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Coughlin — Expert on Banking

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In his address in New York last week,
Rev. Charles E. Coughlin of the Shrine of
the Little Flower again gnashed his priest-
ly teeth at the bankers.
Again Coughlin mentioned names—this
time referring to Morgan, Baruch and
Warburg. We are beginning to forgive
him for harping on Baruch. After all, it
has become a mania with him. But he has
seen fit to pick on two Jews in mentioning
three bankers. He remains consistent in
singling out Jewish names when speaking
of bankers who are a menace to this coun-
try, and as long as he harps on this preju-
dice he will find it most difficult to prove
his claim that he does not harbor preju-
dice against the Jewish people.
We would be lacking in self-respect if
we were to enumerate again the oft-quoted
facts that Jews are an unimportant minor-
ity in banking circles. Rev. Coughlin has
been presented with the facts and it has
been called to his attention that he is un-
fair in harping on Jewish names and in
giving the impression that Jews are in
back of the disrupting elements in this
country.
There is a group in our ranks which be-
lieves that Jews should not defend bankers
simply because they are Jews. They ig-
nore the fact, however, that we are not de-
fending the bankers but are objecting to
constant emphasis on Jewish names to give
the impression that Jews are the domin-
ating financial element in the country and
therefore the menace to be guarded
against.
The injustice for which the Royal Oak
radio priest is responsible is evident. It
has been called to his attention but he
refuses to listen to reason and to recognize
the truth relative to facts on banking. He
insists on playing the role of an authority
on banking and will not admit having
erred. How else are we to judge him,
therefore, than by the standards which
must brand him as a bigot and a Jew-
baiter?

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Sabbath Reading. of the Law

Pentatcuchal portion—Num. 1:1-4:20
Prophetical portion—I Sam. 20:18-42

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"Blessed be Ile; blessed be His
Name"?—S. M. 0.
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greatness unto our Lord" (Deut.
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OUT OF DARKNESS

Strictly
Confidential

The Jew Whose Invention Brings Light to Millions of Blind

Tidbits from Everywher e

By PHINEAS J. BIRON

By LILLIAN SLATER

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(Copyright. 1535. by e. A. P

tio,lisht. 1535, Seven Acts Feature Syndicate

EDITOR'S NOTE: Millions of blind people are hailing Robert E. Naumburg, Jewish
scientist and inventor of the Visagraph, as their greatest benefactor because his invention
enables them to read almost anything without 'waiting for it to be "translated" into Braille.
In recogntion of this great invention Mr. Naumburg was awarded the 1935 Wetherill Medal
by the Franklin Institute of Science. Miss Slater gives us an intimate and timely portrait, of
this newest of Jewish scientists.

