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Sabbath Readings of the Law
Pentateuchal portion—Ex. 18:1-20:26
Prophetical portion—Is. 6:1-7:6;9:5, 6
January 25, 1935
Shevat 21, 5694
An Ancient Tale Repeats Itself
A German-Jewish refugee who has been
rehabilitated in this 'country, when asked
for the reasons of his exile from the Vater-
land, replied that he was compelled to
leave his homeland because of his liberal-
ism and because of "insufficient Aryan
ancestry."
The first reaction to this answer was
to smile over the naivete of a man who is
professionally rated very high. But on
i
second thought the reaction was one of
pity. Here is a man who has been de-
prived of his rights as a citizen and as a
professional man who has for years served
the best interests of his country. Now he
is a refugee, primarily because he is a
Jew. But he still continues to gain nour-
ishment from a superior patriotism and
fails to realize that he cannot escape his
Jewishness and that he is aggravating his
own tragedy by his continued efforts to
forget his Jewish ancestry.
If he had a little less Jewish blood and
a little more Aryan blood in his veins, this
man would have been spared the indigni-
ties of becoming an exile. Therefore, in-
stead of recognizing his lineage he con-
tinues to couch his explanation in words
and phrases to emphasize Germanism, to
hide Hebraism. This, perhaps, is a great-
1er tragedy than exile: that a man is un-
able to find satisfaction in the strength of
' his natural lineage at a time when his
adopted country rejects and humiliates
him.
An ancient tale repeats itself. Three
`dimes in succession the notorious Julius
Streicher, Germany's most bigoted anti-
Semite, published special issues of his
vituperative "Der Sturmer" in which he
charges the Jewish people with being the
murderers of the Lindbergh baby and with
having used the blood* of the infant for
ritual purposes.
Of interest in this connection is the fact
that the German accused of the murder
and the extortion of the ransom money,
Bruno Richard Hauptmann, is also trying
to implicate a Jew and that insofar as
the innocent masses of Germans are con-
cerned, it is the Jews again who are re- Jabotinsky in the United States
sponsible for every vice, every crime, and
Vladimir Jabotinsky's arrival in this
every one of the world's ills.
country on Thursday may or may not be
Of course, murder will 'out and the en- 'a signal for a Revisionist-Laborite battle.
tire truth will be known before long, Nevertheless the air is already charged
once again shaming the perverted leaders with tense feeling, and it is to be hoped
of Nazi Germany. But in the meantime, that an unpleasant explosion may be
the central note of interest points to the 'averted.
The results of the World Revisionist
fact that the master bigots of the world
know how to play on the ignorance of the Conference held in Cracow last week in-
masses and that the excellent role which dicated that Mr. Jabotinsky has made a
the Jew plays on the arena of the world partial about-face, and is now listed
as a scapegoat for everything that is bad, among the milder adherents of the Jew-
continues to ,dominate a very ugly scene. ish State movement. The defeat of the
faction led by Wolfgang von Weisl, and
Mr. Jabotinsky's personal victory in
Stop Being Alarmists
favor of his party's remaining within the
A flood of letters expressing approval ranks of the World Zionist Organization,
of our editorial . "Anti-Semitism in the are proof of a change in attitude on the
U. S.," which appeared in our issue of part of the militant leader of the Re-
Jan. 11, is an encouraging indication of visionists.
the refusal on the part of many Jews to
On the other hand, if the report is true
become upset by the spirit of alarm which! that Mr. Jabotinsky walked out on his
is being injected in our midst over the• colleagues when the demand for a bolt-
spread of anti-Semitism everywhere, in- ing of the world movement was made,
eluding the United States. then we are being introduced to the same
The letters received are too numerous , temperamental Vladimir Jabotinsky who
to be published, and we therefore take) tore up his delegate's card at a session of
them all into consideration in bulk. But the World Zionist Congress. Evidently the
there are two which deserve special no ..1 Revisionist leader is still moved by tact-
tice.
