highest mountain ...
fessor of Biblical history and lit-
those who sat in darkness the
erature at the University of Vir-
glories of a pew heaven and a have a pair of powerful binoculars
ginia. In 1928 the Macmillan
new earth dawned. Apocalyptic mounted on a tripod in their back-
... spend much time aiming
Co. published Professor Forrest's
literature was born. It reflects yard
it at 'their brother citizens and
"Biblical Allusions in Poe," a
the action and reaction of the such
other sights as come within
study that was begun in 1909,
ideal and the real upon the soul
its radius . . . which they say is
when the one hundredth anniver-
of the seers."
plenty!
sary of America's most univer- BIBLICAL ANALOGY
• •
sally renowned author was cele-
The student of Biblical allus-
Baby LeRoy was taken to see
brated at his alma mater, the
ions in Poe points out that the
his own picture ... and laughed
University of Virginia. The re-
Bible in general is against "vain
every time he saw himself .. .
sult was a very fine contribution
repetitions," and declares that
even in the sob scenes.
on the subject and a valuable
"this finds its precise analogy
• • •
work for the student of Poe and
in Poe. No man ever hated
It eez sensational! Unprece-
the Bible.
verbosity more than he. None dented ... the story that Francis
"PRAYING TO POE"
other ever no appreciated the Lederer refused his first week's
To Professor Forrest, "the
value of brevity—stories must be salary at the studio because he
Bible in Shakespeare and Brown-
short; poems must be short."
hadn't done anything to earn it.
ing and Tennyson seems an al-
The refrain in "The Raven" is
•
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•
compared to the refrain in the
moot obvious result of the spiri-
Al Jolson is complaining .
DIGGING FOR WATER
tual permeation of English liter-
26 stanzas in Psalm 136, "For
in all his 20 years of black-
In
Palestine,
besides
the
few
concessionaires,
there is very little
ature in general." "But Poe has
His mercy endureth forever."
facing on the stage he has
digging for oil. But there is a great deal of digging for water. And
never before been no studied," we
The double refrain, although
had to use it as in "Wonder
for the simple reason that water is much more important for Pales-
read in his preface. "The extent
faintly suggested in Poe, is
Bar" . . . he wears Mackface
tine than oil. Palestine is a small land and a great part of it lacks
of his familiarity with the Bible
traced to Psalm 107.
all over his body.
water.
may not induce the reader to fol-
By way of further comparison,
So from the time of Abraham, and probably long before that,
low Poe's gifted French critic
we are told by Professor For-
"You're no good," George Burns
for water in Palestine has been one of the important things.
and translator (Charles Baudel-
rest that "the poets of Israel re- was berating Gracie. "You're digging
But despite the most persistent digging, the effort in many parts of
aire), who wrote in his journal,
semble Poe in having written just a gonaf. Do you know what Palestine produced no results.
'I swear to myself henceforth
pensively and not wildly of a gonaf is?"
to pray every morning to Poe.'
Then someone thought of the experience of the Texas oil drillers
death's violation of life's beauty.
"Well, it has something to do —and one of the Texas machines that goes down as deep as 1,200
Yet it is likely to astonish many
That is the minor chord running with money.•
feet
was
imported into Palestine.
by reason of the type of his writ-
through their songs. The trans-
"How did you figure that out?"
ings and his reputation."
And lel—land which had been given up as hopeless for cultiva-
sitoriness of life is like the fad-
"Well,
I
heard
the
United
States
tion
because
of its dryness has been found to contain water—if you
We learn much from Profes-
ing of flowers, and both are sad." has gonaf the gold standard!"
dig as deep as 1,200 feet.
sor Forrest's study of Poe's spir- HIS HEBREW KNOWLEDGE
Excuse
it,
folks,
its
Grade's
Experts
are now,of the opinion, indeed, that there is no land in
ituality, pantheism and mystic-
We learn from Professor For- fault
Palestine which at that depth will not reveal water.
ism. He devotes chapters to a re-
• • •
rest's concluding section to his
A
great
problem
has been solved.
view of Poe's references to
appendix that "numerous pas-
For days Benny Baker, Lou
So while we remember the contributions of the Jews of Okla-
"death," "beyond death" and
sages in Poe express or Imply
Holta's stooge, has been living
home
and
Texas
to
the
Keren Hayesod, let us also remember the
"world end and judgment," later
some knowledge of Hebrew."
in suspense.
He was given a debt we owe to the oil prospectors of the southwest.
proceeding to a study of his
The author publishes a list of
•
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screen
test
at
•
major
studio
prose and poetic resemblences to
references to these passages. In
GIRLS MAKE GOOD
. everything looked rosy ...
the Bible. An entire chapter is
a lengthy discussion, marked by
then
the
long
wait
for
the
im•
Former scribers—particularly the girls—of the Anglo-Jewish field
then devoted to "The Bible in
references, Professor Forrest de-
seem to be getting ahead in the general non-Jewish world.
portant call to come to the stu-
Poe."
fends Poe against the late Pro-
dio. At haat the phone rang.
