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Sabbath Readings of the Torah

Pentateuchal portion—Num. 8:1-12:16
Prophetical portion—Zech. 2:14-4:7

June 21, 1935

Sivan 20, 5695

Anniversary of Sunrise Colony

The second anniversary celebration of
the Sunrise Cooperative Community is an
event not of local interest but of national
importance to the Jews of America.
The back-to-the-land problem as it af-
fects the Jew is one element in our eco-
nomic status which may tend consider-
ably to contribute towards the solution of
the Jewish economic problem through a
partial return to farm life.
Knowing the difficulties which the Sun-
rise group must face and realizing at the
same time the necessity that exists for
this most important agricultural enter-
prise, it is our sincere hope that the second
anniversary of this community will mark
the beginning of such great progress that
it will provide the community with the
security and happiness it strives for and
justly earns.
The Sunrise experiment is an effort
which, if it succeeds, as every decent per-
son must hope that it will, will be a mile-
stone in Jewish colonization and farming
enterprises in this country. Its success will
have nothing to equal it except the prog-
ress that is being achieved in Palestine
and in Soviet Russia.

Boycott and Discrimination

During the Allied Jewish Campaign
period an anonymous letter was received
by the Detroit Jewish Chronicle which,
with the name eliminated, reads:
"Mr. X is president of Z. Mr. X is a
leader in the Allied Jewish Campaign, and
he sells merchandise made in Germany.
A thoroughly fine Jewish citizen is Mr. X."
We regret that the anonymity of our
correspondent compels us to comment
upon this letter in these columns. We
should have preferred to discuss it with
him in person.
.The charges, however, warrant an an-
swer, and we feel that it should be given.
It is unfortunate that some Jews should
continue to sell merchandise made in Ger-
many. It is also unfortunate that there
are many misunderstandings on the boy-
cott question and that the possession of
German made goods by some merchants
from the period preceding the Hitler re-
gime still compels a number of stores to
carry over such stock.
But this much is also true—that while
some stores sell German made goods,
these very stores are just the ones
that do not discriminate against Jewish
employes and do not hide the few
Jewish girls and boys they employ in their
basement departments or stockrooms.
The issue raised is in itself an' unfor-
tunate one, but the truth of the matter is
that there are arguments on both sides of
the question, and these arguments must
be recognized before individuals are ac-
cused and communities made to suffer for
misunderstandings.
In the instance referredto by the anony-
mous correspondent, the charge is un-
justified and the community implication
a very regrettable one.

Jabotinsky's Secession

Vladimir Jabotinsky's call for "com-
plete secession" of his Revisionist Party
from the World Zionist Organization is
indicative of a tendency to destroy rather
than to build up a Jewish life in Palestine.
The ridiculous claim that the Zionist Or-
ganization does not represent all factions
is disproved by the desire of the dominant
group, the labor party, to form a coalition
executive which will include every branch
of the world movement. But even if this
were true, the way to remedy it is not by
destroying what has been built but by
remedying faults within the movement
through cooperation.
Nothing could possibly be more treason-
able than this new decision for "complete
secession." Not that the Revisionist Party
has at any time in the past few years made
contributions of value to the cause of Pal-
estine's reconstruction. As a matter of
fact, Revisionists have been only a hin-
drance. They have been the center of
disunity and of internal squabbling. They
refused to cooperate in fund-raising. In-
stead of filling Jewish National Fund
boxes with their free offerings they were
responsible for their destruction in Euro-
pean countries. And now they subscribe
to perfect treason by seceding from the
world movement altogether and by form-
ing a competing world organization.
The Revisionists have thus far been dig-
nified with too much attention by Zionists
of all parties. In spite of their constant
threats and their refusal to submit to dis-
cipline, they were given a hearing and
were pleaded with against secession. Their
most recent declarations occasioned sev-
eral appeals, including one by Dr. Selig
Brodetsky, urging reconsideration of their
decisions to leave the World Zionist Or-
ganization. But the time has arrived to
ignore this party, to refuse to dignify its
destructive tactics and to permit them to
seek oblivion in their own way.
Until now Zionists were sensitive on the
subject and were anxious to avoid making
martyrs of Revisionists. But that time has