I less impulses which have caused an un-
Julian H. Krolik believes that "our i usual amount of trouble for the Jewish
people should be cautioned against living national movement.
Elsewhere on this page will be found
with and talking of anti-Semitism inces-i
santly," and he believes that the theme as, a statement by Mr. Jabotinsky issued on
we discussed it should be viewed from! the occasion of his arrival in this country.
time to time in order to dispel the spirit Here Mr. Jabotinsky emphasizes the ef-
fort made by his party to present an in-
of defeatism.
dependent petition to the League of Na-
Mr. Krolik is right and from at least one
tions in behalf of advocates of the Jewish
point of view he is justified in emphasiz-'
State idea. The rejection of this demand
ing the importance of dispelling anxiety.'
and the negative decision handed down
The result of the plebiscite in the Saar is by the League of Nations is so decisive a
sufficient proof of what is certain to hap-: defeat for the Revisionists that it also re-
pen when alarm and defeating sets in,' flects unfavorably upon the general Zion-
The tragedy that accompanied fright was ist movement. Thus, the Revisionists have
described in a wireless despatch to the done irreparable harm to the Zionist
New York Times from Saarbruecken by cause, and they have at the same time ac-
Frederick T. Birchall. The lengthy de-' complished a disruptive purpose of break-
scription of the fear which grips the ing discipline in the world movement by
hearts of refugees opened with the fol- acting independently of the World Zion-
lowing brief paragraphs:
ist Executive.
All devotees of the cause of a rebuilt
For the first time since the Saar voted
Palestine naturally hope that Mr. Jabot-
more than 9 to 1 to go back to Germany there
was actual evidence of terror here. But it
insky's current visit here will be marked
is terror in the word's normal sense—fright.
by a spirit of co-operation rather than the
No concrete injury, at this writing, has been
type of destructive criticism which has
inflicted upon any one as far as is ascertain-
able. Yet fear is general that something may
been a synonym for Revisionism. In or-
happen and probably will.
der that true co-operative unity may be
It was visible this afternoon in what one
saw on the slush-deep Sarreguemines Road, a
achieved, it is to be hoped at the same time
six-mile stretch just across the French from.
that the Laborites will not lose their own
tier. On that road through mud, snow and
balance and adopt the methods of tact-
bitterly clinging mist, trudged some 60 or 70
pereons in little family groups, all burdened
lessness which have marked the efforts
with their meager belongings, toward the near-
of Revisionism. A bit of tolerance during
est railroad station and safety.
the visit of Mr. Jabotinsky will not harm
This kind of fear which drives refugees the Histadruth and will not make capital
almost to madness must not permitted to for Revisionism, but it may serve as a
grip the hearts of Jews in democratic means of clarifying the air charged with
dynamite,
and may create gg
a b tter spirit
countries. No one denies that
snti-Semitism
is increasing, but it is approaching folly to of unity and undivided effort fqr the up-
emphasize the belief that we are nearing building of Palestine.
an era of pogroms and that Hitlerism is
almost on our very doorstep. If that were
true there would be a double reason for How Anti-Semite's Brain Works
Declining the invitation of the Anglo-
remaining calm in order best to handle
the situation mkt to face the gro..,- Ing dan- Palestine Club
Club that
that he should debate with
ger. But we refuse to believe that Nazism a Jewish notable the attitude of the Brit-
will make its inroad in free western coun- ish Fascists towards the Jews of England,
tries with traditions guided by magna Sir Oswald Mosley declared that his op-
chartas written by liberty-loving peoples. ponent would have to be none other than
Another letter of commendation of this Sir Herbert Samuel, first High Commis-
editorial comes from Dr. Bernard Heller, sioner of Palestine, and made the further
director of the Mlle! Foundation of the stipulation that the Jewish question must
University of Michigan, who endorses our occupy a proportionate time in the debate
views because he believes that three analogous to the proportion of Jews in the
things are necessary in meeting the anti- general population.