POLITICALLY SPEAKING
The rumors tl.at Governor Hol-

bert II. Lehman will not be a can-
didate for a tl.ird gubernatorial
term are unfounded Governor
Lehman will run again in 1936 as
New York's standard-bearer for
Roosevelt's New Deal ... Ambassa-
dor Jesse Straus will resign his
"My own poem! Wonderful! Wonderful!" Paris post within the next six
months and make way for one of
she said in her delight.
the present members of the Roos,-
At that time, too, the machine was arranged telt cabinet ... David T. Wilents,
Hauptmann's prosecutor, is being
for the production of books in Latin characters.
groomed against his will for a log
But Mr. Naumburg was not content with that, job
in the next election ... Don't
either.
•
be surprised if he's the Democratic
"Soon," he said, "I think it will be able to candidate for governor of New
produce Hebrew, Japanese—or any language." Jersey in 1937 ... Unless Bernard
S. Deutsch gets an important
More work.
judgship before the next municipal
So it came about that on June 26, 1931, he election in New York, he might bo-
demonstrated that the Visagraph can reproduce come the Democratic nominee for
the characters of any language when he repro- mayor ... Eugene Meyer, Jr., for-
mer head of the Federal Reserve
duced the title page of a Hebrew prayer book.
Board and now publisher of the
Thus we see the happy promise of the blind Jew
Washington Post, is reported to
reading his prayers on the Sabbath and on the have lost all interest in Herbert
Holy Days, an American learning to read Chinese, Hoover's presidential ambitions,
and is said to favor Odgen G. Mills
or a Frenchman reading Greek. The knowledge ... Representative Adolph Sabath
of things beyond his own little sphere becomes of Illinois, dean of the House, is
the right of the blind man as well as the seeing disappointed the way Roosevelt's
New Dealers treat him . . And,
man.
believe it or not, one of the fore-
The characters reproduced are very easy to most Tammany politicians, a
prom-
read. Of course, it requires a certain sensitivity inent Jewish attorney in New York,
in the finger tips, but this sensitivity is easily ac- insists that Gene Tunney, former
heavyweight champion, is ripe to
quired because the letters take the some form,
take a leading part in New York
by the use of the dot and dash, as the original state politics ....
letters of the printed page. This makes it ex- MANHATTAN SNAPSHOTS
ceedingly simple for those who lost their eye-
Rabbi Philip Bernstein of herb-
sight after learning to read and, upon experi- ester walking the sidewalks of
mentation, Mr. Naumburg found that it takes New York eating apples . . .
Harry Hirschfield answering his
approximately one month to teach the form of own telephone and insisting that
letters to those blind from birth.
Harry Hirschfield is not in . . .
Rabbi Abraham Feinberg refusing
Process of Operating Machine
to
be introduced as Anthony Frame,
He explains how simple is the entire process the
poet prince, in a Broadway
of operating the machine as it is today, with restaurant . . . Estelle M. Stern-
improvements and changes made since 1931.
berger, America's leading peace-
"The blind reader can perform all necessary maker, threatening war against a
taxi driver who almost killed her
operations without any assistance," he said.
. . . Bernard Postal marching
First the reader places in the machine the down Fifth Avenue with his three
book he wishes to read, wrapping the first page year-old daughter, who looks amaz-
around the scanning cylinder. Next he wraps ingly like Shirley Temple . . . .
around the printing cylinder a sheet of blank Fannie Hurst adorning the dais of
the Waldorf-Astoria Einstein ban-
paper, which is perforated to fit subseq
quet and surprising everybody by
into a loose-leaf notebook. He then touches a eating fish, fowl and potatoes ...
switch which sets the Visagraph in operation. Norman Bentwich being refused
When the page has been completely reproduced admission to the American Pales-
tine Campaign office because the
in magnified raised type, the instrument stops girl at the information desk didn't
automatically. The blind reader then remotes know him . .. Eddie Cantor, just
the page of embossed printing and lays it on a before leaving for the Coast, pled-
ging a handsome contribution to the
table in front of him.
United Jewish Appeal and saying
He is now ready to repeat the former steps, "I'll pay, I'm not Jesse]." . . . A
wrapping the second page of the book on the Jewish shopkeeper on the East side
scanning cylinder, and placing a new blank page making a huge business selling
post cards showing Hitler's head
of paper on the printer. He starts the machine on a pig's body .. Morris Mar-
in operation. Then he is free to turn to the gulies, Z. 0. A. secretary, putting
embossed copy of the first printed page if he up a gallant fight for Pittsburgh as
convention city but feeling ra-
desires to read while the machine is preparing the
th er happy that nobody seconded
the next page for him. All of this takes place his motion ...
in less time than is needed to describe it.
COUGHLIN'S JEWS
Father Coughlin claims that he
Thus once a book has been reproduced, it
has 340,000 Jewish members in
may be bound or kept in the loose-leaf folder
his National Union for Social Jus-
and, as far as that particular place is concerned, tice ... if that is true Coughlin's
need not be reproduced again.
organization would have more Jew-
ish members than all the national
Scion of Philanthropic Family

