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Pentateuchal portion—Num. 1:1-4:20.
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•
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Wednesday, May 27
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28:26-31.
anti-Semites.
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Thursday, May 28
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names of those who refuse to be with us.
Num. 28:16-31.
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May 22, 1936
Sivan 1, 5696
Nahum Sokolow
Nahum Sokolow's name is already per-
manently recorded in Jewish history. The
mere fact that he has served as president
of the World Zionist Organization, that
he has represented the Jews of the world
before the highest tribunals, and has
pleaded our case with the utmost dignity,
places him in the very first ranks of great-
ness. There is no doubt that his name
will live as one of the half dozen greatest
Jews of the 20th century.
But Nahum Sokolow was much more
than a leader. He was equally as great
as the philosopher of his people, as the
great scholar and creative genius who
had helped to enrich Jewish culture. A
great Ilebraist, he wrote and spoke with
equal fluency in English, French, Yid-
dish and several other languages.
A charming personality, he had won the
hearts of Jews of all shades of opinion.
Detroiters who had the privilege of meet-
, ing :and knowing him will value the hours
they spent with his as the most precious
of their lifetime. During his several visits
here he left an indelible imprint upon his
numerous audiences.
We mourn the death of Nahum Soko-
low as an irreparable loss for Jewry, May
his blessed memory serve to encourage
Jews to carry on the great work he spon-
sored in his lifetime that had been so rich
in contributions to Jewish culture and
idealism.
We Must Invoke Public Opinion
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An interesting issue arises over the ques-
tion whether or not the organized Jewish
community is justified in publicizing the
names of donors to 'campaigns. Because
there are some who feel the sting of shame
when their names are published next to
sums too insignificant for their means,
protests have been heard against the
method used to inform the community
relative to the liberality of its citizens.
Evidently the same question is an issue
elsewhere, if we judge correctly the fol-
lowing excellent editorial by Nathan
Gould, former Detroiter, in the Wisconsin
Jewish Chronicle:
We congratulate the leaders of the Mil-
waukee campaign for their decision to PUB-
LISH the list of subscribers and the amounts
opposite their names. It will make very in-
teresting reading. If that practice which
prevailed here up until 1929 had been con-
tinued in all our campaigns since, the Mil-
waukee Jewish community wouldn't have the
reputation for giving so sadly.
Let us by all means know how Jewish
every Jew in Milwaukee is. And every Jew
here has a right to know what every other
Jew gives. Because we are all in the same
boat of responsibility for the preservation of
Jewish life abroad and for our own protection
and safety right here. No one Jew can say
"I won't give; •I am not interested; this is a
free country and I can do and give as I
please." That can't be done anymore. This
may be a free country, but the Jews in it are
not free, Not as long as the Jews through-
out the world are being attacked AS JEWS,
And the anti-Semitic forces do not differer-
tiate between Jews who give and Jews who
do not give. The Jew who does give gen-
erously has to suffer for the niggardliness
of his fellow Jew who refuses to give his
just share. In a crisis such as faces all of
us today, EVERY Jew has got to stand up and
BE COUNTED as a Jew, whether he likes it
or not And the only test of how far any
Jew goes in standing by his fellow Jews here
or abroad is HOW MUCH MONEY HE GIVES
• TO IIELP HIS FELLOW JEWS IN THEIR
FIGHT FOR SELF-PRESERVATION.
•
Let the names be published. The Jew who
gives proportionate to his means and his
standing in the community will not object
And if the Jew who insults every man and
woman worker In the campaign by slinging
them a $10 bill when he ought and can afford
to give $500 doesn't like to see his name pub-
lished in the list, let him increase his subscrip-
tion before the lists are published—or suffer
the contempt of the entire city, Jewish and
non-Jewish as well. if there be a Jew in this
city who "doesn't give a damn what the Jews
think of me" (and some "Jews" have said that
—and worse!)—then perhaps he might care a
little what the non-Jews think. And if he
"doesn't give a damn" for anybody, then let
it go at that, and let the logic of human
relationships take its due course.