Semitic menace: "Calm and considerate
Thus, the psychology of Jew-baiters re-
judgment; a unity of effort; educational veals itself its true color. Where it suits
and constructive efforts for the elimina- their purpose, they•would institute a per-
tion of the germ of hate infecting our or- ' centage norm for students in univers-
ganism." ities, would limit our activities on the
Instead of breeding a spirit of despair basis of our numbers in the general popu-
and alarm, it is important that we follow a lation, and when principles are involved
rsth of reason and practical judgment 'propose to allot time in proportion to the
Dr. too, is correct when he em. number of Jews in our population. Per-
pha.sizes the need for calmness rather haps they will also attempt to apportion
than anxiety and despair. People be- God's free air to us on the same propor-
e-re too easily upset in time of danger. tionate basis.
Erich a spirit must not be permitted to
This is how an anti-Semite's brain
ground in Jewish ranks.
works.
Metropolitan
Comment
European Jewry Needs a World Jewish Congress
By HENRY W. LEVY
By DR. MORDECAI NUROK
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EDITOR'S NOTE: The following is the text of the address delivered by Dr. Hurok on Jan.
17, at • reception in hi. honor arranged by the American Jewish Congress. Dr. Nurok ie a,
distinguished European leader, formerly chief rabbi of Latvia, and for many years a member
of the Latvian Government. He i sa member of the Zionist Actions Committee, the Admin•
i ..... ire Committee of the Jewish Agency, and of the Executive Committee for the World
Jewish Congress.
N
OT IN THE past several hundred years
have the Jews of Europe found them-
selves in the precarious position they are
in today. A somewhat similar fate confronted
them at the beginning of the World War, when
the Grand Duke Nicolai Nicolaivitch, uncle of
the late Czar, caused the expulsion of thousands
of Jews from their homes on the borderland.
But then there was the consolation and hope
that the outcome of the war would bring them
freedom, since it was believed that the minority
nationals everywhere would be granted the
right to self-determination. The very fact that
in the World War Russia allied itself with the
democracies of France, England, and latterly
also of America, tended to strengthen the be-
lief that the redemption of the Jews in the
lands of the Galut was near at hand.
Indeed, at the beginning it seemed as though
the hope would be fulfilled. Thanks to this
historical intercession of the Committee of Jew-
ish Delegations in Paris, there were written into
the Peace Treaties clauses which guaranteed the
political-national rights of all minority peoples.
We, the Jewish parliamentarians, in collaboration
with the Paris Committee headed by the late Dr.
Leon Motzkin, continued to press our demand
for the protection of Jewish rights. At the Con-
gresses of the minority groups which met at
Geneva we succeeded to rally about that de-
mand sonic 40,000,000 people, and the Jewish
question, was always prominently placed at
these congresses. We have likewise utilized in
our struggle the League of the Friends of the
League of Nations. We have left those con-
gresses only when the Nazis entered them.
Process of Elimination of Jews
Soon, however, conditions began to change
for the worse. The freedom slogans of the war
period were all forgotten, and dark reaction be-
gan to lift its head. From Hitler's Germany a
Our Musical Heritage
By CANTOR AARON I. EDGAR
EDITOR'S NOTE: Cantor Edgar, the autho r of this article, i s now
serving • congregation in Des Moines, la. He is a former De.
troiter and is a graduate of the University of Michigan.
wave of anti-Semitism struck the whole of Eu-
rope. The erstwhile freedom mottos were re-
placed by such as "Back to Medievaldom."
"Down with Emancipation" and the like. As for
the Jews, everything since tended to drag his-
tory back to the Dark Ages.
The policy of discrimination and persecu-
tion against the Jews is today carried out every-
where relentlessly, whether it is being done
crudely, with ax in hand, or under cover, with
gloved hands. Not only are Jews robbed of
their freedom and citizen rights, but their very
existence is being undermined. Jews are being
thrown out from all the responsible positions
which they had with their own sweat and blood
helped to mate.