passed and Revisionists can no longer
claim martyrdom. On the contrary, by i
completely ignoring them it is possible
that the Revisionists may be relegated to
their deserved position of insignificance.
The recent unfair Revisionist attack
upon Dr. Albert Einstein was published in
the Jewish press, including our columns,
out of a desire to be fair to Revisionism
and to avoid creating the martyrdom they
strive for. Dr. Einstein's appeal for social
justice, his condemnation of speculative
schemes which are encouraged by Revi-
sionist middle class settlers and his plea
for a higher social order in Palestine met
with abuse and with a tirade of threats.
Their secession from the Zionist organiza-
tion will automatically deprive them of the
right to call Dr. Einstein to a Court of
Honor, as threatened, but while it will be
impossible to put Revisionists to shame in
a public court, Zionist opinion should con-
demn them for their abuse of one of our
eminent Jews and for beclouding the issue
which was justly stated by the great
scientist.
The Revisionists stand condemned be-
fore the tribunal of Zionist public opinion
as destroyers of Jewish unity and as the
greatest obstaclA on the road to progress
in Palestine. Perhaps their secession should
be welcomed as good riddance.

The Zionist Election This Sunday

THE ORACLE

SUNRISE IN MICHIGAN

By CARL ALPERT

The tirade amens all queetlowe
of general Jrwleh interest. lineal.*
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Q.

Practicability of Collective Jewish Farming Efforts
Being Tested in Michigan Jewish Colony

it true that the Jewish
religion at one time required the
saying of a prayer before smoking?
—hi. H.
A. Since smoking was not intro-
duced into Europe until the six-
teenth century it was unknown to
traditional Judaism and no provis-
ions were made for it. In the mid-
dle of the seventeenth century a
rabbi, Beneveniste, engaged in a
learned discussion as to the neces-
sity of reciting a benediction be-
fore smoking. Ile declared in the
negative.
• • •
Q. is not Rabbi Stephen S. Wise
repudiating his stand of a few
years ago in calling for a world
congress of the Jews?—W. Y.
A. About 10 years ago a little
book was issued in answer to Dr.
Weizman. It was signed by Dr.
Stephen S. Wise, Julian W. Mack,
Nathan Strauss and others. It said
in part, "We completely repudiate
any suggestion of a common politi-
cal unity or even the most shadowy
political tie among the Jews of the
world ... We in America have an
exclusive political loyalty. That
loyalty is to the United States." It
is said, however, that the World
Jewish Congress, as a non-political
organization, is not incompatible
with this statement.
• • •
Q. When was Avukah founded?
—S. P.
A, Avukah traces its origin to
the Harvard Zionist Society which
met at Washington, D. C., in 1925
with a group of some 60 men and
women, representing 22 schools to
attsn
way's
'satawnd means of eyse
esta
tua b-
1
lishing
national
organization.

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By PHILIP SLOMOVITZ

colony is preparing to celebrate its second anniversary at the end of this month.

