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Sound advice is given the German gov-
ernment by an editorial writer for the New
York Times who advises the scrapping of
the liner Albert Bailin, if the Nazis are so
fearful of the name of the great Jewish
shipping magnate, the late Albert Bailin,
who committed suicide when the war was
lost by Germany. The Times' editorial
reads:
Subscription, in Advance..--....--...13.00 Pee Year
Imr• publicatioa, all eorneponduc• and news gutter
each week.
resat this effIce by Tuesday evening of
the Mee mar.
kindly 0.• one side
When wallop
When
correspondence as sot:
Detroit Jewish Mould. In
Meta et interest athe Jewish tomtit, bat disclaims reepouti-
Why foe an indonem•nt of the sieve •rpreend by lb* writer.
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Sabbath Readings of the Law
Pentateuchal portion—Gen. 6:9-11:32.
Prophetical portion—Is. 54:1-55:5,
November 1, 1935
Heshvan 5, 5696
The Balfour Anniversary
Eighteen years after the issuing of the
Balfour Declaration, Jewry at last finds
itself in almost unanimous agreement that
the upbuilding of Palestine is a major—
Zionists are delighted to know that they
were right in demanding that it be recog•
nized as THE major—project in Jewish
planning as a people.
Since Nov. 2, 1917, approximately 300,-
000 Jews have settled in Palestine. Having
come from lands of oppression, with a neg-
ligible exception, this number may be said
to have been saved physically and moral-
ly, not to speak of their spiritual upbuild-
ing, for Jewry and the world at large.
We recognize, of course, that there is a
Jewish minority which continues to op-
pose the Zionist cause and to whom the
Jewish national effort is anathema. The
handful of Communists are irreconcilables
about whose position we are very little, if
at all worried. This small group has not
been constructive; in fact, it is a destruc-
tive element. Another group which re-
mains staunchly anti-Zionist is the rabidly
assimilationist element for whom even the
German lesson has not been sufficient.
This group is to be pitied. It is an un-
happy lot which refuses to be at home
with Jews and is seldom welcomed by
non-Jews. If only they would recognize
that they could find happiness in being
humanly natural and genuinely Jewish!
They refuse to be themselves, and •they
believe that they fool the world. History
has provided the answer as to whether
non-Jews will ever look upon this ele-
ment as anything else but Jewish, whether
it wants to be recognized as such or not.
Much has been said about Jewish
achievements in Palestine. It certainly
is not chauvinism to take pride in such
accomplishments. After all, we have sent
to Palestine a great many people who were
on the verge of being broken spiritually
and physically by the presecutions of a
hostile world. Palestine gave them new
life, new hope. It created a constructive
Jewry and gave our people new stature.
Balfour Day thus becomes a day of re-
joicing, and Jewry recalls with a sense of
affection the name of the man that is at-
tached to the historic declaration which
marked the beginning of a new—perhaps
the greatest—epoch in Jewish history.
It is fitting that Jews everywhere should
celebrate this day. Even if it is with a ball
—as in the case of the local celebration
which at the same time provides funds
for carrying on Zionist work here—the
Balfour Day should be remembered. What
has already been wrought in Palestine
warrants the setting aside of this anni-
versary day as one of the very great holi-
days for Jewry everywhere.
Reproduction In part or whole forbid.
den, without permlionon of the Seven
Arts Feature Syndicate, Copyrightera of
this feature.