To some men, the desire to ease the burden
of humanity—to bring comfort and happiness
to the afflicted—is the most compelling force in
Q. Has there ever before been'a
plan for an organization similar their lives. So it is with Robert E. Naumburg,
Num. 28:1.15
•
to the present contemplated World who, haunted by his deep understanding of the
Readings of the Torah on First Day of Shevuoth,
Jewish Congress?—H. A. E.
anguish which lies behind sightless eyes, has been
Friday, June 7
A. In 1907 one Abraham S. working tirelessly for nine years to bring light
Pentateuchal portion—Ex. 19:1.20:26; Num.
Schomer
devised
a
scheme
and
28:26.31
drew up a constitution for a per- to the blind.
Prophetical portion—Ezek. 1:1-28;3:12
manent International Jewish Con-
And today, when his miraculous invention,
gress as the solution of the Jewish the Visagraph, has been tested and its value
lyar 28, 5695
May 31, 1935
problem. "The weakness of the
Jewish nation," he stated, "is due proved, Mr. Naumburg has received splendid
to the fact that it is not organized recognition for his efforts by the Franklin In-
Vote for Ticket No. 1
and has no Central Representative stitute of Science in Philadelphia, which pre-
Several thousand Detroit Jews possess
Organization." The plan called for sented him with the John Price Wetherill Medal
a payment of 60 cents a year by
the right of Zionist suffrage and will be
every supporter of the movement on May 15. Among the distinguished men who
charged with the responsibility of express.
to realize it. A committee for the received recognition from the noted institution
ing preferences at the June 23 elections
establishment of the Congress was that day was another Jew—Dr. Albert Einstein,
for delegates to the World Zionist Con-
formed. No comment is necessary who received the highest award, the Franklin
on results.
gress, which is to open in Lucerne, Switzer-
Medal and a certificate of honorary membership.
land, on Aug. 27.
To those whose lives are shrouded in dark-
Q. Where did Max Steuer, the
It is important that voters should make
well-known criminal lawyer, study ness, the new, improved machine of Mr. Naum-
law?—A.
F.
a study of the various problems involved
burg's is of vast importance—and as such, it is
A. Max D. Steuer was born in
to assure the extension of preference to
of great importance in the world of science. It
Homono,
Austria,
came
to
this
the party which can best carry out the
country and graduated from Co- means that when the Visagraph has had adequate -
ideals of Zionism and the efforts for the
lumbia Law School while working distribution, a blind person in any country in
re-creation of a Jewish national home
his way through and helping sup- the world can sit down and enjoy the latest
port his family. When he first be-
based on principles of social justice.
novel, a timely magazine article or the daily
gan to practice law he earned
We are particularly impressed with the
newspaper--even as you and I—without the nec-
about $25 a month. Today he is
appeal that is made in behalf of the Zion-
regarded one of the most astute essity of waiting for books or other matter to
ist organization of America, Hadassah and
lawyers in the country and com- be especially prepared. It goes even farther
mands his own figures,
Order Sons of Zion ticket, to be labelled
than that. It makes "visible" even diagrams and
on the ballot as Ticket No. 1.
Q. What was the statement maps—things which could not be given to the
Representing as this ticket does the cen-
Zangwill made concerning Jewish blind through readers or phonographic record-
tral body in Zionism, and as dominating
participation in sports?—J. P. S. ings.
A. "In athletics the Jew, shak-
element in the work for a rebuilt Palestine, Nazi Propaganda in Universities
How did all this come about?
ing off the spinal curvature of the
it stands to reason that strengthening of
Ghetto, begins to take the same
Miss
Evelyn
Clark,
assistant
professor
Scientist and Humanitarian
this body will give increased courage to
high
place
as
he
long
ago
achieved
It was in 1926 that Mr. Naumburg attended
that group from whose ranks comes the of classical languages at the New Jersey in the intellectual gymnastics of
College
for
Women,
a
branch
of
Rutgers
chess, though the surprise is less a concert for 25 blind men in Boston, where he
bulk of the required funds for national
when one reflects upon his long lived at the time. He watched the men care-
Jewish efforts, and in the ranks of which University, testified in the investigation of standing
