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Sabbath Readings of the Law

Pentateuchal portion—Ex. 1:1-6:1
Prophetical portion—Is. 27:6-28:13; 29:22, 23

December 28, 1934

Tebeth 22, 5695

The Mizrachi Convention

Detroit is privileged to be host to the
country's Orthodox Zionists, at the conven-
tion of Mizrachi.
Gathering here at a time when Palestine
holds a place of priority in Jewish life,
Mizrachi's current convention should be
of sufficient interest to arouse renewed
vigor for the movement in this city.
The convention is of particular import-
ance because of the opportunity it pro-
vides for Detroit Jews to become better
informed of the importance of Orthodox
Zionism to the general movement for Pal-
estine's reconstruction. The Zionist can-
vas would be incomplete without this
branch of the movement. Palestine has
room for all groups—Orthodox and Re-
form, laborites and adherents of the capi-
talist view.
The dominance of labor and the discus-
sion of labor issues has, unfortunately,
dimmed the activities of the other parties
in the movement. Palestine and Zionism
are inseparable, however, from the reli-
gious element which was an outstanding
pioneering spirit in the rebuilding of Eretz
Israel.
We are pleased to join with the commu-
nity at large in greeting the delegates to
the Mizracht convention and to express the
wish that their deliberations will result in
greater accomplishments for Palestine.

,

A Nazi Questionnaire

A questionnaire which photographers
seeking jobs in Nazi Germany must fill
out was recently made public and was
quoted by the Associated Press. Besides
technical questions and information sought
relative to age, address, nationality, place
of birth, etc., applicants must answer the
following:

"Are you a member of a Marxistic party
or of a Marxistically-influenced political, eco-
nomic or cultural organization? Were you
one before Jan. 30, 1933?
"Do you unreservedly endorse the National-
Socialist Weltanschaung?
"Are you a Jew?
"Do you belong to a Mosaic religious
body?"
Are there members of the Jewish race
among your blood relations?
"Are you or have you been married to a
' non-Aryan?"

We do not quote these because they sur-
prise us, but rather to prove what is the
rule under Ilitlerism and what Jews may
expect from the extreme reaction and ap-
pression ruling the Third Reich.
Doomed to become pariahs, German
Jews have only one hope: the overthrow
of the present regime. Even a change of
heart on the part of the present govern-
ment will not save the Jewish population,
against whom the minds of intoxicated
"Aryan?' have been poisoned.
The fate of Jewry is in the hands of the
unseen powers which control the future.
Like impoverished Polish Jewry, the Jews
of Germany are being declassed econom-
ically, robbed of all human rights and
made social outcasts. It is almost outside
the realm of any possibility whatever for
world Jewry to supply the solution for this
tragic problem. But a definite obligation
nevertheless remains: to save as many as
possible, to settle as large a number of
refugees as we can in Palestine and in
whatever other havens of refuge may be
opened, and to provide that encourage-
ment and hope without which the Jews in
lands of oppression will have only the
road to suicide open to them.

Drop in Immigration

— Isaac L. Asofsky, general manager of
the Hebrew Sheltering and Immigrant Aid
Society of America (HIAS), in a statement
in which he makes a study of Jewish im-
migration problems, makes a comparison
of the number of Jewish immigrants to the
United States prior to 1920 and after that

year.
This review reveals that from 1900 to
1920, excepting the war years, the number

of Jewish immigrants to the United States
' never fell below 60,000. From July 1,
1921, to June 30, 1934, the total number
of Jewish settlers in this country was 236,-
084.
During the latter period, Mr. Asofsky
reports, 1,869,972 persons applied for
information on immigration problems, and
it is safe to assume that most of these

people desired to arrange for their rela-
tives or friends to come here. In this figure
is revealed the true condition of the Jew-
ish masses throughout the world. It is safe
to assume that for every person who came
byre at least eight or ten made applications
for visas. In Poland alone there are un-
doubtedly a hundred applicants for every
single visa available.
It is hnposaible fully to evaluate the im-
migration problem as it affects world
Jewry. It is an issue bordering on trag-
edy, and the one thing that is clear i s that
conditions is European countries compel
rractically every Jew to nourish the hope
that he will be able to leave the country
of his birth and to settle in a land of free-

dom.