TRIBUTE TO A JEWISH
GENIUS
Hitler and his pals in Berlin
must have gnashed their teeth,
It is reported from Berlin that the Ilam-
cursed,
acted burned up and done
burg-American liner Albert Bailin has been
all the things that villains do when
renamed the Hansa. The reason for the change
they read that a Jewish exile
is that the late Albert Bailin, after whom the
from Germany was singled out
ship was named, had the misfortune to be a
for what most folks said was the
Jew, though he wag an intimate friend of Wil-
greatest tribute ever paid to a
liam II and one of the chief creators of the
genius in Hollywood. All South-
German merchant marine.
ern California, not only Holly-
But will any truly devout Nazi be con-
wood, is still talking about the
tented with a mere act of rechristening?
tremendous tribute paid to Max
Suppose the late Albert Bailin were now alive
Reinhardt at the Pacific Coast
and wanted to divest himself of Jewish alleg-
premiere of his latest masterpiece,
iance, No act of baptism could bring that
"A Midsummer Night's Dream."
about by Nazi teaching. The racial taint was
Warner Brothers Studios also
in the man, and there was no way of removing
shared in the enthusiastic acclaim
it So it. ought to be with a ship called Al-
that greeted this epoch-making
bert Bailin. It was brought into being by Jew-
event in the motion picture indus-
ish energy and resourcefulness, and a loyal
try. On the night of the pre-
follower of the swastika must find the soles
miere, police reserves had to be
of his feet burn in treading the decks of the
called to handle the thousands of
non-Aryan vessel.
people who gathered for blocks in
The only thing to do with the non-Ger-
front of the theater awaiting a
manic Albert Bailin is to sell her for scrap
glimpse of the hundreds of celeb-
iron to the Italians and the Japanese. The
rities, stars of the stage and
proceeds may be used for good Nazi pur-
screen and radio, educators, bank-
poses because gold, as the Emperor Vespasian
ers, scholars, literary lights, pro-
discovered long ago, Is always in good odor.
fessional leaders, members of the
400 set, civic officials from every
If the Germans believe that they are city on the Pacific Coast, the
fooling the world by their tactics, let them greatest of the great in Holly-
read editorial expressions of a like sort wood—who turned out to honor
Jewish exile from what was
in the press of free countries. No, Hitler a once
a noted land of culture.
and his cohorts are fooling no one—not
Reinhardt's stay in Hollywood
even through the medium of Americans will be only a matter of a few
who are lavishly entertained in Berlin to days, however, as he is returning
bring back flattering reports about the to New York to begin work on a
magnificent stage pageant, "The
Nazis.
Road of Promise," a Biblical play
by Franz Werfel, to be produced
by Meyer W. Weisgal at the Man-
hattan Opera House late in De-
cember with a cast of 600. He
Must Jews remain silent in the face of will return here in January to
beastly persecutions of their kinsmen in begin his second film undertaking
for Warner Brothers.
foreign countries?
THEY JEWISH?
This question presents itself from time ARE
Bernard Postal writes from New
to time, especially in instances of Nazis York to tell us he is informed
appearing before Jewish judges, as was that we are wrong in reporting
the case in New York recently; or as in that Joe Penner and Cecil De
are of our faith. Well, we
the instance of the Nazi propagandists who Mille
say they are on information from
invaded the Jewish garment section in authentic Bourses. Joe Penner's
New York a few days ago to advertise an own publicity writer and the au-
thor of his biography at Para-
anti-Semitic meeting.
Studios says Penner is a
In this country, Jews who resent insults mount
Hungarian Jew, his real name is
on the part of Nazis are at least assured Joe Pinter and he is a former
fair trial. But in Poland it is tragic. Tkere resident and automobile plant
the government recently assumed to de- worker of Detroit. Jack Cooper ,
fine Jewish boy who, until a
fend Hitler by meting out an eight-month a couple
of weeks ago wrote the
sentence against a Jewish merchant who publicity for DeMille's pictures ,
refused to deal in German goods. The New tells us that both Penner and the
York Times, in an editorial note entitled are director are listed as Jewish
the studio personnel list. The
"Poland Defends Hitler," commented on on
Paramount publicity writer who
this incident as follows:
wrote DeMille's biography states
that DeMille is one quarter Jew-
Friendship between Poland and Germany,
ish on his mother's side. She was
like friendship between any two nations, is
Mathilde Beatrice Samuel, an
■ welcome contribution to the peace of the
Englishwoman, who was related
world. But now end then it does seem as if the
to Sir Herbert Samuel. Cecil's
very recent affection for Germany in Polish
father was of French and Dutch
hearts burns with an ardor truly surprising.
ancestry. Cecil was born at Ash-
It is so in the case of Nahum Halberstadt, •
field, Mass., in 1881. The family
Jewish dealer in chemical goods who has been
home was in Washington, D. C.
condemned by • Warsaw court to eight
Later the DeMilles moved to
months in prison for uttering "an insult to the
North Carolina and then to Pomp-
head of a State friendly to Poland."
ton Lakes, N. J.