And let the publication of names not stop
with those who give any amount, large or
anal Let there be a list of names under the
bead "REFUSED TO GIVE." Some of the
workers have actually reported Jews who told
them point-blank that they wouldn't give a
cent to save their fellow starving Jews in
Germany, or Poland or anywhere else. Let
the community know who these choice repre-
sentatives of the human species are. If a man
he cer-
has the "courage of his convictions"
object to having the world
tainly will not stands
on
the
subject
of
Jew-
knew where he
helpfulness and Jewish responsibility and
ish
Jewish humanity.
for any
There are no "'ibis or excuses
n thisi.hpfte for the Jews are
eingwiar
otRgis
JarrivnA
arlice and religious
of an inno-
yin* a war against persecution
anti-Semitism, a
cent people, • war against
suffering, misery, and
maims Marration,
And In this kind
Meth el the Jewish people.
able to fight has got to
If seer, every man
such
thing as • "coo-
ROL There can be no
swirsitloits objector," There can be no slack-
are within the confines of a besieged
egg
• Leon Blum of France
As Leon Blum prepared to organize the
new French Cabinet, those concerned over
European affairs were speculating as to
the effect of his stewardship on world
politics.
Because he is a Jew, and because his
Cabinet will have to deal with Jewry's
worst enemies—the Nazis—speculation is
all the more ripe.
Leon Blum has risen to the height of
leadership in an age when even Jews warn
their kinsmen not to accept public office
because the oft-repeated charge of Jewish
world domination may react unfavorably
on our suspecting and suspicious heads.
For this reason M. Blum's decision to form
a cabinet becomes a matter of great signi-
ficance. For Jews, his decision assumes
extreme importance by virtue of a very
frank and very effective statement he is
quoted to have made recently. Time Maga-
zine is responsible for the following at-
tributed to M. Blum:
His Socialist spirit is fixed with reli-
gious fanaticism; he hates Nazis as they can
only be hated by one who is a Socialist, a
Frenchman and a Jew ...
"As far as I am concerned, I am a
French Jew and I can conscientiously say that
I am a good Frenchman," Leon Blum has writ-
ten in his exceeding painstaking Marxist style.
"I find that my ancestors were Alsatians,
which means that they were French. I was
brought up as a Frenchman. I attended French
schools, my friends were French, I have held
official positions . . . I speak French per-
fectly and without a trace of foreign accent;
rticu-
even my facial features are free of
titled
larly conspicuous racial traits. I am
to consider mysely assimilated, and f feel
sure that there is no element, however subtle,
of the French spirit, French honor or French
culture which is alien to me. Yet, though
I feel myself to be genuinely French, I do,
at the same time, feel that I am a Jew . .
I have always known that a Jew can be
nothing but a Jew."
Lights from
Shadowland
By LOUIS PEKARSKY
Reproduction in part or whole forbid-
den, without permiselon of the Seven
Art, Feature Syndicate, CopYriebtere of
tale feature.,
A writer in the London Jewish Chron-
icle tells the following interesting story
about the benevolence of the Rothschilds:
The princely contributions which have
given such a magnificent send-off to the
Million Pound German Fund in this country,
remind me of a still unfortgotten story of that
great-hearted philanthropist, the first Lord
Rothschild. One day, during one of the ter-,
rible pogrom periods in Russia, that other
large-hearted Jew, the late Hermann Landau,
arrived home to find a crowd of hungry and
clamorous refugees at his door. The police, who
were perplexed by the situation, welcomed his
coming and explained. Landau took arclook
at the scene, then hailed a cab and drove as
fast as the horse could run to New Court, the
shrine of charity in difficulties. An unexpected
visit by Mr. Landau meant only one thing and
as always, New Court good-humoredly recog-
nized it. Landau hastily told of the mob
round his home. "How much do you want?"
asked Lord Rothschild. "Seventeen thousand
pounds!" was the reply. His Lordship held
a moment', conversation with his two brothers.
"All right," he said, "you can have 20,000!"
Even the courageous Landau held his breath.
"But I only asked for 17,0001" he gasped.
His Lordship turned to his brothers, and re-
marked, with a laugh, "he's having Rachasanet
on us!" If only all of us, Commoners and
not only Peers, would follow the example
of the "Lord" who not only "provided" but
over-provided, how much worry would not the
organisers of the present appeal be spared!
PALESTINE---IS IT A HAVEN OF .REFUGE
OR AN HISTORIC OPPORTUNITY?
By JAMES I. ELLMANN
President Zionist Organization of Detroit
(Conyrisht, 113I, B. A. F. 8.)
HOLLYWOOD, Calif.— This
news item might be entitled, "A
Child Prodigy Who Made Good
When Ile Grew Up."
