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Readings •f the Law for Sabbath Naiad°,
(The Great Sabbath)
Pentateuchal portions—•ev. 6:1-8:36.
Prophetical portions—Mal. 3:4-24; or Jer. 7:21-8:3;
9 :22,23.

March 23, 1934

Nisan 7, 5694

The Late Hyman Goldman.

It is impossible fully to evaluate the serv-
ices rendered this community by the late
Hyman Goldman.
First president of the first Zionist so-
ciety formed in Detroit, first president of
the Keren Hayesod, the first to organize a
relief drive for the sufferers from Russian
pogroms in the early years of this century,
Mr. Goldman earned a permanent place
in the history of the Detroit Jewish com-
munity.
But it is as a scholar and as one of the
organizers of the United Hebrew Schools
of Detroit that Mr. Goldman ranked among
the first citizens of Detroit Jewry. His
devotion to the schools and to the cause of
Jewish learning, the love he displayed for
the children who attended the Talmud
Torahs, his untiring efforts in behalf of
our educational system—for these things
his memory will be cherished with a sense
of admiration and gratitude by all who
knew him.
He was indeed a remarkable man. In
spite of his years, he displayed such a
deep-rooted knowledge and understanding
of Jewish matters that those who were
privileged to see him during the last months
of his life were amazed at the spirit of
youth which dominated his views. He was
a devoted and traditional Jew, and he was
a most tolerant person.
And he was a very learned man. Several
months before he died, just before he be-
gan to lose his eyesight, he managed to read
portions of Nahum Sokolow's works on
Spinoza, and he entered into a deep philo-
sophic discussion with Bernard Isaacs,
superintendent of the United Hebrew
Schools, as to the relative merits of Luz-
zatti's and Sokolow's views on Spinoza.
Mr. Goldman was a lovable and very
remarkable man.
"Zecher Tzaddik Livrocho"
The memory of this very righteous man
will ever be a blessing in this community.

Palestine Retains Priority.

The following cable from Berlin has
special significance with relation to Pales-
tine as the haven of refuge for the sufferers
from Hitlerism:

BERLIN.—According to incomplete statis-
tics, 284 Berlin physicians have emigrated
since the Nazis gained power. One hundred
and seventeen have gone to Palestine, 25 to
France, 22 to England and 30 to non-European
countries other than Palestine.
The rest went to the following countries
and groups of countries, listed in order of num-
bers received: Switzerland, Italy, Spain, Aus-
tria, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Scandinavia,
Finland, the Balkans and Luxemburg. The
destinations of 30 were not known.
For all the rest of Germany only 128 emi-
grating physicians are reported. a figure that
seems even more incomplete than that for
Berlin. The latter is likely to become aug-
mented, for it is stated that 40 additional
physicians who left Berlin during 1933, sup-
posedly for some other place in Germany, can-
not be located by the postal authorities.

000 settlers in Bira Bidjan, about 10,000
are Jews. In view of the constantly—
and admittedly—changing complexion of
Jewish settlers in that territory, more hay-
By JULIAN MELTZER
ng emigrated than had settled there dur-
(Com/00911, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Inc.)
ing the past 10 years, whatever is said in ,
behalf of the Bira Bidjan project must be
Outdoor sport is gradually
'plane down to the meet from
taken with a grain of salt.
winning a prominent place
the heights of Trensjordan where
among
the
manifold
recreative
are stationed, giving it a
Certainly, this Russian colonization pro- activities of this changing land, they
more modern touch, if that were
ject must not be permitted even in the and not the leant of these pur- possible in this land of contrasts.
There is no fishing in Palestine
slightest to take the place of Palestine, or suits is the chase, whether it be
fish, flesh, or fowl. The pre-
because there are precious few
to suggest a substitute for Zionist effort. of
mier sportsmen of Palestine are
places to fish in. This pursuit
In Palestine it is not only the physical Jew- the Englishmen, officials in the is regarded as an industry more
service or civil-
than a sport, and though the
ish being that is saved. There a haven is administration
ian residents, and their example
waters of the Jordan, the Tar-
also provided for the Jewish spirit. But has permeated the Jewish and kon and Lake Kinnereth are as-
siduously angled by many, they
in Russia, Hebrew and Jewish culture are Arab sectins of the population.
A tale is told of a lone British
are professionals with the dull
proscribed.
colonial explorer who found un-
purpose of commerce in mind.
charted
territory
amid
the
burn-
There can be no substitutes for Pales-
LEGITIMATE GAME
ing
desert
sands
of
Arabia.
His
But there are. many varieties
tine. We can have other centers of coloni- first act was to strike a flagpole
birds that are considered fair
zation; in fact, we must find such new cen- and run up the Union Jack; his of
and legitimate game (in their
ters. But Palestine must and ever will re- next, to establish a sports club respective open seasons) for
ley out an 18-hole golf
Englishmen, Jews and Arabs.
tain a position of priority in Jewish efforts and
course. Then this sturdy Briton
are partridge, sand grouse,
for the settlement of refugees and sufferers turned his mind to matters of There
woodcock, wild pigeon, turtule
economic and political im-
from persecutions, and will ever remain purely
dove, and wild duck in the Huleh
portance.
marshes. Gazelle can be hunted
the homeland for the Jewish cultural and
A growing number of people
in the Jordan valley and stalk-
here
are following the British
spiritual projects.
ing wild boar in the canebrakes

