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lieved that the true philosophic
!ideas of the Greeks originally ate walk from Fine Hall at
suppose, merely a gift which . came from the Jews. The great Princeton University, where his
providence showers upon an in -' prophets, he asserts, received the study is, Albert Einstein is al-
dividual without regard to his oral revelation of a philosophic most commuter to New York, 0
a
mental, moral or psychic qualifi- 'character. These teachings they
cations, nor is it merely a human taught and transmitted to their He misses but few occasions to
aptitude and accomplishment as disciples by word of mouth, In visit the city and partake in one 2
the philosophers suppose. The , the course of time, however, or another event at which he 3
view of Judaism implies both. they were lost to them because may express his views on Jewish
4
God selects those whom He com- of the storm and the 'dress
problems or join with hie fel-
missions to speak in His name,
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low-Jews in some festive occas-
but their status depends on the r
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degree to which they have devel-
ion.
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oped their intellectual, ethical
Last week he came to town 7
and imaginative faculties. The
This Man Retires In Comfort
as the guest at a Purim party 8
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greatest prophet, namely Moses,
arranged by the German Jewish 9
is therefore neither a mere clair-
refugee
colony
in
New
York.
voyant nor a moral preacher, but
a philosopher whose lips were
There again, speaking inform-
touched by the coals of divine
ally, he echoed the views he
inspiration.
has expressed no often before
Some call him lucky. He himself maintains it's
In
the
explanation
of
the
Scrip-
simply a case of sound finance.
with regard to the need for
tural precepts and ceremonials,
unity and mutual forgiveness
Maimonides continues to show his
Thirty years ago he decided he must make sure of an
among Jews.
intellectual bias. Ile ascribes a . • -
income in the years when his earning power would
rational
basis
to
every
command-
decline. Speculation, he knew, could guarantee him
Einstein is never a model for
ment. Ile assails those who say
nothing. So he sought out the plan which would
what the well-dressed man will
we must not search for the rea-
guarantee him cash on retirement to provide needed
wear. Even in the austere pre-
son in back of an injunction, but
income. He purchaser a GREAT-WEST Pension Policy.
Personal service to our clients has built a bull-
observe it simply because it is the
cincts of the University campus
ness that is more than a place to exchange
will
of
God.
"As
theologians
are
Through four depressions with their intervening per-
his attire consists of a worn
money for merchandise.
divided on the question whether I
iods of prosperity he stuck steadfastly to his plan.
tan windbreaker, no tie, no
the actions of God are the result
Financial panics brought him no worry whatever.
FREE DEMONSTRATION GLADLY GIVEN
socks,
sport
shoes
and
a
well-
of His wisdom, or only of His,
Boom periods left him with no regrets.
filled pipe. Occasionally he may
will, without being intended for'
any purpose whatever, so they
put on an ordinary business suit
This year, at age 65, this ma retires in comfort.
are also divided as regards the
when he has to address a meet-
He has a guaranteed income as long as he lives. We
DR.
NELSON
GLUECK
object
of
the
commandments
want you to loan all the advantages of this GREAT-
ing. But otherwise he Is com-
which God gave us. Some of
Traditional
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of
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iron ore deposits. It may not b e them hold that the command-
pletely unconcerned with his
Maimonides
obligation.
economically profitable to work ments have no object at all, and
clothing, not because he is the
these mineral lands, because th e are only tted by th e
through which they had to go.
traditional absent-minded pro-
Chicago. This work was in Beth - God. Others are of the opinion
111•1
m any broth hes of eel
.
,
eta,"
he
gale,
-
relating to the correct
fessor, but because he has no
Zur.
that
at all commandments and pro- wlunnlh of hem 11101 , 11.,1111, were once
We have • selection of guaranteed mewl ears hr ash:
use for the superficialities of
It was on his fourth expedition ' hibitions are dictated by His win-
o4‘;
t t74;:re°
Wei Will Accept Any Make of Car Is Trash
civilized existence.
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ronquence
se e
o f th
yr•nny
tiated explorations in Eastern Pal consequently there is a reason
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REPRESENTING
only
the
suldeets
taught
In
the
Scr
ip.
Moab.
are useful. All of us, the com- u, were me ensdde to all." (Honk I.