It is estimated that there are approxi-
mately 140,000 qualified voters for the
Zionist Congress delegates from this coun-
try.
This large group of men and women
possessing the Zionist franchise presents
a challenge which is as important as the
contest that is being carried on between
the various Zionist factions at this time.
It will be interesting to know whether
those having the right to vote this Sunday
will utilize their privileges, or whether an I
outing or a sun bath will be more impor-
• •
tant to them.
I O. What is the Ilabdalah Serv-
ice?—R.
II.
A.
The imperativeness of casting a ballot
A. Ilabdalah represents the "di-
at this time is naturally emphasized by the
of the Sabbath from the
conflict to which reference has already vision"
days of the week, and thanks the
been made on several occasions and which Creator for His setting apart the
continues to be the subject of an interest- Sabbath as a (lay of rest from the
mg discussion between the gentlemen of weekly routine, for dividing light
from darkness and forseparating
the left and the spokesmen for the center I the
sacred from the secular end
parties.
ordinary.
• • •
The views expressed in our columns by ,
Q. Is there a character by the
Leon Kay, Judge Rubiner, Simon Shetzer
es,of H oni in any Jewish le-
and others adequately described the im- I g n e am
nd
. L .
portance of securing a large vote for
A. Horn is the name given to
Ticket No. 1 representing the Center Party Onias Ha-Me'Aggel, the Jewish
in Zionism. We feel that they outweigh counterpart of Rip Van Winkle.
by far the arguments of the spokesmen He was known as a pious scholar
a miracle worker. His name,
for the Labor Party who unfortunately and
lia-Me'Aggel, means the drawer of
have not told their complete story. What circles, and originated in the fact
the Labor leaders claimed for their group that he would draw a large circle
is so applicable to the Zionist Center that stand in it, and pray to God. Le-
has it that he slept for 70
it is fair to presume that the party repre- gend
years and when he awoke no one
Rented by Ticket No. 1, thanks to whose I recognized him, of course.
• • •
efforts the Labor triumphs are practically I
attributable, should be given major power 1 Q. What have been early Hebrew
c
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nterbuon
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to
the science of med-
at the next World Zionist Congress. The .
statement just issued by Morris Rothen-
A:Some of the greatest contri-
berg, president of the Zionist Organiza- butions to the science of medicine
tion of America, is particularly descriptive 1 as found in the Bible are isolation
disease, regulated sex relations,
of the importance of giving victory to lin
tuilosnp e.C .Iflp e otafoo ad , . a a nd da te
h Institu t-
Ticket No. 1. We quote from
Mr. !,
r. Roth-
I
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y of res .
enberg's statement:

The present World Zionist situation re-
quires above all things a program of action
based on a policy of a unified leadership
unhampered by party differences and inter-
group dissensions.
The fundamental differences between the
General Zionist Ticket No. 1 and the tickets
of the other parties such as Labor and the
Mizrachi, can best be summed up by the
phrase that has become the slogan of the
Zionist Organization of America, Hadassah
and the Order Sons of Zion in their joint ef-
fort to elect the General Zionist majority dele-
gation to the World Congress. That phrase is
"Palestine Above Parties."
General Zionism represents an unshakeable
allegiance to the Basle Program which brooks
no detour from the basic principles of the
movement to rebuild Palestine as the Jewish
National Home. We do not challenge the
sincerity of those Zionists who are affiliated
with special labelled parties. But it is a
well-known fact and one that will be admitted
generally that party Zionism in its very nature
involves separatist loyalties that sooner or
later must break out into open conflict. Party
Zionism means dual allegiances which result
in obscuring of a Palestine serving the entire
Jewish people and a dissipation of enegries
in disputes that have only incidental relevance
to the main spring of Zionist effort.
While General Zionism is an all-embracing
outlook which reeks to establish a homeland
on the broadest principles of social justice and
the greatest good for the greatest number,
and while the American General Zionists have
a warm sympathy with labor in its struggle
to maintain decent standards of living and
to safeguard the principle of Jewish labor
in the upbuilding of the National Home, at
the same time it refuses to subordinate itself
to party interests. General Zionism at all
times places the emphasis on the central aim
of Zionist aspirations: the upbuilding of Pal-
estine for every element in Jewish life seeking
salvation from the abnormalities of the Golus.
A vote for Ticket •No. 1 constitutes an
endorsement of these fundamental principles
and gives an assurance that they will be
carried out in the practical work in Palestine.
Manifestations of difference of opinion are
wholesome attributes of a living and pro-
gressive Zionist Organization. But so soon
as any one group attains a position of dom-
inance over all other groups the perspective
becomes blurred and the entire movement is
dislocated out of focus in relation to the true
objectives of Zionist endeavor.
Particularly at this time, when the move-
ment is torn by dissension and the need for
unified action is no urgent, must the General
Zionists be victorious in the Congress elec-
tions. The interests of wholesome develop-
ment of Palestinian life demand that no one
party achieve a position of monopoly in the
affairs of ,Palestine that will only result in
beclouding the aims and purposes of the
founders of the Zionist movement.
General Zionism, as represented by Ticket
No. 1, stands for • program of upbuilding
that seeks to allocate to all classes and all
interests within Palestine their just place in
an economic and social system based on the
highest principles of social justice and the
traditional ideals of the Jewish people.