prominence in the prize- fully during the concert and later made it
the
existence
of
anti-Semitisna
at
that
are counted the outstanding figures in the
a
school and revealed an interesting fact. ring."
point of talking with them. He learned how
World Zionist Organization.
Praising
Dr.
Lienhard
Berge!,
who
was
dis-
handicapped
they
were
in
their
intellectual
pur-
Q. Is it true that many years
An appeal in behalf of Ticket No. 1 is
before Zionism, Christion mission- suits because they had not access to all subjects
particularly timely in view of the efforts missed from the faculty on the alleged aries
among the Jews accurately In books which were within the reach of those
ground
of
his
being
outspokenly
anti-Nazi,
that are being exerted by the Labor Party
predicted the return of Palestine?
whose eyes knew light and sight. That, in spite
to capture the vote in this country. While Miss Clark stated that she heard Dr. F. J. —D. S. N.
A. In the early 19th century, a of the thousands upon thousands of books which
labor's strongest supporters are to be Hauptmann, pro-Nazi head of the college
Dr. Priestly, a Christian divine, have been especially prepared and which are
found in the ranks of the Zionist Organi- German department, defend anti-Semitism predicted
from Biblical prophecies
zation of America, there is a danger that in Germany and then presented evidence that in 1896 would begin the restor- available in many libraries.
So, Robert Naumburg, the inventor, the
by capturing the majority of votes at the of the existence of anti-Semitism at the ation of Israel to Palestine and
coming elections the Histadruth will de- New Jersey College for Women. She said that in 1941 would commence the scientist and the humanitarian, set to work to
stroy the very purpose for which it is that she once heard the late Mrs. Mabel reign of the millenium when Pales- find a means of enriching these darkened lives.
would again be completely oc-
It was not long before he struck upon the
battling. As long as the centrist party holds T. Douglass, former dean of the college, tine
cupied by the Jews. It is interest-
the balance of power labor is assured of declare that she would not have Jews as ing to note that Herzl's "Juden- process which dominates the mechanism of the
members
of
her
staff.
staat," the Bible of Zionism, was Visagraph and in 1928 the first model of the
the position it now rightly has. The mo-
machine was exhibited in New York. In this
The investigation at Rutgers is bringing published in 1896.
ment labor becomes the politically domin-
model the subject received the printed words
ant force the already accentuated class to light many saddening and depressing
Q. What is a Chevrah Kadishah?
by the sound of a bell or,—in the case of those
struggle may flare up to such extremes facts, Dr. Hauptmann admitted that he
C. I. G.
that many in the Zionist Organization wrote to Dr. Paul Joseph Goebbels for
A. This is an organization both deaf and blind, by a vibrating disk held
formed
voluntarily
to
administer
under
their fingers.
may be driven to the extreme right—and material for "cultural propaganda." It
the last rites to a person who is
He received considerable acclaim and many
is clear that the Nazis are spreading their dying,
that would be a calamity for Palestine.
and to assist in the home
It appears to us that labor, knowing the poisonous propaganda wherever they can, at a death. The members recite requests for the machine came to him. But he
sympathies it commands in the Zionist and that they have particularly gained a the "Vidui" at the death-bed; watch was not content with the process as it was, for
over the corpse and recite psalms, he found that the necessity of waiting for sound
'Organization of America, is driving a poor hearing in our universities.
the corpse and clothe it in and seeking the form of a letter caused nervous
Jewish organizations put together
-bargain when it seeks to capture the entire
In European countries, most of the anti- cleanse
Mr. Naumburg is of a family noted for its ... If this is true Father Coughlin
the burial-shroud; accompany the
field. It runs the risk of alienating friend- Semitic movements started on university funeral procession, and see that tension.
learning and philanthropy. His grandfather, the is the recipient of more Jewish
The task of inventing was begun anew. Mr. first member in this country, was cantor of the
money than the Jewish National
ships it now enjoys. It creates the danger campuses. Staudents, who should have the individual is buried in accord.
