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Right to Change Names

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A Wayne County legislator has intro-
duced a bill in the lower house of the
Michigan Legislature to repeal the statu-
tory sections of Michi)/an laws which per-
mit adults to change their names. The in-
tention is to prevent "unknowns from run-

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PERSONALITIES
IN THE NEWS

Joseph Buloff, New Stat
of Yiddish Theater
(Copyright. 1136, J. T. A., Inn.)

The "New Deal" in Kashruth

By DANIEL L. SCHOOR

Metropolitan
Comment

By HENRY W. LEVY

ning for public office under catchy as-
(ns apocia correspondent)
Telephone: Cadillac 1040 Cable Address: Chronicle sumed names."
(Copyright, 1935. .19919h Telegraphic Agra,
London Of5c•.
9 , 9.Inc.)
The reigning King of Second
14 Stratford Place, London, W. 1, England
Aside from the fact that the reason Avenue,—successor
to the exalted
JEWISH FOLK PLAY
"There lives a young men in
$3.00 Per Year given as an effort to check the search for throne occupied at one time or
When President Roosevelt recently penned his
Subscription, in Advance
office on the part of certain undesirable another by Maurice Schwartz, vigorous signature to the executive order enact- could not be advantageously governed by an our town who, if he and Holly.
.4 Wars publication, allcorrmsonden. and naws 'matter candidates is weak because some un-
alien code authority,
Paul Muni, Jacob Ben-Ami and
wood
don't look out, is in danger
umn reach this MT. by Tumday evening of each wash.
the late Jacob Adler,—is Joseph ing into law the NRA Code, for the Retail
When mailing notices, kindly .• one sId• of the Maas Gob. knowns may be much better suited than
Aided by Congressman Emanuel Celler, rep- of becoming a foremost drama-
Buloff, As director and leading Kosher Meat Trade, one of the newspaper cor- resenting the non-kosher butchers, who were tist." It was in these words that
T he Detroit Jewish Chronicle in•Ites correspondenee on sub. even the giants now in office, the passage
player of the New York Art Thea- respondents present remarked, "The Jews are
Gilbert W. Gabriel, dramatic
t est. of Interest to the Jtaloh people, but disclaims r•ponob of this bill would undoubtedly mean the
also seeking a code but cooperating with the critic
ter, he is the star around which getting a code."
of the New York American,
► llity for an ludorrement of the Mews expressed by the writ.,
kosher butchers, Andron argued that kosher led the cheering squad of dra-
robbing of privileges from our citizenry. revolves the orbit of the current
For the granting of a code to the 10,000 butchers have interests different front those of matic critics that greeted the
Yiddish theater.
Sabbath Readings of the Law
It so happens that on several occasions
Pentateuchal portion—Ex. 35:1-38:20; 30:11.16
The brightest luminary in the kosher butchers throughout the United States
Group Theater's second produc-
we condemned the practice on the part of contemporary Yiddish constella- marked the victory of the protagonists who all ordinary food dispensers, that there is a complex tion of the year, Clifford Oclet's
Prophetical portion —II Kings 12:1-17
ritual and ceremonial inextricably bound up
Rosh Chodesh Adar Sheni Readings of the Law, certain Jews of changing their names to tion, it is fitting that he should
"Awake
and Sing."
through the interminable Washington negotia-
Tuesday and Wednesday
Odets has written a folk play,
popular ones now in office in order there- be called upon to launch the first tions that occupied a year and a half had argued with their industry which operators of chain
Num. 28:1.15
grocery
Stores
never
could
hope
to
understand.
Jewish
dramatic
program
ever
a folk play not of Kentucky but
by to capitalize on their political chances. broadcast over a national radio that the kosher meat trade is peculiarly Jewish
The National Retail Meat Dealers, association of the Bronx. A folk play that
Adar 26, 5695 But in principle the right to name-changing network. This he will do on Sun- and must have its own code.