This statement, together with the views
expressed by local leaders in our columns,
to our mind present a powerful case in
favor of Ticket No. I, and we once again
strongly urge the Zionist shekel holders
in Detroit: First, to be sure to cast their
ballots this Sunday; then, to make certain
that their votet is to Ticket No. 1.

History of Palestine Colony in Michigan

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eral score of additional families and individuals
have indicated their readiness to join the colony.
A desire to get away from the large cities, their
trials and tribulations; an urge for the farm and
the hope of acquiring a certain amount of secur-
ity in life for themselves and their children, is
acting as a powerful lure for the new applicants.

But the new petitioners for admission to the
newly built haven from individualism find it
rather difficult to secure admission to the fold
of collectivism. The present colonists are care-
ful; they have proclaimed a desire to select
their associates, and to guarantee that those
who come are either well suited for the life of
hardihood or are trained in advance either
mechanically or agriculturally for the life of
farmers. Furthermore, experience has taught
the Sunrise colonists to guard against despair
and disillusionment—and enough of dissatisfac-
tion has crept into the ranks of the Jewish farm-
ers to stamp their devotion as all the more ad-
mirable because of the storms they are weather-
ing and because of the determination of the
idealists in their midst that nothing should be
permitted to disrupt their lives and to destroy
the achievements which resulted from the first
two years of struggle by the sturdy groups of
pioneers who chartered the enterprise.

The Colony's Growth

Insofar as the State of Michigan and the
United States Postoffice are concerned, the Sun-
rise Co-Operative Farm Community is really the
Village of Alicia, Mich. Except for about 30
non-Jews, this is an all-Jewish community in the
sense that all members of the colony were born
Jews. The majority of the colonists, however,
would object to having the community labeled
as "Jewish." This is a radical group whose
leaders take pains to warn every one who in-
tends to join its ranks that no religious rites

Until now, the numerous colonization proj-
ects in Michigan have suffered the same tragic
fate as the earlier co-operative farming enter-
prises in this country.
The most interesting co-operative farming
project launched by Jews in Michigan until the
organization of the Sunrise Co-Operative Farm
Community was the effort to establish the Pales-
tine Colony in Michigan. In 1891, a group of
Russian Jews living in Bay City, together with a
German Jew from Detroit, organized this colony
at Bad Axe, Mich. The story of this interesting
venture is one of hardship, disappointment and
failure. Were it not for the help extended
by a group of Detroit Jews, and the interest
taken in the movement by Martin Butzel, prom-
inent Detroit merchant and philanthropist, the
colony could not hove carried on even for the
few brief years of its existence.
Compared with previous co-operative farm-
ing projects sponsored by Jews in this country,
the collective colonization scheme of the Sunrise
Community must command the greatest interest,
by non-Jews as well as by Jews, because the
effort is sponsored on such a large scale, and be-
cause it embraces the largest individual group
ever *moiled in a single back-to-the-land move-
ment.

Today there are about GO buildings in the
colony. The old shanties have been remodeled,
a new dairy has been built and is the pride of
the colonists. In addition to the improved black-
smith shop, there are woodwork, tinsmith and
harness shops; a creamery and buildings for the
storaging of food.