National Palestine Conference

A marked change is evident in the atti-
tude of the leading Jewish organizations
in this country towards the movement for
Palestine's reconstruction.
The National Conference on Palestine,
which will be held in Washington, D. C.,
on Jan. 20, has already enlisted the co-
operation of the B'nai B'rith, the Jewish
Institute of Religion, the Jewish War Vet-
erans of America, the United Rumanian
Jews of America, United Synagogue of
America, Federation of Polish Jews and
Histadruth.
It appears certain that the vast major-
ity of American Jewry will be represented
at this gathering, and that the Washington
conclave will be the most representative
expression on the question of Palestine's
reconstruction as the Jewish National
Home.
An effort is being made locally to enlist
the cooperation of all Jewish groups in the
selection of a large Detroit delegation to
go to the conference in Washington. It is
to be hoped that the conference of repre-
sentatives of local Jewish organizations,
called for this Sunday at the Jewish Com-
munity Center by the Zionist Organization
of Detroit, will succeed in drawing an
attendance from every group of import-
ance in this city. The great responsibility
of Jewry towards Palestine warrants a
sincere display of interest on the part of
the Jews of this community.

No Longer a Debatable Subject

A series of articles which recently ap-
peared in the Berlin Angriff, founded by
Josef Goebbels,_ minister of Popular En-
lightenment arid Y'ibRaganda of Nazi Ger-
many, carried the folhwing statement:
"Some European nations may accept the
Jews and incorporate them among their
people. For Germany this question has
been decided: whether good or bad,
whether idealistic or materialistic, whether
social or unsocial, the Jew has been elim-
inated for all time from the German road
of fate."
This is one of those brutal statements of
fact which require no comment. There is
only one thing to be added: that insofar
as the Jew , is concerned, the German situ-
ation is no longer a debatable subject. The
Jew there is doomed.
For the Jew outside of Germany the
obligation is clear. The Jews in Germany
today must be helped in every possible
way with relief funds and with means of
an escape if that can be arranged.
Perhaps this is a sufficient hint for those
who owe on pledges to German relief
funds to pay them at once and to those
who have made no pledges to account to
I themselves for their neglect.

The Maimonides Octocentennial

The approaching octocentenial Maimon-
ides celebration carries with it the ele-
ment of legend as well as reality.
One of the very great physicians and
philosophers in the world, the name Moses
ben Maimon Maimonides has been given
such great importance in our Jewish an-
nals that it has been recorded that from
Moses unto Moses—meaning from the
Prophet Moses to Moses Mendelssohn-
there has been none like Moses, meaning
Maimonides.
So great and beloved is the name Maim-
onides in Jewry that numerous legends
have arisen regarding the man. Among
them the most interesting, referring to the
Tomb of Maimonides in Tiberias, Pales-
tine, is related as follows by Zev Vilnay
in "The Legends of Palestine," which was
published last year by the Jewish Publica-
tion Society of America:

In an enclosed courtyard at Tiberias there
is the tomb of Maimonides, the great Jewish
philosopher and physician of the 12th century.
He is better known by the name RaMBaM,
the initials of his Hebrew name: Rabbi Moshe
Ben Maimon. Ile lived his last years in Egypt
as a physician to the grand vizier of Saladin.
Before his death, Maimonides ordered that
his coffin should be taken up to the Land of
Israel and that he should be buried there; but
he did not name any site for his grave. At his
death, all the Jews in Egypt, great and small,
mourned for him seven days. Then they put
his body into a coffin which they sent to Pales-
tine. And they all went with it to the border.
In the Land of Israel, the Jewish communi-
ties heard that Rabbi Moses ben Maimon was
dead and that his coffin was being brought to
be buried in the Holy Land. And they came
from all the cities wherein they dwelt, from
far and near, to receive the body with all
fitting reverence. When they asked the Egyp-
tian. where the Paint was to be buried, they
were told that Maimonides had not told them
where he wished his grave to be, and there-
fore it was left to the Palestinian Jews to
decide.
At once a great dispute arose among
the different communities. Each produced
ita own claim. Jerusalem claimed that
as it was the heart of the world, that saint
should lie upon the Mount of Olives. The
men of Hebron said that it would be fitting
for him to lie near the holy patriarchs. The
people of Ilebron insisted that they were the
most fitting, for among them lay the inspired
sage, Rabbi Simeon bar Yohai. There was no
end to the wranglings, and the communities
could not agree.
But they suddenly realized that their be-
havior was an insult to the dead scholar whose
coffin was waiting. So they decided to loose
the camel and let it wander at will. Where
the camel would stop and kneel down by
itself, there would the saint's grave be. And
this they did.
The camel wandered many days and a great
wonder came to pass. No Arabs molested the
creature nor did any accident or mischance
befall it. Finally, it came to Tiberias and
there it kneeled down. So they buried Maim-
onides in Tiberias and there is his grave to
this day.

