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May 8, 1936
PIEVentorr/EmsnetRoxicuE
and THE LEGAt CHRONICLE
Pergorginvisnettoracb
The Jewish Congress
Lights from
Shadowland
NAZISM IN FRANCE
Strictly
Confidential
An insignificant four-page tabloid sheet
published in Louisville, Ky., and boasting
Tidbits from Eterywhere
in its masthead as being "America's fast-
By LOUIS PEKARSKY
PIMhalt•d Weekly by The Jewish Chronicle PubIlehing
est growing Jewish weekly newspaper,"
By PHINEAS J. BIRON
How
Anti-Semitism
Was
Used
in
the
French
Elections
1116,
at
the
Poet-
Reproduction
In
part
or
whole
forbid-
Interest as Second-clam matter March
presumes to reprimand the American Jew- den, without perm's/don of the Seven
oak. et Detroit, Mich, under the Act of March I, 16111.
(6opyright. 153e, S. A. F. 8.)
Feature Syndicate, Col/righters of
ish Congress as being an unrepresentative Arta
By PIERRE VAN PAASSEN
this feature.
General Offices and Publication Building
movement and labels the Congress call for
WHISPER IT
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525 Woodward Avenue
the Fascist
elections to be held in June as "an insult-
The Joint Distribution Commit-
EDITOR'S NOTE: General elections in France have a dministered ■ death blow to
Telephone: Cedillas 1040 Cable Adds/est Chronicle ing suggestion." In a streaming headline
tee is preparing to issue a detailed
Pierre
Van
Paassen,
noted
foreign
correspondent,
reveals
the
HOLLYWOOD,
Calif.
—
Amer-
country.
leagues of that
Louden Office,
statement
clarifying its position on
that very small paper tries to give weight ica's movie capital is host this
14 Stratford Place, London, W 1, England
anti-Semitic methods of the Fascist groups in France in the following cable, which is
Biro-Bidjan You may remem-
to
its
editorial
expression
by
announcing
week
to
two
Jewish
prize
winners
an
expose
of
terrifying
importance.
ber
that
a
couple of weeks ago
43.00 Per Year
Subscription, in Advance
in advance that a majority of the members of an international contest con-
we predicted that the American
Te mare publicsUom all correepondenee sod sews matter of the administrative committee of the
Committee for the Settlement of
(Copyright, 193e, sec to Arts Feature Synilicatc)
ducted annually by Motion Picture
reach this ogle' by Tuesday evening of each week.
Jews in Biro-Bidjan would name
Wheat mailing notice*, kindly nee one side of the paper ode. Zionist Organization of America are op- Herald, leading trade paper of the
when
its executive director a relative of
n. Detroit Jewish Chroniele Invitee sorrespong•see cm ab- posed to the World Jewish Congress. SeN- industry, to pick those who devise
The Count's instructions to his "dispos" are: one of the best known figures in
PARIS: Count Casimir de la Rocque, chief
late of Interest to the Jewieh people, but disclaims reeponsi-
oral
days
after
this
story
appeared
it
be-
the
best
exploitation
and
advertis-
the history of. American Jewish
can.
"If
you
you
batty for as indorsement of the views expressed by the writers
came known that this important Zionist mg stunt for a motion picture. In of the Croix de Feu (Fiery Cross), the most discredit the Jews wherever
communal life ... It will soon be
powerful of the five Fascist leagues in France, live in an apartment building where a Jewish announced that Abraham Shohan,
Sabbath Readings of the Law
'body voted 27 to 3 in favor of participa- competition with 3500 theater has made the first anti-Semitic speech in the family resides watch that family carefully. If
son-in-law of the late Dr. Boris
Pentateuchal portion—Lev. 21:1-24:23.
tion in the Congress.
managers in the United States and Mutualite Hall in Paris. The Count was ad- they are noisy, lay a charge to have them evicted. Bogen, has been appointed to that
Prophetical portion—Ezek. 44:15-31.
