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Sabbath Rosh Chodesh Shevat Readings of the Law
Pentateuchal portion—Ex. 6:2 - 9:35; Num. 28:9 - 15
Prophetical portion—l& 66.
January 4 , 1935
Tebeth 29, 5694
Con Tess Issue to the Fore
Action t aken by national Jewish organi-
zations ha c again brought the World Jew-
ish Congr ess issue to the forefront.
Jewish ranks now appear divided on
the questic in of participation in the demo-
erotic elec :How of the American Jewish
Congress a Ls follows:
FOR
B'rith Sholo m.
Council of Young Is-
raeL
Federation of Polish
Jews of el America.
Hadassah.
Independent Order of
B'rith Ab raham.
Jewish Natio nal Work-
era Allian ce.
Jewish War Veterans
of the Uni tad States.
AGAINST
American Jewish Com-
mittee.
B'nal B'rith.
Jewish Labor Front.
National Council of
Jewish Women.
Mizrachi Or ganization
of Americ :a.
Order Sons of Zion.
Pioneer Woi men's Or-
ganization of Pales-
tine.
Peale Zion, Zaire Zion.
Union of Orthodox
Jewish Congrega-
tiona.
United Rum a vian Jews
of Americ a.
Zionist Or ganization
of America I .
Zionist Reels .ionists.
class people. As such they can not pos-
sibly be attracted to Biro - Bidjan.
;Furthermore, Palestine has room for
all classes of Jews, laborites as well as
petty capitalists. As a pioneering country,
it has attracted members of both groups.
The Russian territory, however, has an
appeal only for the -Communist, and there-
, fore its attraction, regardless of the difil-
lculties entailed in Biro-Bidjan colonization,
is limited.
. There is no ,doubt about the fact that
middle class settlers' investments are re-
sponsible for the great achievements of
Palestine Jewry in the bast decade. The
industrial expansion of the country, the
conquest of the soil, the cultural advance-
ment—these would have been impossible
without the investments of the middle class
Jewries of the world, or their contributions
to public funds.
But it would be unfair to state that'Pal-
estine is nothing more than a middle class
community. Divorced from the labor
groups and its achievements, the country
would be merely an empty shell. Jewish
labor made it possible for middle class
investments to be productive of great re-
sults.
Without Jewish labor, the Emek Jezreel,
the pride of Palestine, would never have
become a reality. The Emek is the sym-
bol of true pioneering, and serves as a
guarantee that the work about to be be-
gun in another malaria-ridden territory—
in Huleh—will again serve as a symbol of
Jewish creativeness.
The achievements of the labor element
in Palestine are alto mirrored in the activi-
ties of the labor Zionist groups in this
country. They are perhaps the most color-
ful element in Zionism, and their program
breathes with life and activity. Similarly,
their cultural efforts reveal a spirit of
creativeness.
The League for Labor Palestine is the
latest proof of the ability of the labor
group in Zionism to arouse interest in
Palestine and to' enroll new adherents to
the movement. With branches of this
movement organized in many communities
in this country, the League gains distinc-
tion as a result of the foundation of an-
other excellent Jewish periodical — the
monthly Jewish Frontier. An able group
of writers has demonstrated in the pages
of this periodical that it is possible to build
an excellent Jewish organ to speak for an
important cause. Both the League for
Labor Palestine and the Jewish Frontier
deserve a long lease of life, from which
Palestine is certain to benefit.
The divi ding line between these groups
is a clear c me. On the one hand we have
the opposil Lion forces of the more assimil-
aced' grouj is, together with the so-called
Forward II ibor element which has always
voted with the American Jewish Commit-
tee as aga inst the American Jewish Con-
gross. On the other hand we have the
nationalist groups and the mass move-
Nazi Sense of Right
menu of those belonging either to the
landsman c haften, to Zionist bodies or to
Professor Hauer, leader of the Nordic
synagogue groups.
