•
ThEljerRorrjousn (immune
and THE LEGAL CHRONICLE
BY-THE -WAY
Birchall, "is not negotiable outside the
I Reich." For this cable alone, which serves
as an indirect warning to tourists not to
Tidbits and News
and T HE LEGAL CHRONICLE
travel to Germany under the present condi-
By HELEN ZIGMOND
t by The Jewish Chronicle Publishing Co., Inc.
earned
his
rights
to
has
Publiebed Week!
Mr.
Birchall
tions,
By DAVID SCHWARTZ
Rabbi Silver Traces Classic Anti - Semitic Propaganda in
HOLLYWOOD. — At their an
ml-class matter IdLen 8, 1916, at the Post-
the Pulitzer prize. Mr. Birchall was him-
Watered ae Seco
tcopyrisni, WM J. T A 1
It, Mich., under the Act of Merril IL 1670.
nual shindig this week, the Warn-
office at Detro
the
search
he
describes
Priest's
Recent
Venomous
Outburst
self the victim of
Pas presented Joan Blondell with
Publication
Building
that
such
tae-
THINGS
OF
MANY
General Offices and
in his cable. Ile points out
s hine cTe roAhsy wCauf af orwAch iaeav,,epmeBaeln d.
Baby
George Jean Nathan, editor of
525 Woodward Avenue
By DR. ABBA HILLEL SILVER
tics are not making things easy for tray- Star in 1931, Joan has
mp p
the American Spectator, feels that
Telephone: Cadillac 1040 Cable Address: Chronicle
elers, and he states that•"eventually they in 57 pictures ... hence the
London Office.
we are wrongly condemning Ger-
prize.
(Copyright. 1934, Jewigh Telegraphic Agency. 1U
14 Stratford Place, London, W. 1, England
many. What right has America
can result only in making the situation She i; e w will n,le
,t nre t k h e .. i , v e . another prize in
presentation
to criticize with its Mooney case,
0 Per Year harder for Germany, because tourists, al- it
23.0-
Subscription, in Advance
its Scottsboro case, etc. It's all
Stork.
by Dr.
• • •
ready none too well disposed, will ?void
OLTAIRE was an outspoken champion of tol- eared little for anyone be he poverty-stricken Jew
the same—Germany and America.
To theurepub' cation, all correspondence end news matter
ing of emit wee•
which
is
a
pity.
must reach this office by Tuesdny even
her territory altogether,
So he argues.
Doris Warner (Mrs. Mervyn
nly.
or the unsuspecting Gentile, save themselves."
V erance but when he was exposed to ridicule
When mailing notices, kindly use one side of the paper ooh.
get-
The difference is this, Mr. Na-
LeRoy)
showed
better
judgment
Tourists, however, dislike trouble, and
through an unfortunate financial transaction at • • •
wish Chronicle Incites eorrespondence on sob-
than, that if you were in Germany,
than all the wise-beards. Before
Please
note
that
silver
has
been
baptized
by
The Detroit Je
disclaims
responsi-
out of Germany threatens to be harder the play was "discovered" s he
but
ting
Potsdam
in
which
a
Jewish
banker
was
also
in-
you
wouldn't be in Germany, but
Sects of inter. to the Jewish people•
eeeee d by the writers
Father Coughlin and has become a "Gentile" medal.
ItUity for an Ind smement of the views tap
as • non-Aryan writer you ',could
bought • one-third interest in
than getting in. "
volved, he became
e bitter and hostile towards all
Gold,presureably,
remains
a
eireumcized
Jewish
probably be hiding somewhere in
Sabbath Readings of the Law
This Birchall cable is Pulitzer - prize !'w,‘ in White" (P u I i rrrr
Jews. Persona l revenge and vindictiveness have
1:1-4 :20
metal ... One recalls the distinction made by the Czecho-Slovakia.
which knocked about
Pentateuchal portion—Num.
all
bbl too frequently motivated the animus of the Jew-
•
•••
material, not so much because it reveals award)
Broadway and Hollywood for
Nazi Gottfried Feder between "loan" capital and
Prophetical portion--Ilos. 2:1.22
-
bidders.