But it is the reality about Maimonides
that must be made to count, rather than
the legends alone, when we celebrate the
800th anniversary of this eminent philoso-
pher's birth. The occasion of this cele-
bration must be utilized for wider study
of his works, for the publishing and
spreading of knowledge about the man
and his contributions to the storehouse of
Jewish knowledge.

Metropolitan
Continent

A

Review of the Decade 1925-1935

By HENRY W. LEVY

By DR. ISRAEL GOLDSTEIN
Rabbi of Congregation B'nai Jeshorun, New York

(JTA Sper14 Correspondent)

In order to form a picture of the important
AMERICAN LITERARY ROOTS
The stems of our literary pres- happenings in Jewish life during the past 10
ent are rooted, to a great degree, in years, one's retrospective view.must alight upon
that flourishing and fertile period • those countries where Jewish life has been most
during which the twentieth century husierous, most active, or most eventful. Russia,
was in its teens and the Smart Set
Magazine was the precursor of a Poland, Germany, the United States and Pales-
liberalism in realistic literary ex- tine qualify as the fields of observation.
pression. The old established maga-
Russian Jewry, numbering close to three mil-
zines—Century, Harpers, Atlantic lion, has conic under the influence of the most
and Scribners—were still under
the influence of what Burton Ros- thoroughgoing revolution in history, which has
coe calls "the incredible American wrought tremendous changes in economic, social,
Academy and Institute of Arts and political and religious institutions. The Jews in
Letters:" It was an era, to continue Russia, who had been the worst victims of the
quoting Mr. Roscoe, when "a
great many young people had been revolution because of their predominantly middle
brought up on the teaching that class position, succeeded during the past 10 years
Mark Twain was vulgar, the Henry in effecting gradual adjustments to the new dis-
Van Dyke was a philosopher, that
Robert Underwood Johnson was a pensation. Tens of thousands of Jewish families
poet and that William Allen White have been settled on the soil, especially in Cri-
and Owen Winter were great Amer- mea, with the aid of the Russian government and
ican novelists."
the support of Jewries of other lands. Scores of
Such was the period in which
the Smart Set Magazine was to thousands have learned trades and have taken
startle American literary circles by their places in the factories. Recently, the pro-
its new fangled policies. Synony- ject of establishing a Jewish autonomous repub-
mous with it, its chief competitor, lic in Biro Bidjan on the Manchurian border in
was Ainslee's Magazine. Paying
such low rates as a cent a word, Siberia has received the serious attention of the
these magazines attracted new Russian government. With the increasing sta-
authors because of a freedom of bility of the regime, the anti-religious drive has
expression which they espoused. somewhat subsided recently. The future of
America was emerging from Vic-
torianism and the Smart Set and Judaism, however, in the erstwhile center of
Ainslee's were its chief means of Jewish learning and culture, is dismal. Jewish
so doing. This, then, is the period life, if it is going to survive as a separate entity,
of "The Smart Anthology," the will probably be Jewish only with respect to the
recently published work (Reynal
and Hitchcock) of those editorial use of the Yiddish language.
collaborators, Burton Roscoe and
No Abatement of Misery
Groff Conklin.
To Polish Jewry, which exceeds three millions,
NATHAN AND MENCKEN
the past decade has brought no abatement of
From 1914 to 1924, until the
publication passed into the hands their misery. With few intervals their economic
of William Randolph Hearst, .the position has grown steadily worse. Theirs is an
Smart Set was edited by the Ger- unbalanced economy, concentrated in the large
manic ilenry L. Mencken and the cities, and overcrowding the small businesses and
Jewish George Jean Nathan. For
six years previous, this pair had the professions. Though the Pilsudski govern-
contributed the book and dramatic ment is not anti-Semitic, the feeling among the
reviews to the publication as well masses is increasingly hostile, The "Endeks"
as having a voice in the editorial (National Democratic Party) find popular sup-
council.
The publication as we like to port for their anti-Jewish propaganda.
look back at it today, though, was
With the rise of the Nazis (National Socialist
given its first editorial stimulus Party) to power in Germany, the Anti-Semitic
by Willard Huntington Wright, movement throughout Europe, indeed through-
more popularly known today as S.
S. Van Dine. The part played by out the world, has gained momentum. For an
Wright in this publication, Mr. entire decade and more, Hitler and his group of
Roscoe points out in his introduc- followers had spread their poisonous propaganda.
tion, has not been properly evalu-
ated. To his way of thinking e is Their strength, however, was underestimated.
When Ilitler came to power in January, 1933,
a greater editor than either Lathan
N
or Mencken, although both are bet- the Jews, as well as all opponents of Hitlerism,
ter writers. But this discussion were caught unprepared. The "cold" pogrom
does not interest us at the moment.
It is the product they turned out which followed, resulting in the "liquidation" of
Jews from business, professions, art, music, drama
that does,
It was Smart Set that published and government service, was devastating to Ger-
some of the early O'llenry stories. man Jewry. Perhaps a worse fate was forestalled
And it was Smart Set that publish. by the spontaneous outburst of public protests
ed a short story by an unknown,
James Branch Wien, "Some Lad- in all parts of the world. The problem of Ger-
ies and Jurgen," from which the man refugees became as pressing that the League
famous Hovel later came. The only of Nations brought into motion the establishment
play Joseph Conrad ever wrote ap- of a
special commission to deal with that prob-
peared in this publication,• so, too,
did plays by the Butterick editor, lem headed by an American, James G. Mc-
Theodore Dreiser, and that promis- Donald.
ing playwright, Eugene O'Neill.
The German situation bad an electrifying ef-
Somerset Maugham's short story, fect upon Jews and Jewish life in all
parts of
"Sadie Thompson," from which
came the play "Rain," appeared in the world. It aroused the sense of pride and
Smart Set after Ray Long and loyalty. It stimulated a warm response to the
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call for aid for the needy victims. It strength-