Pagan Movement, in a recent address in
This divi sion is perhaps the most unfor-
tunate resu It of the entire Congress move- Berlin, declared that the Ten Command-
ment. For s. number of years it appeared ments will have to be done away with if
as if the di' siding line based on democracy Germany is to have a true German mor-
and assimil ation had been wiped out. Ap- ality.
parently it had not. And because this
Of interest in Professor Hauer's state-
measuring rod still exists, the movement ment is his explanation that no list of
for Jewish unity in this country is consid- commandments could be binding for his
erably wea kened.
followers, who depend solely on their
The quei scion relative to the convening inner sense of right and wrong. No com-
of a Wort d Jewish Congress remains a ment is necessary on this heroic attitude
highly cont roversial one. But it certainly of the great Nazis. It is clear that they
is not a onc
one
issue. And the moment are determined to destroy everything
that sentim ent steps in to govern our feel- which the civilized world continues to ac-
ings, the Congress
(
movement must win. cept as the highest type of morality.
Those who had the privilege of hearing
If this is the attitude of the German
Dr. Mordec :ai Nurok, member of the Let- pagans, then the only sensible attitude to
vian Partial rnent, president of the Mizrachi adopt is that of ridicule. Some day those
of Latvia a nd a member of the Committee who aim to destroy the very essence of
on Jewish Delegations, when he spoke at moral law must meet their doom.
the MizraChi convention here, will endorse
this view.
It is a lo ng time since we have been so The Question of Jewish Labor
moved by the appeal of a Jewish leader.
Rabbi Wolf Gold, national president of
The contin ued tragedy of our people in
European countries has, unfortunately, Mizrachi, in his annual message to the
caused the mass of Jewry to become hard- convention of the Orthodox Zionists, held
ened to ap peals and to the recounting of here this week, hurled a challenge at those
facts. But Dr. Nurok appeared to the who are most vociferous in their demands
Detroit and fence as a living example of the for the employment of Jewish labor by
horror whit :h faces European Jewry. lie the Jewish colonists in Palestine.
poured out his heart in a manner which
Adhering entirely to the vidwpoin,t that
was poweri Cul enough to move a stone to Jewish labor must be employed 11/21 the
team.
Jewish colonies in Palestine, Rabbi Gold
Dr. Nuro k's plea for the convening of a made a demand that the Histadruth, the
World Jew ish Congress, and for the crea- Palestine Jewish Labor Federation, should
tion of a democratically chosen Jewish prevail upon its members to remain on the
body which should be authorized to speak farms and not to be lured away to the big
in behalf c of Jewish rights, sounded like cities by the prospect of earning an extra
the plea of ! the Jewish masses who feel few piastres. The charge contained in
that this is the last straw to which they Rabbi Gold's statement was that the Jew-
may cling for safety. It was an appeal ish workers are leaving the farms for the
which gave the impression that European more lucrative jobs in the big cities, thus
Jewry has nothing to lose and everything compelling the Jewish colonists to hire
to gain fro m the Congress, and that its Arab workers.
In this challenge and charge is con-
formation on a democratic worldwide
basis will serve as a beginning for the tained an. accusation not necessarily
against the Histadruth. It presents a prob-
amelioratioi 1 of Jewish suffering.
The aver age Jew can not help but react lem which must cause considerable worry
favorably t o the plea of Dr. Nurok and in Jewish ranks everywhere.
Jewry's hope has been that Palestine
his associat es. His was the most moving
statement i n favor of the Congress. It is will be the center of a great constructive
to be hoped that his sincere outpouring of effort based primarily on a return of Jews
his innerm e ost feelings, which are the re- to the soil. The Zionist movement was
sults of an eye-witness's experiences on actually a back-to-the-soil movement, un-
the Jewish scene of horror, will serve also til the recent wave of prosperity in the
to move th he opposition forces to recon- cities. While the Jewish pioneers remain
Bider their actions and to meet once more a constructive and productive force—and
at a round table friendly session for the on this score there is little if anything to
purpose of seeking a way for peace rather worry about —the fact remains that the
than divisio n in Jewish ranks. Such divi- forsaking of the farms presents a serious
sions In OUT forces
forces may do us more harm danger, both from the point of view of
than even the most bombastic sessions of Jews resigning their key rural positions
to Arabs as well as from the viewpoint of
a World Je wish Congress.
Metropolitan
Comment
By HENRY W. LEVY
(na sontal
Labor Palestine
B. Z. Goldberg of the Jewish Day, upon
his return from Biro-Bidjan, aptly ana-
lyzed the comparative attractions of the
Russian territory and Palestine. If it were
up to him, he declared, he would take the
Communists, out of Palestine and send
them to Biro-Bidjan. and would transport
all the Zionists from Soviet Russia to Pales-
tine.
