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joys. With the exception perhaps I
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only of the Communist group, every Jew
is thrilled at the thought of seeing Zion
rebuilt. The result has been the pouring
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in of men and money into Palestine, and
Second.ela. matter lisich 3, 1916, at the Post.
Intered
the remarkable progress which marks the
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new Zion? Only time can possibly provide
Sabbath Rendings of the Law
the answer. But in the meantime Pales-
Pentateuchal portion—Num. 8:1.12:16
Prophetical portion—Zech. 2:14-4:7
tine retains the position of priority, and
undoubtedly always will.
Sivan..18,
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June 1, 1934
and THE LEGAL CHRONICLE
The Campaign Must Not Fail!
Has the heart of Detroit Jewry turned
to stone?
We refuse to believe this charge!
During the week that remains for the
solicitation of our community in the cur-,
rent Allied Jewish Campaign, it is possible
not only to subscribe, but also to oversub-
scribe the assigned quota.
We may have gotten a slow start, but
the leaders and workers dare not think in
terms of failure.
Approximately 75,000 Jews are asked
for a comparatively small sum for 25
causes—local, national and international
—and .to admit failure would mean the
branding of Detroit Jewry as traitors to
every tradition of our people.
The campaign must be a success!
Not only local needs, but the interna-
tional crisis calla to us for action.
We dare not fail!
The coming few days should mark a
complete change in spirit and a marked
improvement in the . machinery of the
drive.
• The Allied Jewish Campaign must
succeed!
There Is Justice In the Land
Palestine Proves Her Worth
The finest demonstration of unity took
place in Palestine on May 23 when the
Jewish community expressed its resent-
ment against the immigration restrictionsr
by holding a seven-hour protest strike.
It was a remarkable demonstration of
strength as well as of outraged feeling
against the attempt of the British adminis-
tration to check Jewish progress by cut-
ting the immigration of Jews to the Jew-
ish National Home to an impossible mini-
mum.
Young and old Chalutzim and old set-
tlers, pious and free-thinkers, joined the
ranks of the strikers. Not only the schools
and business houses, but the Levant Fair
now being held in Tel Aviv, closed doors
for the duration of the strike.
Thus, Palestine proves her worth in more
than the conventional way pronounced to
the world by the lovers of Zion. Palestine
also unites Jewry. It is true that there is
division in our ranks, that bitter feelings
exist between parties. But when a world
power attempts to strike at the very root
of Jewish effort in Palestine—by refusing
to grant the number of visas needed in
order to prevent a continued shortage of
labor in Jewish enterprises — an united
Jewry protests.
Will Britain learn to act fairly with the
Jewish people to whom a promise has been
made to facilitate the creation of the Jew-
ish National Home? In the past year, in-
dustrial efforts have been stopped because
of the shortage of labor, and existing en-
terprises are seriously handicapped. Never-
theless, the English rulers of Palestine con-
tinue to follow policies of destruction, and
refuse to grant the right of asylum and
settlement in Palestine to Jews. The Jew-
ish Agency for Palestine has estimated that
more than 20,000 new pioneers can be ab-
sorbed into the land in the coming six
months, but Great Britain granted only
5,600 certificates. Such a condition must
be stopped, and Jewry's voice, as indicated
by the protest strike, will not be stilled
until our rights are secured.
In the meantime, Jewish Palestine
proves her worth.
r
By HELEN ZIGMOND
HOLLYWOOD—Do you re
member when ...
One D. W. Griffith called on a
retrain Rabbi Myers . . . was
charmed by his daughter, Carmel
. . . and signed her up for pic-
tures?
One of the first western stars
was Bronchia Billy . . . who was
otherwise known as G. M. Ander-
son, the A. of Essenay (S & A)
Pictures Corporation . . . but who
(if you're still with me) was, in
real life, Max Aaronson, not a
wild west cowboy but an erstwhile
vaudevillian?
Theda Bare was the model by
which all vamps were measured
for a decade ... though none ever
equalled her in popularity?
The Bison Company discovered
a funny little Englishman called
Charles Chaplin . . . and brought
him to America to do a part in a
music hall sketch?
Universal studio built balconies
around the sets .. . charged 25
cents per look to watch a flicker
in the !making?