If the Louisville paper is the best ex- many more in other countries dressing 10,000 of his "dispos," that is to say If there are daughters in 'that family see to it jog.
lyar 16, 5696 ample of opposition to the Congress, then where American films are exhibit-
Textile workers in Philadelphia
May 8, 1936
Fascist group leaders and minute- that they become enmeshed in an unsavory scan-
are planning to picket Congrega.
it is flattery indeed for the movement ed, the contest was won by Harry vigilantes,
Goldberg of Philadelphia, advertis- men who had assembled in the capital to hear dal. Have the Jewish women watched to see tion Beth Sholom in Philadelphia
headed
by
Dr.
Stephen
S.
Wise.
In
spite
where they spend their afternoons. Because of
Your Campaign
its president, Charles
of opposition to the Congress on the part ing director of Warner Bros. Phila- the chief outline a program of action for the com- their Oriental sensuousness the Jews are most because
Goldman, owner of the Atlas Mills,
When the several hundred volunteer of the American Jewish Committee, the delphia Circuit of 101 theaters. ing months.
refuses to meet his workers' wage
circuit embraces 65 theaters
vulnerable in their moral lives.
workers in the Allied Jewish Campaign Alliance Israelite, the Board of Jewish The
In the course of that speech the Count said:
demands.
in Philadelphia and others in
Fascist Spying and Intimidation
commence their solicitation for the quota Deputies and some influential individuals, Reading, Camden, Vineland, Lan- "I have reliable information from abroad in-
"Ein Kelohenu" was recently
"It
is
not
possible
to
combat
the
Jews
openly
sung in an Atlanta, Ga., public
of $323,550 on Tuesday, they will be con- the popular sentiment in this country, in caster, Newark and Wilmington dicating that the Jewish World Council has de-
school
. . .. When a teacher asked
because
of
their
mighty
relations
with
high
fin-
and
other
communities
in
New
ducting a drive which is the concern of France and in Great Britain is rapidly
cided to precipitate France in a war with ,Ger-
Jersey, Pennsylvania and Dela.
and the Communist In- the children to name the songs
every Jew, without exception.
swinging in favor of the World Jewish ware. Goldberg won the coinpeti-, many in order to break down the magnificent ance, the Masonic order
they
wanted
to sing, one Jewish
It is important that Detroit*Jews should Congress. We have nothing to lose and tion for his exploitation of "A work of reconstruction undertaken by Chancellor ternationale, therefore we must move against youngster called for "Ein Kelo-
them
with
stealth,
make
life
impossible
for
them
henu"
.
.
.
Not
familiar with the
realize that this is not the workers' drive, everything to gain, and outstanding Jew- Midsummer Night's Dream."
Hitler in the Reich and at the same time to save
Because of his consistency in the Soviet Union from being wiped out. I say in France. We will break their power and song, the teacher asked pupils
but a campaign of every one of us. This ish leaders admit it and are being en- winning
who
knew
it
to
raise their hands
high honors in the same
knock the ground from under their feet."
is YOUR campaign, because in the quota listed in favor of this movement. In East- contest during
. And when six pair of hands
the past three to you: never, never, never will we permit the
The
proposed
anti-Jewish
agitation,
it
should
is included practically every agency of ern European countries, whose Jewries are years. Motion Picture
went up the song was sung.
Herald shedding of noble French blood for the sake of
Dr. D. E. Robertson, one of the
importance not only locally but also na- the best judges of their own needs for singled out Lester Pollock, man- the Jewish bankers. Before that, we will deal be added, is part of a wide program of spying
tionally in the sphere of world Jewish in- defense against oppression, opposition to ager of Loew's Rochester Theater. with the Jews in France in the manner we are and intimidation which the Fascists plan with two men rescued from the Moose
River
gold mine in Canada, is a
Rochester, N. Y., for a special going to deal with the Ilerriots and Daladiers, the object of cowing the people with a silent in-
terest.
the Congress is practically unknown.
award. Both Pollock and Goldberg
vincible terror. Fascist spies are to be installed leading anti-Semite ... It is said
The all-inclusiveness of the campaign
Sentiment and reason are leaning in the were awarded a trip to Hollywood Blums and Longuets."