There is Betty Ross, who some years ago was one of the most
Of unusual value for the Bib-
fessor Harrison', charge that
He answered it breathleasly.
voluminous writers for the English-Jewish publications. She is now
lical student is the appendix, in
Poe brought his reputation 'per-
doing a regular Sunday feature for the Hearst papers. Of late she
"This is Mr. Baker, shall I come
this case a very necessary item
ilously near charlatanry" by wav-
right over?" "Yes, Mr. Baker,
has been traveling about the world, interviewing crowned heads,
in the study, containing quota-
ing repeatedly a passage in He-
come right over . . . and bring
celebrities of diplomacy and arts and, last of all, last week she
tions, Hebraic phrases, scriptur-
brew with which he was assisted
back
that
key
to
the
dressing-
married
a London barrister,
al proper names and an interest-
by Prof. Charles Anthon. Profes-
room you carried off!"
And Lillian Genn, who also did considerable scribbling for the
ing section on the question of
sor Forrest calls this charge "not
• • •
English-Jewish
press, now occupies one of the most important posts
whether Poe knew Hebrew.
altogether fair or accurate," and
Cinema-Snaps: So elated was in the svidicate department of the Public Ledger service.
A CONTRAST •
declares that "Poe was not en-
In discussing Poe's mysticism,
tirely dependent upon Anthon." Harry Green over the advent of THE OLD GUARD GOES
Professor Forrest makes the fol-
Our Bibre has had its influence ■ son that he threw open the doors
Two of the lost of the "old guard" of European scholars of the
lowing comparison between the
upon the world's greatest minds, of the Clover Club to all the film
Union College are soon to retire, according to reports—Dr.
Jewish Biblical writers and Poe:
and the inclusion among those so celebs , . . Director Lewis Mile- Hebrew
"In the case of both the Jew-
influenced of the name of Edgar stone wants Paul Muni to play the Buttenweiser and Dr. Lauterbaeh.
The
faculty of the Reform school will now be, I believe, a totally
lead
in
his
Soviet
film,
"Red
ish writers and Poe the explana-
Allan Poe is certainly something
tion in found in the contrast be-
to he justly proud of. But to Square" ... the Munis are sailing home-Frown product. There were giants in those days—when Deutsch,
for
Moscow
on
a
vacation
.
.
and
Neumark
and Kohler and other celebrated European scholars
tween what was and what ought
know also that Poe was a stu-
to be according to their ideal.
dent of Hebrew adds to the glory Sidney Fox is leaving the home graced the faculty of the H. U. C.
fires
for
her
ex-husband
to
take
It
is
to
be
hoped
that the same standards will be maintained by
With Israel the wailing arose
that we share with our fellow
the American products.
from measuring their condition
Americans on this author's one charge of, while she returns to
•
Hollywood
and
her
career
,
,
.
by the klorious rhapsodies con-
hundred twenty-fifth anniver-
01 WEN!
cerning national triumphs and
sary.
(Turn to Next Page)
Ernest Barbarish writes in to say that the reason that Jews have
so many relatives is that every Jew has at least one aunt—"Aunty
Sernitism."
•
PLAIN TALK
A VACATION WITHOUT JEWS Indies, enjoyed the secret pleasure
of one contemplating the prospect
MR. SHABBOSDECKEL thought of
a happy deliverance.
of a winter vacation. Ile had
Mr. Shabbosdeckel was conscious
worked hard ever since Septem- of having achieved a stroke of
ber (as who hasn't) and the statesmanlike invention. Great men,
weight of his travail was heavy from Haman down, had from time
on his neck (as whose isn't?).
to time unsuccessfully made plans
But whereas others must carry to get rid of Jews; Mr. Shabbos-
their travails even to next June deckel was about to accomplish this
(when they may take them off for (at least for a period of three or
two weeks) Mr. Shabbosdeckel four weeks) by the simple expe-
may leave his in his office in Jan- dient of boarding a German ship!
uary and run away to Southern
The ship would sail, leaving the
waters, -c- omfort his weary neck teeming 2,000,000 of New York;
under the hot sun of a West Indies soon it would be at sea and in what-
island, feast his tired eyes on the
peace of the Caribbean sea.
And this Mr. Shabbosdeckel re- ARTS CRAFTS CLASS
solved to do, and even more: Mr.
AT UNION COLLEGE
Shabbosdeckel was determined to
give himself such a winter vaca-
By JUDITH I. STEIN
tion as he had never had before.