The sub'le distinction points also to the
true trend in Jewish life. There is a good
Moos for Palestine's greater attraction to
`Akre tha: liro-Bidjan. Jews are a middle
of modern times in view of the rapid
growth of this all-Jewish city—and Jeru-
salem possessing another 66,000 Jews;
with Haifa coming third as an urban Jew-
ish center and other cities sprouting up,
the farm is relegated to the background.
The problem contained in Rabbi Gold's
charge is not to find the guilty upon whom
to place the guilt, but to search for a solu-
tion to this sad issue. Palestine's position
as a farming community roust not be sacri-
ficed. If anything, it must be strengthened.
The Jewish Agency for Palestine should
consider this issue very seriously.
By MRS. ARTHUR BRIN
President, National Council of Jewish Women
Oorrevost1.0
NAMcS MAKE NEWS
Franklin P. Adams, the widely
known F. P. A. of the New York
Herald Tribune's "Conning Tower"
column, will contribute one of the
most eagerjy awaited book-titles to
the 1935 Spring lists. Called "Th
Dairy of our Own Samuel Pepys
it will comprise material from the
celebrated Saturday columns of Mr.
Adams which go all the way back
to 1911. The volume, say the pub-
lishers, Simon and Schuster, will
run some 150,000 words and is now
being edited by Mr. Adams from
the 3,000,000 words that have ap-
peared in hie popular newsprint
diary. It will include 1934 foot-
notes on events and personalities
of the past 23 years.
S. N. Behrman, author of the
new Theater Guild play "Rain from
Heaven," which includes within it
a discussion of Ilitlerism, is never-
theless not propaganda. In this,
Mr, Behrman lives up to a recently
expressed bit of dramatic philoso-
phy. Said Mr. Behrman on propa-
ganda in the theater: "The artist,
like the scientist, should have no
prejudices. From Shakespeare to
Galsworthy, the enduring play-
wrights have been neutrals."
Sam II. Harris, veteran theatri-
cal producer, defines a "smash hit"
as any show that sells out on its
second night and runs profitably
for a minimum of six months.
Among his hits have been four
Music Box Revues, the Pulitzer
Prize-winning "Of Thee I Sing,"
"Rain," "June Moon," "Once In a
Lifetime," "Dinner at Eight," last
year's "As Thousands Cheer" and
this year's "Merrily We Roll
Along." Harris, born on the Bow-
ery, has in turn been a Wall Street
messenger boy, a laundryman, man-
ager of the world's champion prize-
fighter, Terry McGovern, partner
for many years of George M. Coh-
an, and today the best judge of a
play on Broadway.
George Gershwin, is, of course,
the protype of an amusing char-
acter in the "Merrily We Roll
Along" authored by George S.
Kaufman and Moss Hart. When
Gershwin and Hart, who have been
friends for years—so the Stage
Magazine tells us—saw each other
for the first time since the play's
opening, Hart covered his face pret-
tily, said: "You're not sore at me,
George?" To which Gershwin said
he wasn't sore, adding: "I'm the
only healthy guy in your show."
Jacob de Haas, veteran Zionist,
has performed a service to Ameri-
can Jewry in editing the one vol-
ume "Encyclopedia of Jewish
Knowledge" which Behrman's
Jewish Book House has just pub-
lished. Handy, authentic and read-
able it is invaluable to any student
of the Jewish scene. And by rea-
son of Its brevity (700,000 words
isn't much for an encyclopedia) and
its consequent low price ($5) it
should be part of the library of
every Jewish child who is being
brought up as a Jew.
-
physical safety.
With Tel Aviv boasting of a Jewish
population of 102,000—one of the miracles
A Woman Looks at Disarmament
BROADWAY NOTES
Neville Laski, the visiting presi-
dent of the British Board of Jewish
Deputies, is the brother of Prof.
Harold Laski, noted economist. Un-
like many Jewish leaders, he is not
a man of pretense. He doesn't be-
lieve in issuing statements and
making resolution just to be heard.
Witness, for instance, a few state-
ments made by him since January,
1933, when he assumed the presi-
dency of the British Deputies:
"Jews must not expect the Jew-
ish situation to be given first con-
sideration when the peace of Eur-
ope is at stake."