Hunting—The New Palestine Pastime

lead. They are taking to hunt-
and bushes of the river Jordan
ing and shooting game in the
can be an adventurous, thrilling
land; although there is no great
way of passing one's spare time.
Young Judaea Month.
variety. In fact, the old Hebrew
These tusked animals inflict
aphorism, used as a scornful de-
Young Judaea, national Zionist youth rogation of any statement that great damage if cornered; so that
it is as dangerous as hunting on
movement, is at present observing Young is held to be untrue, is, '"There the veldt.
are no wolves and no forest"
•
There is a Jewish shooting
Judaea Month, and its appeal is to the very (Eyes dubim ve-eyn ya'ar); and
club in Jerusalem, to which many
this skilful allusion may be taken
young to join the various existing clubs and as a precise description of wild- professional men and others be-
and they have frequent
to the old to lend their co-operation and animal life in Palestine. For long,
week-ends out in the hills or
though in Keyna, British East
down near the rills around Jer-
encouragement to this important cause.
Africa, the Briton can stalk lion
icho and over the Allenby Bridge
antelope in his leisure and
Describing how this movement builds a and
in Trans-Jordan, accompanied by
in India short tiger and puma,
their
bird-dogs and pointers. Doc-
new generation, Young Judaea has issued whilst ..yassaland, Uganda, and tors, lawyers,
architects, mechan-
Tanganyika offer limitless oppor-
a statement in which the following pointed tunities for guns and ghillies, ics, shopkeepers, businessmen,
make up these Jewish shooting
Palestine
is
in
the
sad
position
of
paragraphs appear:
parties; and if they are not all
having wild bear or hyena as its
of them good shots, they at least
most carnivorous fauna, and is
The future belongs to the youth. But it is
get great fun out of the pastime.
definitely not a big-game hun-
our privilege and our duty to set it on the path
WEAR WEIRD COSTUMES
ters' paradise.
to a true understanding of Jewish life and •
Englishmen usually prefer to
PLENTY ANIMALS,
full appreciation of the significance of Jewish
go out in small parties of three
FEW "KILLS"
histdry and Jewish destiny.
and
four, and the majority of
Martin Johnson. in fact, would
It was for the purpose of guiding American
them are expert at decimating
find no scope for ambitions here.
Jewish boys and girls into rich and meaningful
the
wild
bird life of Palestine.
It is difficult, indeed, to imagine
adulthood in which Jewish ideals and Jewish
Certain species of air fowl are,
what has happened to the ani-
traditions would be living, fundamental
of
course,
protected by the game
mals of the Garden of Eden and
meats and not empty afterthoughts, that
preservation laws, but as there
of Noah's Ark during the past
Young Judaea was founded some 25 years ago.
are
no
game-wardens
and every-
few thousand years; unless the
That it has grown into a nation-wide organiza-
thing is happy-go-lucky, you
tion embracing 700 clubs with a membership of ‘. scripture alluded to the African
can
shoot
anything
you
like (ex-
jungle as the venue of that mar-
15,000 testifies to its service and usefulness as
cept your partner) so long as a
velous and variegated animal
a beacon for the new generation.
policeman is not in view. And
world.
Young Judaea has dedicated itself to the
even a policeman might be open
British enthusiasts, led by Roy
two-fold aim of (1) perpetuating the highest
to conviction by argument.
Godfrey
Snicer,
inspector-general
ideals of Judaism and its relationship to
Arabs, too, have their parties,
of police, have established the
American life and (2) of uniting the Jewish
and any Saturday afternoon or
Ramleh Vale Hunt, a hard-riding
youth with the glorious history of the Jewish
Sunday in the much-frequented
fox hunt and the M. F. Il.s are
people in a proper understanding of the role
shooting areas sound like" Shah-
Spicer himself and Captain
of Palestine in Jewish life and in active par-
has-zu-nachts" in a rifle-gallery
Geoffrey Warden of the Trans-
ticipation in its upbuilding as the Jewish Na-
on Coney Island; only it happens
Jordan Frontier Force. Dressed
tional Homeland.
to be Jericho or the fields of the
in red jackboots, with the black
Valley.
Having for its objects the educational jockey-caps of true foxhunting Jordan
Some of the hunters wear
Masters of Hounds, these two
and national training of the Jewish youth, lead the field all over the coastal s weird costumes, ranging from
the preparation of the young for Jewish countryside, scouring the coverts khaki shirt end knee-bare shorts
to fashionable golf-knickers and
Reynard and Jack. To judge
and Zionist leadership, the physical and for
colored stockings, with the cart-
of the accounts in the local press,
mental training of our boys and girls, there seems to be plenty of ani- ridge belt festooned around the
waist. One enterprising sports-
mals, but very few "kills."
Young Judaea deserves wide support.
man wears a huge somb reros of
TOUCH
There was a time when Young Judaea A MODERN
Reminiscent of the 'shires of . Mexican make, on every occasion,
had its branches in every section of our England, their horn blows out and some say he sleeps in it.
Fea thers h as thef th
as the hounds race after
city, and its membership numbered many merrily
erg from the tails of woodcocks,
the speeding fox or jackal, with
hundreds in Detroit. The movement has the men and women riders, most- are very favorite ornaments in
been somewhat curtailed in the last two or ly British, at their heels. Most hat-bands among all classes of
the population who follow the
the pack of hounds were pre-
three years, due particularly to the apathy of
sport.
sented, a pair having been re-
of the adult Zionists. It is to be hoped ceived from Lord Melchett and
Taken all in all, Palestine is
not less open-air minded than
another
pair
from
Sir
Julien
that there will be a revival of Young Ju-
the Highlands and Adirondacks,
C ahn.
daea efforts here and throughout the
where the shooting of a bird on
Some British sportsmen, flyers
in the British Royal Air Force, the wing is an art in itself.
country.