Careful in Selecting New Settlers
At the present time, the Sunrise Colony,
located on a 10,000-acre plot of ground known
as the Prairie Farm, numbers among its collec-
tivist farmers 97 families composed of 300 men,
women and children. In addition to these, sev.

To make the colony a genuine collective
settlement, it was natural that the group should
create a shoe repairing shop for the repairing
of the footwear of the men and women and
children in the colony; a community barber shop,
a machine shop for general repair work, a

are observed, that Sunday and not Saturday is
the day of rest, that not one of the Jewish holi-
days nor a single Jewish tradition is honored,
As a matter of fact, less than half a dozen col-
onists abstained from work last Yom Kippur Day.
When the Jewish colonists first settled in
Alicia, on the territory known as Prairie Farm,

there were 35 shanties hardly suitable for oc-
cupancy; 11 large barns, two tool sheds, two
silos, a peppermint distillery, a large pump sta-
tion, a grain elevator, three pumps electrically
outfitted, a garage, a blacksmith shop, a gasoline
station with four large storage tanks.

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ARE STRIKES JUSTIFIED IN THE
INTEREST OF JEWISH EDUCATION?

This and Other Aspects of Jewish Education Discussed in
Current Issue of Jewish Education Magazine

Are Jewish teachers justified
in staging strikes in order to
direct attention to the lack of
understanding on the part of the
Jewish leadership to their obliga-
tion to Jewish education?
Are the Federations of Jewish
Charities and the Jewish Com-
munity Chests throughout the
land relegating their responsibil-
ity for the religious and cultural
development of the Jewish child
to a second or a third place in
their program?

Is there discrimination against
Jewish education in the deter-
mination of community budgets?
These and similar questions
are discussed in the June issue
of Jewish Education, official pub-
lication of the National Council
for Jewish Education.
In an editorial entitled "Jew-
ish Education Appeals to Public
Opinion." the editor of the maga-
zine, Ben Rosen, reviews the
recent one-day stoppage in the
Hebrew Schools of Greater New
York, and calls attention to the
curtailed appropriation for Jew-
ish education by the Federation
of Jewish Charities in Philadel.
phis where it is pointed out that
since 1930 each year showed a
decrease in the allotment for
Jewish education, so that today
Jewish educational agencies are
receiving one-half of their pre-
vious allotments from the Federa-
tion. "With the increasing in-
terest that the government is tak-
ing in the care of citizens suffer-
ing from various physical disa-
bilities as • result of the economic
maladjustments." the editorial
states, we feel, together with
many outstanding Jewish leaders
in the country, that at this time
in particular Jewish Federations
should- shift the emphasis.in their
work to those activities that are
distinctly Jewish."

"The educational program "
the editorial continues, "must oc-
cupy a position of primacy and
not be put merely on a parity
with the Federation's other ac-
tivities."

This issue also contains a
"Comprehensive Study of He-
brew Teachers' Training Schools
in the United States," by Leo L.
Honor, executive director, Board
of Jewish Education, and direc-
tor, College of Jewish Studies,
Chicago. In this article Mr.
Honor reviews briefly the history
of Hebrew Teachers' Training
Schools in America, stressing the
requirements for the admission,
the courses of study, and various

other aspects of the subject.
Dr. Ariel L. Eisenberg, prin-
cipal of the East Midwood Jewish
Center, Brooklyn, N. Y., contrib-
utes "A Study of 4473 Pupils
Who Left Hebrew School in 1932-

•

Other articles include: "'The
Hebrew Sunday School Society of
Philadelphia," by Annette Temin,
president of the Hebrew Sunday
School Society of Philadelphia;
"Survey of Jewish Education in
St. Paul," by Morris Leibman;
"Aims of Teaching Jewish Com-
munity Life," by Ben M. Edidin;
"The Method of Aggregation and
the Method of Segregation in the
learning of Hebrew," by Morris
Arzt; "Doctoral Dissertations and
Masters' Theses on Jewish Edu-
cation," by Mordecai Soltes; Com-
ments on Books and Writings, and
Educational Notes.