Halberstadt's crime consisted in return.
ABILITY RECOGNIZED
ing unopened • letter from ■ German firm
When Carl Laemmle, president
soliciting orders and writing o n the envelope
of Universal Pictures, announced
that as long as Hitler and his gang were in
Censorship vs. Truth
In two states—Ohio and Illinois—cen-
sors have deleted portions of the current
edition of the March of Time which de-
picts the upbuilding of Palestine by Jews.
In Chicago, the reason given for the
deletions is that riot scenes are shunned
because they may incite to riots. In Ohio,
the state director of education explained
that the gruesome scenes "might stir up
bitter class feelings between Germans and
Jews."
The fact of the matter is, as the editors
of March of Time explained, that the
scenes referred to as gruesome present the
background for the rapid strides made in
Palestine's reconstruction. The statement
to which exception was especially taken
by the censors is the one in which the
editors say: "Hitler has wrought more
evil on the Jews than any man in his
generation." This being a self-evident
truth, it is clear that the battle is be-
tween censorship and truth. In this in-
stance, censorship stepped in to help Hit-
lerism and to suppress truth.
A General Threatens Us
Brig. Gen. Charles II. Sherrill insists
that he is a "pro-Jewish American." Nev-
ertheless he has seen fit to "warn" us that
if we insist on prosecuting the movement
for Americans to boycott the Olympics
that we will merely bring anti-Semitism to
these shores.
We hope that we are wrong in inter-
preting this "warning" as a "threat." But
this eminent sportsman, returning from
Germany with a defense of the Nazis,
compels us to doubt what he terms friend-
ship when he continually speaks of Jews
"over-playing their cards" in the United
States, and then goes on to make compari-
sons by stating that Jews in Germany
also over-played their cards when they
"held a disproportionate number of high
positions in the bar and judiciary."
This is not friendship but incitement to
trouble. It is justification of the meanest
acts of the Hitler regime and is a defense
cf race prejudice. General Sherrill fools
no one. Unbiased Americans will know
value such expressions of pro-
"WE COME TO A GHETTO"
By LOUIS PEKARSKY
A Natural Outburst
power no decent man should have dealings
with Germany. This is undeniably an insult to
the head of a foreign power. What the Polish
court refused to consider is that it was, in the
first place, a manly and natural outburst on
the part of • Jew living so close to Naziland.
At the same time a scrawled memorandum on
an envelope was hardly calculated to foment
anti-Hitler disturbances either in Poland or
Germany. Nahum Halberstadt's feelings were
such that Is is a good bet his compliment to
Hitler was scribbled in such haste as to be un.
decipherable except after close study.
Heads of state at different times have
been grossly insulted by aerie foreign-pros
writers and comic artists, but • sentence of
eight months is something unheard of in
such cases.
The New York Times put it well when
it stated that it was "a manly and natural
outburst" on the part of Nahum Halber-
stadt to resent indignities against his peo-
ple. This Jewish merchant now occupies
a place among the Jewish heroes of our
day, and his martyrdom should serve not
to discourage, but rather to encourage
rebellion against bigotry. For if we yield
we merely encourage the proscribing of
our human rights to protest against per-
secution.
An Ill-Timed Statement
It is to the credit of the American Jew-
ish Congress that it did not lend its name
to those of three other national movements
over the signatures of whose presidents
or chairmen appeared the declaration re-
pudiating a Communist-Jewish alliance.