il ddes a Inns
fiv: Mere r wei,
The American Spectator's chief
the Law ayfor First D•y of ShevOos,
one of the elements in the existing Hitler
e wonder whether Father Coughlin is not on "industrial" capital, in an effort to explain why
Readings
with royalties
stock in trade is being smart-
S und, May 20
W ay to become a first rate anti-Semite goaded the capital of "Aryans" was "kosher" while the
its horror, but because it is perhaps the sh willle,
performed anywhere. g
Pentateuchal portion—Ex. 19:1-20:26; Num.
alecky, and perhaps this account ,
the way
best sort of weapon in fighting Nazism: it .• it is
.
of Jews was "trefa."
• •
282631
also
for its crack about Palestine.
by a similar private resentment. Father Coughlin
scenes:
is ridicule of the finest type because it is
Please note too that among the malefactors who Reviewing Lewis Browne's recent
Prophetical portion—Ezek. 1:1.28;3:12
It happened
has
been
a
strong
advocate
of
silver.
He
believes
Day of Shevuos,
nhiglienu')
Second
e
be
c
i
an
stood
A technician
book, "Ilow Odd of God," Ernest
Readings of the Law for
straight news and a factual picture of the.wooden
that at the root of all our economic misfortunes is are opposed to the remonetization of silver—the
scaffold operating the
Monday, May 21
Boyd is aghast that Browne should
Gold Standard Many share his belief. How- nancial Dillingers—only the names of Jews are
Someone below
—Deut. 15:19-16:17; Num. present - day German stupidity. We owe klieg lights.
say a good word for Jewish set-
Pentateuchal portion28:16-
the
Gold
3 1
Mr. Birchall a debt of gratitude for con - ,hooted direct
h ear i tins . to him y
ever, he was not content merely to preach his silver mentioned, whereas up to the time of the expose,
tlement of Palestine. "Why," it
• • 'Ilhede gospel. Ile was so sure that President Roosevelt Father Coughlin used to mention in his radio ad-
Prophetical portion—Uab. 3:1-19; The Book of
remarks, "even tourists are ye.
stantly making known to the world just couldn't 't
ye of
Ruth is read.
again,
but
the
discordant
tones
volted and return hating Jew and
such stupidities which must make Germany a piano intervened. Finally the was about to remonetize silver, (Father Coughlin's dresses quite a number of Gentiles, chief among Arab alike."
"'The New Deal in Money," p. 35) that he had his whom was J. P. Morgan. It was J. P. Morgan
Sivan 4, 5694 appear ridiculous in the eyes of the world, „ e xasperated
m d ,
technician
ni ca it a t e t rel a e me
ei c, ht h
p e rat e d ,t to
What a wise "boyd" Mr. Boyd
May 18, 1 934
radio guild buy five hundred thousand ounces of oil- who was the chief conspirator—up to two weeks
you ,
is! Mr. Boyd should take the first
and which may, very soon, help bring an sic!" Then
he almost fell off his
ver on a ten per cent margin, In other words he ago. It was the Federal Reserve Bank that was
opportunity
to interview his con-
end to the horrible terror ruled by IIitler,
opposed to "our forsaking the Gold Standard," that frere, II. L. Mencken, who was
. . . the over - zealous musi-
"Help Fight Human Misery!" Goebbels, Goering, Streicher and their perch
speculated in silver. Father Coughlin is, of course,
Lubitsch, the di-
ciao was ErnstI.ubitsch,
was "adverse to the revaluation of gold" ... that recently a tourist in Palestine.
for
opposed to stock speculation—generally speaking.
rector!