MI TM—

The Oracle musters all questions
of proem! Jewish tut Queries
ahinsill be midremsed to The Orucie
In care of The I/etrolt Josiah
Chronicle, and alsocild be mecum-
lianied by a aelf-u,liiremed, biannual

fib rI opt,

Q. When did the Jews abandon
polygamy?—P. L
A. It was by the Takkanah of
Rabbi Gershom of Mayence in the
year 1000 that the Jews agreed
to adopt monogamy. It was felt
that although the law was perfect
and therefore the Jewish patri-
archs could be adjudged of no
wrong In having more than one
wife, it would be best not to go
against the feelings of their
neighbors. This follows the Jew-
ish law of "Dina de-Malkuta
Dina," the law of the land is the
law to be observed.
Q. How many Jewish policemen
are there in the Palestinian police
force?—J. G.
A. The number of Jewish po-
lice in the force is 287. This ex-
ceeds the numbers in the force
in the years 1930, 1931 and 1933.
Q. Who was the Pope who re-
viewed all the cases of blood ac-
cusations and proved the falsity
of each charge?—A. E. L.
A. Lorenzo Ganganelli, later
Pope Clement XIV, reviewed all
the principal cases of blood ac-
cusation from the 13th to the
18th century and demonstrated
that the charges were all ground-
less. Ganganelli's defense of the
Jews, which was issued in 1758
under the title of "Not Only the
Accuser Must Be Believed," saved
the Jews of Poland from such an
accusation at that time.
Q. How many Jews served in
the naval and marine service of
the United States during the
war?—S. W.
A. There were 15,700 Jewish
sailors and marines in the service
of this country. Four hundred
thirty-three Jews attained the
Severe Teat in the United States
rank of commissioned officers in
It is to be expected that Jewish life in the the navy and 69 were commis-
United States during this eventful decade should sioned officers in the marine serv-
have reflected the character of the times. A ice.
Q. Who first suggested that the
restrictionist immigration policy resulted in a
American Indians were of Jewish.
virtual stoppage of Jewish immigrates. Jewish descent?—T. R.
communities began to show signs of assimilating
A. A Spanish clergyman, Pol-
their diverse elements and of becoming more dan, in 1916, was the first to ex-
Americanized and more homogeneous. The pros. press the belief that the Ameri-
perity which marked the decade following the can Indians were descendants of
World War was reflected in American Jewry's the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel.
generous contributions to local charities as well In 1650 an Englishman, Thorow-
good, also wrote on the subject.
as to the funds for East European Jewry and Manasseh Ben Israel was a be-
for Palestine. In American communities, mag- liever in the theory. In recent
nificent institutions were erected. Luxurious times Lord Kingborough devoted
synagogue edifices and community center build- time and money to the publication
of documents intended to prove
ings sprang up.
the Jewish origin of the American
With the onset of the depression, Talmud aborigines.
Torahs, community centers, synagogue edifices
Q. Is it true that a Jew in-
and eleemosynary Institutions were put to • vented the microphone?-1. I.
severe test. While they were seriously affected,
A. Emil Berliner, American in-
these public institutions survived, on the whole, ventor, born in Hanover, Ger-
many,
In 1851 invented the loose
more successfully than private enterprises.
contact transmitter, known as the
The peril to German Jewry and the anti- microphone. It was the practi-
Semitic repercussions here in our own land have cality of this instrument that
had the effect of bringing about deeper Jewish made possible the telephone and
consciousness and greater solidarity in the ranks radio on their present scale. Ile
is also the inventor of the grant°.
of American Israel. We still suffer from divided phone.
leadership, but it may be that under the stress
The Oracle will soon be ovollable
In book form as • handy Jewish
of events we shall yet feel the compulsion to
referenee book, gee your booluleoler
io str et: I D:
Je ish ,Chron-
achieve that unity in which lies our strength.
w