March 1, 1935
deals with a family of the Chosen
of
non-kosher
butchers,
adopted
a
resolution
must stand and must not be tampered day, March 10, at 12:45 p. m .
People,—a play of, by and for the
For months a struggle was carried on befdre
with. It must be remembered that the (E. S. T.), when stations in Phila- NRA officials. On one side stood the food and declaring that "because of the special require-
The New Hebrew School
h. author of this new play—
people who come to this country are some- delphia (Wip), Boston (WHBH), grocery interests, eager to retain their code ments of the Hebrew religion regarding dietary jeus
The
laws and other practices—we favor the estab- hailed by the critics as chock full
Chicago (WJJK), St. Louis
The opening of a new branch of the times handicapped by very uneuphonious (WIL), Baltimore, WCBN), De- jurisdiction over the meat trade. On the other l ishment of a separate and distinct code au- of
vitality,
possessed of high
United Hebrew Schools of Detroit at the surnames, and in order to be able to fit
l ( J B K ), Washington, side were the kosher butchers, pleading with the thority."
power dramatic dynamics and
MacCullough School is perhaps one of the into the society under which we live in (WOL) and Providence (WPRO) officials that the Food and Grocery Code Au-
thoroughly
human
in its human
Once adoption of this resolution had been af-
pick!. up a program which will
most fortunate results of the depression. this country many are certainly justified in originate
thority could never understand Jewish psychol- fected, the kosher and non-kosher delegates and pathos—is a young man who
with
Buloff
and
his
New
came to playwrighting via radio
During the period preceding the 1929 either abbreviating their names or chang- York Art Theater players in the ogy. and Jewish ritual.
found themselves working for a common end— announcing, advertising, selling
crash, Detroit suffered, together with the ing them entirely.
New York studio of Station
Finally the kosher butchers won out. They recognition of the retail butcher trade as a Fuller brushes, work in a steam
On several occasions we pointed out that WMVD.
entire country, from an hysterical epidemic
laundry and finally acting.
received their code—the only exclusively Jewish seperate entity.
Thus for the first time, Yid-
which caused every group to outdo each the possible wrong in a change of name
This newcomer to the roster of
code of the hundreds granted. That was why
Andron warned the presiding deputies that
dieh
theater-goers
outside
of
New
other with its building activity. As a re- on the part of Jews exists only when an York will have the opportunity the reporter remarked laconically, "The Jews 5,000 kosher butchers in Greater New York, Broadway dramatists, Clifford
Odets
by name, after having lived
sult, massive buildings have been put up historic Jewish name like Cohen or Levy to hear the finest Yiddish actors are getting a code."
forced to extreme measures by economic dis- in the Bronx most of his life, and
which are now the most weighty liabili- is abandoned, but when those who are in a dramatic program in the com-
tress,
were
on
the
verge
of
striking
and
that
a
come to know its people at first
Bound up in this new Code Authority, which
burdened with the "skys" and "witzes" fort of their own homes, New will go into active operation next week imme- satisfactory and adequate code framed ex- hand, has written a play about a
ties on our communities,
York has enjoyed this pleasure
Bronx Jewish family in which,
Had our schools made use of the public seek to be relieved of their Polish and for
pressly
for
the
kosher
business
was
the
only
some months; it is now being diately after its first national convention at the
for the first time in American
school facilities prior to the crash, the Russian appendages they ought to be free presented to those who have an Hotel Commodore March 3 and 4, are such prob- solution to their difficulties.
theater history, they are treated,
even better right to it than New lems as the future of kashruth, let alone the
chances are that we might today have to do as they please in this matter.