on good authority that he is
in every apartment block in every street of Paris. largely responsible for the fact
must be emphasized in order that the com- direction of the Congress movement, and for one week with all expenses
This outburst sent the "dispos" cheering
a Jewish physician has never
munity should realize the importance of we do not hesitate to urge support for the paid. Goldberg arived by train wildly. The treatment Count de la Rocque had These spies are to report regularly to headquar- that
ters on the mode of life of liberals, Jews, Social- been able to secure a staff posi-
Sunday and Pollock reached here
financing the maintenance of the various movement by this community.
late Monday night by airplane, in mind was drowning in the Seine. Some weeks ists, foreigners, etc. Addresses are to be noted tion at the Toronto Hospital for
relief and educational agencies without
having been held over for almost ago his newspapers published a list of 160 liberal down exactly with details of the disposition of Sick Children, where Dr. Robert-
which our Jewish life becomes a shambles.
son is chief surgeon ...
a whole day at Kansas City by and socialist parliamentarians, intellectuals and
Jews in America
had weather. Both were honored journalists, with a mention that these men were apartments, no that . . . "on a day when indi- FOREIGN CORRESPONDENCE
If a single penny that is needed for the
vidual
punishment
is
to
be
meted
out,
the
right
Wednesday
at
a
luncheon
given
by
It won't be printed anywhere,
maintenance fund of local institutions and
A second reading of the Fortune Maga- Motion Picture Herald and at- to have stones tied around their necks and be
but we learn on good authority
foreign relief is lacking, it may mean that zine article, which has now been reprinted tended by leading studio executives sunk into the river on the day the Fascists as- persons may be found at once."
that
the High Commissioner for
"We have made a grevious error in the past,"
the work of the United Hebrew Schools in book form under the title "Jews in and Hollywood celebrities. The re- sume power. The first five names on the list
Palestine is pleading with Zionist
will be curtailed, that the Hebrew Free America" compells one to come to the con- mainder of the week is being spent are those of Edouard Herriot, many times prime writes Charles Maurras, head of another Fascist leaders there to suspend tempo-
visiting the studios, being feted
Loan Association will suffer, that refugees clusion that the authors of this article are in
minister of France, followed by 81. Daladier, league, the monarchist "Action Francaise" which rarily all Jewish immigration .
at studio luncheons given in their
And the same source informs us
was recently dissolved (nominally) after an arm-
will be made helpless, and that we will far from right in the advice they offer.
honor, meeting the most beautiful chief of the liberal party; Leon Blum, leader of
that some of the biggest names
It is easy to tell people not to arouse in- and outstanding stars of the Socialism; Jean Longuet, grandson of Karl Marx, ed attack. by some of its members on M. Leon in American Jewry have been
fail to uphold the hands of the pioneers
creased hatred by talking about it or by movies and sight-seeing. Boone chairman of Foreign Relations Committee of the . Blum, for which Maurras, as the instigator, was asked to use political influence to
in Palestine in an hour of need.
Hollywood manager of Chamber, and Henri Torres, distinguished jurist sentenced (nominally, too) to six months' im- make the British Colonial Office
It is the duty of every individual in this fearing it, but one must look at the record. Mancall, Publications,
is seeing to
a grievous mistake. see daylight and oppose any and
community to see to it that the complete Anyone who examines the vast amount of Quigley
it that the honored visitors are who drafted the Franco-Soviet treaty. The last prisonment. "We have made
immigration curtailment.
propaganda which is being circulated having a most delightful time three men are Jews. We have been too lenient with the Jews. We all When
sum asked in this drive is subscribed.
Hitler made General Goer-
should not have demobilized after Judea's vic- ing the number 2 man of Naziland
against the Jews by the organizations here.
Combine
to
Resist
Fascism
tory
in
the
Dreyfus
Affaire.