"'It is useless for the Board of
Deputies to constantly repeat its
insistence of Jewish rights and its
opposition to the 'Aryan clause.'
If the Italian, British and French
governments cannot succeed in pre-
venting the Nazis from achieving
their aims, what can we do? We,
who have no state of our own, did
out best with our colleagues in the
Jewish communities all over the
world."
"The terrible tragedy of the
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Q. Please tell of the career o
the famous French statesman
Cremieux.—S. 0.
A. Isaac Adolphe Creiniux wa
born in 1796. lie was admitted
to the bar in 1817 and soon be
came famous. Some of the mos
Here is a new situation in world history—a important cases in the country
new attitude toward the right of warring nations were entrusted to him. Ile was
and a change in our age-old conception of neu- an unflinching patriot and at all
times favored the party which h
trality.
felt was to the best interests of
Directly after the war there arose the hope and France, though this at one time
led
to his imprisonment. lie wa
the promise that armaments would be reduced.
As a matter of fact, even while the promise was active in behalf of his peopl ,
abolishing the humiliating Jewish
made and the hope held out to the war-weary oath to which his co-religionists
people of the world, armaments increased until were subject in court, used his in-
now the nations of the world are spending more fluence in behalf of the victims
than they did after the World War. In the of the Damascus affair, and at all
United States alone, $2,000,000 is spent every times protected the social status
and interests of the Jews. As
day on armaments. Seven hundred million is Minister of Justice he introduced
being spent annually on the army and envy— many humane laws. Until his
this does not include pensions, retirement al- death in 1880 Cremieux's life was
lowances, or interest on war debt. If we include an example of patriotism and no-
of character.
these items, the expenditure annually amounts bility
Q. Has malaria been complete-
to a tremendous figure.
ly stamped out in Palestine?—
And this increase in expenditures is going on T. G. D.
A. There are still sections in
in spite of the fact that none of the nations are
able to balance their budgets, that they all face Palestine which have not yet been
cleared of this disease. However
staggering deficits, and that the burden of taxa- the number of cases is declining
tion is a cause of great alarm.
rapidly. Attendances at dispen-
In 1921 a League of Nations committee brought saries throughout the country for
in a report which set forth the following charges: treatment of this disease fell from
13,280 in 1923 to 2,984 in 1932.
That armament firms have a very active part in Practically no cases are reported
fomenting war scares; in persuading countries in the principal towns.
Q. Who was Heinrich Son-
to adopt war-like policies, and increase their
arms. They charged that armament firms have theim?—M. S.
A. Sontheim was an operatic
attempted to bribe government officials, that they
singer who is said to have re.
disseminate false reports concerning military tamed his voice longer than any
and naval programs of various countries in other singer on the operatic stage.
order to stimulate armament expenditures, and After Sontheim had passed the
that they seek to influence public opinion through age of 80 and was still appearing
the control of the press at home and in foreign in leading roles, a critic wrote of
him that "he made an impression
countries.
as though he were his own grand-
These charges have not only been confirmed son."
Q. Who were the Jewish players
but greatly expanded by the' findings of the Nye
on the Iron Team of Brown?—
committee of the Senate which is investigating
V. D.
the arms racket.
A. Three of the original Brown
Iron Men were Jewish boys, name-
Council's Work for Peace
ly, Lou Farber, Al Cornsweet and
All this raises the question: What can women D► Ve Mishel.
Q. Please give an estimate of
do in this important work? I am afraid that we
the fields in which Jewish talent
can play but a humble role. Indeed, we have is at its best.—A. S. C.
A. The following is taken from
always seemed to play a humble role. During
the last war we led no great armies, we sat in "The Conquering Jew" by John
Foster Fraser: "Jews are super-
none of the war councils. In the peace that ior in drama, medicine, commerce
followed we were not called upon to draw up any (chiefly finance), metaphysics,
of the peace treaties, we did not help build the music, poetry, philology and chess
World Court, we did not help establish the League playing. They are equally dis-
tinguished with
as ar-
of Nations, we do not today figure in the great chitects, artists, Europeans
antiquaries, in
economic conferences of the world. Ours is a natural science, political economy,
different role—simple and seemingly less signifi- science and sculpture. They are
less distinguished than Europeans
cant, but I believe one of the most far-reaching
importance. Ours is the work of educating and as authors, engineers, soldiers,
statesmen
and travelers. They
crystallizing public opinion. Ours is the work
have done nothing notable as agri-
of educating and educating until the last man culturists."