There was more conferring. Finally General
not sentimentally or farcically,
been saved the agony which is accorded
It must be remembered that surnames Yorkers, people from out-of- problem of a $200,000,000 industry which has Hugh S. Johnson handed down a decision recog- but truthfully and understand-
town,
who
much
as
they'd
like
us by virtue of the fact that we must make were given to Jews by unfriendly mon- to, can't attend high class Yiddish until the inception of the code been floundering nizing the right of the kosher butchers to • iliglY1
IN THEATER 12 YEARS
good so many financial obligations through archs in European countries who wished performances at their pleasure
in a state of chaos marked by cut throat com- code. The President issued an executive order
Odets has been in the theater
and the code became law.
the decline in values of our buildings and to burden them with filthy labels added
An actor and director of rare petition and unfair trade piactices.
for 12 years—five in out-of-town
the heavy indebtedness which must be to their traditional names which differen- talents—as attested by the crit-
Unfair Practices Forbidden
Until the advent of the butchers' New Deal it
stock, three with the Theater
met. The meeting of this indebtedness tiate one Jew from another by the first ical acclaim achieved this season was not uncommon to find "kosher" butchers
With the signing of the code, its provisions Guild, and four with the Group
by his four New York produc-
produc- selling trete meat as kosher. There were nu- were made public, revealing comprehensive na- Theater. The latter, despite the
naturally effects the educational system given name and the first name of the tion
tionn—Bulo
, —Buloffis also a personality
and considerably hurts the cultural prog- father. Surnames in Jewish life are wholly apart from his acting abil- merous cases of kosher butchers opening stores tional plans for coping with the sale of non- ' advantages of being connected
a permanent producing or-
ress of the schools.
therefore comparatively new. The Jew- ity. Ilia has been a checkered adjacent to each other and waging bitter price kosher meat s kosher, eliminating unfair trade with
ganization and acting company,
practices and giving labor a fair deal.
hectic career that has taken wars until both were forced out of business.
has not been without its periods
The opening of the new branch augurs ish method, of course, was a typically and
him all over the world, that h as
fi
Included in the code administration is a Bu! of
asre
to avetu le ed ,dio bn y
well for the future and it is to be hoped Oriental practice, and it is interesting to seen
Or sometimes one butcher would win the price
him serve in four armies,—
Mr. d O creu y1a nasswewr
that it will mark a beginning of a new era note that Turks, Egyptians and Moslems the imperial Russian army, the war and force his competitor out. Then in su- reau of Kashruth Enforcement to enforce the as to the t !.ts circumstances
under
provision
of
the
code
prohibiting
"selling,
offer-
in Jewish education in which we will be of India are only now beginning to choose German army, under the Red flag preme control of the locality, he would proceed
w , h iitcth en. "Awake and Sing!" was
W
in the early days of the Russian to recoup his losses by sending prices sky-rocket- ing, advertising or exposing for sale as kosher
free from the excedsive financial worry family names, or, surnames.
and finally under Po- ing,. to the financial disadvantage of the con- any meats which are not in fact kosher." This
that must come with the dutie4 of keep-
It is obvious that an attempt to prevent revolution
"I wrote the first two acts in
lish colors.
bureau is the first kashruth-enforcing agency to a tiny ice-cold closet of a room,"
Bunter.
ing up a large building program.
anyone from changing his name is an in-
At 15, Buloff, a stripling just
he
said, "opening out of the
extend
its
arm
across
state
lines
to
prosecute
the
Misleading advertising, short-weighing, mis-
terference with a certain constitutional graduated from a Willie high
chiseler" who mulcts the Jewish pub- kitchen of a 10-room apartment,
right. As a rule, the person who attempts school, enlisted in the old Rus- representing grades of meat and poultry, and "kashruth
west
of Ninth Ave., which housed
Attitude on Refugee Problem to change his name is honest about it and sian army because he was in- malicious defamation of competitors were not lic.