The prinicipal of our story is
Max Steiner, who is in the head-
lines this week by virtue of his
signing a Joint long-term contract
with Selznick International and
Pioneer Pictures. Steiner, you re-
member, is the internationally fa-
mous composer and conductor who
won the 1935 musical award given
by the Academy of Motion Pic-
ture Arts and Sciences.
David 0. Selznick, youthful pro-
ducer of a number of prize-win-
ning history-making motion pic-
tures, tells us that Steiner will be
assigned immediately to compose
the music and score for Marlene
Dietrich's picture now in produc-
tion, "Garden of Allah." Joseph
Schildkraut is one of the featured
players in this film.
Steiner has composed musical
score, for more than 50 productions
since he entered the motion picture
business six years ago.
At the age of 13 he established
himself as a child musical genius
by finishing an eight-year music
course in one year at the Imperial
Academy of Music in Vienna,
where he was born May 10, 1888.
During his year at the Academy,
he learned all the finer points of
the violin, piano, organ, cello and
trumpet and his excellent bril-
liance and genius won for him a
gold medal.
Steiner wrote the book, lyrics
and music for a musical comedy,
"The Beautiful Greek Girl," after
he completed his schooling, and it
had a two year run in his native
city.
His 16th birthday found him in
the role of a professional conduc-
tor in Russia. After appearing in
Moscow and Hamburg, he went to
England where Daly's London
Theater engaged him as conductor
and orchestrator. Ile was in Lon-
don when the World War started
and he faced the alternative of
being interned or leaving the
country to find residence in neu-
tral territory.
The young maestro decided to
move to the United States and
landed in New York, unheralded
and apparently unwanted, He was
poverty-stricken until he met Abe
Erlanger, one of the outstanding
musical producers of the day, who
assigned him to make the orches-
tral arrangement for "The Rain-
bow Girl." So well did he do this
that offers of employment came
from all sides. Ile found work as
an orchestrator and conductor with
Florenz Ziegfield, Victor Ilerbert,
George White, and other fanfous
figures in the theatrical and musi-
cal worlds.
Steiner's debut in the motion
picture industry came in 1030
when he came to Hollywood to
head RKO-Radio Pictures music
department. The music he wrote
for the famous "Symphony of Six
Millions" represented a new idea
in underscoring. Steiner says
David 0. Selznick made the sug-
gestion for this particular treat-
ment of music for a picture—hav-
ing the music match the action
and situation of each scene—some-
thing that had never been done
before.
Heading the list of noted films
for which Steiner composed all the
original music and score is "The
Informer," for which he won the
Academy of Motion Picture Arts
and Sciences Award for the past
year. This was the second honor
accorded him by this Hollywood
tribunal, for several years ago he
scored a short subject, "So This
Is Ilarris," which was chosen as
the best short subject of that year.
This is a statement that reflects the at-
titude of a Jew who has become actively
associated with Labor Zionism, who has
spoken his mind time and again on issues
affecting the Jewish people, and who has
linked his fortunes with his less fortunate
kinsmen.
"I have always known that a Jew can
be nothing but a Jew." There is, in this
credo, an emphasis ,which should awaken
many Jews from their lethargy. Too many
are frightened by the fear of dual alle-
giance to the countries of their birth or
adoption and to their Jewish people. But
not Leon Blum. "I am a Frenchman and
a Jew," he affirms—and he does it in a
manner which has become tradition for
Zionists and for Jews who feel sufficient
pride in their heritage to be able to act
their natural selves and to refuse to offer
for sale their birthright, especially when
the world would never demand such a
Gregor Rabinovitsch, Europe's
sacrifice if Jews themselves were not the foremost producer of musicals, is
to music what Korda of England
despoilers of their inheritance.
The Rothschilds' Benevolence
May 22, 1936
GA CHRONICLE
is to biographical drama. lie is
the sponsor of the careers of
Marta Eggerth, Jan Kiepura, Ana-
tol Litwak, Pole Negri and others.
To understand the functions of Palestine,
we must grasp the special approach to it by the
three major intellectual divisions of our people.