Jews and the Peace Movement.

Lord Ponsonby, chairman of War Resist-
ers International, in a letter to War Resist-
ers of the World, has this to say on war
resistance:

The rise of militarist nationalism in so many
countries, the scares engineered by the arma-
ment firms to increase the tension between na-
tions, and the failure of the Disarmament Con-
ference are prevailing conditions which should
only serve to stimulate increased activity on
the part of War Resisters More than ever is
it clear that security and equality of status
between nations can only be achieved by total
disarmament.
We must condemn with all the power at our
command the use of armed force and violence,
which during the war and since the war has
wrought irreparable damage, not only physi-
cally, but economically and morally, in all
countries. No desirable object can be achieved
permanently by this method. It is merely the
attempted short cut of impetuous and short-
sighted impatience.
We would remind those of our members who
are victims of persecution, or subject to the
menace of personal violence, that although a
change from such a situation may be wrought
by armed revolt, such action involves the up-
holding of a new order by the same methods of
violence. Relief from such a situation can
often be hastened by our exercising all possible
influence against meeting violence with vio-
lence.

The fact that small Palestine was able
to absorb such a large percentage of the
professionals who are refugees from the
Nazi terror speaks volumes in proof of the
fact that Palestine retains a position of
priority in Jewish life.
Are there still some anti or non-Zionists
left who speak derisively of Palestine's
place in Jewish planning? Then let them
study these figures. It is high time that the
movement's opponents of a quarter of a
The peace movement is so seriously af-
century ago should learn from the experi-
fected by the various movements aimed at
ence taught by time.
persecuting the Jews that our people must
take a deep interest in efforts to put an end
Lord Marley's Plea for Bira Bidjan. to warfare. Hitlerism is an anti-peace and
Lord Dudley Marley, who was in this pro-war movement. Every other anti-
country in the interests of the anti-Fascist Semitic movement is similarly warlike.
movement, took occasion to propagate the I Israel's mission being peace, it is gratify-
values of Bira Bidjan for Jewish coloniza- ing to note that Jews were well repre-
tion, and especially urged the inauguration sented at the recent peace rally held here,
of a movement for the settlement of Ger- and that Jewish names are to be found
man refugees in this sector of Soviet Rus- among the sponsors of the peace move-
sia. He resorted to two arguments: 1. That ment, through the Michigan Peace Coun-
colonization there is cheaper than la Pal- cil.
It is important that we record again that
estine; 2. that non-Jewish as well as Jew-
ish refugees can be settled in Bira Bidjan. the aspiration for peace is the most im-
No one, especially those who had occa- portant hope held out for the Messianic
sion to be charmed by Lord Marley's . per- time in our people's literature. Our
sonality, will doubt his sincerity. He is Prophets longed for universal peace. In
unquestionably a man who makes sacrifices Biblical and Rabbinic literature, the crav-
for his ideals, and he is genuinely fascin- ing for peace and an abhorrence of war
ated by what he has personally witnessed are among the great ideals we can boast
in Russia, and in Bira Bidjan. But we must of. In rabbinic literature there is even so
not permit his enthusiasm to sway us into powerful a reference to peace as this:
unwise colonization efforts.
"If the Israelites were to practice idol-
Lord Marley stated to the writer of these atry and peace prevailed among them at
lines that his impressions of Bira Bidjan the same time, God would say, 'I can not
were based on a four-day visit there. That, exercise authority against them in anger,
and nothing else, should be sufficient to because peace is among them.'"
disqualify his testimony which causes him
Our people's ideal and motto remains
to overflow with enthusiasm. Lord Marley for all time:
also informed us that of the 40,000 to 60,-
"Israel's mission is peace."