Had this statement appeared immedi-
ately after the address by Adolf Hitler
before the recent Nuremberg Reichstag
meeting, there might have been some ex-
cuse for it as an intended repudiation of
Nazi anti-Semitism. But its publication at
this time, when Nazis make no distinctions
between Jews of any party or class, when
the Jewish capitalist is as much anathema
to them as the Jewish worker, makes this
declaration ridiculous.
There are so many other things that
can and ought to be done jointly by the
national Jewish organizations in this criti-
cal period in Jewish history, that the state-
ment of the American Jewish Committee,
the B'nai B'rith and the Jewish Labor
Committee is of very little credit to the
emincgit men who direct the activities of
the three bodies. Certainly, an attack on
Communism is the least effective means
of proving to the world that these three
bodies are in existence and are function-
ing in the present worldwide Jewish crisis.
Compared with the 47,000 Jews who en-
tered Palestine in the first nine months of
1935, the 5,983 who came to the United
States in the same period is a drop in the
bucket. It is clear that Palestine is now
the major haven of refuge for oppressed
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By AL SEGAL
Strictly
Confidential
Tidbits from Everywhere
By PHINEA3 J. BIRON
(Copyright. Mt by 8. A. F.
ti
GENTLEMEN OF THE PRESS
(Copyright 1$35, Seven Arts Feature Syndicate)
Some of the biggest shots in
American Jewish life, including
Felix 111. Warburg, Stephen S.
up being Jewish seriously. Now, as the official
Well, it had to conic to pass even in Amer-
Wise and men of that stamp, are
ghetto walls rose about them and they could no
ica Jews (as in Germany) had been condemned
due for a ribbing on the Yiddish
longer
see
the
glitter
of
the
world,
they
could
stage
. . . Z. II. Rubenstein, city
to Ghetto Life:
editor of the Jewish Day, has
only
look
inwardly
and
thus
they
discovered
their
"You must keep to yourselves."
written the first Jewish political
own grandeur.
"You must live your own lives."
satire called "Good Sabbath, Good
It was a most dazzling moment for me in
"You are aliens and must stay apart from
Year," which Molly Picon will
produce . . . When it appears it
which I made this discovery.
us, except in commercial relations."
will do for the Jewish scene what
"Your children may go only to schools for
"Oh, Genevra," I exclaimed, "what a people
"Of Thee I Sing" did for Ameri-
Jews."
we are ... Children of prophets . . heirs of a
can politics. . . B. C. Vladeck
"You must remember you are Jews and must
great history . . . Heirs of ideals."
will not be general manager of
the Jewish Daily Forward after
live a strictly Jewish life."
"I've bee'n thinking the same thing," said
January 1, 1936 ... A new Jew-
On the morning this edict was promulgated
Genevra. "Perhaps it is no curse to be con-
ish publication called Viewpoint,
in the newspapers, I eat for an hour transfixed
demned to live a Jewish life."
will appear around Chanukah ...
and dumb, as one in catalepsy. I had had a good
It will be a monthly and will
Indeed, throughout the Ghetto appreciation
life and even that same week I had been in-
serve as the organ of Young Is-
of Jewish life became like a hot flame, and peo-
rael . . . With its November 1
stalled as a director of the Rotary Club and had
ple said, "Oh, we can live out our days on Jew-
issue the American Ilebrew will
received a bronze button which testified that I
ish life, we can bring up our children to loftiest appear in a new dress . . . The
handn't missed a meeting of the club for two
paper's size will be reduced to
nobility on it."
years.
about that of The Nation but the
Since there was no other life for them,
number of pages will be in-
It was evident that I must resign from the
they drank of Jewish life as with a great thirst
creased . . . James Waterman
Rotary Club, no longer to live the life of Ro-
Wise is one of the editors of The
from a pure, cool fountain.
tarians but only my own life as a Jew.