The cruel irony of the situation is that the
beginning of the process of the elimination of
the Jew began already with the post-war period,
when the world was rebuilding the waste places
caused by the war, and all the historical achieve-
ments of the Jews in the realms of the arts,
literature, science, economy, commerce and in-
dustry, were as though forgotten.
The economic policy of the several Euro-
pean nations leads to the total annihilation of
the Jew through the creation of state monopo-
lies, co-operatives, where Jews are not employed,
and the promulgation of such special rules and
regulations for the carrying on of import-export
trade as the Jew is unable to meet.
Bound Up With Cause of Democracy
Equally ruthless is the policy to eliminate
the Jew- from the free professions, such as medi-
cine, law, engineering and architecture. The
physicians are unceremoniously thrown out from
the city hospitals, thus cutting them off from gov-
ernment subsidy. The lawyers are first presented
with unusual requirements for the practice of
law, and afterwards they are ordered to the small
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Children's Story
Of Unusual Merit
TOSSELEn II CIL I D A Y AND THE
Story and
BRAVE SIACCABILEA
picture. by Sonia Nam, Dousisasy,
Doran A Co., Oardes City, N. Y.,
(SI SO).
Not since the publication of
Marian King's "Ammon, a Lad
of Palestine" (Houghton Mif-
linCo.) have we been favored
with as fine and positively
thrilling story for children as
"Yossele 's Holiday."
Non-Jewish children will find
an great an interest in "Yos-
sele's Holiday" as will their
Jewish friends. But for the
Jewish boy and girl this book
is a veritable treasure.
Primarily, this is the story of
family life. In addition, it is
an excellent illustration of the
manner in which a Jewish holi-
day is observed and how the
past in Jewish history is made
real and is caused to pulsate
with life when taught to the
child at home.
Yossele is a little boy in a
little Russian village. His school
hours are from 8 to 8, and on
winter nights lanterns are need-
ed to illuminate the way home
through the dark streets that
have no lights. On their way
home on these cold dark nights,
under the watch of the behel-
fer (the author's use of the
term "heifer" is rather erron-
eous), they sing school songs,
and the neighbors have a signal
of the return of the children to
their homes.
It is the season of the Feast
of the Maccabees, and Yossele
comes home on this particular
night to find his mother polish-
ing the Chanukah lamp. On
the first night of Chanukah,
Yossele's grandparents come,
bring him gifts—boots, a round
hat of lamb fur and a dress
coat. Grandfather places Yos-
sele on his knee and corn-
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a
By ALEPH KATZ
Wuprright. 1131. J. T. A. Is
(JTA Bawled Correspondent)
COHEN ON JUDAISM
Prof. Morris Cohen, the noted
City College philosopher, was one
of the speakers at the recent wel-
fare conference in New York. To
this reporter, his address was the
highlight of the four-day session.
But even more interesting was the
discussion which followed his ad-
dress.
Professor Cohen feels that Jews
are people first, and only Jews in-
cidentally. Ile does not believe that
because one is a Jew, that one has
a special mission in life; neither
does he believe that the Jews, as
a people, have to justify their ex-
istence. To his mind, one doesn't
have to be militantly Jewish to be
a Jew. Further, one doesn't have
to be an active member of the Jew-
ish communitf. A man who makes
his mark in the world, he seems to
say, can be a better Jew without
participating in Jewish affairs
than the professional Jew for
whom he has an ill-concealed scorn.
When a questioner from the floor
took the point that Professor
Cohen espoused a negative form of
Judaism, and asked the professor
to express his views on a positive
form of Judaism, the professor
threw a bombshell into the audi-
ence when he said there is no such
thing as Judaism. To be exact,
he said:
"I do not believe there is any
such thing as Judaism. I do not
believe there is an abstract doc-
trine—which is what an 'ism' is
upon which all Jews can agree.