ened the feeling of Jewish brotherhood. The
boycott movement became a practical expression
of that aroused Jewishness, and a weapon of
self-defense.
Palestine as a Home and a Haven
Most significant, however, as a consequence of
the German situation, was the emergence of
Palestine into the forefront of the Jewish pic-
ture, both as a haven of refuge and as a national
home. Since the conclusion of the World War
and the issuance of the Balfour Declaration, Pal-
estine had grown steadily. The opening of the
Hebrew University in Jerusalem in 1926, the
development of the Ruttenberg Hydro-Electric
Works, the establishment of the Dead Sea ex-
ploitation project, and the enlargement of the
Haifa harbor, were milestones along the road of
rapid progress. A temporary halt came with
the restrictions imposed by the British govern-
ment, upon Jewish immigration and land pur-
chase as a result of the Arab riots of 1929, but
the enterprise soon resumed its pace. Palestine
is the one country which has prospered in the
face of a world-wide depression.
It was therefore providential that when the
German catastrophe occurred, Palestine was
available as a haven of refuge for the victims.
During the year 1933, 10,000 German Jews have
settled in Palestine and have found there op-
portunities in business and professions, and in
agriculture. Many more myriads will be ab-
sorbed in the next few years. From all parts of
the world, Jews are coming to Palestine, not
only to gain a livelihood, but to win a life, useful,
creative and happy. From 7,000 to 1920 to
300,000 in 1934 is the record of the Palestine
Jewry's growth, and it is continuing at an undim-
inished rate. Events in Germany have discred-
ited the "assimilation" Jew, and have vindicated
the Zionist ideal.

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Electoral College
Of Salonica Is An
Anti-Jewish Weapon

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THE ORACLE

By A. ARDITTY

(Copyright, 1934, JTA .)