David Wartield, David Belasco,
Marcus Loew and Adolph Zukor
formed a partnership . . . and
went into the penny arcade busi-
ness?
Samuel Goldfish and Edgar Sel-
wyn partnerized . spliced their
names ... making the firm's label
(also Samuel's) Goldwyn?
John Wesley of "Last Mile"
memory .. if you've paused to
wonder ...is translating Maxim
Gorki's "The Phillistines."
• • •
Jack Pearl never performs with-
out having some money to jingle
in his pocket.
And Ed Wynn has to have an
assortment of hats to switch on
and off in order to feel at ease
before his audience.
s • •
They're in the dog-house now:
Ted Healy for dressing up in
infant's clothes . . . and epplying
for a job in the "How to Care for
Baby" pie.
Natalie Cantor for refusing to
assist her sister, Marjorie, with
Daddy Cantor's fan mail because
she, Natalie, is not on salary.
Producer Sam Bischoff for de-
clining to attend the opening of
"Yoshe Kalb" because he "dbesn't
care for violinists."
• • •
Carl Laemmle, Jr., has ac-
quired the rights to the "Golem"
. and it will be produced on
an elaborate scale.
• •
•
Jews and Biro-Bidjan
The commendable gesture made by So-
viet Russia in offering Biro-Bidjan for the
establishment of a Jewish autonomous
state once again • focuses Jewish attention
on this East Siberian stretch of land.
Emphasis placed by Russia on her de-
sire to come to the aid. of German-Jewish
refugees again indicates that the Soviet is
absolutely devoid of anti-Semitic bias. The
Biro-Bidjan offer is a welcome sign of lib-
erality and fairness which is the direct
antithesis of Nazi venom and discrimina-
tion.
While in Germany it is the law of the
land that the Jew must be persecuted and
deprived of-the means of earning a liveli-
hood, Russia is the only country on the
globe which makes a crime of anti-Semit-
ism. One who calls a Jew a "Zhid" is sub-
ject to a jail sentence. Here Nee have the
two extremes: barbarism in Germany, non-
discrimination in Russia.
Even the extremest opponents of Corn-
munismtmust, therefore, express gratitude
to Russia for the renewed act of friendship
in the present offer in Biro-Bidjan.
Nevertheless, it is questionable whether
the project will succeed. In the first place,
it is located approximately 6,000 miles
from the heart of Russia. and it is doubtful
whether Jews will be willing to travel to
so out-of-the-way a territory for settlement.
Then we have as an indication of Biro-
Bidjan's failure the lack of enthusiasm
with which the project has been met dur-
ing the previous invitations to Jews to set-
tle there. It will be recalled that this is
not the first offer for the creation of an
autonomous Jewish state in Russia, and
that Biro-Bidjan has on another occasion
been suggested for the establishment of
such a Jewish center.
The best way to judge the Biro-Bidjan
project is to compare it with the Palestin-
ian scheme. During the 10-year-period of
Biro-Bidjan's colonization, only 8,000 Jews
settled there. During the same period,
close to 200,000 Jews went to Palestine.
It is a natural response. Palestine is close
to the heart of every Jew. It is historic
. ground, hallowed by Jewish tribulations
A good way for opponents of Nazi practices
not to go on record is by imitating them. An
anti-Hitler parade in New York which pro-
ceeds to defy police orders and goes in for
hurling stones and bottles will do the Hitler
cause little harm. In the long run the only
effective criticism that can be brought to hear
on the men in Germany who have set their
faces• against civilization is by confronting
them with examples of civilized behavior.
American public opinion has condemned
Hitlerism as a denial of the basic principles
of American life and sentiment. Any effective
campaigning against the Hitler idea in this
country must be in accordance with this feel-
ing. Hitler sympathizers here cannot be denied
the right of free assembly. Anti-Hitler den-
onstrations in the storm-troop maoner are
intolerable.
It is immaterial who is responsible for
riotous demonstrations: whether they be
hotheaded Jewish groups or communists.
The point to be remembered is that what
we fight for in Nazi Germany and in other
countries of oppression is the right to free
speech and democratic rule. To fight for
it outside of Germany by hurling bottles
at our opponents just isn't the right method
of approaching the issue.