People's Press, a new national
"This is life enough," they said. "Our teach-
"Genevra," I said to my wife when my para-
weekly tabloid which you will
ings ... our social idealism . . . the compassion
find on your newsstand around
lyzed tongue was loose on its hinges again,
which
is
of
our
inheritance
.
.
.
this
concept
of
Election Day . It will be dedi-
"Genevra, this looks like the end of everything,"
cated to fighting Fascism etid to
justice
which
is
of
our
prophets
..
this
sim-
Indeed, Jews everywhere lay prostrated, like
exposing political corruption . . .
plicity
of
life
which
the
prophet
gave
us
when
he
dying people, for they could get no sustenance
Ann Silver, ace publicity writer,
asked, 'What loth the Lord require of thee but
out of being merely Jewish, and they said to
deserves some kind of a prize
to
do
justly,
to
walk
humbly?'
.
..
This
vast
for her swell promotional job in
me, "It is as if our hearts were cut out and how
behalf of the Raydence Liquid
experience of Jewish life from which we may
can we live without hearts?"
Powder . . . A couple of months
gather
the
wisdom
that
is
of
civilized
men
..
.
For a whole month the desolation of all
ago this product was unknown
this poetry which is in our ceremonial customs
Jewry was absymal. Then, of a sudden, this
but now, thanks to Ann, it's to
.
.
.
this
majesty
with
which
our
history
clothes
be found featured in all depart-
Jew and that began to observe that their new
ment stores . . . Did you know
us.
Oh,
it
is
life
enough!"
life didn't differ much from their old, Even I,
that Book Union is an organiza-
I,
myself,
had
been
a
Jew
who
was
conscious
(who had really suffered more than most Jews
tion devoted to fostering the pub-
of being Jewish only when there was a drive
in losing the Rotary Club) asked: "After all,
lication of the kind of books that
or
when
anti-Semites
raged.
But
now
to
be
a
Hearst and his fledgling Fascists
generally speaking, weren't we always like men
essence
of
my
Jew
was
no
longer
a
pain
but
the
would like to suppress?
apart? Ilaven't our lives always been largely
existence. It had to do with all righteousness
POLITICALLY SPEAKING
within the circle of Jews?"
Justices of the United States
and beauty.
It was recalled that as soon as night fell
Supreme Court are famed for
"Genevra," I said, "we've lost the world but
and Jews left their businesses downtown, Jews
their reticence off the bench but
we've found ourselves."
Justice Cardozo recently made a
always had been immediately encompassed by
Not that Jews in the Ghetto forgot the world.
statement in private which ought
Ghetto walls, as one might say.
to receive wide currency . .
There was a feeling that in time the official
If they went out to play bridge it was to a
Told that his secretary, William
Ghetto walls would fall and then Jews would go
Jewish house they went. If they sought the
Stroock, son of Sol Stroock,
marching out with the glowing banners of their
chairman of the executive com-
golf links it was in a Jewish club. If they went
prophetic ideals which they had refurbished .. .
mittee of the American Jewish
sailing on a ship they always fell into the circle
Committee, had been asked to
"Peace!" . .. "Justice!" ... Brotherhood!" .. .
of Jewish passengers. If they went on vaca-
move from his home because the
"Compassion!"
tions they always found themselves in hotels
lease contained an Aryan para-
They would go marching into the world with
graph, Justice Cardozo declared
full of Jews.
these ... "See! You imprisoned us and now this that "in my opinion a contract
Remembering these things, they asked:
gift we bring to you from our imprisonment."
with a clause of that nature is
"What have we lost then? We are really living
not valid" ... Only the fact that
Jewish writers wrote a literature of Jewish
the same lives we always lived. It seems we al-
young Stroock is Cardozo's secre-
life; Jewish painters gave masterpieces of Jewish
ways were in a ghetto."
tary prevented the matter from
subject matter; Jewish poets gave new psalms
getting a legal test . . . That ru-
The edict which, among other discrimina-
mor about Henry Morgenthau, Jr.,
of life; Jewish musicians sang again.