If you ask me, what is Judaism, I
don't know. And I must frankly
say that I doubt whether anyone
here can tell me. I have heard
many definitions of Judaism and
they're all shallow."
The professor then went on to
show that there is no particular
quality of the Jew that is not to
be found in any other people. 13y
asking: Does this particular qual-
ity when found in a Moslem make
him a Jew? The professor illus-
trated that he could tear down any
definition of a Jew offered to him.
Further he made the point that
Jews throughout their lifetime
Jews in Lithuani
Two repor‘s—a saddenin g
about the present position of
Jews in Lithuania and an em
aging one about the activitie s
plans of the Yiddish Scientific
stitute—were brought Am er
Jewry by Judl Mark, editor I
Kaunas Folksblatt and membc
the philological section of th e
stitute, who is here on his
visit to America.
The only remnants of Jewi si
tonomy in the Lithuanian Re
lic are the Yiddish and li
Jewish schools, which are to
extent subsidized by the g ot
ment and are part of the ge l
school system, Mark declare d.
other autonomous positions,
as the Jewish ministry an d
right of Jewish communities tc
pose compulsory taxes disapg e
years ago,
There are no officially ant i-
ish laws in Lithuania, and un
short time ago there was no s
anti-Semitism, Mark cont it
However, the equality of , Je
rights in Lithuania is only for
for as a matter of fact the
anion Jews have been der
economically to second class Ft
Nevertheless it must be emph a.
that there have not been an y
grj
u o rit
ms in Lithuania and anti.:
tism there has none of the p oi
Social Anti-Semitism
Two factors—the economic
and Hitler's asumption of p
in Germany—have brought
social anti-Semitism of Lith u
In Lithuania the crisis
later than it did in other co u
and was not generally felt u n
beginning of 1932. It foss r
pression in the strong decd in
exports of principal product
milk, butter, eggs, fowl and
This was especially true c
ports to Germany, which ex ei
strong economic pressure on
uania. The halting of expor t
feted the peasant first and
the Jewish tradesman and a i
The dissatisfaction of the
ants began to be exploited b3
Semitic elements, especially I
"Verslas" organization,
openly conducts anti-Semitic
agenda. It is the follow (
this movement that are resin
for the anti-Semitic movem ,
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Jabotinsky's Call for New De
Statement Made by World Leader of Zionist Revisit
Upon His Arrival in This Country, Jan. 24
By
VLADIMIR JABOTINSKY
We Revisionist Zionists want a
When we compare the music of or Baal Fefiloh was allowed to
New Deal for Palestine, so it is
Israel with the music of modern violate. During the Middle Ages,
natural to go and try enlisting
sympathies in America.
nations we realize that it has not the service of the synagogue was
continually enhanced and length-
kept pace in its development with ened by the inclusion of numerous
A New Deal is necessary because
the whole face of Zionism has radi-
modern music. We realize that religious poems and hymns, These
cally
changed. It still is a national
we cannot boast of glorious can- were the products of the cantor-
enterprise backed by much ideal-
tatas and oratoriaa, magnificent poets, called Payyatim, who not
ism,
but
it now has the additional
only wrote the poems, but also
symphonies or operas. Ours is composed or adapted melodies for
"backing" of several million indi-
vidual Jews who must, personally
essentially a traditional song which them. Some of these hymns be-
must go to Palestine or perish. It
is dear to us because it expresses came very popular, and were sung
is no longer a "movement"—it is
in a unique way the Jewish soul in the Jewish home by the entire
a frozen Exodus; frozen because
in prayer and at play.
family. It was during the age of
the
gates are closed and only a
We deplore the fact that our the Pappatim, I believe, that the
fraction of those who "must" are
great composers who have enriched custom of singing hymns "Zmi-
permitted to enter.
the art of music with their crea- ' ros" during the course of the Sub-
This is why a New Deal has
tions, have not drawn their inspir- bath and Holiday meals became
become
imperative, both on the
prevalent.
ation from Jewish life and Jewish
part of England as Mandatory,
Solomon Ibn Gabirol, the fam-
traditional song. The works of a
and
of
the
Jews themselves.