Foreign correspondents in Germany
have learned the most effective way of
describing the stupidity of Nazi rule: by
resorting to ridicule. By imitating the
Nazis we weaken our own position and
similarly make ourselves open to ridicule
and disgust.
Let the Nazis speak. The more they
talk, the quicker they will work themselves
into the noose of public opinion which will
strangle them. We are in favor of free
speech—and we even more emphatically
urge that the "civilized behavior" advo-
cated in the quoted editorial should be
strongly observed and adhered to at all
times.
Funds gathered through the sale of
flowers on Annual Flower Day of the Jew-
ish National Fund are used to redeem the
soil of Palestine as the property of the en-
tire Jewish people. Your contribution to
a .1. N. F. solicitor this Sunday will pave
the way for the settlement of additional
pioneers on Jewish-owned land in Zion.
The present crisis in JewiFt life calls for
extreme liberality to this important Jew-
ish cause.
• Tidbits and News
By DAVID SCHWARTZ
By HENRY W. LEVY
(ComrIght. ills, J. T. A I
, enorlight. 1934, Jewish Telewr•phIc Agency, Inc.)
A
T 82 years of age, after 60 years in the min-
istry of God, Dr. Henry Pereira Mendes,
rabbi emeritus of the Portuguese Synagogue,
Shearith Israel, believes that the preservation of
the Sabbath is the most essential single factor in
the perpetuation of a healthy, thriving Judaism.
Ile gave this message to his fellow metropolitan
rabbis assembled last Thursday afternoon at a
special meeting of the New York Board of Jewish
Ministers to do honor to their dean on the anni-
versary of his 60th year in the ministry. Ile re-
peated this message to me when, after the meet-
ing's conclusion, we chatted about the state of re-
ligion in America today, world anti-Semitism, Pal-
estine and the sorrowful situation in Germany,
Dr. Mendes is a small man, remarkably well
preserved. Ile speaks in a low voice and with un-
deniable sincerity. For many years leader of one
of the country's great synagogues,- New York's
oldest, one that predates the revolution, Dr. Mendes
is a man of great humility. Ile will not be drawn
into conversation beyond his own knowledge.
Pressed fqr his opinion on the German situation
and its possible duration, he answered:
"It's just a passing phase but how long will it
last, it's hard to say."
It was the "how long" that I was interested in,
but for once an interviewer was to be denied.
"I can't make prophecies," Dr. Mendes admon-
ished. "I am not a DroDhet. "
These words were repeated again when, after
discussing the rise of anti-Semitism throughout the
world, Dr. Mendes remarked:
"The remarkable growth of anti-Semitism
throughout the world last year is phenomenal, un-
precendenteP"
Spread of Anti-Semitism and
Sabbath Desecration
But of the lengths to which it may grow, he
had nothing to say. Nothing except:
"If it seems that Cod is forsaking us, it is full
time that we studied out how far are we for-
saking God? Anti-Semitism is spreading; but so
is Sabbath desecration. I often consider, is it mere
coincidence? One reason we, in the past, enjoyed
the good esteem of Christians more than now is
that in the past we respected ourselves by respect-
ing our religion."
Any conversation with 1)r. Mendes turns in
this manner. He is not unaware of the world of
materialism but his heart lies with more spiritual
things. I)r. Samuel Schulman, rabbi emeritus of
Temple Emanu-El, one of the speakers at the meet-
ing, of the Board of Jewish Ministers, spoke of Dr.
Mendes' "zealous piety." A more apt phrase to
describe hint cannot be found.
It is his piety that causes him to view Pales-
tine with a measure of regret. Though he is
scrupulous in his avoidance of condemnation of
the Zionist movement, it is quite apparent that his
heart is not with it. To my question as to the
place of Zionism in the world Jewish picture today,
he answered:
"Palestine is only a partial solution. Zionism
will never be a solution for anything Jewish until
it becomes spiritual Zionism, a spit itual force. It
will never amount to anything until it becomes
Last July, Corporal Ralph Osman,
When June Knight entered the
young Brooklyn Jewish soldier, was
studio cafe a bystander asked who
brought before a general court-martial for
she was. "Oh," replied a wisecrac-
ker, "she's the heavenly Knight
alleged violation of the Espionage Act of
the song-writers are always yearn-
1917 and was charged with unlawfully
ing for!"