PLAIN TALK

Our Film Folk

Tidbits and New

By-the-Way

By DAVID'SCHWARTZ

MO/Might, Ida Jewish Tell:graph/a Agency. Out

By HELEN ZIGMOND

AN

EINSTEIN EPIGRAM

That was a slick epigram that someone in Palestine put ov,
some years ago. It has just been recalled to me. The one about Ein-
stein—remember, the Zionists said of the great philosopher of time
and space:
"Time and space is against us, but Einstein is for us."
Well, today, maybe space is still against the Jews in Palestine-
although if the Trans-Jordan is opened, it will not be. But certhinl,,
time has never been more propitious for Zionism.
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A TRUE STORY
Speaking about Palestine, did you ever learn the real story about
the orange groves in Palestine? Oranges are golden, and it seems
to me the story about the first orange plantations in Palestine is a
golden story, too. It is really very simple, but it deserves a lot of
trimmings and embroidery. It is an especially good story for chil-
dren, and so if there are any children in my audience, I should very
much like them to gather about tic---just lean on my knee—anti
your uncle will tell you the story.
You know, chilluns, the growing of oranges is today the leading
industry in Jewish Palestine. They are exporting hundreds of thou-
sands—millions—of cases of the "tapuche hazahav" (the golden
fruit), as oranges are called in Palestine. This fruit, which is rope.
cially recommended for growing children, is sent from Palestine
now to all parts of Europe—and the Jaffa orange, incidentally, has
established a reputation as the aristocrat of the oranges.
Well, how come did Jews start growing oranges in Palestine?
Have you ever asked yourself that question? You never heard of
Jews eating "getillte" oranges. The golden fruit was never excess-
just discovered in the archives ively mentioned in the Talmud. And in the Bible, when Adam and
of the family check-book that Eve had the first run-in with the authorities, it is said that an apple,
Max Baer's father (the B•ers not an orange, was the cause of this "cause celebre." Of course, I
were Denverite, in those days) know that some critics say it wasn't an apple either, but a green
sold a horse to my uncle. It was pear or pair—Adam and L ive—don't you know. But let us get back
one of those low-slung horses to our point. Why oranges?
• And now, chilluns, Uncle will tell you the real reason.
with altitudinous extremities ...
When the first Jewish settlements were made in Palestine, the
you know, with • sort of ham-
mock chassis. It must have been Jews naturally sought to get good land for themselves. Everybody
a good horse . .. once ... but who wants to settle on the land wants good land. Now the best land
it died two weeks after the sale. is generally the wheat-growing land. And Jews tried to buy this
• • •
land—but the Arab landowners refused to part with this better land.
Our friend Winchell recently So the Jews could only get the sandy, good-for-nothing land.
Well, the Jews tried to do the best they could with this good-
printed a retraction . . . a letter
from Beverly West, denying the for-nothing land. They tried planting many things, but 'it was like
taking
a stupid boy and trying to teach hint geometry. The land
Jewish lineage of her sister, Mae,
and herself. Nevertheless, the wasn't interested. That's all. It just wouldn't respond. So some
Jews,
weary
to the point of desperation with trying, planted some
original assertion remains . . .
made by Mae West in person ... oranges—and lo and behold! Did you ever hear the story by Hans
Christian
Anderson
of the ugly duckling that became a swan? Well,
perhaps 'twas an unguarded mo-
ment . when she admitted that this is exactly what happened here. The poor land, which was
her father was an Irish pugilist thought to be worthless, is producing the most valuable Palestine ,
... and her mother was a Jewish crop. And those who are able to buy this high-priced orange land