Naumberg then evovled a new principle and a Reform Congregation Keneseth Israel in Phila- Fund, the Zionist Organization of
of bulding up Group B in the organization been the last to encourage the spread of ance with the Jewish laws.
America and the American Jewish
new
machine—one
which
by
a
process
of
photog-
delphia from 1850 to 1860. In 1865 he was Congress combined . . . If this is
which already has Revisionist sympathies. race hatred, were the most gullible when
Q. Aside from his activities in
raphy and printing became the first instrument chosen minister of Congregation Rodeph Shalom true Father Coughlin's Jewish
Furthermore, by capturing the coming Jew-hatred raised its ugly head.
Reform Judaism, was Ludwig Vog-
elections, which is possible only in the
It is a matter of common knowledge a elstein interested in other Jewish in the world to reproduce directly from the in Pittsburgh, where he lived until shortly be- membership totals more than the
L.
ordinary page magnified raised letters distin- fore his death.
entire Communist Party member-
event that General Zionist and Hadassah that it is difficult for a Jew to get a teach- ffairs?—,J.
ship in the United States .. If
A. Vogelstein was active in the
The inventor, now in the prime of life, at- this is true Father Coughlin
voters absent themselves from the polls ing position in an American university. work of the Hebrew Union College, guishable by touch to the blind.
num-
because they prefer to be away from the Added to the discrimination against the National Council of Jewish Educa-
Demonstrates His Visagraph
tended Williams College in Massachusetts and bers as many Jews among his
It was exhibited in New York in 1931 and it received his degree in engineering from the followers as there are in all of
city's heat on a late June day, they will teachers is the new danger to the students, tion, Federation for the Support
Palestine and almost as many Jews
merely help strengthen Revisionism and what is worse, the poison that may of the Philanthropic Societies of was during the World Conference on Work for Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is as
there are left in Naziland.
New York, was president of Tem-
through alienation of the affecti6ns of spread from university anti-Semitic circles ple Beth El in New York. For the Blind, which took place at that time, that a member of the American Society of Mechani- SPORT NOTES
those who will undoubtedly resent the may do us such irreparable harm that it eight years he was the head of the the Visagraph brought an exclamation of joy cal Engineers and Fellow of the American As-
The Barney Ross-Jimmy McLar-
Union of American Hebrew Con- from Helen Keller. In order to demonstrate the sociation for the Advancement of Science, and nin bout, which will be boxing his-
capturing of political power by a group will be impossible to uproot it.
and was active in ex• instrument to her, one of her own poems, "A has had many American and foreign patents for tory by the time you read this, had
which is the strongest in Palestine but not
This is the time to strike at any attempt gregations
tending
the influence of Reform
a curious Abie's Irish Rose twist
in this country.
to permit anti-Semitic propaganda in Judaism. He was at all times op- I Chant of Darkness," was used. As the words electrical devices, auto accessories and textile • McLarnin's ttaining camp doe-
appeared on the aluminum sheet, she traced them machinery.
As sympathizers with the Histadruth American colleges. Whenever such symp- posed to Zionism.
or was Dr. Abner Weissman,
with acutely sensitive fingers--detecting a semi-
co was
we nevertheless feel that the best protec- toms arise, it is the duty of the important
It is the hope of Mr. Naumburg that the Visa- chile Barney's camp medico
Jr.
John P. O'Connell . .
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available
In
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who once beat the Prince
Place
your
order
with
sour
local
book-
was
not
in
the
reproduction
of
the
machine,
but
it is receiving from the centrist party. To do everything that is possible to prevent &a ire 0 write the Oracle. rare ■4 The
and institutions all over the world, so that light 1 . ) , f Wales at golf, and who refused a
in the copy of the poem which had been used.
weaken the center in favor of the left will Nazism and Jew-hatred from gaining Detroit J ewish Chronicle.
may be brought to those who live in darkness.
andsome offer from the Daily