10 of us, all members of the
There
are
also
provisions
for
a
Bureau
of
formed
that
if
he
wanted
to
at-
Group Theater Acting Company ,
uncommon. It was such abuses the Code was
A change in attitude appears to be evi- it is an effort to fit into the society of tend a university, war service formed to stamp out,
Kashruth Education, a Bureau of Kashruth Re- during the run of "Success
dent on the problem of the German refu- which he is becoming a member. Natur- would ease his path. In a uni-
Story." That was back in the win-
search
and
Planning
and
a
Rabbinical
Advisory
ally, one whose name has become well form that was much too big for
The Fight for the Code
gees:
Board, Unhampered by state boundaries, these ter of 1933, a pretty black time
known
and
a
tradition
in
the
community
him he began his war service.
In
July
of
1933,
a
month
after
the
passage
for us. The third act was fin-
James G. McDonald, League of Nations
agencies are expected to be a potent force in ished on a bread-box in still an-
Perhaps there was something in
High Commissioner for Refugees, has will not change his surname, but that is the solemn youngster in his bag- of the NIRA, Major Dunning of the Agricultural the furtherance of kashruth.
other
kitchen, in an apartment
gained great -encouragement from the no reason why the man handicapped with gy uniform, for he was laughed Adjustment Administration asked for a state-
Labor is protected by a minimum wage of over a bakery down on 11th St.
London Times which, editorially, urges the a name difficult to pronounce should not at and began to entertain hi s ment representative of the general opinion of $20 to $25 a week, depending on the locality. The only time I had was late at
have the right to adapt himself even officers and his fellow soldiers the kosher butchers throughout the United
night, and well on towards morn-
various governments affiliated with the in
so far as his family title is concerned.
with impersonations of the Jews States. In accordance with this request, com- A general maximum working week of 48 hours
is also set. It is obligatory upon the butcher to ing, and it was pretty grim work,
League to aid Mr. McDonald with finan-
as they imagined them.
trying to keep awake, and keep
munications were sent to chambers of com-
cial contributions in his efforts in behalf
obey code regulations for safeguarding the health warm, and write well, all at the
"I played the traditional Jew
for them,' he said. "I may not merce and a central organization was gathered of the worker. Child labor is forbidden.
same lime!"
of the exiles from Nazi Germany. 'The
Leaders Should Know Yiddish have been pretty, but it was the together.
twim
Government came to the aid of religion when
asel a" sked whether any of
London Times editorial states:
only way a Jew could exist and
'The organization framed an amended code a provision was inserted making it illegal for the characters in "Awake.. and
be let alone."
Professor
Albert
Eintsein
as
the
prin-
Sing!",
which it presented to the administration, which
any one of which might
McDonald is in a thankless position, having
But army life was not all the- promised prompt action. That "prompt action" a butcher shop to remain open on the Sabbath 1 have been taken right out of a
ciple speaker at the dinner which opened
to depend entirely upon voluntary subscrip-
real Bronx family and set on the
tions apart from a loan of £1,000 the Council
the campaign in Philadelphia to raise atricals and laughing at the Jews, turned out to be a year, and a half. Although and Jewish holidays.
soon the Germans were in
The following unfair trade practices are for- stage, were drawn from life. He
advanced him for initial administrative ex-
$25,000 for the Jerusalem Bicur Cholem and
Wilno and young Buloff was a one of the first industries to ask for a code, bidden: Selling non-kosher meat as kosher; de- denied it, adding, "Unless the old
penses. It is time the States which are mem-
for
a
Home
for
Incurables,
and
he
took
prisoner.
Therein
came
his
first
the
kosher
meat
trade
was
one
of
the
last
to
men who sit on soap boxes in the
bers of the League should reconsider their
occasion to express regrets that he had change of uniforms and again his receive it, largely as a result of the opposition ceiving the consumer by misuse or obliteration sun, throughout the Bronx, on
parsimonious policy in this matter and con-
not better familiarized himself with Yid- natural sense of mimicry and his raised by the food and grocery interests against of markings; misleading advertising; misrepre- chilly spring days, may he said
tribute their quota—very small for each sep-
ability to portray oth ers
senting grades of meat; maliciousl y
t o have given me the idea of old
dish.
arate government—which would make it pos-
his rescue and he was made an a separate code for the kosher butchers.
competitors; falsifying weights and malicious Jacob!" Old Jacob is the grand-
sible to cover, at least, organization expenses
interpreter.