• • •
possessing plans of one of the Canal Zone
Movie trade papers report the
fortifications. He was sentenced to 20
list of dead and dying film com-
years' imprisonment and was fined $10,000.
panies in Berlin is growing at an
alarming rate. "With the ousting,"
It was intimated at the trial that Osman
runs the news item. "of many
Communist,
and
the
case
threatened
is a
people whose brilliant minds and
to become an American Dreyfus affair.
ability were responsible for the
development of the industry began
Last month, however, President Roose-
, the decline .
and the firms are
velt ordered a retrial of the case, many
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having interceded in behalf of the young
Jewish corporal. A number of Jews con-
tributed to a defense fund, Louis Wald-
man, New York attorney, went to the Canal
Zone to defend Osman, and now word
comes from Cristobal that the accused has
OM
been acquitted.
might
ease
In view of the fear that this
By /1A771.4 /101"/V16
develop into a JewiF.:1 affair, the speedy Free Speech and Good Behavior.
nNE OF' THE REASONS why special "anniversary week celebra-
justice meted out at the second trial is nat-
to begin May 30, During the
Here is an editorial comment in the New Is•-• the Federal government bas; tion
ure being heartily welcomed. And it
not yet announced expected week of this celebration special
is doubly welcome because it enables us to York Times. under the heading "Antis changes in immigration policy' events have been scheduled fittingly
commemorate an occasion which
Imitate Pros," which deserves reprinting: to permit refugees from per-'I to
rejoice that there is justice in this land.
marked the construction of Wash-
M EM '
secution in Germany and other
countries to enter the United States
under liberal conditions may he
found in the recent nation-wide agi- '
ration against letting down immi,
gration bars.
Some amendments to existing im-
migration laws are pending in Con-
gresa. These are designed to hu-
manize the present immigration
laws and make them more flexible
in their application to individual
cases. This would be done without
interfering with the intent of ex-
isting laws.
• •
BY-THE -WAY
SIXTY YEARS IN THE MINISTRY
Our Film Folk
ington Jewry's recreational and
cultural center.
• • •
Radio Station,• WOL, in Wash-
ington, received a pointed letter
the other day from the office of
Representative Herman P. Kop-
pleman of Connecticut. The letter,
written by Miss Dorothy It. Lea-
vitt, secretary to the Connecticut
Congrefsman, protested a recent
talk over that station by Repre-
sentative I.ouis T. McFadden of
l'ennsylvania, in which an attack
was made on Jews.
Portions of the letter read: "'Re-
The whole question of immigra-
tion legislation is being discussed'! cently Representative McFadden of
l'ennsylvania delivered an address
pro and con. Editorial expression over your station, criticizing the
in the press of this country indi- I present administration, and concen-
cater that the only changes that ! trating his attack on the supposed
would be generally tolerated would influence of public spirited citizens
who happep to be of the Jewish
be those designed to relieve hard-
nationality.
ship in individual cases without any
"Disregarding for the moment
general letting down of the bars. the questionable basis for Mr. Mc-
Because of the delicate situation, . Fadden's criticism, his address, an
the Federal government probably invective against the Jews, is amaz-
will take no immediate action to- ing to me, in that it was pertbitted
ward facilitating entry of refugees to be broadcast over any radio sta-
into this country. One of the fears tion in this country.
is that if such a move were taken,
"Neither Mr. Koppleman nor my-
it might be interpreted as an im- ' self can understand how a station
portant step toward lifting the bars as prominent as WOL could dis-
on immigration. This. it Is thought, regard the libelous character of
would kill the chances for favorable Mr. McFadden's address and per-
Congressional action on pending mit it to be broadcast. I am aware
amendments to immigration laws. that it is not always possible for
Of course such an interpretation station officials to edit programs be-
would be a misinterpretation. Nev- fore they ■ are broadcast, but from
ertheless, great injury would be my own experience some station
done. For this reading, easing re- official is cognizant of the general
quirement to facilitate entry of re- import of a program about to be
fugees should not be expected he- given. and I am therefore surprised
fore the present session of Con- that the significance of Mr. Mc-
gress adjourns.