When t he Allied Jewish Campaign eve-
Mr. Mencken didn't return re-
"thrives upon war bonds, foreclosed mortgages and
brutal associates,
• • •
opens on Sunday
So are we all. But, says he, he relied on President
$175,000 officially
Jews especially owe a debt of gratitude
misery" . . . And this Federal Reserve Bank was volted at Palestine. On the con-
authorities
should
Immigration
Roosevelt's
word
to
increase
commodity
prices--and
dinner
to
be
addressed
if our memory serves us
trary,
ning, May 27, at the Proskauer, the slogan to Mr. Birchall. He has made known the to r. soormethRin. gtoffabotuhtr this . .
to there was no element of speculation in what he "inspired by the House of Morgan, the hired and right, and it does, Mr. Mencken
able servant of the British Empire" ("The New expressed himself almost enthu-
of
our
people
in
Germany
and
has
by Judge Joseph M.
plight
. . The Father had evidently forgotten his
(lid
ack an Englisncecen t ! to
Deal in Money," p. 30.). But now it is only the siastically about the Jewish de-
will be:
consistently refused io be checked in his bring by
own words of admonition. "If the American people
• • •
.
"European Warburgs, the Rothschilds and the rest velopment of Palestine.
ight
Human
Misery!"
state the truth as he sees it. In
learns fast . . ;
prefer to be hypocrites by gambling on the stock
"Help F
efforts
to
• • •
of that group" who are mentioned and who are
cam-
u Vt
g•h . t The
To
s ro
ft t T a
other
t i h re eg et
' so
It is an i appropriate appeal in a
the Hitler chapter of Germany's history, much tooay h is the m Od
I was speaking with Jacob Fish-
market, that is not necessarily the fault of the
charged with seeking world control and with ex-
is
to
be
used
not
President." (Father Coughlin's "Radio Discourses"
man, editor of the Jewish Morning
Mr. Birchall's name will figure among the other
paign the quota of which
ploiting the "unsuspecting Gentile."
to throw a p ie for a scene. After
and suf-
Journal, who returned some two
•
only for he alleviation of want
great heroes who consistently searched for several trials Master Leroy caught 19 31-32, p. 124.) • ‘•
•
weeks ago from a visit to Pales-
thought it great fun.
There is =A more than a trace in all this of tine.
fering in our own community, but also for the truth to be broadcast through his pa- the idea
Father Coughlin speculated in silver and un-
n ight he took the fun home fortunately
the solvin g of the tragic problem created per to millions of Americans. It is a great
Mr. Fishman last saw l'alestine
the
Treasury
Department
found
it
ex.
classic
anti-Semitic
propaganda
and
of
the
evil
odor
• s and smashed a big plate of
in 1929. The changes that have
by the ris e to power of the Nazi party in satisfaction to know that his effort are mashed
pedient to make public the names of the large own- of the "Protocols of the Elders of Zion;" and we
potatoes on the floor.
taken place in the intervening
ers of silver stocks—and the name of his radio wonder how long it will be before Father Coughlin years are' amazing. You can't
Germany.
appreciated, and it is a privilege to ,loin
help fight the
Eddie Cantor had his phone
will be bradcasting to his radio audience stories recognize the place any more,
journalistic fraternity in congratulat-
The pl 2a to Detroit Jews to
league
was
among
them.
The
Father
has
accord-
number changed presto pronto!
of gigantic secret plots of world Jewry to destroy
Fishman was particularly en-
human m i sery is of paramount significance ing him upon the honor awarded him.
It seems that the number had
ingly been exposed to sharp and painful criticism.
so much
Christendom and to dominate the world. Father thfisiastic about the first genera-
some resemblance to the one of
Men are saying many unkind things about him. It
at this tin le. It calls for a response
Coughlin must surely know that the "Jewish plan tion of native-born Jewish Pales-
given in
the Santa Fe depot ... and peo-
is suggested that his ardent championing of silver
more libe ral than any previously
The Feast of Weeks
for world dominion through the domination of all tinians—the Jewish children. They
ple called all hours of the day
should herald
was not altogether an act of disniterested human-
are a strong, wholesome and
local relic f campaigns that it
ar-
inquiring
about
night
countries by international high finance" is the handsome set. Never saw such
and
Monday
we
are
to
ob-
public
this
Jewry
that
they
are
and
On Sunday
itarianism. Now, who is to blame for
rival and departure of trains.
the news to German
king-pin argument in Nazi Jew-baiting. Is that Jewish physiques before. But best
festivals
on
the
Jew-
discomfiture of the good Father? The Secretary
not alone in their battle for life against serve one of the great
the reason why, to our best knowltalge, he has not of all, Fishman liked their man-
of
Out liollyvvay there's a young
of the Treasury, of course. And who is he? Why
threatene d death. And the liberal con- ish calendar. Shabuoth, the Feast
raised his voice even once during the whole of last ners. They are finely courteous.
femme
star
affecting
a
very
it
is
Mr.