This
recalls
to
mind
the
fact
that
the
For
months
the
wearying
struggle
went
on.
price-cutting.
father of the Berger family, the
in refugee work.
Came the Communists and the David S. Andron, Yeshivah graduate andd law-
late Louis Marshall took pains to learn
protagonists of "Awake and
Political, social and humanitarian consid-
The code aurthority promises big things in
German troops fled. Left behind yer, was counsel for the butchers.
mations demand the sympathetic treatment of
Yiddish in order that he might be able to was
Before months to come in the way of organizing on a Sing!" and spends his time in-
Hulot!.
He
was
then
a
mem-
voking
the problem. It is to the credit of the Jewish
follow Jewish news in the Yiddish news- ber of the Red army, But not Deputy Administrators Irwin S. Melee and firm and fair basis an industry,notoriously giving the coming revolution,
haircuts "to fit the face,"
community that they have raised over £1,000,-
papers, and especially that he might keep for long. Wilno was taken by George Carbon, he presented facts to show that beset by malpractice, President Roosevelt has and playing
his cherished collec-
300 for sufferers of their race. A fraction of
the kosher industry was peculiarly Jewish and established a "New Deal" for ka hr h
himself fully informed on the opinions of
(PLEASE TURN TO NEXT PAGE)
tion
of
Caruso records on Ms old
that sum would provide Mr. McDonald with
---_-_-_,
s ut .
victrola.
the Jewish masses as expressed editorially
minimum resources without which his work
of International importance cannot possibly
in the Jewish press. Mr. Marshall felt that
Gugi d giv R
orijeewwsry
be performed effectively.
one could not possibly earn the right to
Jewish
leadership
unless
he
was
fully
in-
This editorial reveals again two aspects
formed on the reactions of all classes of Noted Correspondent's Latest Book Condemns Jews Who
In German Reich
of the existing refugee situation:
"Repudiate"; Favors Palestine as Solution to
1. The fact that no support has been Jews to all Jewish issues.
LONDON. (JTA) — A com-
the People' s Problem
So much has been and is being said
forthcoming from Christians, even though
a large--perhaps the largest—percentage about a lack of desirable Jewish leaders is' E .1:,,,, ,i,1 . . c ,Ilyy ??..91,e( a.50 9 19 k 0 I e ky. Published by Doubleday, Doran A Co, plete review of the present A Re-Evaluation of "Road of Ages" Prompted by Criti-
legal, economic and spi itual
r
in this country that this latest reaction to
)
of the refugees is non-Jewish.
dams Leveled Against the Author
'
•
position of the Jews in Germany
2. The small community of Jews in the question of Yiddish is of particular
George
E.
Sokolsky,
eminent'
or
president.
Two
of
these
are
under the Nazi regime is given
By PHILIP SLOMOVITZ
d
England, numbering about a quarter of interest. Perhaps the weakness of our corresponent
g
who is reconizedi
engaged in merchandising, four
d in the Manchester Guardian by
a million, has contributed a sum of leadership is after all due to the fact that as an au thority on Far E asternlin the mu
e
t b us i ness an
a s men
ew
There
ereer, is disagreement with this
pr
o
blems,
a
special
correspondent
sent
to
teyi
has written an unusu-, only four in heavy Industry.
in which Communist and
$5,000,000 for German-Jewish relief—by they do not understand the masses, and
s description of Robert terference
Revisionist, - General Zionist and
far exceeding the contributions made by Marshall was right when he said that in ally interesting book in which We learn what little power Germany to investigate the Nathan's "Road of Ages" as "a Mizrachist, play
their parts.
he
gives
a
resume
of
the
Jewish
Jews
actually
possess
in
Indus
-
Jewish
situation.
realistic
story
of
strife
in
the
face
the four and a half million Jews in this order to understand the various elements position, outlining the economic, try
Those who would disprove Mr.
of tragedy."
in this country—and an in-
in Jewry you must learn from the very political, sodal and religious
"The Nazi policy toward
country.
