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With incipient Fascism on the
rise in this country, the Labor
Research Association, editors of
"Labor Fact Book III" (Inter-
national Publishers), have done
a valuable public service by in-
cluding a lengthy chapter on
developments affecting civil
rights and Fascist tendencies
during the past two years. In
General Manager
this chapter are the facts that
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record of violence against labor
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Sidney J. Allen, chairman of the building "that indicates the graceful contour which the
this volume is required read-
committee for the new Jewish Old Folks' Home, building will assume. The beauty of the struc-
ing.
regrets members of the Detroit Jewish com- ture itself, as well as the splendid purpose it will
Striking evidence of the fal-
munity to visit the site of the new institution serve, will imbue every member of our commu-
sity of the assertion that wo-
nity with pride for the part he has played in
in order to see the rapid strides in construction
man is the weaker sex is af-
the erection of this institution.
which have already been made.
forded in "Little Women Grow
"If the subscribers to the recent Allied
The illustration above shows a few of the
Bold" (Bruce Humphries), by
Mindreds of workmen actively engaged on the Jewish Campaign will meet the payments of their
Mary Elizabeth Ford, an enter-
grounds, laying the foundation for the kitchen pledges promptly, and if those who can will
taining and informative his-
floor. Many other practical necessities have been make every effort to increase the amounts of
completed. The boiler for the heating plant has their payments, thus making more money avail- . tory of women in sports, avia-
able immediately, we, of the building committee,
tion, exploration and physical
been installed, coal shutes set in, etc.
will be able to speed the construction of this
skill. Devoted for the most
"But it is the curved synagogue wall, which
sorely-needed institution."
part to persons who are either
has begun to take shape," according to Mr. Allen,
dead or past their prime, this
record of bold and brave ladies
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(CONCLUDED FlioNI PAGE ONE/
CONCLUDED FROM EDITORIAL PAGE -rife and children constituting a
Rosenthal in golf and Mrs. Os-
close-knit for mutual protection and
permanent circle. Respect for ger even where it is folly to op- car Straus in exploration. The
code and enjoy greater immunity parents is deep-rooted. Desertion pose. That was the rejected coun-
strength — a family in which each indi-
from disease than most of Haile of the parental home before mar- sel of Josephus to Jewish defense best proof of the emergence of
vidual, or his dependents, will some day
Selassie's countrymen. Strictly riage is unheard of. So strong when the Temple was being de- Jewish women in sports is the
monotheistic in faith, they frown are family ties that a whole class stroyed by Titus. But the record fact that so few of them are
come into a sure inheritance — an inheri-
on most of the varieties of feti- of hermits has grown up among of that gallant opposition remains
mentioned in this book, which
tance payable when needed most.
chism in vogue among the Ethio- fathers of families who, after the one of our historic treasures. We
pian tribesmen. Living apart from death of their wives, have taken are not anxious to write that sort deals mostly with has-beens.
the other tribes, the Falashas are a vow of chasity and spend the of history again. Neither must we
You can choose a Great-West Life policy
distinguished by their skill in the rest of their lives in prayer and accept defeat when it is not our
that will give you and yours just the kind
crafts, their totally un-Jewish dis- fasting.
due.
dain of trade and their insistence
of protection you desire. Details of our
But let us revert to our theme.
Are Completely Emancipated
on observing the minutiae of un-
It takes two to make a bargain.
policy plans will be gladly furnished
Few Falasha rites are more
adulterated Judaism amid a peo-
Many of us seem to overlook that
scrupulously
observed
than
those
ple who are half Christian and
without obligation.
We shall in the days
associated with childbirth. Several simple fact.
half pagan.
ahead have to explore the basis
Perhaps the most striking dif- weeks before giving birth preg- of a mutual understanding. We
From Jonesboro, Arkansas, to
ference between the Falashas and nant women leave their home to should do it now. In this respect
the other natives of Ethiopia is take up residence in special huts Mr. Segal is quite right, even Cincinnati, Ohio, is a matter of
that
have
been
sanctified
by
the high social and economic level
though he does not take time to some hundred miles if you speak
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of women among the black- priests. The women remain alone point out how and in what man- in terms of road distance, but there
skinned Jews. Ethiopian women, except for a nurse until their ner it is to be done. But his is no separation between the two
Detroit, Mich.