Hero of Manhattan

By MARTHA NEUMARK

(Popyright. 1835, ti A. P. S,

Julius Alexander is the teas
of the town--the Jewish town
that is! Already his brawny
arms, his majestic height and
his glittering eyes have become
lege n d a r y, as Manhattan's
Jewry basks in the reflected
glow of his heroism. The 32-
year-old machinist from the
Bronx has taken on the his-
toric proportions of David of
old who, all by himself, van-
quished the mighty bully Go-
liath.

It all happened because he
guided his car one night
through 86th Street — in the
most virulently Nazi hotbed in
America. A few blocks back
he had stopped his car to make
a repair. A Nazi hoodlum
jeered "you dirty Jew." His
blood boiled, but he let that
pass. Again his car stopped,
but this time in front of
Inscribed on the Statue of Liberty
Kreutzer Hall on East 86th
in New York Harbor
Street. Right above his head
By EMMA LAZARUS
was a large signboard: "Gen-
tiles, Organize: Unite and Fight
Not like the brazen giant of Greek
Jewish Talmudic Gangsterism."
fame,
With conquering limbs astride ; Getting himself several sticks
and a tin can, Alexander made
from land to land,
Here at our sea-washed, sunset himself an impromptu wreck-
gates shall stand
ing bar to tear down the of-
A mighty woman with a torch,
fensive sign. lie tugged and
whose flam e'
la imprisoned lightning, and. her ! strained, while Nazis hanging
name
out of the upstairs window
Mother of Exiles. From the ;soured water and refuse on the
Beacon hand
gallant Jew. With a crash the
Glows world-wide welcome, her
sign fell.
mild eyes command
The air-bridged harbor that twin.
The Nazis of the neighbor-
cities frame.
"Keep, ancient lands, your storied hood surrounded Alexander
with menacing looks and fists.
pomp!" cries she
With silent lips. "Give me your Alexander was not the one to
tired, your poor,
quad. He pushed his fists into
Your huddled masses, yearning to
big lumps, took a fighting
be free;
stance and prepared for all
Tb e wretched refuse of your
-teeming shore-
corners. The police arrived
Se nd these, the homeless, to
and he was taken to court on
est-tossed to me—
,
a disorderly conduct charge
lift my lamp beside the got den
preferred by Raymond J.
door!"
Healey, 22-year-old braggart
editor of Healey's Irish Week-
WHO CAN FEAR SIN?

"The New Colossus"

y, leader of the self-styled Na-

A

man devoid of sense can ne'er t ional Socialist Workers' Party

fear sin.

Nor can one ignorant e'er pious be,
Nor doth • shamefaced man e'er

learn the "din"
Nor can the passionate e'er schol-
ars be.

of America.

The case came up in Night
Court before Magistrate Louis
B. Brodsky. Any other Jew

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Tidbits from Everywhere

By PHINEAS J. BIRON

(ColUright, till, by 8 nrai

EDITOR'S NOTE : The following article is reprinted, with some additional data,
from a recent issue of the B'nai B'rith Magazine.
Both the article and accompany
ins photographs are published here through the courtesy of the editors of the B'nai
B'rith Magazine. This article is of particular interest at this time, when the Sunrise