tions, ordered Jews demoted from executive posi-
•
s
s
resigning as Secretary of Treas-
tions in all non-Jewish industries caused little
ury and replacing Jesse Straus
When (after the years) the walls fell, the
or no inconvenience in these industries, since they
as ambassador to France, is mak-
world's eyes blinked to see what came out of
ing the rounds again . . . One of
never had employed Jews in any numbers, if at
the new owners of radio station
the Ghetto . . . This flaming idealism .. . this
all; in many cities the edict made not even a
KPCB on the Pacific Coast is Saul
elevation
of
character
.
.
.
these
banners
.
.
.
ripple in public life, for not many Jews had
Haas, U. S. Customs Collector in
this literature and music and painted master-
been elevated to public office.
Seattle. . .
pieces
MELANGE
Jews said: "It really doesn't hurt so much
The
professors
of
the
leading
universities
You can look for sonic big do-
after all. What hurt us was merely to see an
ings in Young Judaea now that
came
to
make
studious
research
and
wrote
books:
old fact put in print, in black and white."
Louis P. Rocker has quietly taken
"The Renaissance of Jewish Life in the Ghetto,"
Even I, the Rotarian, became reconciled ...
over the national presidency . . .
"Our Jewish Prisoners: The Great Gift They
Insiders expect him to make it
"Perhaps," I said, "there is a way to live with-
Gave," "The New Prophets from the Ghetto,"
THE Jewish youth organization
out that."
in this country . . . A. II. Fried-
"The Ghetto's Art Treasure."
land, head of the Cleveland Jew-
The Ghetto time came to be known. as the
Now, having been officially put in the sep-
ish school system, is a very sick
golden age of Jewish life in America.
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arate place they had always occupied, Jews took
• •
•
The Polish-Jewish Tragedy
By RABBI MOSES SCHORR
EDITOR'S NOTE: Dr, Schorr, the chief Rabid et Warsaw and one of the two
newly appointed Jewleh memhere of the Polleh Senate, In the author of
Ode •utheritallie &naivete of the Jewleh situation In Poland. Ills stor7
is one of dire tragedy and one that makes an ardent plea for the soaves
American GlIT Is
of the f400.00 0 romPalea for conetructIce relief that
conducting under the national rlialrmaashlp of David A. Brown.
I am not a politician, nor an of depression, both in its mater-
economist, and I have not the Sal and its moral aspect, in which
for the three millions of Polish Jews
necessary competence to draw
live at present. The economic
you a picture of the political or degradation of Polish Jewry, espe-
economical position of the Polish daily of that numerous class of
Jewry. I even feel less entitled Petty traders and so-called "Luf t-
m eidndsicehe iL' ' the otr ahclaivtieo nlaolstjepwi
toof atn ha elys z p eec th ia el rneoansodnitsioannsd ocfauosue rs
rasch-
men
life in Poland. tinily every source from which
Nevertheless, I feel that the they used to derive a precarious
distress of my Jewish brethren in existence—that appalling degra.
cv e,
e pi ohby-
mo r
h aorf d which
a b
Poland is so full of tragedy, and station
e than once, is
ably heard
the anxiety of their appeal is so y
pressing and irresistible, that I no means abating. On the con-
deem it important that I pre. trary. Not only does the gen-
sent my views. eral economic crisis in Poland
improvement i n the
nt
The economic degradation of
Prevent position, hutn those
Polish Jewry and the hardships Jewishh
measures of economic re-
connected with their struggle for very
organization which were adopted
a bare existence have lately as-
in Poland with a view to alleviat-
mimed such proportions that not
only the leaders of Polish Jewry ing the crisis, just end to ag•
have become greatly alarmed, but gravate the situation of Polish
Jewry, although they may be fre-
also, every Jew abroad who feels , quently of actual benefit to the
of the ex
that the safeguarding
istence of our Polish brethren is general population of the coun-
the indispensable condition for "7. This gradual undermining
of the economic position of Po-
the safeguarding of the moral
by external factors has
and spiritual values inherent in lisp Jewry
the greatest Jewish community been greatly accelerated by the
New Progressive
Jewish History
The German "Kukurikoo n Colony
By JAMES I. ELLMANN
Dorothy F. Zeligs has writ-
ten "A Child's History 'of the
Ilebrew People, From Nomadic
Times to the Destruction of the
Second Temple," (Bloch, $1.26)
and her work is certain to at-
tract wide attention as an im-
portant addition to Jewish text-
books.