Nathan's picture of ■ riot in the
teresting revelation is the man-
In our review of this splendid
he J
" this correspondent book we came to this conclusion:
Jewish camp of exiles need only
The support urged from the various source—from the Yiddish editorials—how issues as they affect Jewry, par-
t
ewn'
the Jews of this court- nee in which Jews are especially writes,
look hack to the very recent days
"may be summed up by
Thus win. the "Road of Atm."
governments, the encouragement given to the average Jewish man and woman reacts ticularly
kept
from
banking
positions,
when we had street brawls be-
try.
with
the
roll...
remaining
tricorn-
to
Jewry's
problems.
even though they are well suited saying that it is an attempt to
Mr. McDonald by the League of Nations
pnimIsing, t he extreme mdic ■ le
tween
Sabbath observers and Sab-
concluding paragraph to for the work.
building ta
dic
stte meg Ne-
t ori al
replace them in the position
bath breakers in Palestine) when
Our present leaders please take note: his The
and the evident change in attitude every-
ter, they es ese the hate a, of refug e,
h
introduction provides the cen-
Mr.
Sokolsky
is
especially
out.
Revisionists
and Laborites belab-
with
the
refugee
army
•
hown
di-
they
occupied
in
Europe
before
where on the refugee question augurs it won't hurt to know Yiddish; on the teal theme for Mr. Sokolsky's spoken when he speaks of those
vided against Itself. It I, the eterom
ored each other in Polish-Jewish
tragedy of lorael—IllaUNITY. And
well for the relief efforts for the first time contrary, it may strengthen your leader- proposed solutions to the Jewish „ no "pass." Jews who aspire to the French Revolution. While
communities;
when Bundists and
Robert Nathan has pictured It beso-
problem.
since the assumption of power in Germany ship.
t+ y. mi..' Is a masterful
r epudiate their ancestry resort medieval conditions are to be
Zionists joined in battle, also in
"In my wanderings about the to change of names, to inter- reimposed, with certain modifi-
by the Nazis.
" A Z In; ,,,,,',;,̀,,It"17.,%„4711,c,t7; Poland, in some instances with
world," he writes, "I have marriage, to change of religion, cations, there has been on seri-
very serious injuries—and if we
1.1..1. ..
Ll-filik•ed^X
It is to be hoped that the new encour-
found that all people despise 'to entry in fields of internation- sus suggestion that the Jews w }len
twas this reviewer's contention are not mistaken with some fatal
Palestine Labor Periodicals
agement given Mr. McDonald will also
the coward and the sniveler, alism and radicalism. Again we
he first reviewed this "mas- casualties.
increase the interest and sympathy that
that all people step on the
Depressing Brawls
an interesting conclusion wear a distinctive dress. terful description of Jewry's trag-
The Palestine Labor Movement deserves earthworms. The Jews in Ger• have
"The Jews still possess the edy, and of Jewish disunity even
is apparently lacking in this country. Thus
when we read in "We Jews":
Some specific instances of de-
nn pp th re e sfsa io ce n eift r at t re tze s Buffering and
many and, I am sad to say the
"Jews pass, all the time, and
right to vote, but as there are i
pressing brawls may be cited. Take,
far, very meager sums have been forth- to be commended for the manner in which Jew
in the United States, bows
in
y generation. After all,
for instance, the present spectacle
coming in contributions from American it has grasped the importance of literary his head
no elections this is a privilege an able presentation of the y lwew
"-
• too low for some
efforts in advancing th e cause of Pales-
it is ass
• individual's right to
is being enacted in Zionist
of doubtful value. ish scene, depicting in all its grue- that
Jews. In our own community we 'have tine's rebuilding.