Reading of the Torah on Rosh Chodesh Sivan,
Sunday, June 2

harm both parties.

The White Book on Germany

ground.

( PLEASE TURN TO NEXT Parte

The Jewish Community Center

A German Jesus

A Revolution in Jewish Life

Youth Seeks an Escape
The American Jewish Committee's new
A Marginal Note
White Book, presenting the facts on anti-
Dr. Jonah B. Wise, one of the national
"What It Is Not" and "What It Is"
From the Series: Jewry Under a British King
Jewish legislation in Germany, is a timely chairmen of the United Jewish Appeal,
By EDMOND FLEG
-----
document which serves an excellent pur- which includes German-Jewish relief and
By LOUIS H. SOBEL
B y HAHAM
EDITOR'S NOTE: The writer of this
DR. MOSES CASTER
z.
remment Is one ef the outstanding men
Palestine reconstruction causes, in a re-
Executive Director, Jewish Community Center
of letters of Freese and • fervent
—___-----
At a time when too many have been port of his findings during his moat recent
Zionist.
EDITOR'S
Is the
second
levee
ender the NOTE:
reign Thls
of king
George
V. of • series of four articles on British
Them, article., been on the oconsIon
misled into believing that there is a let-up visit in Germany, suggested that there is
There are many people in the School, though we have the finest
of the Silver Jubilee of the British King, deserlbe
Ile champ
There have been priests in of Jewish life In England during the last quarter century. ,. an d developments
in the anti-Semitic policies of the Nazis, a possibility of solution for the unfortunate community who are still not teachers available in violin, piano
The fester.
Mini article.
next
week,
will
he
from
the
pen
of
Dr.
Nahom
sokolow. Thle
is Pre
aware
of
what
the
Jewish
Center
and 'cello.
Germany ready to attempt re- sented exclush ely In The Del ndt Jewish Chen/tick,
by special
-
this book comes as a blunt statement of German Jews.
is, and what it aims to do.
S. It is not merely a Mothers' conciliations between these two with the Seven Arts Featere s)ndicate and the Load. Jewish Poet. ammo... nt
fact and as a true evaluation of what is
The solution, according to Rabbi Wise, Through the courtesy of The De- Club, although we have 500 mem-
actually occurring in the land of Hitlerism. "is that the young and mobile must leave, troit Jewish Chronicle, I am tak- bers active in all our activities.
irreconcilables, Christianity and t he I have been asked to describe !subject to organization than they
What is especially commendable about and those who must remain must receive ing the liberty of telling you as 9. It is not merely an em- Nazism. They have constructed p changes which have taken , were 25 years ago. In those days,
not"
briefly
as
I
can
"what
is
in the Jewish community ; much of the work which is now
this publication is that it does not editor- the encouragement and help of the out- and "what is what" about the ployment bureau, although we specious pictures of an heroic lace
using the 25 years of the King's i pursued
by official bodies and in-
have placed over 200 young men
reign.
ialize, that it presents the facts and then side world in order that they do not be- Center.
Jesus,
fit
to
be
worshipped
by
!stitutions was left to the ha -
and women on jobs.
lets the reader judge for himself. That is come a diseased mass completely unable
ern, they are changes i hazard and on-coordinated efforts
What the Center I. Not
Germans,
a
Jesus
who
drove
w
10,. It is not merely
place
both
r o d f l yte Jewish Oute - I of individual
all that is necessary to influence public to defend themselves against the accusa-
vidua cl iteen ithfu es w ias tal .
1. It is not merely for poor for young people, although most the money-changers from the
areloyl and inwardl y,
Thus,
opinion. Once the facts are known, Ger- tions of their persecutors, for that would boys and girls who cannot afford of the people who do come are Temple and who, as they assert,
d to
saient ex-
in
England
has
been
revolution-
amples,
there is now an influen-
anything
else,
although
of
course
between the ages of 14 and 30, is in marked contrast to the ized,
many will stand condemned in the eyes of leave on the present history of the Jews
ready
to
help
all
poor
we
are
tial
social
and
friendly
organize-
boys
and
girls,
men
and
women.
Three
things
stand
out
all civilized beings.
gentle, sad and suffering figure
in my tion in
of the world a plague spot which cannot people who need our help.
the B'nai 1371th; the in-
What It Is
of history who is nothing but mind as especially indicative of struction of the young is largely
but infect all Israel now, and rise to tor-
2. It is not merely a place
the change which has been regulated
By this time you are raying, •
The Czech Hitler
ture our children, and our children's chil- for boys and girls who are liable "Well,
by a central authority
Jewish invention. They have wrought.
what is it?"
and guided by the work of a full-
Konrad Henlein has succeeded in mus- dren for generations."
to become "delinquent" and go
Firstly, the cleavage
is • place where everybody thrust this new conception on
It
between time dies or; there are now Jew-
we
"astray,"
although
of
course
the
younger
and
up
a
large