In his preface to this book,
Dr. Wm. A. McCall, professor
of education at Teachers Col-
lege, Columbia University, calls
it "a welcome contribution to
child literature for the progres-
sive classroom. History for
nine and ten-year-olds is most
effectively taught through stu-
dies of group life of various
peoples. Miss Zeligs has recre -
ated the period of the ancient
Hebrews in a vivie and realistic
manner. She has given us a
picture of group life, rich with
colorful detail, showing the so-
cial and economic background
which determined the daily
lives of the people."
Dr. Jacob S. Golub, director
of the Bureau of Jewish Edu-
cation of Cincinnati, in an ir.-
troduction, points out that
"this volume admirably presents
the period of early Hebrew his-
tory for children of the fourth
and fifth grades." Ile further
says: "Children are interested
In knowing how people lived,
ate, dressed, played and stu-
died, and in a lesser degree,
they are concerned with the
primary forms of social life
and community organization.
This information must be given
simply and in story form as the
experience of real people. This
is the type of material which
Miss Zeligs has charmingly pre-
sented in her 'Child's History
of the Hebrew People.'"
in Europe. I cannot refrain from abnormal and unhealthy social
mentioning the fact which most of structure and occupational rum-
you probably know, that accord- position of the Jewish masses.
ing to official 'statistics not less In consequence, the Jewish dia.
than one-third of the entire Jew- tress by far exceeds the general
ish population of Poland is in level of distress due to the pres-
some form or other dependent ant economic conditions in the
on charity. In various provincial
of Europe. Under these con-
E
communities and townships the East
Jewish applicants for charity con- ditions and bearing in mind the
of any possibilities of
absence
stitute up to 60 per cent of the
local Jewish population. Stag- large-scale emigration—we must
with
great satisfaction the
record
gering as these figures are, I am
sorry to my that they do not fact that Palestine was able to
cover by far the full extent of absorb a considerable number of
the Jewish tragedy in Poland. You Polish Jews in the last few years.
must not forget the numerous Nevertheless, it goes without say-
Jewish families who formerly be- ing that this outlet is unfortun-
longed to the upper class of the ately entirely insufficient to rem-
Jewish population, or to the more edy the situation to any appre-
or less prosperous sections of the ciable extent. The three million
Jewish middle classes, families Jewish residents in Poland must for
who had been contributors to all intents and purposes look to
charity all their lives, and who economic self-aid on the spot as
have now been themselves re- the only alternative to despair
doted to utmost privation. This and degradation pressing upon
most unfortunate class of people them at the present moment-
ORT of Inestimable Value
who are anxious to reconcile
themselves with the bitter neces- In that direction of self-help,
city of accepting aid from others, Polish Jewry is making heroic
escape the net of statistics, the efforts. And I must say that the
control of figures. It is probably successes in this field, achieved
these unfortunate people who are as they are with comparatively
foremost in swelling the number small aid from abroad, are the
only bright spots In the dark back-
of suicides in Poland.
ground of our Polish Jewish se-
Economic Deportation
If you will take everything tuality.
It is in these fields that ORT.
which you have heard about Po-
through its practical training, has
lish Jewry into consideration, you
To appreciate these fine com-
mendations it will be worth the
trouble of all teachers, and
especially principals, to examine
this book and actually to learn
wherein it is so advantageous.