C

APITOL HILL is beginning to tests over freedom of speech and
buzz with new ideas, new de- freedom of the press. It is expect-
The Jews of Greece have just
mantis, and old cranks. On Jan. 3, ed steps will be taken by the com-
the new Congress comes into sea- mittee to name a sub-committee been freed frpm a grave anxi-
sion. The boys on the Hill are in which will secretly work out the ety. The dthlopment of the
process of sounding off and calls necessary
I political situation in Greece
ing the people's attention to what
made possible the concellation
is needed to "save" the nation.
The report which the McCor- of the general elections which
Congres sional investigations mack committee will make to Con-
which have been dormant for a gress should prove to be very in- had been fixed for November.
number of months are taking on teresting reading. There are nu- The consultation of public opin-
new life. The investigating com- memos details, however, which may ion by means of this election
mittees are now making headlines or may not be printed in the re-
seemed to hold nothing prom-
with revelations resulting from port.
their p robings . All
s is takin g
ising for Jews. The electoral
There is an interesting story of
place t o sett he stage thifor l eg is la-
how Dr. Otto H. F. Vollbehr, at a campaign, which had already
tive action.
• • •
hearing in New York, confessed his started, threatened to turn into
part in spreading Nazi propaganda a civil war. The newspapers
Somehow or other, • Con gres- in this country. Vollbehr is
sional investigation hearing held German collector of rare books who a of two great parties did not
in Washington gets more national sold the Gutenberg Bible and other hesitate to state that the fight
publicity than one held in any otherprevious volumes to Congress for would not stop short of fight-
part of the country. The boys know $1,500,000. Other. angles include
ing on the barricades.
this to be true and so they save reported direct instructions re-
their best witnesses to make a first ceived from the German govern-
The position of the Jews In
appearance in Washington.
ment by Dr. Hans Luther, Ger- such a fight would have been
The House committee investigat- man ambassador to the United
ing un-American activities, headed States, concerning Nazi propa- deplorable, for the controver-
by Representative John W. McCor- ganda activities in this country.
sial question of the Jewish elec-
mack, stirred up a hornet's nest
• • •
toral college would have been
during the two days in which it
Secretary of State Hull main- one of the main bones of con-
held public hearings at the Capi-
tol. William Green, president, and tains that the barter proposal le tention between the govern-
Matthew Woll, vice-president of not in harmony with already adopt- ment and the opposition. The
the American Federation of Labor, ed policies on foreign trade. He elections seemed unavoidable,
testified on Communist activities told President Roosevelt as much
in the United States. These men and evidently the President agreed because the Chamber with a
charged that much of the Commun- with him. There is a loophole left, government majority could not
ist propaganda in this country however. President Roosevelt sent get ratified by the largely Vent-
was being sponsored by Russia in the plan back to Peek with the sug- zelist Senate, the new electoral
violation of the pledge that coun- gestion that it be revised to meet
try gave the United States at the Hull's objections. This Peek may law which abolishes the separ-
be expected todo. if at all possible. ate electoral college for the
time it was recognized.
• •
Jews at Salonica.
Woll had made similar charges Representative Samuel Dickstein,
An understanding of the re-
some time ago and the press paid chairman of the House Committee
but little attention to them at the on Immigration and Naturalize- cent history of Greece is neces-
time. But when he repeated the tion, wants to humanize laws deal- sary for • realization of the
in g with aliens. He has in mind a
demanded withdrawal of recogni- legislative program which will in- serious implications of the
tion of Russia, more than one news- elude measures to prevent deporta- question of the Jewish electoral
paperman got excited. And so did tion of meritorious aliens for tech- college. As a result of the
some Congressmen. nice! or accidental breach of regu-
lai i t e hoIngu
s ; n m
facilitate
er dig pe
d deportation
e t i r o a neko et state of Greek politics, this
Sam D. McReynolds, chairman of
the Hou e Foreign Affairs Commit-
s question had become a political
tads and other criminals ; and pro- football. Its solution, no mat-
tee, intends to look into these vide for voluntary deportation of
ter what, was fraught with
charges. He expects to take the aliens who wish to go home.
matter up with the State Depart-
During the closing days of the trouble for the Jews. As a
ment to determine whether the Soy.
last session of Congress, similar result, the Jewish electoral col-
let pledge has been broken. Maybe legislation was defeated. Hundreds lege has strangely enough, be-
there will be another investigation. of law abiding aliens were threat-
• • •
come a new means of and a
ened with immediate dertation
o
In the meantime the members of and separation from their families. new source and inspiration of
the McCormack committee are be- They were, however, granted a re- anti-Jewish propaganda.
ginning to turn their minds to new prieve until January, 1935. At the
Although there are many po-
legislation. The investigation into present time Representative Dick-
Nazi activities in the United States stein is "seeking a further stay litical parties in Greece, they
is about complete. Soon • report pending action on his legislative can be grouped into two great
on all of the committee's findings program.
political constellations: The Re-
will be made to Congress. This re-
• • •
port will have to contain some
Dickstein intend to seek !crisis- public Bloc under the leaders
recommendations,
tion which will permit aged parents ship of Vernzelos, and the Pop-
From the way the hearing on and young children to join hnmi-
Communism went and the questions grants already in this country. nlar Party, under the leader-
ship of Mr. Tsaldaris. As the I
asked by committee members, the The trouble with existing immi
committee has in mind legislation a-ration laws," he says, "is too 1 system of majority Is applied
which will tighten op on radical mock red tape and too little hos I in
most elections, the Greek
agitators without arousing pro- mangy." I