The first among these, the so-called Religionists
of the Reform persuasion, while rejecting Mes-
sianism as the solution of our status in the
Diaspora believe that each solution will come
about in and of itself by a firmer adherence to
religious doctrine and observance along the ten-
ets of Reform Judaism. The Nationalists, some-
times called Zionists, unconcerned as most of
them are with any specific religious observance,
believe that Palestine could be Made available
for the establishment of a permanent home for
a great proportion of the Jewish people. The
third group, the so-called Racialists, believe that
mere consciousness of race and group adherence
is sufficient They may or may not be opposed
to the development of a national consciousness,
but they do not bother about it. They are safe
and self-satisfied.
Strangely enough, the strongest opposition
in practically all of its forms to Nationalism or
Zionism comes from the leadership of Reform
Judaism in America. It is only in the last few
years, since the collapse of our people in Ger-
many, that at least one question has been dis-
posed of and that is that Palestine is really ac-
cepted as a place of physical escape. They no
longer question this, but they do insist that as a
political movement Zionism or Nationalism has
no value. They might as well say: "I am in
favor of a Temple, but not its rabbis; I am in
favor of a Temple, but not its spiritual and re-
ligious values; I am in favor of Palestine as a
place we may run to from danger and death,
but opposed to setting up there appropriate po-
litical and civic essentials of a permanent Jewish
home."
In Tune With Our Nationhood
In this opposition the objecting represent-
tines of Reform Judaism seem utterly forgetful
that those coming to Palestine must establish
permanent means of self-perpetuation. They
must establish what is most essential to their
present life and the future hopes. This must
be along some specific philosophy, social, eco-
nomic, psychological and religious. They deny
that the destiny of the Jews can express itself in
terms of Nationhood without presenting any real
facts therefor. They speak of the destiny of the
Jews as being intended for development along
religious rather than Nationalistic lines. They
deal with destiny as if it were a sort of mathe-
matical formula, rather than something which
follows the facts and twists of life. They have
no difficulty fortelling what our destiny as a
people might be, and seem to know the historical
direction it will pursue. Two thousand years
of experience the other way seem of no signi-
ficance.
Whatever our destiny, there can be no
question that present developments are in tune
with what might be called our Nationhood. The
Mizrachi element in the Zionist movement has
been fighting hard to establish a specific religious
direction. The Agudath Israel, the most Ortho-
dox group, while a strong factor in the survival
of the traditional viewpoint has made little im-
pression upon present day developments in Pal-
estine. Yet no one can gainsay that religious
elements are taking form there. The exact na-
ture cannot be stated. The entire atmosphere
in Palestine seems to indicate that the dominant
economic motives cannot provide the bread and
water upon which men and women must spiritu-
ally feed. In truth, the whole character of the
land and the potency of en all pervasive tradi-
tion are re-creating what appears to be an in-
timate religious attitude.
We Reject Attitude of Defeatism
To these former objectors Palestine has at
last become all right for one specific purpose—
a haven of refuge. It remains false doctrine
for all other purposes. If this were so, the man
on the street might well argue that the hopes
we have been placing upon the Homeland may
be dashed at any moment And that needless is
all this extravagent outpouring of public and
private funds for so illusory a purpose. What
those who hold this view mean to assert is that it
France's First Jewish Premier
Intimate Profile of Leon Blum, the First Jewish Premier
of France, Who is Called the Marxist Disraeli
of the Twentieth Century
By BERTRAM JONAS
(Copyright, 1035, SeNen Art. Feature EYndleate)
"Leon Blum confers with Hit.
ler." "French Premier talks with
?Uzi Leader." "Jewish Statesman
meets No. 1 anti-Semite face to
face."
The possibility of events that
may create such headlines has
pushed Leon Blum, the man who
will be the next premier of
France, into the international
spotlight. Venerable leader of the
French Socialist Party and mov-
ing spirit of the Popular Front,
which will take over the French
government on June 1 as a re-
sult of its smashing election vic-
tory, Blum will now become pre-
mier of France at one of the moat
critical moments in the history
of France, which together with
the rest of Europe may be on the
brink of a new world war. The
new premier, the first Jew to hold
There is a remarkable lesson for weal- that post in France, will be con-
thy Jews everywhere in this story. Too fronted by momentous decisions
many of them give the impression of being and trying situation both at home
martyrs when they contribute for the re- and abroad. Upon the results of
may depend the fate of
lief of their suffering brethren. They make policies
democracy of France, and per-
you believe that they make sacrifices when haps of Europe itself.