Mendelsohn, Meyerbeer, Ruben- ous Spanish Jewish poet, charac-
From England we demand a
stein or Ravel cannot be considered terizes the songs of the Middle
thorough
revision
of the ideas and
Jewish music, since they are not
methods she has been applying to
rooted in the experiences of the Ages thus: The Arabs, he de-
Palestine. First to be revised is
Jewish spirit. National music, even , dares, sing of Love and Lust; the
the true meaning of her favorite
more so than national literature, Germans of War and Revenge; the
catchword that "immigration
reveals to us the emotional and I Greeks of Wisdom and Cunning;
should keep within the country's
spiritual experiences of a people. the Hindus of Proverbs and Rid-
absorptive capacity." Of course it
We are made to feel its joys and dles. But Israel's song is to the
should, why argue such a bromide
sorrows, its triumphs and defeats, Lord of Hosts. Jewish music up
of a truism? But the absorptive
its pathos and its humor. Through to modern times was confined to
capacity
of a country cannot be
its song we become aware of its themes dealing with the religious
measured just by its acres: it de-
ideas and ideals, of its supersti- I life—with prayer and praise, with
pends
above
all on the kind of im-
tions and naivete, of its yearnings, the glorification of the Sabbath
migrants. It is the human factor
hopes and aspirations. A Jewish and the Holidays, with the holy
not soil and moisture, which de-
music critic once said "If you Torah and the Holy Land. Even
termines whether a country is to
would know the heart of Israel, some of our best folk music of re-
become a beehive or to stay a des-
then look into the innumerable cent development nestles within the
ert.
For immigrants such as the
pages of the Bible, the Talmud and shadow of the synagogue Perhaps
Jews. with our stubborn urge, our
the voluminous histories, but if the most popular Jewish songs,
technical
and financial resources,
you would catch ■ glimpse of Is- known to Jew and Gentile alike the
and our colonizing skill so bril-
rael's soul, then you must look at world over, are religious in char-
liantly
proved,
Palestine holds.pos-
and listen to its music." It matters acter. I refer to the Kol Nidre
abilities of absorption practically
not whether we listen to a syna- and to Eili Eili.
unlimited;
and
the English know
gogue chant or choir composition,
The New Epoch
it themselves.
to a Yiddish or Palestinian folk
With
the
breakdown
of
the
song. We always get a glimpse Ghetto walls, a new epoch begins
Resent. Baksheesh on Huleh
Into some aspect of the Jewish for Jewish music. It comes under
But these is one condition: the
•
State
must co-operate, not just
the powerful influence of the more
Ancient Hebrew Music
watch (when not busy putting di-
highly developed European music
rect
obstacles
in our way). All the
Our musical heritage had its be- and draws much from it. It be-
laws and the whole administrative
ginning in Ancient Israel. We comes enriched both in technique
practice
need
revision
to cope with
might say that Jewish music is as and in content. The traditional
the new phase of Zionism. Waste
old as the Jewish people. The Bible song becomes harmonized and is
lands which form over two-thirds
contains many allusions which tes- ' sung by full choirs and trained
of Palestine must be surveyed, and
tify to the importance and popu- 'cantors. New settings of the pray-
proclaimed State Reserve for col-
larity of music in the lives of the , era and psalms are composed by
onization; a water policy planned;
ancient Hebrews. It was used on gifted and trained cantors and
a loan issued for reclamation and
all occasions, public and private, choir directors. In the meantime,
irrigation of the Reserve; the local
sacred and secular. The shep- a new spiritual movement sweeps
market secured for local industries,
herds sang as they guarded their Eastern Europe which brings
and exports ensured on a basis of
flocks; the farmers, as they gath- forth an inspired and joyous song
reciprocity (for at present Pal-
ered their crops; the soldiers as —the movement known as "Chas- PUBLISH MAIMONIDES
'
estine imports five times the val ue
they march to war; the youths as sidism." The common folk, too, be-
BIOGRAPHY ON FEB. 25 of her export). Taxation must
they danced in the fields. Weddings gin to sing in the vernacular—in
favor the new settler; revenue
and birth's were occasions for song Yiddish — and hundreds of folk
from Jewish sources, which by now
and dance. Dirges were intoned songs are thus created, dealing
March 30 will mark the 800th is far above 60 per cent of the
at funerals The victorious general with all aspects of Jewish life.