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On the Mediterranean Sea

By HENRY PINE

A small boat tied with a long skirts of the city, on a little sandy
rope to a post, with the Hebrew mound, dark figures, locked in each
word "Hasiddah" engraved deeply other's arms, circled round and
upon its front, rocked back and round, singing and dancing the
forth upon the bosom of the sea. !torah as they moved back and
All was quiet as the dusk of a forth in the rhythmic swing.
dying day fell upon the coast. The
The youth, staring at the open
blue water became darker and sky, with her hand gently moving
darker, splashed here and there over his forehead and hair, sud-
with the scarlet of the setting rays denly burst into a song. His words
of the sun.
and melody were all his own. Ile
In the shadowy twilight, figures merely uttered what the heart con-
of men and women, with scythes cealed.
and rakes upon their shoulders, ap-
"Ani Ohev Otach
Ve Im Lo
peared and passed from sight. They Achshav
. Ai Motei . . .(I love
were workers, homeward bound
from the toil in the groves and you ... And if not now ... When).
fields.
On and on he sang, drifting with
Again and again, without pause, here on the Mediterranean Sea.
in rhythm, the waves rushed on
"You know, Hasiddah, this great
to the shore ... one after another,
crest after crest, only to culmin- sea whose waters stretch on either
ate into a raging foam. The sand side as far as the eye can see, and
underneath shone clean and white, far, far beyond, is full of food for
continually washed by the salty us mortals. This briny depth will
spray.
be our source of livelihood. Freely,
The sun had set, and for a mo- we
will skim upon its surface in
ment all was in the dark, in peace,
at rest. Then, from the opposite our new boat, my brother,
side, peeped a pale ray of light. It Schmuel and I, from early morn
grew larger and larger, rounder till nightfall, and catch the fish
and fuller and flooded the hills, the for the city.
prains and the sea. Brilliant gars,
"We'll be fishermen . . . Just
large and near, twinkled in the think of it ... Jewish fishermen!"
bl ue-lit sky. Warmth, moon, quiet
"In my little village, in Latvia,
gripped the soul of youth.
I always wanted and have always
Two figures, close to each other, dreamed, but never thought it was
approached the boat. He lifted her possible for • Jew to be a sailor,
and gently placed her on a seat to own a boat, and feel the spray
among the cushions, and with • of salt upon his cheek. There was
no lak e, nor river near our place.
shove th
oil.
Sharply thepaddles cut the I think that's why I'm so crazy over
waves and swiftly sent the little skater. I always thought and
craft into the open sea. Silently dreamed of this day, to be in my
the youth plied the oars and then, own home, near a sea that is vast
suddenly stopped rowing. Looking and wide, and be a fisherman at
straight at her he murmured: "Ha- that, be able to steer my bark,
siddah I . I took you out here driven by hand and wind, with the
to tell you the great news . . . . blue sky above me, and fresh,
Scheme! and I have at last bought healthy air in my lungs.
the boat. It is ours now I am
"My dreams, my hopes, after all
going to name it after you, I'll call are becoming real and to think
it Hasiddah .. . like everything that here, where my hopes are be-
else I possess, and some day hope ing realized, I find you, too. Ha-
to possess."
siddah, you have engraved your-
The girl did not answer. She self upon my soul, for deeper than
only dipped her hands into the I have engraved your cherished
water and stirred it with her fin- name upon this little boat of mine.
, my happiness is complete
gers. The rays -of the moon fell Surely,
• • .
at else does a man need,
upon the drifting pair.
"Ah . . . But you are beautiful having a home, a mate, and an
. . . Why are you crying, Hasid- occupation."
•
dah?"
Again his emotions sought an
In response, she quickly raised outlet in a song
her wet little hand and sprinkled
Ani Ohev Otach
Im Lo
him with the clinging drops. He Achshav ... Ai Motei Ve
. "
carefully crawled to her side,' On and on he sang, drifting with
stretched himself at her feet, and; her en the Mediterranean Sea, now
laid his dark curly head upon her in the dark, now in the path of the
knee. Both her hands weund moon.
round his neck. Silently they drifted,
now in the dark, now in the path
ODE TO ZION
of the moon.
From the shore, where crowded
By Judah Ha-Levi
lights blinked artificially, came
strain~ of dancing music, mingled
Thy God desired thee for a dwell .
-
with laughter and chatter., The
ing-plaee;
Casino of Tel Aviv, whose pavilion A nd happy
is the man whom He
was constructed upon the water,
shall choose,
was alive with twirling feet. I A
nd draw him nigh to rest within
A little further away, at the out-1

thy space.