In the village of Alicia, Michigan, 12 miles
south of Saginaw, 35 miles from Flint and 95
miles northwest of Detroit, a great experiment
is being tried the result of which may either
mean the beginning of a large-scale Jewish co-
operative farm movement, or it may spell the
doom of collectivism by Jews in this country for
a long time to come.
It is impossible to view the activities of the
Sunrise Co-Operative Farm Community without
taking into consideration past experiences in
Jewish back-to-the-soil enterprises. Thus far,
the story of Jewish colonization in America pre-
sents an uniformly unfavorable picture. Jewish
farming movements in this country are too nu-
merous to be listed, but invariably it was only
the individual Jewish farmer who succeeded.
Gabriel Davidson, manager of the Jewish
Agricultural Society which was organized with
money supplied by the Baron Maurice de Hirsch
Fund, is authority for the recent statement that
as a result of the wave of Russian pogroms in
1881, and the influx of Jews in this country,
"no less than 16 colonization projects were un-
dertaken within the space of a few years in
Louisiana, Arkansas, Kansas, Dakota, Colorado,
Oregon and New Jersey. With the exception
of those in Southern New Jersey, colonies were
shortlived." Mr. Davidson added that the New
Jersey colonies escaped the common fate be-
cause of their nearness to New York and Phila-
delphia.

Strictly
Confidential

ZIONIST FRONT
Latest newel from the Ameri-
can front foreshadows the possi-
bility of an agreement between
the various parties on the bask
of an enlarged mass Palestine or-
ganization to be headed by a
commission consisting of some of
the foremost Jewish leaders in
this country Morris Rothen-
berg, in a recent speech deliv-
ered at Atlanta, implied that he
would be in favor of such a plan
which has the !slicking of prac-
tically every outstanding mem-
ber of the Zionist administration.
. . It is said that. Nathan Strau
Jr. is ready and willing to help
in the responsibilities of Zionist
affairs after the Atlantic City
convention. . . . The vote for
delegates to the World Zionist
Congress is revealing the amaz-
ing strength of the Palestine La.
bor movement in this country.
Its ticket has rolled up a shekel
total of over 35,000 at the time
this is written. , . . This is a
new high and surpasses the shekel
total of the Zionist Organization.
. . . "Ile who buys a shekel is a
traitor who helps to build a Bol.
shevist Palestine" ... This slogan
is being broadcast by the Revi.
sionists throughout Europe.

LEVINIA

The death of Shmarya Levin
has touched American Jewry
more than any individual loss
during the last few years. . .
Levin had many personal friends
in this country. . . , Even those
who sunk tens of thousand of
dollars in Levin's Dvir Publish-
ing with the hope of profits, which
I were never realized, are mourn-
'ng. . . , Levin died a poor Man.
. . The house which he owned
in Tel Aviv was sold two years
ago.. .. It is interesting that the
three volumes of his autobiogra-
phy, brought out in this country
by Harcourt, Brace & Co., are
i sold out. . • . But the author
never made a cent from this rela-
itive success. . Ile insisted that
the royalties he used for the
preparation of the succeeding
volumes which are all ready for
print. . . • Harcourt, Brace Co.
is ready to sell the plates of the
first three volumes and whatever
rights they have for the sniall
suns of $500. . • Here is
a tine
opportunity for
some public-
spirited Zionists—and why not
the Zionist Organization itself—
to take over the plates and issue
a memorial edition, adding to it
the last volume which is ready
to be published.
NAZISM
A German-Jewish refugee died
recently at Dr. Danzinger's clinic
in Palestine. . . . lie was 36
years old and had a bank ac-
count of 12,000,000 marks to his
credit. . , . His will stipulated
that his body be shipped back to
his "dear German fatherland".
• . . This was done at the cost
of 10,000 marks
Holland has
a Nazi leader all its own by the
name of Mussert. . . . He is the
head of the National Solidaristen
and his idol is not Hitler but
Goebbels. .. , We are told that
Mussert visits Goebbels at least
once a month to get from him

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Luxemburg Releases Historic Stamp
Issue in Aid of Germany's Refugees

Grand Duchy Makes Important Agreement with Associa-
tion for Aid to Intellectual Refugees from the
Reich