little social or economic •dvan-
determine how he will manage
ranks in Cleveland. The present
"Jews are not compelled to someness the sorry existence of die- Zionist leaders appear to dislike
considerably fallen down in our obliga-
tale. Until he holds his head
• nd color his own life. It is
w oitd o r We '
Mr. Nathan s own
tions to German Jewry, and to those refu-
While it is in some respects rightfully high, until he raises his eyes the right of the 'pursuit of live in certain districts or speci- un
i t that
hat we correctly inter- Dr. Abbe Hillel Silver. They
to h , until he again
went so far as to register a co-
happiness: Surely no one
fic localities, but they can be preted the • story.
gees who are anxious to find a haven in charged that the Histadruth efforts are wear
plaint with the national Zionist of-
his fringed prayer shawl
ought to be able to force a
said
to
enjoy
the
right
of
resi-
Palestine. The forthcoming drive, we bent towards propagandizing everything with dignity,
There
is,
howeter,
considerable
fice against his being invited to
he cannot hope to
man to remain • Jew because
dence wherever they please. disagreement with our viewpoint.
hope, will tell a different and a more that its members do, with the intention of 1m respected."
k at thn e Was
Na t ional Palestine
he was born a Jew. Hitler has
Two
local
rabbis
informed
us
that
Con
speaference
i
capitalizing
for
the
party,
it
must
never-
The arrangement and the titles done that in Germany, with
hington on Jan
commendable story—in point of responsi-
Several seaside resorts adver- they plan to discuss the book from 20. Dr. • ser did not
go to Wash-
of
the
chapters
in
Sokolsky's
"We
theless
be
recognized
that
the
literary
ef-
disastrous results.
The Jews
tine that they do not desire their pulpits and to condemn it for
bility which must be translated in larger
ington, but he did address a local
Jews" are of interest. He opens themselves have no right to
forts
of
the
past
few
months
have
been
of
Jewish guests, and notices are its misrepresentation and for the Palestine Day assembly in Cleve-
contributions to the very important fund
a chapter "They Say . .
force a m•n to be a Jew. But
a caliber for which this group is to be with
of the United Jewish Appeal.
to be found in many villages damage it may do. Our rabbinic land, and he utilized the occasion
in whirl, he lists the various li- passing should be an
• honest
friends maintain that Jews are en.
congratulated.
saying that Jews enter at their titled to as much disagreement to refer to the 't ' • •
bels against the Jew, the numer- process. A man who seeks to
cad-
as "racketeers." Ile retaliated
We make particular reference to the ous misrepresentations, the myths pass, whether it is for himself own risk. As a result of condi- within their ranks on certain con- res
in kind and has since organized a
Reburial of Herzl's Remains excellence of the new magazine. "Jewish and fables spread about Jewish or his children, ought not to done in the smaller provincial troversial subjects as are their non-
non- Zionist District of his
own. What
lie g
a fine spectacle, at a time when
Frontier," of the League for Labor Pal- power. This he follows with hide behind the subterfuge of towns and villages there has Jewish
re '
The "Stereotyped
Mina. ,
Preparations that are now being corn- estine, and the other monthly periodical, "Jews That Pass," wherein he con- • changed n•m• or an inter- been for some time a steady
there
is
need
for
much
good will
We wholeheartedly endorse the in the movement; at • time
pleted for the transfer of the remains of "Hashomer Hatzair," published by the demns those who repudiate their marriage or a grandiose social migration to the cities and espe- letter
when
viewpoint — but we must
Jewish heritage. Then there fol- position. He ought manfully
many
of
those
who
opposed
the
D r. Theodor Herzl from Vienna to Pales-
make reservations, chief of which Zionist cause 30 years
dally to Berlin.