Because • Jewish premier at
they donate to Jewish causes. Indeed,
might complicate the al-
we should have Rachmanut on them, we this time
delicate political relations
should have pity that they take away from ready
between Nati Germany and
their own tables to give to the starving France and because the French
I Fascists would find • Jew at the
and oppresse d !
The Rothschilds have established tradi- head of the French government a
target, Blum might have
tions for giving that are to this day the shining
been forgiven if he declined to
highest gifts of kindness. Would that accept the office which was right-
other wealthy Jews could learn from fully his. The sweeping triumph
of ths Popular Front in the recent
them!
election made the Socialists the
largest party in the Chamber of
Deputies. Under normal circum-
stances there would be no ques-
tion as to the identity of the next
premier. But these are not nor-
mal times and many political ob-
servers felt that Blum would fore-
go the honor. Those who were
of this opinion reckoned without
the stubborn, courageous and pro-
fessorial Blum who has now as-
sumed a burden and a responsi-
bility that only a man of firm
convictions and unusual moral
fibre would undertake.
The Premier's Career
Who is this man Blum, the Jew-
ish Socialist and number two man
of France? There is nothing pic-
turesque about Premier Blum. A
man of average height, with a
drooping mustache and long nose
crowned with a pince nes, he
looks no different from the thou-
sands of small-salaried clerks who
rub elbows on the streets of
Paris. Baldish and professorial-
looking, his habitual wing collar
and the philosophical calm of his
expression belie his strong, un-
compromising character. Ile is
now 66 but he retains the vigor,
if not the health, of youth. On
the platform he never arouses that
instinctive enthusiasm which a
Trotsky or a Mussolini inspires.
Blum is not the cartoon version
of a Socialist, nor is he cast in
the mold of the French politi-
cian'. He is rather the low-voiced
(MAASS TtRil To LAST PAGE)
By PHINEAS J. BIRON
(Copyright, 1136. 8. A.
Palestine Is An Historic Opportunity
Palestine must not and cannot be solely an
escape. Palestine is and must be a historic op-
portunity. Whatever our mixture of people
from everywhere may do in the welding, they
must take advantage of this opportunity that
has come to them after 2,000 years of gypsying.
With help from the Diaspora they can do a
magnificent 'job. We cannot take a people like
this and give them a physical escape and free-
dom without unloosening all their creative
energy, without establishing a sense of renewed
dignity. What we there accomplish will inure
to every Jew living in any part of the outside
world. Every sort of approach for 20 centuries
has been tried by us, but our status as a people
has not materially improved.
Palestine is the only historical medium we
have not fully retried. And yet how easy it is
to conceive that from this new household we
should be better able to radiate to our fellow
Jews everywhere a sense of new unity, a sense
of new strength.
In Zion we shall be able to rebuild a tem-
ple, not of stone and mortar, not even of tears
and sacrifices. It shall be at once more ethereal
and more real. It shall be the temple of a new
concept of social justice—a new freedom to
think, to feel, to create, even to believe.
From here we will be able to match diplo-
matic wits with the Ilitlern. here we will be
able to build; and we will be able to destroy and
rebuild according to patterns of our own. Here
we will be able to protect, preserve and improve
our Inheritance. And we will be able to exchange
with others on terms of a new equality, social,
spiritual, and intellectual gifts.
Two thousands years have we waited for
this miracle—the return to Zion of great throngs
of sons and daughters of Zion.
But that we shall achieve Palestine, there
is little doubt A people that remembers
deserves to achieve its memories. A people that
hopes deserves to realize its hopes. A people
that labors deserves the fruits of its labors.
But Palestine will be achieved not alone by
speculation, not by philosophy, not by its "Luft-
. menschen," not by those who treat it as an es-
cape, contributors though all these have been
and will be. Palestine must be and shall be
regained by its "hewers of wood" and its 'drawers
of water," its workers of the soil who mean to
redeem the soil with the strength of their bodies
and the warmth of their souls. And this is im-
portant: they will not need to keep their head
and their feet in the soil alone. They shall be
able to lift their eyes to the enchanting stars
of an Eastern sky when the day's work is over.
By MENTOR
Tidbits from Everywhere
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VIA
OneSH
.f0tRhTe m
WaAs V
t e E r . ntiods of the
is unwise to put all our hopes in Palestine as a
complete solvent of the complicated Jewish prob-
lem in the Diaspora. Without providing the way,
they contend that we must try to solve our prob-
lem in whatever land we live in and not depend
wholly on Palestine. Granted. What of it?