Luxemburg, land of royalty
tion and was a weak, oppressed
and colorful postage stamps, has
province before it was designated
again set a philatelic precedent. a neutral territory and its inde-
It has issued a set of stamps no- pendence guaranteed
by
the
reaty of London, May 11, 1667.
table not only for their beauty, The Grand Duchy has had
to
but for their unusual historic
struggle for existence, both so-
value. The issue represents the •
first h umane usage of postal cia y and economically. It was
stickers.
assured economic security when if
made a financial union with Bel-
The
The issue-15 large, colorful
stamps—holds promise of becom- giant several years ago and has
a wise investment for phila- since prospered in a small degree.
as w e i i a s sIgtsu' atroetam
l is ter sea oirs aonly t a2b0o 0u tag] u,Oati
s and dealers,

adding a much needed bit of col- miles less than the State of
or to the drab pages of modern Rhode Island.
Continentals. The stamps were
its stam ps hav e always
created not only for their nor-
been
well received by collectors, as
mal
use but men
as a —
means
whereby
professional
doctors,
law- never since it launched upon a
yers, professors, a rchitects-- es- postal career has it issued "an
, could
e helped
to who
are refugees
from
the Hitler
g oy- unwanted issue." Its stamps have

tablish themselves in other lands. ground and have never found
In addition to the face value always
had
a legitimate
their way
into
the wrong back-
than
of the set, $i.97, an additional tees.
$1.97 has been added to the cost
Advanced philatelists k n o w
of the stamps. There is no place that
ne the stamps are a real invest-
in the world where they can e b went. Few if any of the previ-
bought for less than double their ously issued sets have been rated
f
th e cheaper varieties. Rathei.
ue. The Grand Duchy
has so decreed in its agreement most of them are catalogued
with the International AssoCias among the semi-rare issues of
tion for Aid to Intellectual Refu- the century, since supplies are
gees which has its headquarters always limited.
in Geneva. An interesting point concern-
new
In the United States the A - ing this is brought out in the
s
sociation
is being aided by many professional refugee set. All of
the
sets•unsold
by
•
dale
to
be
prominent citizens and organiza-
dkannogoem, twhiat thinana ineray shwoiri tl
tions led by the National Coor-
twhlellirbewda eystirnoty.edr.
dinating Committee
i
to also
be destroyed an yd v the
rere fs
Refugees and Emigrants Coming
l
mitatIdee
from Germany, a group formed find
to
eP
ta
la
iltee
chsa.nil -
to assist James G. McDonald, nets

League of Nations High Commis- Clubs all over the country are
stoner for Refugees, in this coon-
taking up the cry "Add the new
try. The exclusive sales agency Luxembur
in
g net to your collecti ,
this country has been under- and p
rofit doubly. Firstly by fill -
taken by the stamp department in
of
g your album wi h attract i,
Gimbel Brothers department stamps, and secondly
store in New York City.
by mak
making
a sound investment"
All of the funds above the face
.,
Another
ne
could
be
11
50
-
add-
value of the stamps realized from ed to that: line
sate, will be given CoL
"And help relieve A
uz em
rg sorrow."
lot of unnecessary miser)! sr -1
to the association to provide re-
lief for professional men seeking
a haven outside of Germany,
The
association is assured of fully Roosevelt to Accept Luxemburg
Stamp. for Refugee Relief
half the money received, aince WASHINGTON, D. C. (WNS)
Gimbel's is handling the gales at —President Roosevelt will dem-
its own expense andwi
th out
charge.
h aissp
cce sympathy
ytmin
and
Lg fyrom for j am
interest in
Following • definite
theme in m"antr y ate b y the refugees from_ Get -
the design of the issue, each ad- G. MacDonald,
hesive pictures
eague of :Ca-
a member of • tions High
profession. Doctors,
Commissioner for e
lawyers, Sr .
pg
oe
s
esie
ti
a
s
bu
lom
ckp.ofi.thu
chitects, journalists, professors issue of u
and chemists are represented on the Duchy of Luxemburg eedrel7v
to aid
stamps of the set
the '
Luxemburg has always been a Naziland. e t ual ref ugee s from
The President. • noted
defender of the weak
and op. philatelist,
will
receive the stamps
pressed, since it is • small na- at the White
House.