Fadden's talk escaped your refusal I
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•
to broadcast it.
tti
Among the few buildings for
"You must know that there is
which the late President Coolidge considerable agitation to curb the
laid the corner stone is the Wash- auto-development of radio, even to
ington Jewish Community Center. placing the industry under the con-
' This wan back in May, 1925. New trol of the government, as is the
the community center is planning a case in many foreign countries.
"Yet, if attacks like Represents-
tive McFadden's are to be fostered
THE MISER AND TILE FISHER through the connivance of our rad-
io stations, how can we oppose the
(From the Hebrew of Ben-Zeeb) plans for strict supervision of radio
programs?"
• • •
A Miser once into a river,fell.
Hard by, a boatman heard his fren-
In her letter Miss Leavitt reques-1
zied yell.
ted a reply from WOL officials. In.'
Ile swiftly ran, and cried, "Give stead of • reply she has received,
me your hand,
two telephone calls from subordin-
And I shall safely bring you back ales, who offered excuses and ex-
to land."
planations. Miss Leavitt insists
"Giver moaned the miser, "whrr 'hat she must have a written reply
I've neer before
from a responsible official, This has
Given anything? No—never will I been promised her. When she re-
give!"
ceives it, that letter should make .
And sinking, he was heard or seen interesting reading.
DO more.
(Col:Tright. 1134, 3. T. A.)
more than a national, economic, physical force. It
must promote Jewishness.
"I believe in spiritual Zionism and when Dr.
Herat first asked me if I would undertake to intro-
duce the Zionist movement in the United States, I
did it with that understanding. As I saw Palestine
on my trips to the Holy land, I view it most hope-
fully from an industrial point of view, but re-
ligiously I found it a disappointment. The relig-
ious status of women in l'alestine leaves much to
be desired. Zionism should -lift Jewish woman-
hood to her proper lofty position. Till the Jewish
soil but don't forget the Jewish soul."
Dr. Mendes has lived in America, for 57 years,
since the day Shearith Israel called the young
Chazan and preacher of the Manchester Sephardic
congregation away from his native England. Dur-
ing those years he has seen this country grow,
change, I asked the doctor to tell.me just how
the Jews of America, more particularly New York,
had changed.
Finds Religion at Low Ebb
His answer was expressed in a phrase: "Today
there is much less religiousness." Defining this,
Dr. Mendes will tell you that in his earlier days
there was more Judaism in the home, synagogues
were better attended and religion generally was
more lived up to. Today he finds that the major-
ity of Jews are either irreligious or unreligious.
And more particularly, he finds this situation
existent outside of New York. In many of the
central and western states, he said, "religion is
at a sadly low ebb. We certainly need missionary
rabbis to convert Jews to Judaism."
I)r. Mendes believes a great deal of this loss
of Judaism in outlying districts can be avoided.
He sees Judaism derelict and dying in many places
"solely for lack of visiting rabbis."
He says:
"We build synagogues but don't use them. We
build schools but don't send our childr'en to them."
Dr. Mendes' plaint is not against material Juda-
ism but against the disintegration of Judaism
spiritually. And though he thinks that the neglect
of Ilebrew as a language of prayer—"the language
that means unity with the past"—is unfortunate,
he does not believe that a Jew has to be Ortho-
dox to be a good Jew. Personally rigid, he is
thoroughly liberal in thought.
FATHER AND GRANDSON
About 1880, there died in France
Adolphe Cremieux. Ile was one of
the greatest of French statesmen—
the counterpart for France in many
ways of what Disraeli was in Eng-
land.
Cremieux was one of the most
notable Frenchmen of modern
times and one of the most notable
of Jews. Ile was one of the lead-
! ers in the movement which had its
culmination in the foundation of
the French Republic.
Ile was a great lawyer, a kind
of French Barrow. Once he de-
1 fended a man who was arrested—
before the days of the French Re-
! public—for singing the Marseil-
laise.
('remieux rose in court, mode his
plea and then began to recite the
Marseillaise. He recited it with
such dramatic effect—that the jury
all rose.
The man was acquitted, .
Cremieux was not only a bril-
liant man. Ile gave of his funds
for every cause—most generously.
He interceded with great effect for
r the Christians who were being mas-
sacrol in Lebanon. Ile interceded
for the Jews, securing the abro-
gation of the oath "more Judaica,"
so offensive to the Jews of France.