Henry
alorgenthau
Jr.,
—
a
Jew!
Their 'favorite word isn't "scram."
tributions must also serve to assure the Weeks, is the anniversary of the giving of "suthahn" drawl . . . while her
year in protest of the horrors and cruelties of the And the way they speak Ilebrew
forsake the Law to the children of Israel on Mt pater is a kosher butcher in New
This is a fortunate break for Father Coughlin—
Ilitler regime? • ..
world at large that Jews refuse to
gets you. There's a musical reson-
the fact that Mr. Morriahau is a Jew. One can
Sinai. It is also one of the harvest festi- York.
One is amazed that a Catholic priest, who knows ance to Hebrew he had never no-
their opp ceased brethren.
• • •
now easily distract the attention from the real is-
vals,
marking
the
time
when
the
early
infamous
slander
and
libel
his
own
church
ticed before, says Fishman.
what
to
As the world begins to learn the truth
• • •
Culinary tastes of • star: Syl-
sue by dragging the red herring of anti-Semitism
is frequently submitted in this country and else-
fruits—"Bikkurim"--were brought
via Sidney champions simple
about th l falsehoods perpetrated against ripened
across
its
path.
Fa'
.er
Coughlin
lost
no
time
in
There is nothing of the modern
where,
would
abuse
his
office,
his
gifts
and
his
pow-
As
in
Jerusalem.
homely foods for entertaining
life that you miss in Palestine
encasing himself in the shining silver armor of
our peop Ile that a we are internationally as offerings to the Temple
ers by giving utterance to such false and danger-
festival it assumes a romantic ... such dishes as potato salad,
today. There are plenty of news-
Christian righteousness in moral combat against
united as bankers and as destroyers of so- a harvest reading of the, Book of Ruth dill pickles and salami grace her
ously provocative expressions. Is he not aware papers—several theaters — world-
the satanic gold hosts of international Jewry.
ciety, it r nust never be charged against us role by the
that the Catholic Church and the Pope are as often famous musical artists frequently
table.
the
of
• • •
synagogues on the second day
•
•
•
the targets of the same sort of innuendos and con- give concerts — and a symphony
that we ire so disunited that we even re- in the
orchestra is being organized.
Celluloid s havings: Roger Kahn
"Mr. Henry Morgenthau, Jr., secretary of
spiracy-charges as are the Jews?
fuse to cc me to the assistance of our sorely festival.
non of the late Otto Kahn, inherits
There are plenty of newspapers—
•
•
Commemorating
the
covenant
between
•
being
only
•
the
treasury,
has
completed
his
clumsy
effort'
to
stricken brethren who are not
$8,000,000 from his father . . •
Tel Aviv now has a radio station
When the Protestant Bishop James Cannon Jr.,
God and Israel on Mt. Sinai, and recalling and will sink a goodly piece of it protect the gold advocates, the Federal Reserve
—there is the Mediterranean, the
disfranch ised, but who are being doomed
dry
leader,
was
indicted
for
misappropriation
of
bankers
and
the
international
banks
of
repute."
..
the
clays
when
our
people
were.
a
healthy
Jordan, the beaches, the hills, the
in
a
filmusical.
Al
Jolson
is
writ-
to compl ete economic declassification un-
campaign
funds,
he
quickly
drew
the
red
herring
Germans,
the Polish, the Russians,
ing a story—a flicker for himself.
agricultural.
people
in
Palestine,
Shabuoth
"It was expected of Mr. Morgenthau and will
der the IN f azi rule of terror.