We
have
allowed
our
he made Frau Goering, the former
listed as anti-Semitic in the study made MORE PROMOTIONS
More Trees for Palestine
Emmy Sonnenmana, granddaugh-
In view of the fact that the elections in militant anti-Jewish organizations of those days
by the editors of Fortune Magazine, must Jerry Sackheim made such a
ter of the founder of the Frank-
France
resulted
in
a
smashing
victory
of
the
to
die
out.
The
result
is
that
the
Jews
have
May 10 will mark the interesting com- conclude that there is something threaten- splendid record as story and scen-
furter Zeitung, the first lady of
bination of the day's observance as ing in the air and that things are not as ario editor at Universal Studios parties of the United Front, Liberals, Left Re- ruled, ruined and looted France for half a cen- Germany.
during
the
past
year
that
the
new
publicans,
Left
Democrats,
Socialists,
Commun-
tury.
But
from
this
moment
onward
our
slogan
In restoring General Hans von
Mother's Day and the celebration also on smooth and as hopeful as we are led to administration in control there has
isle, ex-soldier groups, the school teacher's fed-
'No more mercy! Death to the Jewish rabble! Seeckt, founder of the Reichswehr
the Jewish calendar of Lag b'Omer.
promoted him in the realignment
believe.
and the man who smashed Hitler's
oration, the League of Human Rights, feminist Strike down the Jews whenever and wherever you
But
perhaps
more
damaging
than
the
of
studio
executies.
Sackheim
will
The coincidental observance of both
1923 putsch, to good standing,
societies, the union of reserve officers and about meet them!'"
work this week as executive
holidays on one day is of more than pass- threatened anti-Semitic propaganda is the begin
Hitler once more manifested a
assistant to Charles R. Rogers,
41 nation-wide civic organizations, represent-
The Fascist leaders in France are making strange fondness for men with
conclusion
made
in
"Jews
in
America"
ing significance at this time when Arab
production boss. Advancement of ing about 80 per cent of the voters, all of them the discovery that anti-Semitism can be a mighty
Jewish
wives .. - Frau Seeckt is
that
anti-Semites
err
in
their
accusations
vandals are attempting to destroy vegeta-
Sackheim provides Mr. Rogers
to resist Fascism. Count de la Rocque's help in putting over their program of organized a Jewess.
tion that is planted by Jews in Palestine. against the Jews, because Jews do not with two executive assistance, combined
Berlin
insiders predict a Nazi
Le Maire having been re- drowning party and his campaign of purification starvation for the masses, unbridled armament
Reports which came to us following the control the industries in which we are said Rufus
cently engaged by the new head is likely to be postponed for a considerable time. campaigns for the trust magnates and cultural invasion of Austria sometime in
to
be
powerful.
When
we
are
told
that
June.
riots in Jaffa indicate that Arab destruc-
of Universal Studio to assist him
Wonder if you saw that Herald-
Nevertheless Count de la Rocque is going death and slavery for the nation. They have
tionists have failed in their vandalism and Jews are economically insignificant in this in the discovery of new acting and
Tribune dispatch about the spread
to, try. He figures on having his organization learned a lesson from Adolf Hitler. Hitler, too,
that Jewish vegetation continues to grow. country it also means that we are economi- directing talent.
of
anti-Semitism in England .. .
dissolved by the Left government that comes into diverted the people's minds from the real Issues
With the appeal now being renewed on cally insecure. The fact of the matter is GREGORY RATOFF
From our own sources we learn
power halfway the month of May. He will go at stake by introducing the Jewish question.
the occasion of Mother's Day and Lag that it is very difficult for Jews to secure TO DIRECT
that anti-Jewish agitation is rid-
b'Omer for the planting of trees in Pales- positions and that even though Jews are Gregory Ratoff was on a train underground in that case, but not without a Rather than join with the Left groups to ing high, wide and handsome in
Great Britain.
to New York from Chicago struggle. Before going underground he will have beat down the reeling Moloch of capitalism, the
tine, Jews everywhere should have only as guilty as non-Jews in refusing to em- trip
Lord Marley, vice-chairman of
yeas ago. While enroute he his million men in the streets, he promises. This German middle-classes turned against the Jews.