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His fifth journey (19331 was to mon people as well as the schol- 1 n!looter
Maimonidete rationalism can be Congregation Israel, of Glencoe,)
ancient Edom. It was during thi s ars, believe that there is a reason
for
every
precept,
although
there
duly appreciated if we contrast Ill., to task for having invited Eve-
time of archaeological explore •
tion that finds were made of pot are commandments the reason of his views on the respective realms lyn John St. Loe Strachey to ad-
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tery dating back to three impor which is unknown to us and In and relationship of philosophy dress his flock ... That Strachey
wronrso
tent periods, namely, between the lwhich the ways of God's wisdom and religion with those of St. was arrested in the syngaogue on
22nd and 18th centuries, B. C. I are incomprehensible. This view Thomas who occupied a position the grounds that he was subject
between the 12th and 8th cep :1 is distinctly expreked in Scrip- in Catholic theology similar to to deportation is merely a coin-
turies B. C., and between the ' ture, comp. "righteous statutes that which Maimonides had in cidence, and in no way reflects
2nd cenutry B. C., and the 1st and judgments (Dent. Iv. 8); Jewish theology. Thomas of on Rabbi Shulman—if anything,;
century A. D. The historical gaps "the judgments of the Lord are Aquinas had the same task to it Is to his credit . . . Max Rein-
intervening in the periods just true, and righteous altogether" perform as did Maimonides. How- hardt is trying to become an
ever, he fell short of the rational- American citizen . . . . It would !
mentioned were due notto no- (Ps. xlx. 10),
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There ar e persons w ho and It .411111-
ism of his Jewish colleague, To be a nice gesture if the Depart-
tural phenomena but to political
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fortune or misfortune.
t f 'a iiim
l in C ent:ntn e, ' a "a nd"neo1O,XIde ' r nY lt " clg till' t him, reason and revelation were ment of State waived tome of
the
assume that 1114 commandments and contiguous, but not homologous
Dr. Glueck likes to approach to
red tape and awarded him an hon.
prohibitions have no rational
the subject by quoting from Deu- hatever. They •re led to adopt harts
thla sciences. He gives philosophy a orary citizenship without delay ..
a
de w°
.
Co their lower place than he does theol- . . Which reminds us that Alex-
teronomy, chapter eight, verse soul. the bi existent
Manischewitz
exist ent a nf
III,
they per-
nine, regarding the Promised ceke, lout
h 0 they are unable tO ogy. The tree of knowledge to , ander Moissi, the European trage-
dlecuee or to describe For they Imagine him is a pyramid. The sciences
Land, as follows:
dian who died recently, was not a
that thew. heel ride, If they were awful
constitute to him the base, phil- Jew, contrary to all information
•w
t, and Rere commando
"A land wherein thou shalt
he. ante nf their near nine's. would seem osophy the middle point, and the-
eat bread without scarceness, thou to
that may have been fed to you
originate in the t bought and reason
... It is true, however, that Mois-
shalt not lack anything in it, a of some Intelligent hen., But as things ology the very summit.
"Theology
Is it
sin n ot Ode. ts of re ason and
dist 1.1
science. si refused to play in Germany be-
same minerals may be imported a
e no p u rpose, the, would undoubte r betty li theology Is 01 '111111 It Wit II re,'
with comparative ease from other .11} be at trlhoted to (10d, bee aura no In questIono touched on by plillosolihY, cause he openly opposed Hitler ..
ogy and phil0110phy are non the .. As a matter of fact, he was al-
countries. But it is important to Onion! , of man rout4 bare produced theol
Ai iodine to the theory of those lane distinct 111 . 11•11 . , for they differ
know of the availability of the t a esk•nlIntled
persons, man Is more IT , In the alp, pui mot (sunt a4I Clod), most lynched 20 years ago, in ,
for sale at
I than Ills Creator For what man
copper and iron in the regions fro
Hamburg, when he declined to
Matz or does boo a certaln object, whiled
studied.
only
tf hr theloglhain participate in the war hysteria
he 10 Ilona of God are different: He
vs to do w hat 10 of no use
. . . Friedrich Wolf, the German,
"The explorations also explain to onimmiols
direcILed
: to0 peTU'ittural
us. and forbid/I us to 110 11 hat la wionce
Jewish playwright now in this
light" I Wulf Page i 6 2 - 2
the great wealth of such persons bamboo. "
"If
theology
borrow.
front
philosophy,
decided, some years ago,
as Solomon--he was a rich own-
That Maimonides was true to it le not hin sure It moots help, but In country,
that as he always spent money
e. rh t Teanlirtixre(
er of mines. With proper tech- philosophic traditions and stand-
tit . rot ha
as fast as he got it the best thing
, a,
p.
nical methods, these same miner- ards we have seen. The question
rA
This view led him to assert the to do would be to get from his
als may contribute to our modern that one is prompted here to ask
w•••••14
House articles Kosher
publisher something that would
wealth.