Supposing Palestine is only a major solution,
it that not enough? Can we bargain better else-
where? Are we not helpless in the crucible of
anti-Semitism in nearly every land? How many
Christian gentlemen can we get today to espouse
complete decency for the Jew even in freedom-
loving America? How many political leaders of
a twisted mentality would it require to re-create
many of the unfortunate conditions we have
abroad? How many, 'eager for a larger num-
ber' of political adherents could be converted
overnight into bitter antagonists? No, we nei-
ther accept defeat nor an attitude of defeatism.
But we cannot close our eyes to danger. Ad-
verse conditions must be fought on every front
and in every land. That is the only true lesson
of our history.
At various stages in our historic survival we
have had to penetrate deeper and deeper into
our spiritual recesses, to draw therefrom the
strength to endure the ravages of an outside
world. Now we aie turning this inner spiritual
depth outward. We are finding satisfaction in
renewed activity of the soil, in planting, in
sowing, in draining of marshes, in replanting
denuded terraces. What will these new efforts
do to our spiritual and traditional heritages?
Who can tell?
Christian Century
Makes Itself Plain
Strictly
Confidential
Nazi secret service is a gentleman
by the name of Baron Roland
His real name, however, is Ino
h E issra which was tai
gi v
nen h
saii nostokbr,
Jewish
where he was born . . . Baron
Roland is one of the chief Nazi
German
aregfeungtseeas n,ig. n.edKth
in gspEydowna
has become a patron of the Lon-
don Jewish orphanage . . . Ile's
the third British monarch to be-
stow royal patronage on that in-
sti't'uTthi en.Talmud in the Flanse of
the Generations" is the name of
a new volume by a Polish priest
called Zoderecki who exposes all
the anti-Semitic libels against the
Talmud.
The House of Rothschild in
France will be one of the chief
sufferers from the new financial
program being mapped by Leon
Blum, the new premier of France.
Burglars in London who rob
Jewish houses are scrawling "hell
II iptlaetri'e' not: heth
wi
t
a
w
walla fever are
being spied on by German nurses
to report any remarks unfavorable
to t T h e
N
L o regime,
b
of Elizabeth
Arden , manufacturers
noru e facturers of beauty
preparations, refuses to employ
Jews, allegedly on instructions
from Miss Elizabeth Arden her-
self.
COMMUNAL FRONT
Some Jewish leaders in this
country are reported to be consid-
ering the possibility of settling
German Jewish refugees in Ethio-
pia,
The long-hoped-for merger of ail
boycott activities in this country
mai. be realized shortly . . . The
Anti-Nazi League is reported to be
ready to join the united boycott
front of the American Jewish Con-
gress and the Jewish Labor Com-
mittee.
A nation-wide contest to select
the best Jewish Center puhlica-
lions is being sponsored by the
Jewish . Welfare Board and the
National Association of Jewish
Center Workers . . . Our manag-
ing editor, Bernard Postal, is one
of the judg
es ....
POLITICAL STUFF
Distribution of a pamphlet
called "How to Destroy the Jews,"
circulated from a post office box
in Los Angeles, has been held up
by the post Office authorities ...
But the publishers have informed
people who wrote for copies of tat
pamphlet that they can't meet tht
demand because the supply is ex
hausted and are returning postam
sent in payment for them ... Th.
publishers also "regret that man)
people were of the impression •thir
this pamphlet is of an anti-Semi
tic nature ... On the contrary, i
was Written by a Jewish autho.
in an attempt to show the futilit
of such thoughts."
POTPOURRI
Curt Bois, German Jewish refu
gee, informed us last week tha
Countess von Waldeck, one of th.
passengers on the western voyage
of the Zeppelin Hindenburg, i
the former Rose Goldschmidt .
Walter Winchell also armours...,
this but even Walter didn't knos
that the Countess is the widow 0
one of the Ulstein brothers, fa
mous German publishers . . . In
cidentally, Countess Waldeck'.
name was not among the passen
gem listed for the return flight
A Hebrew and English hid
publishing concern is advertisini
in the New York press for a part
nor with a capital of $15,000.
SPORT WORLD
Westbrook Pegler, the creel
columnist, is a brave fellow .
Despite his bitter attacks on Na
zism, he's returning to Germain
to cover the Olympics.