one answer: That just as we are settling ploy Jewish help, it is nevertheless the fact four
bought an armful of books. One should not be taken too tragically. The Left goy- The Jews constituted only a minority. The fight the British House of Lords, has
more than a thousand pioneers for every- that it is much easier for Jews to secure of these was "Job," by Joseph
gone to the Soviet Union to try
one who is killed, so must we also plant employment when a Jew does the employ- Roth, European author. Ratoff ernment will have at its disposal the anti-Fes- was easy. Hitler was carried to power, but in- and prevail upon the Soviet au-
to admit a large number
more than a thousand trees for every one ing than when the hiring is done by a non- said he cried when he reached the cist Republican guard t' do a thorough job of stead of the promised freedom, the whole of thorities
German Jewish refugees . . .
Jew. It is a known fact that in many in- climax of the story. He decided street-sweeping, and in a pinch could call out Germany was turned into a slave-camp. How- of
that is uprooted,
In September he is coming to this
then and there to buy the book for the revolutionary working-class of Paris, which ever, if the Fascists in France have learned a
The 400,000 Jews now in Palestine pre- stances of discrimination against Jewish a stage production and that he would respond with alacrity. The 70-odd So- lesson from Hitler, so have the anti-Fascists. country to speak in behalf of the
project.
sent the best answer that can be given to employees by Jewish firms, the guilty per- would play the principal charac- cialist and Communist municipalities around The liberals in France are not going to stand by Biro-Bidjan
Reports from Vienna describing
himself. He bought the book
any challenge that is made by those who sons are non-Jewish employment mana- ter
for $9800 and then went into mo- Paris, the so-called Red Belt, are installing sirens idly and with folded arms as some French imi- the collapse of the Phoenix Life
would destroy rather than build. These gers.
Insurance Company list the Jew-
picture work. Several months on the municipal buildings to call out the anti- tator of Hitler inaugurates a program of crush-
We must come to only one conclusion. tion
pioneers, representing the flower of Jew-
ish National Fund as having re-
ago he sold his rights to Darryl Fascist volunteer militia in the event of an at- ing the Jews and smashing the organizations of
If
Jews
were
a
little
bit
powerful
in
cer-
F. Zanuck, vice-president in charge
ceived 500,000 shillings from the
ish youth, are in Palestine to stay, and
tempted "Putsch" by the Fascist "Putschists." the working-class.
tain
industries
than
they
are
today
in
this
of
production
at
20th
Centruy-
company and put the JNF into the
just as they are being rooted to the soil
To the bloody marauders of Fascism the
same class as Prince von Star-
The danger does not lie in a sudden coup
on Fox Co. Ratoff is under contract
of Palestine, so must we make certain that country the fight for free employment easy.
to
that
studio
as
a
writer,
but
has
hemberg, the Heimwehr, the Aus-
in France. The danger lies in the campaign of French liberals and the French working class
more and more trees, which are the sym- the basis of merit would be made
done nothing but act. Ratoff had
say
what the poilus at Verdun once said to the trian Monarchists' Association,
work which the Fascist leagues in
etc. . . The truth of the matter
bols of the new Jewish life in Palestine, Because we are not so powerful the fight an idea he would get the leading underground
role in the film, but Zanuck de- tend to launch in the event their organizations Teutonic legions: On ne passe pas!" You shall is that the National Fund never
is
made
difficult.
are made to grow there.
'PLEASE TURN TO NEXT PAGE)
We are grateful to Fortune Magazine cided on someone else for the part, are officially ordered dissolved. not panel
Plant a tree in Palestine if you wish ac- for revealing certain proofs about the Jew- and Ratoff was made co-director.
tually to feel that you are a part of the ish situation in this country, but we are
Honor Your Mother
great reconstruction effort that is going on frank in admitting that we are greatly up-
in the Jewish National Home.
set by many of the conclusions reached in
In the Talmud Every Day Is
Mother's Day
"Jews in America."