anniversary of one of the great Treasury's whole income, must be
time
when
Jewish
was welcomed home with song and
a
There was
J ewish philosophers, Moses Mai- spent in the interest of those who
dance. The prophets were wont to musicians and composers turned monides
(that Rambam). This date provide it, not of the Arabs as
arouse this spirit of prophecy by away from our traditional song, will be officially
celebrated not only now.
means of music, and even thera- considering it primitive and in-
throughout
the Jewish world, but
peutic powers were attributed to significant. But today we have also in Spain,
It is foolish to say that these
from
which Mai-
music. Did not David soothe the many a Jewish composer to whom mon id
demands are "anti-British." Of
•
troubled and melancholy spirit of it has been a source of inspiration
course we denounce and will go on
In connection with this anniver-, denouncing blunders and injustice,
King Saul with his playing?
and a stimulus to compose in the
In the Temple there war an spirit of our song. Among these sary, the Winchell-Thomas Com- and that home-brewed brand of pol-
elaborate musical service. The might be mentioned Professor Ja- pany, 27 Beach St., Boston, is is- itical flippancy of which some Brit-
Psalms were sung by large choirs cob Weinberg, head of the piano suing a book entitled "Maimoni- ' ish statesmen still pretend to be
of Levites to the accompaniment department of New York College; des: The Story of His Life and proud—the aversion to "planning
of an orchestra. But while the of Music, whose opera, "The Pion-i Genius." This book was written in beforehand," the reliance on
poetry of the Psalms has come eers," will be given its first per-, in German by Dr. J. Munz. The "muddling through." Of course the
down to as through the centuries, formance in New York Tuesday , translator is Dr. Henry T. Schnitt- Jews will boycott the elections if
bringing inspiration and comfort ' evening. The music of this opera kind.
the Mandatory carries out its pro-
to millions of Jews and Gentiles, ; is distinctively Jewish in char.' Maimonides is a most colorful ject of a Legislative Council be-
the music of the Psalms was sil- acter, being based upon the Pal- subject for biography, since he fore there is a Jewish majority in
enced forever when the Temple ; estinian folk-music. The story was a philosopher, teacher, writer, the country. Of course we will
service ceased. Unfortunately, deals with the life of the Chalut- judge, scientist, scholar, states-. never agree that any Jewish set-'
there was no method in those days aim—the Palestinian pioneers, with. man and rabbi. In addition to all , tier may be treated as an "illegal"
whereby music could be recorded., which the composer is quite fam- these activities, he found time to ' immigrant, no matter whether he
It was preserved by oral transmis- I iliar, since he has spent a num-• be the greatest doctor of his day, has or hasn't a visa for entering
sion from generation to generation. her of years in Palestine. It
serving as court physician to Sala- his own National Home. Of course
Ban on Instrumental Music
of course, be sung in Hebrew. din, and invited by Richard, the we will not countenance the present
After the destruction of the Sec- "The Pioneers"' received first prize Lion-Hearted, to come to Eng- flooding of Palestine by Arabs
ond Temple, the rabbis prohibited at the international Musical Com- land and become his private phy- , from the neighboring territories.