is—how did he manage to obtain doctrine of the duality of truth . be permanent .. , So he had the
for Passover:
"The finds in the high plateau this speculative latitude and at In this doctrine he promulgates publishers build for him a pala-
ROUND MATZOS
the
notion
that
"what
is
true
in
lands of Edom and Moab show the same time avow his belief in
Matzo and Cake Meal, Farrel,
Scouring Powder, Soap,
that these regions were heavily the divine charcter of Scripture? philosophy may be fake in the- tial villa in Stuttgart, everything
in the house being arranged ac -
Wholewheat Matins, Matzo Care-
Nyafat, Honey, Oil,
populated throughout their early What methods or creed served ology" and vice versa (Chapter cording
his specifications . . .
•I, Tea, Coffee, Vinegar, Candies,
history and that they were aban- him to bridge the gap? Maimon- 8-4). Consequently the activities And now to
Silver Polish, Alumin-
Wolf is an exile—and his
Marmalades, Macaroons, Noodles,
of
philosophy
cannot
annul
the
doned and are in their present ides, it must be emphasized, im-
um
Cleanser,
Vinegar.
has become the headquart-
and Soup Nuts, etc.
desolate condition because of po- plicitly believed in the sanctity dogmas. Ile even goes so far as house
ers of the local Nazi bigwigs.. .
litical factors only.
and authenticity of the Torah. to say that we must not use
• • •
You can get all of your Passover needs here.
philosophy
to
demonstrate
the
Prepared spec i alty for Passover and
"Large parts of Edom and This, of course, embraced the
We carry a complete line of Passover products.
Itechdiered In . the Itetroll rabble, ion
Moab could be made fertile again. Bible, together with amplifications mysteries of the church. They TOMORROW'S NEWS
con eras,,). (1114 raterlte delicacy during
Ample water is available. The or modifications of the Talmud. must be accepted on faith only, j There is a tremendous scramble
Country orders attended to promptly.
Pennell. All our sausage. sill also he
climate is healthful. The na- The seers and sages who pro-1 otherwise the merit of the act . for the position of the chief rob-
kosher foe Passover. list can hIentity
tives are envious of their fellow- nounced or penned these books vanishes. This attitude led Don Innate of Rome, vacated through
Scotus
to
withdraw
every
theo-
one special Passover insiduct• In •
Arabs in Palestine who have be- were to him but agents of a Di- I
question from the empire the death of Dr. Sacerdoti . .
s hits tn. ahlth a111 be attached So-
come wealthy because of con- vine Power. Their real author logical
of
reason
and
to
support
others
licit., alth the resular tionsherg
The
leading
candidate
is
Prof.
Da-'
was god. He was their inspira-
tacts with the Jews there.
in
the
assertion
Get
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"I believe be- vid Prato, chief rabbi of Cairo
"The native Arab population of tion, they his instrument. Fur-
mewl,
all Trans-Jordan is only about thermore, the Torah was to him cause it is absurd."
.
We
warn
editors
against
the
Maimonides, as was already
one-third of the native Arab pop- an aperture and an avenue to the
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late
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Aristotle.
lie
did
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Maimonides,
as
it
was
to
far
more
arable
land
in
Trans-
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which only recently infested the
"That is to say, Trans-Jor- exhaustible Fountain of Truth. Stagirite taught, He discrimin- newspapers with a broadside list- I
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ing President Roosevelt's closest
far more room for Jews than Pal- This Truth, however, lay hidden imitate. He seas a religionist, co-workers under the caption of''
estine has, and with far less ag- beneath the surface of the literal, aye, even a mystic, no less than a "America's Jewish radical mas-
gravation to non-Jews in the land reading. They were hidden be- philosopher. (The second book of ters" . . . Among those listed are
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to be settled.
cause the Bible was intended for his Mishna Torah, which deals 'Donald It. Richberg, Raymond Mo-
Drapery Rods
"Up to now, the archaeological the masses and aimed primarily with the love of God, shows him Icy, Secretary of Labor Frances
to
be
more
than
a
cold
intellec-
to
influence
them
to
right
conduct
work in this region has consisted
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and creeds. The metaphysical tualist. There is a warmth and Perkins,
of finding the ancient cities.
ior Harold Ickes, Assistant Sec-'
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"The next task is to open up reflections which led to these con.' a glow in it which would do credit rotary of Agriculture, Rexford
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these cities. In Trans-Jordan, elusions and codes would be in- to even Francis of Assisi.)
G.