Masentot Kalah (The Treatises editcd—Derech Eretz (Manners)
the Occas-
Annual
Celebration
Commences
on
May
10,
on
Kalah), Edited With Proper and Kinyon Torah (Possession of
Jewish Book Week
of
Lag
b'Omer,
Jewish
Scholars'
By
RABBI
A.
H.
ISRAELITAN
Critical Apparatus by Dr. Mi- Torah).
ion
The annual observance of Jewish Book Why Goebbels Avenges the Jews
chael Higger.
The contents of the first texts,
Festival
Week on May 10 revives the challenge
'self eunday i May 10, Mather'. Day will
as the name implies, deals with
In the New Statesman and Nation of
hecelebrated throughout the land.
Book
Week,
sex
regulations and incidentally
Jewish
which is from time to time made to Jews London recently appeared an interesting On the occasion of the annual observance of
In thexe paragraph.. Rabbi fermen-
Reviewed by Rabbi H. 1'
includes ethical aphorism to foster
ts,. pereente Intereating iteme--gath-
as groups and as individuals to strengthen article in which is traced the origin of Dr.
which commences on Sunday, May 10, on the occasion of Lag
ered from the ,eat Tslmodlr Mena.
continence
and respect for marital
tero—repeciaGy timely for the day
Dr. Michael Rigger has just ties. The second is primarily an
cultural values which are being ignored.
Paul Joseph Goebbels' anti-Semitism. This
b'Omer, Jewish Scholars' Festival, we present herewith
on which our thoulhte tort to one
published another valuable volume Aggadic book with legends and
Jewish
interest.
Jews in this country would be amazed important periodical makes the following
Mothers.
reviews of volumes of special
in Rabbinics. This is the eighth stories about important biblical
if they were to know the true facts on the reference to the Nazi propaganda min-
Reb Joseph—head of the im- book of the series which this young rabbinic personages. Their purpose
brew Congregations of Cincin-
sales of books of Jewish interest among
scholar has edited and provided
"Laugh, Jew, Laugh" natl.
portant Pumbeditha Academy , with learned introductions which is to emphasize the worth of the
Jews. Some very valuable books have had ister:
Made possible by the National in Babylonia during the fourth carefully establish the history of sex regulations, of good manners
This man is educated. He is sensitive, in-
B. Kovner (Jacob Adler), popu- Federation
sales far below the 1,000 mark with the
and knowledge of the Torah.
of Temple Sisterhoods,
tellectual and utterly dominated by a ruth-
larly known Yiddis h writer, is said this volume has its value for re- century — when he heard the certain aspects of Talmudic learn-
result that publishers have been heavy
I feel that I can best show the
0,000 sketches.
ing
and
definitely
allocate
the
less demon of ambition that has made him the
to
have
written
1
losers in producing Jewish publications.
schools in that it presents footsteps of his mother, would dates of the texts. As an editor erudition of the editor by pointing
During the 40 years of his liter- ligious
second figure in a great country. This amble
in
very
simple
fashion
the
stories
exclaim:
"I
rise
now
before
the
out
that the introduction covers
tion feeds on an immense self-pity that he
Nevertheless, it must be admitted that
of the smaller "apocryphal" Tal-
ary career he has written 12 books of 21 famous Jewish figures in
stored up during the first 27 years of his
mudic texts, Dr. Rigger has won more than a third of the 340 page
and several plays. Most of his history, beginning with Johanan Divine Presence!"
interest is somewhat increasing in Jewish
cripple, of mediocre prospects,
• • •
an enviable position in the volume. The critical apparatus re-
works in the past 24 years were ben Zakkai and concluding with
life. Born a
literature. More Jewish books are being
veals the scientific method which
the clever boy Paul Joseph was helped to an
published in the Jewish Daily For- Theodor Ilerzl. A list of fine
When Rabbi Judah, the realm of Rabbinic scholarship. He the author has utilized to construct
written and read than previously, and
education by rich benefactors. At Heidelberg
has
earned his reputation by in-
ward.