The physical education depart
ment of the Soviet Union has in
vited Nat Fleischner, editor of th.
Ring Magazine, to come to Russi;
and teach the young Russians the
fine art of boxing.
Max Baer is fixing to recapture
some of his tarnished glory by ap
peering
in New a s y oath.
an
conduct°
Barney Ross is already gettini
gray although he's only 26.
Nahum Sokolow
The World's Most Versatile Jewish Thinker
By REUBEN BRAININ
The editors of The Christian
Century have written a second EDITOR'S NOTE: Nahum Sokolow is dead. Reuben Brainin, col
league of Sokolow in the field of Hebrew literature, .ketche
editorial on the Jewish Prob-
the portrait of Sokolow—man, writer, thinker and leader
lem and it is a pronouncement
(Copyright. 11131, Seven Arts Feature Pyndlc•t.)
which justifies my deepest sus-
picions. For it answers with an
What a curiously puzzling col- sonality differed no grossly, wh
,
emphatic "yes" all the questions lection of portraits, if one were to had discovered so wide a range e
which I posed last week and assemble in a single room all the conflicting characteristics in on
there is now no doubt that this drawings, paintings, sketches and face. Yet all these artists on
journal is interested in regi- etchings made of Nahum Sokolow writers saw correctly. E a c t
one phase, one mood, on
and all the essays, feuilletons and grasped
menting Jews to Christianity.
facet of this most versatile m
The editors frankly admit editorials written on him. Out of modern Jews, Nahum Sokolow.
one frame Sokolow the philoso-
Hi s Phenomenal Erudition
that they are looking for a re- pher, the old would look, gazing
The true portrait of Nahun
ligious totalitarianism; in fact, past us into invisible, abstract
Sokolow
would have had to Is
they assert that the term worlds; on the next portrait we painted in the ultrasmodernists
"Christian totalitarianism" was would find a meticulously groomed manner, With a strange back
coined in the pages of the Sokolow, the elegant, scintillating, ground of planets, books, tractor,
somewhat superficial causeur; from
Christian Century. Further a third canvas a Voltairean, skep- universities, bridges and oth et
than this, they tell their read- tical, almost cynical Sokolow would symbols of the manifoldness of his
personality, his interests and hi.
ers that what they would like smile at us. One biographical es- erudition. The canvas would hay ,
to see is the Jewish equivalent say described him as a subtle had to convey the intellectus
journalist and stylist, speculating
of Christian totalitarianism, on coming events, juggling with versatility of a Leonardo da Vinci
"namely, Jewish totalitarian- definitions; another hailed Solos. The artist, disregarding the sham
of Sokolow's nose and beard, woulc
ism." Here the editors are not , low's most recent book, on Spinoza, have had to attempt to symbolize
explicit as to what "Jewish to- as a penetrating study, the life the eternal Jewish youthfulness
work of one who has dedicated
talitirianism" is supposed to himself to research. In one corner and kaleidoscopic versatility which
be. Do they mean that all we would see an artist's conception Sokolow, more than any other be
Jews should be regimented to of Sokolow the diplomat, with an ing I can think of, personified. At
Sokolow's dominant characteris.
Orthodoxy, or Conservatism or enigmatic, Mona Lisa-like expres- tics, however, this portrayer would
sion on his face; and just opposite
Reformism—or maybe to Dr. an
old prophet, bent over a Tal have had to take his Olympian
Kaplan's Judaism, which is mud, would seem to shrug his - philosophic calm, his lucid, steady
more nearly an approximation shoulders, as if to indicate that tolerant, passionless eyes. In e
nervous, inconstant, restive gener
of totalitarianism than any- the doing" of all the other Sokolov,' alien of transient moods, mug.
are of little import to him.
thing else?
And we would have been at a gerated enthusiasms and neuralgic
Without explaining exactly loss, unable to believe that all these pessimism, Sokolow invariably re-
tained his far, clear vision, un-
what Jewish totalitarianism Is Sokolows were portraits of one and affected by pyrotechnic flashes or
the editors proceed to say that the same man. We might have felt ephemeral catastrophes. Cynics
it would furnish a "genuine tempted to lcae our faith in the may have misread his detachment
; artists and biographers whose var.
and qualified his aloofness as in-
*FLAMM VAN rsxT Pegg)
ious conceptions of aim one per-
(PLaalj Torsos TO WELT Fa=