Ray Mayer, who was a vaude pian-
across his trail by proclaiming to the world that the Americans, the Yemenites, the
Assura nces have been given by the assumes an important role on our calendar. ist for 17 years, couldn't get a still be expected of him to prevent any silver legm- he was the victim of a Roman Catholic conspiracy. Salonica Jews—Jews from '70 dif-
ferent countries. There is plenty
he didn't look Cation for the ultimate benefit of 1,000,000,000
leaders o the Jewish Welfare Federation This role is enhanced by the present events film role because Sol
And Father Coughlin rose in righteous wrath to
Wurtzel is Orientals who from time immemorial have identified
to talk about and everywhere
which indicate like
a pianist!
ish
Homeland,
w
in
the
Je
Jewish
Campaign
that
all
Allied
,.., trade and commerce with Gentile (sic!) silver
and the
em- their
repudiate this infamous charge: "Decent citizens there is feverish activity.
as
out
20
ing
round
a
return
by
Jewry
to
its
ancient
glories
as
i "The present scene of growth
sodto.oversubscribe
the
$175,000
t
implications,"
s
e
.
,
an
t
lying
are just about surfeited by such
funds ra
I I Foxy kstoux secretary and especially for the benefit of the American peo-
in alestine,"
says Fishnian, "sug-
P
William
l,h
of
a s the
bP and
leagYan
he said. ("Radio Discourses,"
quota in the coming campaign will be as- a productive people in its cradleland.
worked
up to the job of pro- pie who today are in bondage to the gold con-
And now Father Coughlin himself is guilty of gests a cross between a mining
signed to the German-Jewish relief funds.
town and the recent Florida
trollers.
dunes ... now he heads the West-
the self-same crime of bearing false witness against
"If he were astute he would have investigated
ern Avenue branch of the filmery.
boom."
It is the community's obligation to make
Goldberg's 50th Birthday
• • •
his neighbor, of appealing to latent racial and r -
Julius Tannen, famous comedian, ' the profiteers in the gold transactions. Through
the assi :nment of such a fund possible.
toward
complete
story
of
Zionist
Since prosperity is returning.
ligious
prejudices
and
of
trying
to
obfuscate
a
the
When
is
in
town
casting
glances
the
ie lost our process of revaluation we simply multiplied
Nothing could possibly redound to
situation in which he is unfortunately involved—by and we will probably soon start
achievements is told to posterity, the name the casting office. Ben Bern
of dollars the gold in the hands of the
•11 .
various projects, including monu-
greater glory of our community than such of Abraham Goldberg will rightfully his tonsils at the Cedars
means of laying down a poison-gas barrage of
internationalists — the European Warburgs, the
ment building-1 here and now
anon llospital.
a hearty response to the plea for relief of
anti-Semitic
insinuations.
the
Jewish
national
move-
of
that
gioup—who
are
want to launch an Association for
•
•
•
yl
I
coil
the
rest
figure among
.
human r miseries.
"Greed must go and charity must remain, pro- the Erection of a Monument to
the
financial
Dillingers
of
world
control
and
inter-
ment's outstanding veteran leaders and
George Givot . . . the Gr-i-i-k
Detro t Jews should be kindhearted and
claims Father Coughlin in one of his sermons. We the First American Zionist. in
ambassador ... was in Omaha re- nationalism.
agree. May we suggest, however, that charity fact, I believe that in a practical
liberal i their responses to the appeals of pioneers.
cently. He was asked t- make a
"The financial caliphs of today who follow the
While
the
name
of
Abraham
Goldberg
should begin at home even as greed frequently sense, this man was the first
Campaign.
appearance at a local
the Alli KI Jewish
Tassel lion of the eider Rothschild when he said
is proverbially recognized as a synonym theater ... finally consented ... p (Turn to Next Page)
A no )le answer must be given to the
hen gave his pay check to charity. 'Give me the gold and I will control the world,' does .. .
for the most consistent and devoted leader- t
call:
ship in world Zionism, it is in American
"Help Fight Human Misery!"
"HAG SHABUOTH"
Zionism that Goldberg is especially hon-
ored for definitely constructive contribu-
By MELVIN BLACK
Pulitzer Honors for Birchall: tions. Without these contributions, the
(Copyright. 1014. JT AI
The Revival of Jewish Culture Brings New Life
Frederick T. Birchall, head of the New movement in this country would have an
to This Phase of Art.