illustrations
by
Isaac
Hamburger
Prince—the
editor
of
the
fa-
the proper and exact text. It is
there is gradual although very slow pro-
he got the itch to write and frequented the
"Laugh, Jew, Laugh," (Bloch II adds to the interest of the mous Mishna code—was about difatigable labor, unheralded and this scientific attention to detail
circle round Professor Friedrich Gundolf. He
without encouragement, and by his
gress. The opening of Jewish libraries
Publishing Co., 31 W. 31st St., book.
which has made all his publica-
wrote verses. He showed them to Gundolf,
naturally increases the Jewish reading
The collection of names covered to die, he called his sons to- broad and deep knowledge of all tions standard which scholars use
New York, $1.), is the second
wistfully, timidly. "Rotten," commented the
phases
of
Talmudic
literature.
in
this
book
by
the
author
is
a
gather,
and
the
very
first
words
collection
of
his
stories
to
be
public. Furthermore, the publication of
without hesitation. In short, Dr.
professor. Friedrich Gundolf was a Jew.
At any time, day or evening,
wise one. Judah Ha-Levi, Moses he uttered were: "Be careful
printed in English.
Jewish classics in larger numbers indicates
When Goebbels left Heidelberg he began
dote to your me- winter and summer, Dr. Rigger Bigger has act himself the task
The 45 stories In thin volume Maimonides, Meir of Rothenburg, of the he..,
of preparing a library of standard
writing plays. He peddled them to every the-
that publishers see the potentialities for
may be found in the library of the Rabbinic texts that hitherto were
tre highly entertaining and laugh- Rashi, Reuben) and Molko, the
ater manager in Berlin. "Rotten," said the
thee!"
the Jewish reading public and are pre-
Jew i s h Theological Seminary, altogether unavailable, or procur-
provoking. They deal humorously Besht, Mordevai Manuel Noah,
managers
and
refused
them
with
disdain.
Most
.
.
•
pouring over old tomes and prec- able in uncritical and unscientific
pared to help build up larger circulations
Wine and others. .
with various phases of Jewish life
of the theater managers In Republican Berlin
of
Concerning Rabbi Tarphon ious manuscripts, comparing and editions. This he is rapidly ac-
w i
Pre s will
Parents
I "a
in America.
were Jews. Ile applied for a reporter's place
for such books.
in
correcting annotating and recon-
on the Berliner Tageblatt--and was refused.
"Laugh, Jews, Laugh! Laugh interest and value for their chit- _great contemporary of the re- structing ancient Rabbinic texts. complishing, with success.
Jewish Book Week provides the op-
nowned Rabbi Akiba—the fol-
The editor and the owners of the Tageblatt
I only want to add that Dr.
and enjoy yourselves!" the author esen,
portunity for encouraging greater interest
By such constant diligence, he has
were Jews. "When I think of the humiliation
bids his readers In a preface which
lowing is related by the Baby- succeeded during the course of a Higger is a young scholar who is
in Jewish publications, and it is to be
of my youth," Goebbels once explained, "I
he labels "In Place of an Intro - nevi
2-1
Religious
ews
v iews
Ionian Talmud: Whenever his decade to edit and publish a li- helping to create Rabbinic scholar-
Re
hoped that eventually it will result in
see no reason to shrink from applying any
auction" and in which he claims
ship in America. He requires en-
of eight volumes which have couragement. He deserves encour-
Parties in Israel aged mother wanted to ascend brary
treatment to our adversaries." In the Third
for Jews the right to laugh be-
making every week a Jewish book week.
become standard texts. In fact he
and THE LEGAL CHRONICLE
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Professor Russell
Prof. James Herbert Russell, known to
very many as "Pop," befriended every
one who knew him. Ile was one of the
most charming and human personalities.
Many of us knew him 18 years back at
Ann Arbor, and it was a pleasure to con-
tinue the friendship. It was just natural
to feel at home with him. If he had pre-
judices he entertained them only in the
tense that he had a right to his opinions.
American, a man of true
He was a true man
of great charm and
a
culture and
renuine democracy. We shall miss seeing
' Pop" Russell at concerts, lectures and the
And we shall miss him be-
even foram.
cause we know that the students of De-
least a great friend.