now live happily ever after.
seamstress.
Isn't that a nice story? And it isn't a fairy story. It's true.
As often occurs in Hollywood
•
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•
. . . when the spotlight of fame
WATCH
OUT!
illumines a figure ... that person'.
A. Almi, the Yiddish essayist, tells me this one. He vouches
life and career are quickly re-
made—to order. Ah, puff-blicity! for it as having happened on the East Side.
Chayim bought a watch there of a watch dealer. A couple of
days later, Chayim came back, fetching his watch with him.
Those merry cutups, George
"I want my money back. This watch is no good." That's what
S. Kaufman and Mose Hart, Chayim said.
pulled ■ bewhiskered gag the
"What is the matter with the watch?" asked the watch dealer.
other night. They were invited
"It doesn't run," was the reply.
to • certain party . . . but un-
"Didn't it run at all?" queried the dealer.
able to go . . . to Kaufman
"Yes, it ran for 24 hours and then stopped."
wired the hostess: "Sorry, can't
"Well," replied the dealer, "if you ran for 24 hours you'd want
attend party in my honor. It's to stop, too."
the baby's night out and I have
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•
I to stay home with the nurse."
THE BUSINESS OF ANTI-SEMITISM
•
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The anti-Semitic business is unquestionably experiencing a boom.
By actual measurement, Ed- It always does in depression times—and yet even that racket is not
ward Robinson's mouth is as big always profitable.
as Joe E. Brown's ... but it's the
I have just seen a report that the leading anti-Semite of France.
shape of their respective caverns Monsieur Coty, the maker of perfumes—who ought to know how to
that makes the difference, we're make a bad aroma—lost many millions of francs on his Jew-baiting
told. Ho, hum.
journal.
•
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•
If they don't revamp and re- ARABS AND JEWS
shape the picture, "No Greater
There is a general supposition that the Arabs are only against
Glory," it will be one of the most the Jews.
The fact of the matter ,is—as I learn from Dr. Bernstein of
terrible documents for war that the Palestine Bureau of the Zionist Organization—that
Arabs
has reached the screen in years are divided into Mohammedan and Christian Arabs, and the the
Moham-
. truly a wolf in sheep's cloth-
Arabs are more bitter against the Christian Arabs than against
ing . . , being played nearly en- medan
e s
e
tirely by children. Ferenc Mol- the
even the Mohammedan Arabs are divided into several par-
nar's story depicting the futility
jAA
e
7n
i
dsd.
one
of
the
parties
is
trying
to
do
for
the
Arabs much the
of war showed up at the preview Fame as the Zionists are trying to do for the Jews. They
are seeking
as the glory of sacrificing human for instance to establish an Arab National Fund.
life—for a mere empty lot.
So
when
you
worry
about
the
fact
that
Zionists
are
divided
into
Strangest quirk of all was that
Zionists, Laborites, Mizrachists, Revisionists, Judenstaat
the studio meant it to be an argu- General
League
and
20
other
brands,
don't
take
it
so
to
heart.
ment for peace . . . according to
You remember the story that Abraham Lincoln used to tell about
the synopsis of the film script
good lady who was always happy when she heard her children
. . . but somewhere several cogs the
"I always know they're still alive when they do that,"
slipped . , , and, as often happens screaming.
she said.
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THIS AND THAT
Lout. Lipsky smokes nickel cigars.
Ludwig Lewisohn can't stand communism because he is opposed
A Column of
to the state assuming too much power.
Felix Warburg will probably head the Zionist-J. D. C. drive.
Frank Speaking.
In South Africa—in one small town—Maurice Samuel found
two Jews living there. One was named Rosen—and the other Thal.
By ALFRED SEGAL