Q. Who was the king who or-
on the street is aware of the meaning of the
massacre Jews upon his
change that is taking place in the international der
ed th at might
h
stsaeerree
wailing
world. Not until then can we hope to free our- death
when he passed away?—B, Y.
'selves from the menace of destruction of the
A. It is told that on feeling his
civilization in which we live.
end approaching, Hero ordered the
chiefs of the Jewish People to be
Through our own work in the National Coun- shut up in the Hippodrome and
cil of Jewish Women, in our study groups and commanded that immediately after
programs, and through our affiliations with other he had drawn his last breath they
national and international groups, such as the should be shot down with arrows,
that there might be lamentation at
Conference on the Cause and Cure of War, and
his death—even though not for
the Women's International Disarmament Com- him.
Q. Who was the noted German
mittee, we must bend every effort to take our full
share in this great educational work. We must anti-Semite who ended by being
hanged?—A. 0. M.
work with no false illusions, no easy optimism,
A. Vincent Fettmilch, anti-Sem-
no empty formulas. The struggle is desperate. itic agitator, instigated riots
It requires devoted study, a realistic understand- against the Jews in Frankfort-on-
ing of the problems, and the willingness to con- the-Main in)614, which resulted in
the expulsion of the Jews from the
secrate oneself to this cause which means so much city. Fettmilch was extremely pop-
to our children and the future of civilization.
ular with the mob, but created so
It is to this work that I believe we , ac Council much trouble that the emperor or-
dered him arrested. He was finally
members, as heirs of the great Hebraic ideal of caught and in 1616 hanged. Ironi-
a warless world, should dedicate ourselves. As cally, he called himself "the new
Haman" of the Jews as though he
women, the bearers of children, the conservers
his end.
of the home of civilization, we can do no less. foresaw
'The mole will amp CO available
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EDITOR'S NOTE: Mrs. Arthur Brin, president of the National Council of
Jewish Women, has been chosen one of the ten outstanding women of the world for
the past year by Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt. She was ranked with Mrs. Roosevelt
and Secretary of Labor Perkins and was the only Jewish woman thus honored. In
this article Mrs. Brin outlines the problems facing the women of the world today.
OU all know the ancient Hebrew prayer of
penitence said daily by the observing Jew
and repeated on Yom Kippur; the prayer
in which, striking himself with doubled fists upon
his breast, the Jew repeats a long list of sins
of which he repents. I often think that the
generation to which you and I belong, which
declared the war and prosecuted it, ought to set
aside a day when in solemn and awful ceremony
we would rise and, striking ourselves upon the
breast, would declare our repentance.
We repent, we would say, that we sent some
12,000,000 young men to their death for causes
which historians are even now finding erroneous.
We repent that we caused 8,000,000 women to
be widowed.
We repent that we caused 5,000,000 children
to be orphaned.
We repent that we brought starvation, pestil-
ence and untold suffering to 10,000,000 men,
women and children.
We repent that we squandered 250,000,000,000
billions of dollars, one-half the total wealth of
the nations, on this madness of mutual destruc-
tion.
We repent that people who should have lived
in tranquility and understanding arose to slay
each other and reduce the world to chaos and
misery.
Brought low by years of bankruptcy, by par-
alyzed industry, by financial chaos; frightened
by the possible collapse of the economic order
in which we live, we are more likely to be peni-
tent and perhaps in our desperate need to find
a way out, we are more likely to give heed to
some of the necessary changes which must be
made in our social order.
Fundamental Changes
The most fundamental change which first of
all most win wider recognition is the utter inter-
dependence of the modern world. It is not
sufficient that the experts and the leading econo-
mists shall understand this change. It must
become a part of the thinking of the masses.
Another fundamental change which must be
recognized is the change which is taking place
in the conception of security. Until recently we
have accepted the conception which the admirals
and generals had of security. They asked us
to put our faith in large armies and large navies,
but we have discovered that at the very moment
when our army and our navy was at its highest
point and we felt most secure, that at that very
moment our neighbors felt insecure. It is a cor-
ollary of this conception of security that the
security of one nation means the insecurity of
the other. When nation A has built up to the
point where she feels secure, then nation 11 must
build up to that point, which means that nation
A no longer feels secure and builds again. Thus
it is'that we have the deadly race in armaments
that burdens and imperils the world.