Besides the business cares that
A new project inaugurated at
were so pressing on Mr. Shabbos-
deckers neck, he has suffered all the Hebrew Union College is the
through the autumn and early class in arts crafts. Twenty-
winter another affliction: He had three students registered this year
been obliged to listen to the lamen- , for the course, which is led by Dr.
tations of Jews crying out against Harry L. Comins, director of youth
education for the Union of Ameri-
the current outrages.
Withersoever Mr. Shabbosdeckel can Hebrew Congregations.
This group was established for
went among Jews he had heard
their cries and he was pleasured the purpose of training the stu-
dents
in the techniques of leading
by the occasions when he consorted
with non-Jews who had no special young people's activities. The
young
people of many congrega-
pains. True, they had the ailments
tions engage in a variety of ac-
common to all mankind .
tivities
such as debating, art, dra-
bago, toothache, sciatica and Niers-
iliac disjointure ... but the Jews' matics and discussions. Many of
pain was unique unto themselves. these activities are not of • Jew-
It May be said that some of Mr. ish nature, and this was especially
Shabbosdeckel's best friends were true in the case of art, as there
Jews, but there is • limit to Mr. was scarcely any literature which
Sha bbosdeckel'aendurance. 51 attempted to teach the Jewish mo-
Shabbosdesckel thought with dis- tif in art.
Dr. Coming chose arts crafts
may of a winter vacation full of
Jews. He would board the ship for the group because of his own
and ere he was on the third lap on interest in the subject. Other ac-
his first walk on the promenade tivities of the young people have
deck he would hear a familiar been discussed from time to time
Shabbo
abbo
a s- Informally.
voice
...".11ge o r , there, nSohes
Last year, a group of 11 stu-
deckel !"
from being Jewish and shortly !ills dents signified their willingness to
engage in this activity, but the
Vabbodeckers tired ears
mouthful .f hitter! facilities of the college could ac-
Mr. Sv I:Iftweideckel resolved on • commodate only eight. This year,
vacation without yew:.
the Hebrew Union College is plac-
ing at Dr. ComM's disposal suffi-
WHERE could he go- to be in • cient titmice and equipment to pro:
world without Jews! Mr. vide for the 23 etudenta who regis-
tered for the course. The class
Shabbosdeckel knew!
Where else but on • German in arts crafts is a voluntary one
ship? What other Jew would seek which meets twice a week.
Some of the objects that are
■ German ship for passage! On •
German ship Mr. Shabboedeckel made consist of Sabbath platee,I
could walk to lonely grandeur as bread trays with Jewish motifs,!
in • world in which no other Jew Hanukkah lamps, book-ends, and
other each items out of metal:
but he was left!
To be like the last Jew in the Wall placques caned out of wood,
world! To hear no more the cry of carrying out a Jewish art motif,
are a lso popular with the group.
Jewish pain!
Mr. Shabbosdeckel made ready to Pottery, leather work and other
'wipe from Jews, booked passage crafts are contemplated for the
on • German ship touring the West present year,
A Column of
Frank Speaking.
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1 USSISHKIN IS SEVENTY
By ALFRED SEGAL
ever direction Mr. Shabbosdeckel
looked there would be no Jews to
be seen . . . a phenomenon Mr.
Shabbosdeckel had not observed
scarcely in any moment of his life
in all the years before.
It seemed a world of Jews .
Jews on the street, Jews in the ele-
vator, Jews at his table in hotels,
Jews always touching the peri-
phery of his ..existence.
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World Jewry is now celebrating the seventieth birthday of
Ussishkin. To me the most dramatic episode in the generally dramatic
life of this great Zionist was his speech at the Peace Conference at
Versailles.
That speech, you may recall, WAS spoken in Hebrew. It was
the first time since the days of the destruction of Jerusalem that the
nations of the earth heard Hebrew spoken ofciall y.
But what was most characteristic of Ussishkin was the fact that
the delivery of the speech was part of the stubbornness which,
it has
been said, is Ussishkin's most conspicuous trait.
The leaders of Jewry urged him against Hebrew, Ussishkin
refused to be turned aside. It was translated, as were the languages
of the other minority groups, into French.
But the voice of Ussishkin ringing out in the language of the
Hebrew Prophets created a tremendous impression—beyond the mere
content of the words. It was a great moment.
SO HE CAME at length to th
ship whose waving swastik
seemed to be the boundary mar
at the edge of the Jewish world
By HARRY SALPETER
which Mr. Shabbosdeckel was ec
coping. It was already deep in th e
1Commekt, 1134, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, 1st)
night and quickly the Nazi stew
ards dispatched Mr. Shabbosdecke
I think that it can he said with-1 lin and 'cello by Beethoven and
and his baggage to the comfort o f. out fear of successful contradic-I the Mozart
String Quartet in G
his cabin.
tion that Albert Einstein has a I Major, eye reinforced ear when the
Mr. Shabbosdeckel was not un- more masterly stroke on the violinlgreat mathematician struck bow on
aware of loneliness as the ship than on the linotype machine. strings. And eye caught his smiles
drew away from the Hamburg.