HOLLYWOOD.—Did you hear
of the conditional clause in Eliza-
beth Bergner's contract for mak-
ing "Catherine the Great"? She
allows the dubbing of the picture
into any language—except Ger-
man. She commented that "if
they want to hear her play they
will have to be *tidied with Eng-
lish." Atta girl!
a a
And did you know that Nazi
films are receiving the thumbs-
down sign in Oslo, Norway? The
city'. press has joined the su-
pervisor of movie houses in •
campaign against Gerrn•n
flickers.
• e s
Ann Ronnell . . . who elevated
the "Three Little Pigs" to a more
kosher level (she wrote the "Big
Bad Wolf" song) . . . confesses
that her mother had a terrible
time coaxing her to practice the
piano.
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Mammalogical research: We

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AN EXHAUSTIVE TREATISE ON
THE STATUS OF THE JEW

I establish here a municipal govern- mocracy which even at this dis-
MISGUIDED JEWS
Iment that has come to be known tance exudes a smell that is none
IN BROOKLYN has been organ- as the best in the United States. too fragrant. Let Jests (as citizens,
ized the Brooklyn Jewish Democ- They have asked nothing for them- not as Jews) unite with other
racy, Inc., which announces itself selves as Jews.
righteous men to deodorize the
New Volume by New York Rabbi Is an Excellent Inter-
to be "frankly Jewish and undis-
So high stands their unselfish party and to sterilize it.
guisedly political."
character that no anti-Semitism
pretation of the Jewish Position.
Instead they are seen organizing
Its purpose is 'to unite and co- ever even attempts to touch them. for the patronage that is the seed
ordinate the Jewish citizens of
The city in which these Jews of all misfeasance in government. THE MAKING OE THE MODERN JEWS. By Milton Steinberg, Beisin.M.crfil Camp.,
l•llthawalla lad. 1112.54).
Brooklyn in a solid and formidable abide is Cincinnati.
As Jews they become suppliants at
' phalanx" for "united political ac-
the politician's fat table for the
Few works are as remarkable
Analyzing the charges against
tion" to get "proportional political IF THESE BROOKLYN JEWS crumbs that may fall from it. As
are eager for political life I Jews they organize to help main- as "'The Making of the Modern Jewry, Rabbi Steinberg provides in-
representation" in the city of
Jew"
by
Rabbi
Milton
Steinberg
of
teresting
answers to the venomous
commend
to
them
the
example
of
Brooklyn.
tain and feed off a political sys-
"We are being discriminated these Jews of Cincinnati. Let them tem, the like of which is the scourge the Park Avenue Synagogue of accusations of anti-Semites, and in
New
York.
Here
is
a
book
that
is
every
instance
it is the dignified
be
prophets
(which
is
a
Jewish
against, in and outside of our
of large American cities every- historical in content but reading I and self-respecting
Jewish spokes-
party," says one of their spokes- role) not job-seekers.
where.
like
a
fascinating
novel.
It
is
in-
man
who
is
revealed
in Rabbi Stein-
men, Dr. Samuel Margoshes, editor
Certainly, there is much for good
They are doing the rest of us no formative, analytical and is an able berg.
of the Day. "We are not getting citizens to do in the Brooklyn de-
good
service
and
Jews
everywhere
interpretation
of
Jewish
problems.
,
thenumber of teachers, high school
Jewish Aggressiveness.
have a right and a duty to pro- But it reads like fiction, And be- I
; principals
ipals and office holders that
Speaking of the aggressiveness
test.
cause of this, if for no other rea-
we proportionately rate. But this
of
the
Jew, Rabbi Steinberg thus
Behold! The prophets have come son, it should have a very large
THE OPPERMANNS
will end when we band together
views the charges of the non-Jew ,
down from the mountain to put circulation. .
and become a power in this largest
for
which
he provides an answei •
Feuchtwanger's Great Novel grabbing hands on the flesh-pots!
Jewish city in the world, where
From the moment the reader 'TY Jew le aa ambitions and Mt-assertive