Shabuoth,
one of the major
York Times European bureau, has been entirely different complexion.
holidays on the Jewish religious
In speaking of Zionism as a movement
By DVORA LAPSON
awarded the Pulitzer prize for distin-
Br N.I7N,4* /10f/Y/G
and national calendar, will be
guished service as a newspaper correspond- of the masses, one must immediately think
9 01-
Io
w ra l•al ootn. rr tirhor of t 189 •r8ole.
Elaymcs
ave
'
celebrated
for
two
days
begin-
pan( ornimint who la ape. lalleIng In
ei‘raetee
dancer
Jo.
19t,
nothing has been said , spective communities, all will have
ent. Cabling his appreciation for the of Abraham Goldberg. As a Yiddish or- 'WHILE
HILE
dame. , d the anoient and the modorn Hob,. ult are
ning May 20. The literal mean-
yet, it looks as though the been wasted. • • •
award to Dean Carl W. Ackerman of the ator and propagandist he is without equal.
ing of the word Shabuoth is
of the Congressional commit.
Dancing among the Jews can be I changes and adaptations. Many o
Columbia School of Journalism, who read For more than a quarter of a century, he work
tee investigating subversive prone- The reported statement of James seven weeks, representing the
to the very dawn of their ! these dance forms are traceable ti
the message at the dinner at which the has been an attraction wherever he has goods activities in the United G. McDonald, bigh commissioner i interval from the second day of traced
history.
In describing the Exodus ', Talmudic and medieval origin. In
made in London be- I
awards were announced, Mr. Birchall been scheduled to speak; and now he is States will be severely handicap- for Refugees,
of the Children of Israel from the
council of the High Com- I Passover,
the
evil.
Sufficient
funds
have
not
fore
land
of
Egypt,
the Bible does not Talmudic times, a Jewish feast was
les-
equally as powerful a drawing force as an been made available to do the work mission for efues,
ge
stated:
that Pa
Inextricably bound up with fail to tell us that this great his-' not considered complete without
, tine offers the only immediate area
"Plea toe express my great appreciation English speaker.
as it should be done. Representatives for shelter to refugees from Ger- the freeing of the Jews from tonic event was celebrated "with ! dancing; and even noted scholars
It would be wrong to credit Mr. Gold-
of hay ing been admitted to the distin-
The House of
many, may stir the United States their Egyptian bondage and the timbre's and with dancing" by
b. all were known for their characteristic-
for
the women under the leadership of
guished I company of Pulitzer prize win- berg merely with the contributions he has has appropriated only $10,000
ot i on b y to be more liberal in extending asy- life of the agricultural nation,
the
conduct
of
the
invest'
Miriam, the prophetess, sister of dances with which they entertained
ners. I take it as acknowledgement of made. and continues to make, to Zionism. the McCormack committee. Repre. bum to these people.
which ancient Jewish Palestine the great lawgiver and leader of the at various festivals. It was also
High Commissioner McDonald's
considered an act of piety to dance
I was, the day also marks the age- race, Moses.
honest effort to tell the truth without fear As a ilebraist and as a writer, as a master sentative Samuel Dickstein, spun-
sor of the investigation, requested statement, coming on top of reports
A little later, the Bible also re- in honor of a bride at a Jewish wed-
submitted to Secretary of Labor old anniversary of the granting
or mali ce about happenings of interest and 1 of the Hebrew language and of the written
vied
$25,000.
Perkins by two committees recom- of the Law to the Jewish people.
lates that when the Children of Is- I ding% We know that this
rabbis
• • 5
.import, ince to the whole world. That ef- word, he has proven as powerful as he has
Mitzvah
mending
mending more liberal application of On that day Mosel descended earl made for themselves a golden and
with
each
other
for
bbi
a
honor.
One
Talmudist,,It
on
the
speaking
platform.
His
tongue
and
grateful
for
I
am
Now it appears that all the coin•
fort I have made and
principle of asylum to refugees
I pen weave fascinating descriptions of mittee will have to work witlr is the front
persecution, appears quite from Mount Sinai carrying the calf their sacrifices and worship Judah ben Illan, is remembered for
this re :ognition thereof."
his
characteristic
wedding
dance
in
•
were accompanied by dancing, to
the $10,000 already app P
Tablets of the Law.