Reich his plays are performed. The S. A.
see to that. Dr. Paul Joseph Goebbels came
into the Nazi party in 1924 with the program
of "raising to fury the natural dislike of the
Germans for the Jew." lie succeeded . .
Goebbels is his own religion. And should this
regime go, none can be so surely counted on
to survive as the Propaganda Minister. For
his is the instinctive, biological cunning of the
rat.
This is a most interesting explanation,
although by no means a new one. Evi-
dently, at one time or another, every anti-
Semite had some unpleasant experience
with a Jew or Jews. Perhaps Adolf Hit-
ler's own hatred is traceable to such ex-
periences. In the case of Goebbels, whet
Jews labelled as "rotten" in his work be-
come holy under Nazism. Therefore, the
new Hitler cult is his religion. Thus anti-
Semitism is made.
cause it cheers them and gives
them "courage and new strength
to struggle on the thorny path of
life."
The brevity of the stories In
"Laugh, Jew, Laugh"—the 45 of
them are packed Into 187 pages—
make., the book all the more com-
mendable because It enables even
those who have but few momenta
for reading to pick up the book
and almost in a flash to be treated
to a humorous 'tory.
Abraham London is the English
translator of Korner'. present
volume.
Bloch Publishing Co., 31 W.
31st St., New York, has published
for the Women's Branch of the
Union of Orthodox Jewish Congre-
gations a booklet which has great
merit for all those who are inter-
ested In the development, the rise
and decline of various religious
parties in Israel.
In 'Religious Parties in Israel:
Their History, Methods and Per-
il s., ($1), Rabbi Abraham Bur-
stein familiarizes his readers with
the various sects in a series of
eight lectures. The volume, dedi-
cated to the memory of Jane
the
riballisihed
77:m
' s:u
Fund .
"Watchmen of the Night"
Following a brief Biblical his-
Betty Kalisher's "Watchmen of
the Night" adds an interesting tory. Rabbi Burstein deals with
volume to the publications issued the following religious sects: The
by the Union of American lie- ertaAnz rtnue TO )(Err pool)
her bed, he would kneel down
and she would step on him, and
whenever she desired to descend
he would do the same thing.
• • •
The Palestinian Talmud tells
us the following concerning the
above-mentioned scholar: The
mother of Rabbi Tarphon was
walking in the courtyard of her
house one Sabbath day and sud-
denly her slipper tore. So her
son placed his hands beneath
her soles and she walked on
them until she reached her bed.
One day Rabbi Tarphon be-
came Ill and the Sages came to
visit him. The mother, seeing
(MACAU TURN •ECT PAUL)
is the modern "Masmid."
The present work "Masektot
Kalah (The Treatises Kalah)
really consists of two tractates:
(1) Maseket Kalah and (2) Mane-
ket Kalah Raboti. The first is
fundamentally a Tannaitic text
with later additions, written, dur-
ing the third century of common
era, in typical Mishnaic Hebrew;
the second Is • Gaomic text, writ-
ten in Aramaic, the laligu.-^c of
the Babylonian Talmud. Its date
is a problem and is difficult to fix.
Dr. Bigger argues that its cm.
piler was the Gaon Raba of Pum-
haditha who lived in the middle of
seventh century, current era. It is
in many respects a sort of Gems-
rah, a commentary on the first and
shorter tractate as well as on two
other texts which Dr. Rigger has
agement.
Why Do Jews Wear Hats in
Their Synagogues?
Just as the Western gesture of
respect is to remove the hat, as the
Palestinian gesture of respect and
reverence is to be completely
dressed, Including the wearing of
the hat. Either action is symbolic.
The A.:znIng of both is the same.
One represents the convention of
the West, and the other the conven-
tion of the East. Analogously, as
a sign of respect the Moslem re-
moves his shoes before entering a
Mosque; in Western lands one is
careful to be shod before entering
a church. Both are eonventional
expressions of reverence for the
house of worship.