The prophets lay down their gor- completes
Per.• Many en American Gentile retest.. to
Depicting the Life of a
every one in three is a Jew."
the
first
chapter,
which
geous banners and pick up soiled 'introduces the subject matter of meter Jews 1,• heel 141. remit. The J. -
German-Jewish Family.
to baeyant to be malted le • maw pesitinn
ones: 'l1Ve want jobs!"
IN THE CITY in which I live
book under the title "The Rid- "It M add that aa seem as he Is bleed
One can tolerate a low politician this
be tau already ma Ms heart on Why pre.,
this gives Jews a pain. In our, THE OPPERMANNS. By Llon Tenehthan•
dle," the complete covering of the il•nt
el lb. Sr, at that whnt be than is
ger. The Viking Pram. New Tut (11150).
who
is
a
Jew,
for
he
is
no
worse
city, Jews are prophets in public i
is like the witnessing of a know the Intlinese he will Wyse to ream.
than low politicians who are non- volume
life, not politicians.
remar kable performance in which h an minse nevelt.. that be was mach hie
Jews.
At
least
he
does
not
follow
They are leaders for civic right-
Long after the present Nazi out
4,000 years of history is the back- M t„.77
.
, eousness, enemies of public corrup- ( rages will be merely a matter o his lowly paths under the Torah. ground and the Jews are the actors.
', lion, victorious champions of good I memory, and will form a chapter But when Jews (as Jews) go seek-
Economic Efforts.
government; but never have they in world's history, Lion Feucht ing office in a mass, go to tie them-
to. See ahnid h. tea :" a
The volume is covered by three the American mind aggressIvenees and the
said, "For the part we have played 'wanger's new and great novel wil selves to a political machine, it is
selrll .I tie
too
much.
sections:
"The Medieval
in this puhlic life Jews must be serve as a text book to throw
ton i. na tre-t:::17 esta'.
rs nta
imewlyirat./1 5 :;
" ransi ion" an d "The mind which 1•4 fthlt with the Jew fee •
They misrepresent most other
given jobs."
light on what is occurring in the
trail whir I. swayed whew it grave le
e
d
rn
Scene,"
and
it
includes
Whatever Jews are in jobs in ; Reich today. More than that
th
411 e ambition an
our public service are there only by "The Oppermanns" will reveal the Jew I s Will be answered: "Oh, you are practically every phase of Jewish
.hen tier mitt are ."47:17 i4d•e :
merit; they are not there as Jews; reactions, the mental agonies and one of those Jews who are timid, life, and covers almost every con- Jew.
he „
R eel;
M ae t ils,...
...
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ewiz
w thas
... tesen
iab Iti
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TkIse
r
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but only as citizens who have the sentiments of the Jews who afraid of what other people will ceivable Jewish problem.
It, l earned le be letastrlowe and rewterrethl
Israel's wanderings among the
passed honest civil service examin- were subjected to the terror of think of you. You are a mouse
trembling in his hole."
nations, the Christian reactions to ”Eseerially when be te seddrsly treed (me
ations.
Hitlerism.
I really do give some thought to the Jew, the charges against tweeter.. ...trends airbe assert blose4f
t never
er occurs us to ask, "'How'' "The Oppermanns" is a family
Is the land. teem witch S. ear he lad a.
many Jews are there in the public , that was uprooted from a home what opinion my neighbors may Jewry, the trials and tribulations, ervert••lile•
at GI. to Western anat..
service?" We are not interested. which it had always regarded as have of me. I am deeply hurt hopes and despairs, the manner in
:
ed"
Inea
r"s:"1!
4:2711Z: a7s ar7t
when
the
ill
opinion
of
my
neigh-
which
Israel
clung
to
his
faith
and
, We do not feel that as Jews we' its own. And the uprooting in-
t he exhibit same mean. el wrmem"
'have any special interest to be volved the mental, moral and : bors is based on falsehood and un- his national aspirations—these are
Love f or Le arning.
just
made
interesting
prejudice.
I
am
even
the
more
and fascinating