Tugwell—who
are
all
100
per
Maimonides stands out not only cent Aryans . . Lady Sen Mei,'
this would reveal more than has comprehensible to their mean or
been found in Palestine—because mediocre minds. These facts. as an able physician or as a great known as the Chinese nightin-
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Palestinian sites have been occu- therefore, have been concealed student of the Halacha, but gale, and who is the daughter of ;
pied longer than have Trans-Jor- in metaphors and homonyms, The
the first Chinese to receive his 31.
mostly
as
a
deep
thinker
and
dan sections and hence the latter qualified student and thinker
D. at an American medical school,
are in a better state of preserva- need not, however, remain con- philosopher. His greatness is due complains that she can't get Jew-
tent with the literaltranslation. to his remarkable sense of mod- ish dial ct t ' .h . h the
tion "
Such excavations in Trans-Jons, He can delve into the allusions eration which enabled him to es- excel's, because of her distinctly
den, Dr. Glueck pointed out, and allegories and, like divers tablish that fine balance and Celestial
. . .
might well be expected to dis- for pearls, they will search be- blending between philosophy and busiest dialectician is Charlie Can-
close steles—which are large, in- neath the surface of the ocean religion or reason and revelation. tor, whose Jewish characters are
of Scriptural esoterics until thee Maimonides Was one of the pilots among his best work .... Charlie
scribed, stone tablets.
One stele was found, he added, will bring up truths which are a ,, who helped to steer the ship of is never featured, and few know
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Excavations would uncover legible ism of mere texts and soar into arose none like unto Moses."
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steles, because they have been realms of Aristotelian rational-
ism. Maimonides' harmonization I Me
protected from erosion. •
tro p
Comment
Opening up of these Trans-Jor- of reason and revelation was also
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history of Edom. which forms the unity and divinity of truth. Just )
background of the Book of Job, as God was One, just no was' come sonic of England's most
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His truth. There could, thereH
Dr. Glueck said.
0
eminent statesmen. . . . Ber-
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"Such excavations also would fore, be no discrepancy between nard Mannes Baruch, recently at-
0
show that there exists an impor. philosophy and religion. If such , tacked by Father Coughlin, first
a
discrepancy
existed,
it
was
ei
tent connection between the
came to public atention in 19161
Edomites and the Israelites, due ther the aberration of the former when President Wilson appointed
to constant warfare between these or a misreading of the latter. In him a member of the Council of
two peoples over posession of cop- fact, Maimonides, together with National Defense. He was born in
your
og°0
per mines in the Akabah, which many of the medieval thinkers, Columbus, South Carolina, in
is the great rift between the Christian as well as Jewish, be- 1869, the son of • doctor who
south end of the Dead Sea and the
later became a leading figure in
Gulf of Akabah," he added.
to your relatives and friends in the Soviet Union,
the development of public baths
"In ancient times, Arabia was Trans-Jordan is inevitable."
is New York City . . . The well
•
•
•
the front—not the back—door to
Torgsin Stores are located
k nown Zionist, Selig Brodetsky,
Thus Dr. Glueck views the Jew- is a professor of mathematics at
Palestine and still is a very rich
in the larger cities of the
Israel ish scene—East and West—not It , the University of Leeds.
territory. Edom and
U. S. S. R. and carry about
• • •
fought not over copper mines a politician, but as a practical '
alone, but also over trade-routes scholar.
15,000 different domestic and
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He
literally
"gets
down
to
o southern Arabia.
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Broadwayites, ever willing to
imported articles; clothing,
"If Jews should go into Trans- earth," by the very nature of his gamble, are making "Book" on
ordan today, they should develop work.
shoes, FLOUR, coffee, and
the Pulitzer Prize play candidates.'
;will be delivered before
again that valuable commerce,
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Jr. Congregation
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rtion of
Law- to be read are the natural persons to do this. and Jew, as well as on the basis Raphaelson's "Accent on Youth,"
"All the needed elements are of his objective approach to the Kaufman's "Merrily We Roll
d Mr. Rubiner
R b er" will deliver the
present and available — natural problem in hand, Jews Interested, Along," and Melvin Levy's "Gold
sermon.
On Saturday, April 13, at the
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"Settlement of the Jews in
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tors will be Bernard Rubiner and be the speakers.
ILIV for "Gold Eagle Guy."
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land whose stones are iron, and
out of whose hills thou mayest
dig copper."
"The excavation in which I
have had a part have revealed the
economic resources of the re-
gion," says Dr. Glueck. "For the
first time now, we know that this
territory has large copper and

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