Ile squashed the Damascus ritual
bloosl charge. Ile was one of the
organizers of the Alliance Israel-
ite Universelle. A most noble Jew.
Last week there stied in New
, York a man whose brother was a
! priest, and he himself was buried
with Christian rites. A New York
Christian clergyman officiated. The
funeral was attended by many
prominent New Yorkers, and by
many German-Americans. Victor
Bidder, of the German Staatz-
Zeitung, was there. Even many
pronounced Nazis were there. The
man whose services these Germans
came to attend was Ilerman A.
Metz, a grandson of Adolphe Crem-
ions.
Metz some time -ago visited Hit-
ter in company with Bidder. Ile
claimed that he had asked Hitler
to relent in his antagonism to the
Jew. Let us hope so, Ito-ho!
THAT WEIZMANN RIFT
There has been, as everyone
knows, a great deal of speculation
as to the reasons for the failure
of Dr. Weizmann to come to the
United States, as it was first an-
nounced. The official reason was
that his health did not permit, but
there were rumors that it was real-
ly due to differences with some of
the big-moneyed contributors to the
Zionist movement—on the matter
of Palestine as a refuge for Ger-
man Jews. It was said that Weiz-
mann discounted any possibility of
settling the German Jews elsewhere
than in Palestine. But on the in-
side, you now hear other rumors—
and the one that seems to have the
soundest support is that Weizmann
and Magner have had a little rift
—and since Magnes is now in the
United States, Weizmann thought
he would better stay away.
Though Weizmann is officially
president of the Ilebrew Univer-
sity and Magnes, the chancellor, it
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"It doesn't follow," he said, "that because I'm
orthodox, others should be outlawed, Many a Re-
form Jew is a better Jew than the ceremonially
scrupulous orthodox Jew,"
You leave Dr, Mendes impressed with the
beauty of religion, the beauty of a religion of the
heart. Though he subscribes to orthodox ritual,
all he asks of the Jews is that they possess a re-
ligious soul.
A hopeful man, he sees a bright future for
world Jewry. "I feel," he says, "that we'll come
through out present aorrow. I remember Sir
Moses Montefiore's pleas to the Czar, the Mortara
abduction, the Damascus massacres, God delivered
us then. He will deliver us now. Only we Jews,
both rabbis and laity, must do our part in working
out the solution."
Palestine Topics
By JULIAN L. MELTZER
ZIONIST GENERAL COUNCIL:
Important interim decisions
have been taken by the Zionist
General Council, which met for
the first time in Zionist history
in the Land of Israel. The re-
ports of the proceedings and of
the resolutions have reached the
Diaspora long ere this, so that
it would be invidious to embark
upon a recapitulation of even
the essential points of discus-
sion, save perhaps to stress the
strictly parliamentary character
of debate which ruled.
Books and Authors =
e il s are correct to a remarkable
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BIBLE EVIDENCE, "New Bible Evidence" has the
I value not only of proving the Bib-
Sir Charles Marston's "New Bible Beal narratives to be true to fact
Evidence" Prove s Correctness
and to he history rather than fir-
of Early Jewish History
Lion: it has the additional quality
of popularizing the Bible again be-
—
NEW BIBLE RVIDEN , E. Tv sir Charier; cause it is TRUTH.
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maroi•n,
P. H. A. Fleming II. Revell
Co., G6 Fifth Ave., New York (I IA. I
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Marston, in his preface to "New I ll.per and Bros., New Turk 02.504.
Bible Evidence;' in a sense sums , It isn't Fannie Hurst, the master-
up this eminent scholar's mass of ; writer alone , who portrays the
proof of the correctness of the Old events which hold the reader's in-
Testament story, as gathered from terest glued to the pages of "Ani-
the material collected during the tra's Dance." It is Fannie Hurst
1925-1933 excavations.
the musician, who sings through
The author pleads for fair play these pages.
for the great book , the Bible, and
Genius madly rushes through
for the remarkable part it has play- these pages. Rudolph Bruno and
led in our history. Reviewing the;
events which led up to the finding I his daughter, Anitra, are the cen-
of facts which serve to prove the teal figures around whom is gath-
correctness of the Biblical stories, ered a great cast for the story in
Sir Charles gives deserved credit
"Anitra's Dance." It is a master-
to the explorers—among them Pro-
. lessor Garstang, Dr. Hilpre•ht, Dr, ful picture of a family's life in New
Langdon, Sir Flinders Petrie— York—the father's creations, the
•hose efforts were responsible for daughter's directing genius, the
the successful excavations.
son's "affair" with the Polish maid
In an interesting chapter on whom he is forced to marry at the
"Evidence About Abraham," Sir point of a gun in the hands of the
Charles reviews that period of girl's father.