vote
for
his
Hitlerite
tering
in the community, regardless of their colt w
Compared with previous experiences in
and have
older generations ish secondary schools both for
ready to help all such young religious ideas (Orthodox, Con-
is far greater than it was, and of boys and
party in the recent Czechoslovakian elec- Jewish history, the mere proposal that the are
for girls; the synagogues
mei, and women who might profit servative, Reform), or even even led them to believe that quite a different crder. Twenty- have
but
his
triumph
may
prove
a
very
developed social services
tion,
a
young should emigrate and leave their from our guidance.
non-religious, can meet for any their old-time belief in a Sec- five ye rs ago the difference
was such as welfare centers and
useless one and the possibility remains elders behind suggests the most tragic
ond
3. It is not merely ■ place number of purposes.
Coming is made obsolete largely due to the normal diaper- guilds. There
is an official and
ity between youth
that the democratic forces will yet tri- imaginable situation. The exodus of youth for athletics, though we have one It is a Community Center in by the advent of Adolf Hitler. day,
and age. To- recognized London Jewish liospi-
it is a difference
not only in tal.
of
the
finest
gymnasiums
and
two
the
real
sense
of
the
word,
be-
umph.
has already begun, and with the consent hand ball courts among the best cause orga iutions of every kind
This Neo - Paganism results time, but in culture. alas.
In this sense, it can be said
Ceske Slovo of Prague, the official or- of the parents who are anxious to save in the city.
representing every social group. in a transmutation of all values.
The community is divided into that the community
is
or-
gan of Foreign Minister Eduard Benes, has their children's future many are seeking
4. It is not merely a place ing in the community come here Roman law is now abolished, two sections, not only by age, ganized than it was. At better
the same
but also by culture. The younger time, however,
already made it known that Henlein will refuge in other lands.
for dances, although we have some to meet and discuss their prob- since law itself is incarnate in generation
it
does
not
follow
are
products of Eng- that
and promote their programs.
not be received by any political personality
This is perhaps the most striking illus- very fine affairs of that kind lems
the person of the Fuehrer.
this progress of "rationali-
It is • place of activity, particu-
land, forms
and their
attitude life
towards nation" necessarily implies an in-
and will not be recognized by the govern- tration of heroism. Parents who are will- throughout the year.
of Jewish
main-
5. It is not merely a place larly for young people, including Presidents of tribunals are the the
a
creased interest in things Jewish.
ment. Thia is in itself a happy note in an ing to give up their children because their for young men and women to all of the things I have indicated IPLEASI TURN TO NEXT PAGE) tined by thecontempt
ir parents or
, The passime so it someG
difference,
is orebelf
unfortunate situation.
ne o' pea rs to on,, is a Passion n mes or-
future is so dark are the kind of heroes come and "lounge around," play above, athletics, arts and crafts,
lion. Their
interests and needs ganization rather than
But the fact that at the head of the who are making history. At the same cards, ping pong, pool, etc., al- dramatics, music, social activities,
for t he
seem to call for other answers,
though we have the very finest dancing, games and friendship, in munity to the extent that we can. and
causes to which this orgnizati
they have not been placed in is
Czechoslovakian government is one of the time, those who compel that Jews should kind
a
on
To the young people of Detroit
of equipment for that pus- its fullest sense.
applied.
We
have,
for
i
nstance,
world's most eminent liberals is the most rise to these heights of heroism increase pose.
It is • center for Jewish life in the Jewish Center extends an in- a position where they would be a
Society
for
Jewish
JurisOru-
all
ages
and
able to appreciate the true appli- dense, but do the
vitation to come and see its ac- cability
encouraging element of all in the Czecho- the magnitude of their brutality with
6. It is not merely an Art the community for
of ■ correctly
majority of the
tivities and see what is really
sexes.
understood Jewish members of the Dar take
slovakian situation. As long as Th omas which they are suppressing the human School, although we have one of both
It is all of these things and happening. I hope to see you Jewish tradition.
the
finest
of
its
kind
in
the
coun-
an active interest in it? We have
Instructio n of Yee•g
Masaryk's principles prevail, there is noth_ rights of a minority they have selected for try.
more, because we stand ready to personally at the Jewish Commu-
• Jewish Historical Society, but
Secondly, the activities of
persecution.
7. It is not merely a Music serve every individual in the com- nity Center.
lag to fear in Czechoslovakia.
the how infinitesimal is the proportion

community are today far more

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