Conception of Neutrality
A change is taking place in the conception of
the rights of other nations during a war, that is
in the concepton of neutrality. You remember
that during the early period of the World War,
President Wilson issued a proclamation urging
that our country maintain strict neutrality in
word and act. That attitude towards warring
nations is changing. As Mr. Stimson pointed out
in a recent address, "formerly when two nations
engaged in armed conflict it was the concern
only of the parties to the conflict. The other
nations were expected to remain neutral towards
both parties. Any action taken or opinion ex.
pressed was likely to be deemed a hostile act...
Now every nation had a direct interest in pre-
venting a war . . . Hereafter when two nations
engage in armed conflict, either one or both of
them must be wrong-doers, violators of the gen-
eral treaty. We no longer draw a Circle around
them and treat them with the punctilios of the
duelist code. Instead we denounce them as law-
breakers."
lele for Informal..
UNTIL MEET
51 NIN A* X01114 •
.
T lIE GOSSIPS have it that the value of America
exports to Ger-
proposed cotton barter agree- many was only one per cent larger
ment with Germany is just about during the first nine months of this
dead. According to events of the year than in 1933.•
last few days, it appears as if these
Palestine is developing into an
gossips are right. Secretary of important market
American
State Hull is making progress un- goods, the Chamber for
of Cemmerce
der his reciprocal trade agreement reports. During the first nine
of this year, United States
whic h w ill depart from that policy. months
exports to that country were 68.7
Reciprocal
agreements with per cent larger than last year.
•
Latin American countries are hold-
ing the center of the stage at pres-
The special House committee in-
ent. The State Department reveal- vestigating un-American activities
ed that compacts between the Uni- is now holding a series of meetings
ted States and Brazil, Columbia to consider its final report. Indi-
and Haiti have virtually been con- cations
are that the committee,
eluded. Negotiations with Belgium d
by Representatives Mc-
Seseden, Spain and Switzerland headed
Corm
and Dickstein has corn-
have reaehed .an Sadv.ance stage.
pl e ted ack
i t s investi gation s' into Nazi
Communistic and other subversive
As Secretary
ry Hull Is bringing to propaganda activities.
fruition his trade agreement pro- , Members of the group state that
gram, there seems less prospect for the investigation has yielded much
the conclusion of the German cot- valuable information which will
ton barter deal sponsored by serve as the basis for specific
George N. Peek, foreign trade ad- recommendation, to Congress. It is
visor to President Roosevelt and, expected that these will include
head of the Export-Import Bank. suggestions for legislation to curb
And so it appears as if the deal is subversive activities and will pro-
(Dad. Secretary Hull opposes it. I vide for deportation of those un-
President Roosevelt turned it down. desirable aliens who advocate over-
And Secretary of Agriculture, throw of the American government.
Henry A. Wallace. asserted that • • •
the plan was in a "comatose" con-
Dr. Julius Deutsch of Vienna,
dition.
who commanded Austrian Social
The administration, it appears. Democratic with the
sinDothilefusm army y .
intends to give the Reich cotton .
barter scheme • quiet, unobtrusive last February, was a recent visitor
. to Washington. He was the guest of
burial.
• • •
Benjamin Meiman. correspondent
of the Jewish Daily Forward.
United States imports from Ger- Talking
many are falling off, the Foreign men, Dr. to Washington newspaper
Deutsch urged neutral-
Commerce Department of the U. C. ization of Austria. He declared
Chamber of Commerce reports. this to be the one means of prevent-
During the first nine months of ing Austria from becoming the
this year imports from Germany cause of another war. Dr. Deutsch
declined 7.1 per cent German goy- IS
touring the United States to
ernmsntal eftvrts to curb imports amuse American interest in the
are proving quite effective in hold- drive for neutrelization of his
Inn down goods from the United drive
States and other countrien. The
(Copyright. 1911, J. T
. 1e, )
PERSONALITIES
IN THE NEWS
"Bill" Citron, Congress-
man-at-Large from
Connecticut
The 74th American Congress,
in convening Thursday, heard
President Roosevelt deliver his
recommendations as regards the
economic redemption of this
country. Among the interested
listeners were 11 Jewish Con-
gressmen. Ten were veteran
legislators; one, William M.