the use of instruments! music at petition held in Philadelphia a few sician. Saladin, the leader of the , Of course we resent being forced
religious services and condemned years ago. I might mention, by Saracens in the Crusades, and to pay a million dollars baksheesh
the singing of secular songs. Con.; the way, that one of his cornposi- Richard the leader of the Chris-, for the Huleh marshes to a former
eequently, only the chants and cae- t ■ ens will be performed as our lions, are generally regarded as the Syrian concessionnaire who has
tillation of the ancient synagogue Chanukah Concert.
two outstanding personalities of held that concession for 20 years
were preserved for us. To these,
We have reason to believe that the time, but Maimonides sur- without carrying out any drain-
new chants were added in the as long as Jewish life will continue.' passed them in greatness. He was age work and a further baksheesh
course of time, and -the services Jewish composers will continue to not a soldier, but he was about of a couple million dollars on
become definitely associated with draw inspiration from cur musical , everything else.
drainage at our expense the por-
certain model chants. This assoc., heritage and add to it and thus
The Maimonides biography will tion of the area reserved exclus- I
'ration of nrayer and chant became Fire expression to the new
be off the press Feb. 25. The price ively for the Arabs — while the
holy tradition which no cantor
will be $1.50.
mixes of the Jewish spirit.
Treasury boasts a surplus of some
15 million cash all derived
Jewish contributions to reve
The Petition
But England should know
a hard-bargaining partner it
best sort of partner. The sc
Palestine becomes a Jewish I
able to protect its own se c
within and without; the a
Transjordan, now always on
verge of starvation, gets redo
by a big Jewish settlement
the better for England, and
knows it, and that is why she
in her own interest, grant
New Deal. There is one exec
thing about England: she cal
reason—if you know how to
si3 O
lur method of "insisting "
recently taken form of a
wide petition movement. Th
tion is signed not just by
logical" Zionists but by thou
apart from any "ideology,"
ally and personally want and
migrate to Palestine. It is addl.,
to both the Mandatory govern
and parliament and to the g
ments of those countries v
Jewish distress has become a g
problem for the State itsel
hundred thousand signatures
already been collected, and it
t b hro
e su e g ve h ral millions before v e
As to the Jews themselves
New Deal for Palestine will
to consist, above all; in put ti
stop to the practice and pi
ganda of the "class war" ides
plied to Palestine. Class war
or may not be a good thing
countries already "made"; but
estine is only in the making. 1
every new enterprise is a pia
ing experiment; when you
"capitalists" to go on four
such enterprises so that you n
bring in more workers
abroad; when even the "nail(
funds have to be collected
bourgeois—then the obsessi o
fight" that very bourgeoisie
comes not only preposterous
immoral.
His Two Main Object s
These are the two main oh
of my impending visit to An
I do not Intend to start a p , t
movement in America: I do n e
lieve that a European can "is
anything in America, which
different world. But I am sure
American Jewry, and perh a
part of Gentile America, as ,
find their own way back to
desperate outcry of such a n
t u deh.
The second object with whi
trip is connected—to rebuild
Palestinian economy on arbitn
instead of "class war"— i s
bodied in the "National W ol
Union" which wan founded in
estine nine months ago. We
to make it the most powerfu
cial factor in the country ,
American Jewry must be m ac
realize that this is the only
sonahle way of keeping toge I
pioneering community.
Some Jewish papers in Am '
say that this is "Fascism."
sense; deliberate word-pogg
which has no meaning at
Should any of my genes
among the Revisionists live
enough to be present at the
ing of Palestine's eonstituti o
the Jewish state, we shall im
a constitution based on the
old-fashioned principles of lib
ism and democracy; probably
ply copy the best part of
Britain's constitution, or Am et
and in that Jewish state we
probably not even bother
stopping "class war," for a
tional economy already col
and built-up can stand it. B
"national economy" which de s•:
yet exist, which is only being
ated, cannot; and no three
being called names will st ol
frominstir su titn hg on this simple
obvious