served by representation in the lo-1 physical reactions of human be-
Viewing the failings an well as
cal government; we have no chuzpa ings. It is one of those terrible ' hurt when their ill opinion is hon- by a beautiful style. Both style I virtues of the Jew, Rabbi Stein-
that says, "14 e are entitled to jokes! stories of the Jewish families in estly founded on the folly or the and content hold the reader spell- berg emphasizes the intellectualism
bound.
as Jews." We should be ashamed Germany whose lives —so they mistake of some Jews.
of the Jewish people. He describes
I am afraid when a consider-
Rabbi Steinberg describes the the cultural creativeness of our
of any Jew who said thin.
thought—were firmly entrenched
We had a mayor who ia a Jew' in the life of the Vaterland. Sud- able group of Jews n a large city eccnomic efforts of anti-Semitism. people, which caused their flocking
but he was not • Jewish mayor. So denly came the great disaster, and unite for the perpetuation of a In proving that economic want has to the professions in an unpropor-
concept of government which decent had ■ great deal to do with the tionate number.
faithful was he to the honor of their lives were ruined.
the Jewish name that he leaned
Feuchtwanger has created one communities are taking steps to weed of Jew-hatred, especially in
"The intellectual tradition of the
present-day Germany, he states ghetto has made the Jewish group
backward lest it be said that he of his greatest works in "The outlaw.
I am afraid when a group of that "in the elemental struggle for culturally creative far beyond its
used his public power to serve Oppermanns." A great writer, he
political food l i es much of the impulse to numbers, he writes. it out th e
has put into this novel the best Jews unite
We had a president of the board craftsmanship for which his liter- action in defiance of American , anti-Semitism."
medic's] background of the modern
Sounds • Warning.
of education who is a Jew but he ary genius is noted. His account principles and I protest, just as I
Jew the world might be without a
Rabbi Steinberg warns Jews not Bergson, a Freud, ■ Wasserman,
was not a Jewish president. Ile, of the manner in which • nation would protest if any similar group
to be fooled by the promises of an Einstein."
as a righteous citizen, would ha, has "smashed the standards of the went into politics.
ordered from his presence any Jew , civilized world to pieces" is re- ' I am afraid and I am also emancipation. He declares that if
Palestine Offers Solution.
who came to him saying: "Sir, you lated in • fashion which both holds ashamed; for this is not the way after • century of equality the
ViewinT the failures of emanci-
must see to it that we employ in our, the attention of the reader and at of the Jew as I know him in our Jews of Germany "can again be pation, Rabbi Steinberg points to
school a number of Jewish teacher..
the same time outrages every city. He in i a Jew who goes into subjected to medieval barbarism, the negative effects of intimacy
proportionate to our numbers in ' h uman feeling against the Nazi puhlic life with no Jewish purpose, then the same story may be re- with a new environment upon the
the population. "
seeking nothing for himself or for peated elsewhere." lie argues that Jewish creative genius. To quote
occurrences. .
"Germany may very well demon- the author on this point:
Our Jews in local politics are
to the his group, eager to serve the corn-
The reader in
strate the insecurity of Jewish free- .0. the aloalosaille awrackaalla a lbw
not hunters for jobs but banner- I Oppermanna on the occasion of , munity with no thought of gain.
I am timid (for I have no chuz- dom, the impotence of liberalism, Rap tea le be well by Wire .5th •
bearers for ideals. They helped Dr. Gustav Onoermann's fiftieth
to uproot an ancient and corrupt)
pa) and I say: "Is not this going the failure of education and the aw
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political machine; they helped to
to hurt all of us?"