It is a symphony of life and a
Jewish history and comes to this
mad rush of events, which retain
conclusion:
the reader's attention throughout.
"It is evident that the back.
"Anitra's Dank" is fine writing,
' ground supplied by recent ex-
good plot, interest-compelling.
But it might shed light upon
current problems within the
Yishub if passing comment
were made upon some of the
resolutions. The most signifi-
cant question, from an external
point of view, was undoubtedly
that of the necessity to augment
immigration. "The Zionist un-
dertaking has revealed in the
present period its full creative
capacity and the enormous ex-
tent of the possibilities for
Jewish immigration, exceeding
in number the immigration ac-
tually permitted, is being
shown," was the introductory
remark of this resolution, which
goes on to show the salvation
cavations for the period of
which Zionism in Palestine is
Abraham corroborates the •a-
offering to wrecked Jewish com- r- Tred narrative. And further that LEWISOHN BUILDS AN
munities abroad, particularly
ALTAR IN THE FIELDS
the Bible dating seems to be as
correct as is the Bible geogra-
Germany, protests against the
AN
ALTAR IN VIE FIELDS. By lui-
phy. In the storie s themselves
itarper & mother,.
strict limitations by the govern-
confirmations occur even in de•
I rr i /7172 601.
ment, and analyzes the the vari-
tail; which are evidence that
The best that can be said about
ous legislative restrictions. Un-
the narrative was written down
Ludwig Lewisohn's latest novel,
at • very early date, when the
doubtedly Palestine Jewry has
"An
Altar in the Fields," is that
memory of the events was still
shown its great capacity to pro-
it is very fine writing worthy of
quite fresh."
this master. But as a story it is
gress within the last year, and
Another interesting chapter is very unconvincing and fails to sat-
the phenomenon of a shortage
devoted to Moors, the author again isfy the reader who seeks for jut-
of labor—at a time when there
pointing to the truths of the Bibli- ' tified motivation.
cal narrative. A succeeding chap- 1
are scores of millions of unem-
It is the story of Rose and Rich-
ter, dealing with "The Evidence ' and Belden, their marital difficul-
ployed in other lands — has
From Sinai," states: "It has been ties, her aspirations and his event-
known few precedents. That
contended that the intermittent ful decision to quit writing. Rose
working of the Sinai mines made aspires for the stage, and in the
with this great hunger for men
and hands the 'Tishah should be it unlikely that Moses ever led the I courae of their failure to achieve
Israelites into this region. But the , harmony they drift apart. The
placed in the ridiculous position
evidence that the miners were Sem- stock market crash and the 'deple-
of not being able to promote Its ites places a different aspect upon tion of their funds causes them to
undertakings owing to official this conjecture ... The presence of ro abroad. Again they fail to find
Semitic miners in Sinai was an ad- 'peace. Rut finally they are led to
restrictions is a fact which war-
ditional guarantee for the safety return to this country to buy a
rantably arouses the indignation
of the Israelites; and that the farm, settle down and even have
Egyptian army would not pursue • child.
of those who feel that Zionist
them into that inhospitable region."
and Jewish development is
This excellent hit of writing un-
Towards the end of the book, Sir fortunately leaves you cold. The de-
gravely menaced. It was time, Charles writes:
cision of the couple appears to be
therefore, that strong represen-
"Think of it! All the 'essential poorly motivated. Lewisohn's solu-
tations on th , . score were made details' about Jericho transmitted tion for the Belden!' fails to con-
by 'oral traditions' for a period of vince. And this robe the novel of
by Zionism's most authoritative
six centuries, and even then not the value it might otherwise have
Crum to Nut Page.)
committed to writing! And yet the bad.
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