Citron, Congressman - at - Large
from Connecticut, was a new-
corner to the House of Repre-
sentatives of which he will be
a member, at least for the next
two years.
"The Rise and Destiny of the German Jew ),
' The New Book by Jacob R. Marcus, Ph. D.
REVIEWED BY MILTON M. ALEXANDER
Only a Jew could have written
this book. The surprising thing is
that Dr. Marcus, throughout a
quilling narrative of over 300
pages, has not surrendered that
requisite of the true historian—a
sense of perspective and objectivity.
Perhaps a key to Dr. Marcus'
approach is found early in his book,
where on page 25, in a discussion of
the origins of German anti-Semi-
tism, the author refers to attacks
by Hartwig Mundt (who considered
the killing of Jews neither a sin
nor a crime) as "reflecting the
strong anti-Jewish sentiment that
was shared by . many of the great
figures in early nineteenth century
German culture." The quotation
marks are those of this reviewer.
Dr. Marcus has refrained from
using them even around the phrase
"German Culture," although we
may well suppose that as he did
so his tongue was in his check.
A further tribute to the histor-
ian's approach is found in the au-
thor's candid appraisal of Minister
Goebbere as "an unusually able
"Bill" Citron was elected to
the House last November on a
"Stand by Roosevelt" platform.
After a public career that be-
gan 10 years ago, he had so and brilliant man."
ingratiated himself with his
What amounts to a text for Dr.
electorate that at the age of Marcus' history is found in the
statement that while the Jews have
40 be is ■ Congressman. Now, at no time constituted more than
this is no rarity; but neither 1.20 per cent of the total German
its influence was quali-
is it a commonplace. A Con- population,
tative rather than quantitative.
gressman rates rather high in
the political scheme of things;
it is also looked upon as a
springboard from which to jump
to better things.
A New Haven boy, Citron
moved to his present home,
Middletown, at the age of three
and a half years. His parents
rise of anti-Semitism in the 'seven-
ties, with its Doctrine of Nordicism,
and its cavalcade of false prophets;
Lasen, Heliwald, Marr, Treitschke,
Duhring, Stocker, Bockel, Gobin-
eau, Somhart, and Houston Stewart
Chamberlain, the latter, the Eng-
lish - born son-in-law of Richard
Wagner.
The sustained emphasis of these
prophets of a militant Germanism,
contends Dr. Marcus, prepared the
soil for the seed of the aggressive
anti-Semitism that was later to
flourish under the cultivation of
Adolf Hitler and his Nazi agita-
tors.
Jewish Leaders in German Life
The pelt that was played by
Jews in the political life of Ger-
many, prior to the war, is revealed,
as well as Jewish contributions to
the Fatherland in the war itself.
Karl Marx and Ferdinand Lassalle,
Walther Rathenau and Albert Bai-
lin, Ernst Haber and Max War-
burg—it is an impressive parade
of notables that passes before us
in these pages.
In discussing Jewish eminence
(such as it was) In the theater,
Dr. Marcus designates it as "the
eminence of individuals and not of
Jews collectively." The author does
not permit us to forget this attitude
The Rise of Anti-Semitism
in many of his chapters, wherein he
Dr. Marcus, in the manner of the discusses Jewish participation in
moderns, more observed on the the fields of economics, literature,
stage in other arts, utilizes a sort medicine, physics, chemistry, social
of "flash-back" technique, starting science, music, painting, MAIM-
with an analysis of the recent anti- craft, journalism, sports, commerce
Jewish laws of the Third Reich, and hanking. Of Jewish leaders
and then reverting to • disserta- in the field of esonomics he deals
tion on the origin of German anti- undef the chapter heading: "The
Semitism. With swift strokes he Myth of Jewish Economic Domina-
traces the development of the Jew- tion."
being poor, it was not without ish communities from their begin-
Here is related the place in mod-
difficulty that our Congressman- I ning along the Rhine as early as ern Germany of hundreds—yes,
to-be managed to graduate from I the year 300 C. E.„ through the hundreds—of "non-A ryans"—Jews
struggle for emancipation ish and apostate—various and ne-
high school with honors. The tireless
in 1871.
farions—not forgetting Ernst Lis-
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