In commencing the story of the
Maccabees, for instance, Miss
Zeligs has the class take a trip
to Palestine in an airplane and
as It
to imagine the land not
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A note of distinction begins to helps along. Otherwise I should
permeate the air as the chauffeur have no time for these visits. Our
work is pretty well divided. I take
is approaching the landscape of
care of the vegetable patch. My
Ramath Haschavim, but a short wife takes care of the chickens
distance from Tel Aviv. An un- and household duties. It is ra-
paved road cuts in twain the heart ther hard on her. She works
every minute, and if you will re-
of this colony. But rather fine
member we had several maids in
houses for the prevailing coun- our house in Berlin it is quite
tryside, well constructed, not too a change. The chicken house, as
large, and not out of tune with you see, contains nothing but leg-
the landscape. New lawns are horn chickens. Each colonist bas
still struggling against the sand; about 1600 of these. Part are
small trees in and around the sent to market, the others are
houses on every side and water used for hatching.
spouting in the rear over vege-
"Over the hill, there, that house
table patches.
contains a common incubator for
A young man points out the the colony. Eight families take
house where one of the colonists care of the incubator for all of
would speak to us. In German us. An exceptionally fine instruc-
from a distance we hear, "This tor teaches us all about chicken
is my time to eat. We have work raising and the handling of the
to do here."
incubators.
It is evident he has been an-
"We are about 45 families, all
noyed during the day by visitors. out of Germany. When we reach
But he softens after a moment. 50, we stop. We believe that 50
"If you will stop for a short time families can conduct • co-opera-
at the little restaurant around the tive plan in a most economical
corner, I shall see you at 2:30." and satisfactory manner; beyond
The hut evidence of prompt- that we get into other problems
ness in this timeless country. We which we are not prepared to
follow orders; we go to the lit- meet.
tle restaurant, A fine looking
"Our colony consists largely of
gentleman speaking good Eng- professional men. We have about
lish serves the meal. His wife, a 15 doctors who are ready to take
former well-known actress, we care of any health disturbances
learn, prepares the meal in the for us. There are a number of
kitchen.
lawyers for whom we have no
We order a modestly priced use, some manufacturers and busi-
luncheon of soft boiled eggs. ness men.
They are unusually small. The
"The village is less than two
larger ones, he hastens to assure
us, are shipped to market. A years old. Yonder is a building
where we store our products.
half-dozen cultured looking gen-
Each of us weighs and measures
tlemen eat and chat quietly; some
his own. The products are sold
are reading the German papers.
to the market at Tel Aviv; our
A Hebrew paper is about, but it
is not being used. We hasten chickens, eggs, vegetables and
through our meal to keep our ap- fruits. All chicken feed is brought
ou r
pointment with a justly impatient to us from a central
products are taken away from
host.
blush.
A manufacturer
of more
hats here. We all conduct an inclivid.
Ile turns
out to be a
genial gentleman than at first cal business but it is done in a
co-operative manner so as to save
-
in Berlin; he used to ship them what we can from such co-opera
to America, England, Canada, and lion."
"How good a crop do you get?"
elsewhere. We begin to pry with
questions, which he must have I asked him.
ble
answered • hundred times.
isretmhaerkesase
''Onearoofuntdhe here la
"You want to know about this things
colony? Well every colonist owns with which you get your cr oP-
four dunams, or one acre of land. You plant the seed; you water
We find this the actual are neces- the ground; cultivate it and sur-
sary for a livelihood. No one man prisingly soon you get your crop,
can work more than four dunams and plant again.
Look at that
of land by himself. If we had little peach tree, about seven
more, we should have to have feet high and not many months
help. This we do not want. Of old."
the four dunams one is for the
"How much of an investment
house; one for the chicken house; does this represent?" I asked
and the other, as you see, for a again.
vegetable patch, which I am cul-
"Well, we each invested shoot
tivating myself.
$5,000.00; 11,000 each. We have
"I speak to some of the visi- this house, with furniture whKb
tors here, he continues. "Our boy
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