The two hundred, and more of us,. of pleasure at certain passages, in
American dock; through the port who sat in our best clothes—per- the Bach and Mozart pieces espe-
hole he looked out at the receding haps I should he speaking only of cially, and ear suspected chuckles
world of Jews; the lights of New myself—in the ballroom of Adolph of delight even when there were
York faded out .... Mr. Shabbos- Lewishon s residence last Wednes- none, for these were times when
he
deckel was solitary in a fluid world day evening and heard the world's looked as if he might be chuck-
without any other Jew.
greatest geographer of the stellar ling. Those who sat in the first
He hastened to bed.
spaces tickle the strings of his fid- row made perhaps a more accur-
Mr. Shabbosdeckel was up early die as directed by Bach, Beethoven ate count of chuckles.
to walk on deck, to breathe the in- and Mozart were delighted not only
The other wrformers sensed the
vigorating winter wind that was in the performance but in the in- emotional value of the concert and
still to be enjoyed in the few hours ectiously naive delight of the per- sought by no device to take glance
that were to pass before the ship former,
away from the concerted gaze at
entered the Gulf stream. Mr. Shab-
It wasn't only Albert Einstein the haloed, tousled head. One or
bosdeckel walked briskly, joyously. who played. There were others,. twice, I believe, Emil Hilb, in con-
itye, i it was a good world... This quite a number of others and ducting the first number, caught
peace far from the troubled paths so nic of them virtuosi of the first himself giving the cue to Einstein
of business . . this prospect of Ater. There was Toscha Seidel, as well as to members of the string
sunlit days . . . this vacuum in who counts his admirers content
the orchestra playing w ith the quartet.
which no sound of Jewish pain was thousands and who was
but remembered that Einstein •
to be heard.
enough to play second fiddle for a needed no cue, that even if he came
Suddenly these happy contempla- night and a second fiddle in both in a note late—and there was no
senses.
There
was
tions were interrupted . . ."Hello,
Harriet Cohen, player more vigilant of the de-
there, Shabbosdeckel!"
pianist, who had performed the mends of the score, vigilant without
Shabbosdeckel quickly night before in Carnegie Hall and being keyed up—
there would not be
wherimj, as if some Jew had sud- then there Was
Leon Benin, or- the slightest detraction from the
denly appeared out of the water, chestra conductor, who worked at beauty and the value of the per-
after following him all this way . the humble viola, while Ossip Gis- fdnsnance. An the end of the first
. "Hello, there, Shabbosdeckell . ' kin was at the 'cello. In addition. movement of
the Bach Concerto,
"Well, well, Mr. Cohen! And how there was, for the first number, the • however, Einstein
relaxed • bit to
rare you!
Bach Concerto No. 3 for two vio- smile his delight to friend who
"The world is a small place, Mr. tins, a string orchestra of ten pieces were smiling at him, and to
es.
Shabbosdeckel!"
which Emil Hilb conducted.
press his pleasure at the music, but
"Suppose we go to breakfast."
All Eyes ea Einstein.
But
all
eyes
were
on
Einstein
seeing
that
the
other
performers
Oh, there was no escape! Un-
mistakeable evidence informed Mr. and ears seemed to be attuned only were ready and that Mr. Hilb was
Shabbosdeckel that three of his to his solo passages, and even when
raising
his arms h e to pu
start
second
movement,
l led
table tom anions were J ews.
himself into an attentive posture,
looked at them, they at him, speech- his instrument was heard with one ready
to
do
his
share.
less but with eloquent eyes: "There P r more others, the ear tended in-
Min a Cohen's Solos.
is no escape. We run away from is tinctively to extract from the mut-
Mr. Seidel had no difficulty in
each other and we meet under the b at design only the passages struck
y
him
and
to
savor
them
for
them-
curbing
himself and I believe--
swastika."
elves — as notes of music having from the expression that sometimes
Mr. Shabbosdeckel looked about • particular
freightage
of
meaning
I
observed
flit across his face--
the dining !Won . . . Jews almost
because brought into sound by him ta t be was deriving a pleasure in
■ at every table! They
e •
think
that
it
may
truthfully
be
the
occasion,
beyond the joy the
him, he at them ... resentfully, ac-
cusingly . . . "How did you sell said that while the average ear gift of music itself. Needless to
heard
in
full
the
Bach
Concerto
say,
there
was
delighted applause,
r e? So you're running away,1
No. 3 for two violins and the Alle- and when Einstein trapped in, at
grotto from the Trio for piano, vio -
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