This award to Mr. Birchall is one of the ' Jewish achievement and Jewish tragedy, , !thlusriinegtheion
3icwhahyeedwhaztekd aanm
, wel l
d yfortilteh.branch as
the ecb t oid •
liast o
the horror of Mose;.
last
The
day
has
been
compared
w
h
eh
very gl reat elements of satisfaction which , Jewish hope and aspiration as well as of
doin some
taelkfaobrotuA eitiotenldninvge
And when we review. the early
to the signing of the Declara-
In modern times, the greatest
ooking g into the activities of brIrtmouctt,
comes to the liberal world in a time of Jewish suffering. His written and spoken work Ifn
tion of Independence, for it chapters of the Hebrews in the land
several leading propag
severe crisis occasioned by the rise to words contain the matchless gems of a and their leaders. At the rate they Germany. But as yet there as marked the beginning of na- lof Canaan, during the period of tional Jewish dances has been pre-
. T h o i f s
will not last very I been no action. Secretary Perkins
asnl fro:. c
ksenrovw
osh abz dai .sect
l t and ors t or are going, $10,000
power of Adolf Hitler and his Nazi party. genuine wit. H e is a journais
J sect
h it is necessary sad others members of President tional and religious existence I the Judges, we encounter passage
after passage which tells us of mill- ' group of what may be called tradi-
bl e t o
long, especia II y w en
's cabinet are farora
It coo as a relief to the many trying and par excellence.
Hence- tarp victories that the maidens of came into existence during one of
to send investigators to different Roosevelt
ho f hi s faorsble f or the Jewish people. longer
But in one other way he by far excels sections of the country. In order the idea. In t hsptite
Israel
greeted
"with
singing
and
the
darkest
moments
in
Jewish
his-
horrify ing events which oppressed the hu-
a d
ere Woe
' t oo
forth they were.
;o es tntl e m w r e, I t i, t u c r:der,
point of
e ziy ttd e: ,r hs u r t .1 1 )e ou i d r ,
Than Yr L ind since the Nazi terror began to all the other Zionist leaders. When Abra- po it tio th not:n rm
scattered group of tribes with a , with dancing." We read of the tory, during the turning
the Jew of the
daughter of Jephtha coming out to medievalism, when
spa m
rule o f ter many tens of millions of people. ham Goldberg comes to a community for It done in an investigation of such the Labor
set o f regulations 'fib e r_ I common ancestry and common , meet her triumphant father with European ghetto saw before him
dra ft ing a
should have
at least
Mr. Bi rchall is right when he says that the a lecture, as if by magic a group gathers broad scope, it amount
already
ap- alizing immigration restrictions in- I woes. They were a people with "timbrels and with dancing." I n nothing but darkness,
Suddenly, like the rays of a
talifet Unfortunately,
erbooh kis of.i,Stnarmyueol,,,e r
times the The results of such an solar as refugees would be con- a God-given Code of Laws.
propriated.
Pulitze T award to him is an “acknowledg - itself around him, and almost sPontane - ten
"women n of all the cities of Is- bright light that has come to dis-
nhsetistmr
varsneedh„T
It is a day of celebration and . the
the darkness, the call of the
went o f honest effort to tell the truth with - ously there is created a social atmosphere investigation certainly would
edattmonsthweerse o
rael" came out to meet King Saul Bel
7tul
saintly Baal Shem struck into the
tattey. It is the logical continua-
j etzt, a cc
ae
' threeald'hhw
re t h an an'otr
iloia-
out fea Lr or malice." It is left to those out - of which he is the center of attraction, and I:nnogtopatlIchaet
d e partment for final approval. With jo
tines
"with
singing
and
dancing."