like those of other backward children are born. Until the chil- counsel, he thinks, will somehow points in the hearts and minds of
races, are usually treated as in- dren are 40 days old-80 in the help us prove to Arab opinion,
Represent leg
ferior beings, motherhood, prosti- case of girls—Falasha women are "You see, we are good. We have
tution or concubinage being the forbidden to bathe. This is a pre- laid down our weapons—even the
only careers open to them. Fala- caution against contamination of most peaceful ones. We have
sha women do not suffer from the water supply, since the rivers ceased immigration. We shall
these degradations and limita- and streams are the sole source buy no more land. We shall stop
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■ AD 0171Cho
stern moral code and their rigor- tial immersion mothers of new- have been developing what terri-
ous observance of Jewish reli- born children clothe themselves tory we have. We shall cease ex-
gious rites, prostitution is ex- in new gowns and offer up as panding industrially, agricultur-
tremely rare among them. sacrifices a pair of doves caught ally, and every other way. We
Women guilty of a breach of by their husbands.
2 Jackets of Cellophane Seal in OLD GOLD'S Prize Tobacco chastity have to undergo purifica-
In their daily life women enjoy shall remain frozen—temporarily
—by fear. We do not wish to
•
tion by leaping into flaming fire. equal rights with men except in irk you. And what may we do
religion
and education, though
To meet the requirements of fre-
for you next, gentlemen?"
quent ritual ablutions for women, foreign Jewish agencies are now
Middle-of-Road Attitude
the Falasha settlements are al- making efforts to establish schools
Would not Arab opinion, en-
most always located near a river for girls too. In the martial (syna• couraged by such Quixotic gen-
or stream. Concubinage and poly- Rogue) women are seated in a
gamy, neither of which is for- separate section, and have a see- tility, have a right to answer,
"Yes, we are satisfied for the
bidden by the Old Testament, are cial entrance reserved
for them. time being. But would you not
•
prohibited. Divorce is almost un- They are permitted to witness rather re-emigrate to the lands
known, but permissible. When a the many sacrilcial ceremonies,
p . whence you came? You have
Falasha couple want to sever but only from a distance •
Riven us a fair sample of crea-
w
their matrimonial bonds they 0, proeoh to the sacrificial altar is Live
energy. You have fulfilled
pear before a judge who hears strictly forbidden to women.
your missi on f us.
We can
In
other
matters,
however,
Fa-
their complaints in public and in
do bet ter wi tht ouor
you. T he duece
lasha women are completely
the presence of their parents
withI!
wort' assurances th a t you
emancipated. They are not re-
Oppose Child Marriages
may come back here as a matter MR. AND MRS. R. H. MEYER
Marriage customs among the stricted to segregated quarters in of right, and not of sufferance; Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Meyer of that
their
homes,
nor
obliged
to
veil
Falashas present many dissimi-
that you may establish a national small Arkansas town, whose reli-
larities not only from those in their faces. Control over children
of your own; that you have gious interests center' around
vogue among other Jews but also is shared equally by father and home
invested your all for the rebuild- activities that stem from Cincin-
from those practised by the Ethio- mother. All public meetings are ing of this land and your people. nati, For It. 11. Meyer
and his
Here's a new deol in
pians. The Falashas oppose child open to women, and they take an We want this place back. We' wife, Emily, have deeded all their
hotel economy—you can't
marriages, 18 or 20 being the active part in communal and so- shall take it by dribs and drabs, property to the Union of Amer-
usual marriage age. Spinsters and cial affairs. Darker and more cor- if necessary, but take it we shall. ican Hebrew Congregations — an
pay more than $2:-$2F a $3
bachelors are unknown. Because pulent than the Amharas among Yes, we know we neglected it: unrestricted gift amounting to ap-
for a single room with both
intermarriage with other tribes is whom they live, the F•lash
abandoned it; denuded it. And proximately ;125,000—to further
N
Choose this splendid down
strictly forbidden there is a good women have shorter and curlier you have shown us its full possi- the religious work of Israel
town hotel where comfort
deal of in-breeding. First-born hair. Outdoors they wear a long bilities. We know you have made through the Union's program of
shift
edged
with
different
colors.
and luxuries surround you
sons must marry first-born girls.
the hills look greener, the val- religious education, promotion of
Courtship as we know it has At religious festivals and in the leys more fertile; the urban areas good will and development of reli-
Wonder fur food moderately
home they garb thmselves in
no
place
in
Falasha
society.