nee, at any
• rate to his
labor youth group. The "Jewish Fron- low chapters on "Discrimination," to announce,
ago are still
tine will serve again to strengthen interest tier" is a genuine literary achievement, "The Cost of Economic Discrim- friends •nd family, that Ike ne
to learn that times change
and
the
"Jews
may
still
own
prop-
is Itthiiss'unfair to ask that we create
in the remarkable personality and the
ination," "Jews in the United longer wants to be ■ Jew, that
world does not stand still; at ■
erty, but it has been pointed a stereotyped mind. In fact, we time
when an united effort will help
great contributions of the founder of the but it is the "Hashomer Hatzair" that de- States" and "The Vitality of be does not wish his children
serves particular recognitio n by virtue of God." An index is also appended to be Jews, that he had bee ■ out that there is no statutory it m uc u ie t ta fi og ne_
httrze kry m e t t li'ztofto thienri elinte make friends, whereas
modern Zionist movement.
by pulling
the fact that it is the product of Jewish to the volume.
born • Jew bat repudiates the
different directions we simply
It is quite appropriate that plans for youth,
bar
to
their
expropriation
at
in
Jewish
life.
But there are times destroy
Mr. Sokolsky's book has the religion, the race, the nation-
what has been created with
and
particularly
because
it
is
grad-
moment
if
the
interests
of
when
unity
must
he
achieved at
the transfer of Dr. Herzl's remains should I
,e, much effort.
ually showing improvement. Since its particular merit of revealing the ality. And be ought to do it the State demand it.
costs, There ie no time, for in-
coincide with the 75th birthday anniver- first appearance several months ago it has falsehood of some of the accu- with honor and his bead high.
Or take as an instance an occur-
stance, like the present for effect- s , ece
b.
respected.
Th•
sations
leveled
against
Jews
by
ca■
closer to our home city. On
"Jews
are
regarded
as
for-
ing
such
unity
of
effort
Such
men
sary of the great leader, which occurs on
and pur- the eve of the visit
shown such progress that it is no exagger- anti-Semitee and by those wit', others .r• liars and trick
eigners,
and
children
at
school
pose,
even
in Detroit of
though we may disagree
May 2 of this year. We repeat the pro- ation to say that the success of Hashomer generally have come to look upon
the difficulties
VIrdimir
Jabotinsky.the word was
cube
l pursued. But
e it s ato
are taught that it is a dis. e w nha th t earth h od
But spread among Jewish
posal we made a short time ago that this Hatzair has achieved in this regard is the the Jew as possessing a certain
storekeepers
grace for German soil to be
who were 'eked to display cars, .
anniversary ought to be a signal for world- , most effective that we have seen in some power and control over financial u w pt'llh dttil= f ease:it' fr ri h
Ric German and Polish situations in ann-uncing
the Jabotinsky
Jewish life today were not Pulite- that the
wide tribute to the great leader whose time. To the labor group in Palestine and industrial fields. Thus, we this: that ..... t truthful Jews I owned by Jews.
visit
far u trade
Revisionist leads,' is "a
learn from statistics quoted by, suffer from social sad economic
lent to create an unified front. We
vision made it possible for tens of thou-
"Only
Jewish Hitler." We are told
must therefore be given the due credit for Mr. Sokolsky that in 200 of the "theleetiee where" the eth• I industry are concerned have and
the
are
pulling
in
different
direction&
that
as
a
result
many
raids
were
d"-
sands of refugees to find a haven in Pal- practical and effective literary efforts in largest non-banking corporations er f ellows, then
pudiators sad
Brother creates obstacles for broth-
estine.
Jews the right to compete on er, and we are faced by a horrify. troyed. Are the- „ fair tactics, es
in this courtly, only 11 list Jews their derwr driati ant of t..
behalf of Palestine.

Sokolsky Views the Jewish Issue

Does Robert Nathan Deserve
Condemnation for His Book?

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