heart
of the Jewish masses in the
rts,
recommendations
present
all the repo
y and particularly to the over which he rules as a master of cere -
side o German,
we are complete- ghetto. The lives of erns of thou-
• • •
and suggestions, something should marks
lion of the
the period
Passover
feast
and
of the
harvest,
„
Jews o f America, to testify that his deter - monies, injecting his fine sense of humor The twenty-second annual con-
It at a loss to know whether the
PPen ■ com
.°° rirst.1034 T A
when the Jews of Palestine .1 oWS of ancient Palestine ever sue- revolutionized when they suddenly
rninati ni to interpret news from Germany into even the most serious discussions. In
lion o f the United Synagog
reaped the grain on their fields. eeeded in developing a style of found themselves in the ranks of
of
America,
although
supposed
to
Illy
and
fairly
is
primarily
respon-
Detroit,
in
Cleveland,
in
Chicago.
in
Bahl'
tru th f u
Chassidic
Their
sands
of Jews movement.
were completely
The barley harvest began at dam ing that was characteristically the
have been in the hands of laymacT:
their own, as they succeeded in leader, Baal Shem, offered them an
r
whatever
protests
have
been
made
more
—
wherever
Mr.
Goldberg
has
lee-
Jewry's Future Passover
abile fc
much
and on Shabuoth the •
a l l y
escape from their suffering. By ex-
r
creating
a
was
evident
style
of
poetry
that
the
existing
German
terror,
and
tured,
he
not
only
left
a
host
of
admirers
re
This was
*gains
' binstirert
uffnx e from
Israelite farmers gathered in purely He
and has lived on to
in the addresses delivered A Review of Rabbi Eugene Kohn's
their worldly
cares, them
and to
joy
for th e ! realization of the dangers which and followers, but also a large number of mainly
the wheat.
this day. For we have no detailed ample,
he taught
to find
forget
by a majority ,of speakers. Even
'
Weine.
Book
by
Rabbi
Max
description of how the Hebrews in communion with their Creator.
On
that
day
the
Book
of
have b een created for Jews and liberals in genuine friends.
laymen
who
addressed
the
con.
, the
danced,
and
no
pictorial
record
has
What
greater
escape
from
physical
This is the magic of Abraham Goldberg's vention sexciona dressed their talks
lt•nATSy IN
Ruth, the pastoral idyl in prose,
the Re kh.
!been handed down to us, for the oppression can one find than in the
r "
rabbinical language. But, since
ot n Street.
is read in the synagogue, recall- Jews a- ere forbidden "to make • union with the Almighty? This
Only two days before the Pulitzer award genius: that he is not only a great lecturer i in
— and it wall
the
convention
is
over
W I.
was attained through worship and
ing to the worshipers that they graven image."
to Mr. Birchell was announced, the New and journalist, but that he is equally as . a sucrnsful convention — ell is for - I
devotion cot opted with joyousness
“The Future of Judaism in
were once an agricultural peo- : The student' of the Jewish dance
York !Imes published a very interesting adept at making friends and at creating ' ' given.
America"
is
•
subject
that
should
-
today,
finds
it
impossible
to
reran-
such as could be expressed only
The big job is yet to be done by
atmosphere
wherever
ple
whose
fate
was
decided
by
human
and
sociable
prize-winner,
revealing
the
ndent
Jewish
dance,
through
ecstatic dancing and sing-
cable f rom this
' those who attended. Thousand of /WORN the interests of every
struct the ■
I
the
size
of
the
harvests,
and
that
thinking
Jew
in
this
country.
.
h
lf
De
turns
a
Nazis
in
searching
words were spoken
and must content himself with mere in
tactics resorted to by
And
no
we find hundreds of cam-
ti n; Among the recent contributions to the virtues embodies in the per
references, and with dance forms
It is a welcome privilege to be able to co-operat i ve and :in be J e w s r guru
which have come down to us munities of Chassidim, through
tourists I who seek to leave Germany, in
y
r tLtl a v dersn j o u ot
a solution of this problem is the
the son of Ruth are still the car
join
Mr.
Goldberg's
numerous
friends
in
ter
ge
Eugene Nrt bearing
us e words book
i through the medium of folk-loreeastern and central Europe, to
ord er to prevent their taking German greeting him on the occasion of his fiftieth unless those who heard these
get into harness to do some effective
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money from the country in excess of 50
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and
continuous
work
in
their
re-
in silver—which, according to Mr. birthday.
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