Mar-
teeming with new life; you have gious extension plans.
priced .
riages are not initiated by the richly embroidered gowns. They brought Eastern and Western cul-
principals bu t by their parents. are addicted to wearing silver or- ture tezether; bet we do not
OXON) It WO& Mono" Der:or
A father with a son of marriage- naments among Falasha women, want you here. We want our
That strange incident in which
able age approaches the father but they do not pierce the nose, own. Hordes of them are ready Governer Hoffman of New Jersey
of • marriageable daughter. as other tribeswomen do.
to come at the merest signal. Out ' accepted the "resignation" of
The history of this Jewish tribe
Judge Morris Umansky, although
Through intermediaries they ex-
with you."
change formal greetings and then is still shrouded in obscurity. But
Some such formula is the logi- the latter claims he never resigned,
PACING GRAND
arrange to meet somewhere in the nothing that Italian scholars may cal development of Mr. Segal's i is expected to lead to the appoint-
CIRCUS PARK
fields. Each party is attended by now disclose about the genealogy plan. It is almost from some such ment of J. George Fredman of
R
advisors. When the two parties of the Falashas can detract from point of despair that we are asked Jersey City former national corn-
have arrived these counselors con- the /act that this Jewish tribe of to commence negotiations. No mander-in-cbief of the Jewish War
fer, and the father of the pros- Africa honors the mother of the one can accept any such course. I Veterans, as Umansky's successor
-
1,500 Jews in Colombia pective bride sends back a mes- tribe, the famous Queen of Sheba, Yet there is a reasonable middle-
sage asking the prospective by treating its women humanly. of-the-road attitude, if Jewish
TISTIRDAT TODAY I TOMORROW
opinion could be crystallized be- an inflow here. If some com-
NEW YORK.—(WNS) — The groom's father: "Why have you
hind it; if it be ready for it. This promise is necessary later on,
Jewish population of the Republic come hither?"
Through his intermediary the
would say to our neighbors in well and good. We cannot bieak
of Colombia is now 1,500, it was
faith with the hopes of millions
Palestine:
reported by Bernard Silverman. groom's father returns a reply:
We are anxious to confer of our people who look longingly
Colombian Jewish leader, now • "We have a young man for whom
with you directly or through a in this direction. It would mean
visitor here. Mr. Silverman stated we seek • wife. Will you not give
properly selected umpire. We putting you'in a position of great-
that most of the Jews live in Us your daughter?"
This formality completed, the
Bogota, the capital. in Medellin
NEW YORK (WNS)—"Jewish want to explore each other's posi- est advantage before • hearing—
and Barranquilla. In the latter advisors go into conference and youth in America should learn the tion. We do not want to con- a situation that every conferee
city there is • modern Hebrew decide on the wedding day and art of boxing because the ability tinue to glare at each other out knows would be suicidal to his
HIP
e are willing to Cause.
school which has official standing the size of the dowry.
to handle your fists is perhaps the of ambush.
• ,.••S TO( SAM' 0000
The wedding ceremony i s • best insurance against anti-Semit- talk with your leadership, when
If I were the Zionist leader
and teaches secular subjects. The
Benny Leonard, former you have assembled • group to that Mr. Segal speaks of I
Colombian Jews publish a month- simple affair. There is no ketubah,
THE ( ,„.., d
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or
wedding
contract,
nor
any
We should bestir myself to create
ly periodical in Spanish called
world's lightweight champion. UM represent your opinion.
SEER IN THE GREEN BOTTLE
Our Tribune," which will short- other written agreement. In the an audience of Josiah communal court ■ discussion involving bet.' some sort of semi-judicial body
' presence of witnesses the couple leaders and athletes gathered to ter stays of living together, bet- to explore the possibilities for
ly be converted into a weekly.
Colombia's industrial develop- plight their troth and then set plan for • benefit boxing match tot ter ways of developing the land friendship and understanding; to
ment has been aided by the Jew- I up housekeeping. Falasha women raise funds for German refugees for mutual benefit But let us . listen to our claims; to listen to
"The Jews in Germany" is the ish settlers, Mr. Silverman raid, are excellent housekeepers and and Palestine. "The Jewish athlett!go into a meeting with a little Arab claims. I should meet again
name of a new publication being adding that there is plenty of 'their homes are celebrated for who is handy with his fists evokes I freedom from all the mean spirit and again even when It seems
in London It contains room for additional Jews, but im- their cleanliness. They are the more respect from an anti-Semite of false Nationalisms which ani- most hopeless through • friendly
nothing but news about the Jews migration is now difficult Nazi world's worst cooks. however. than a dozen Jewish scholars, mate both of as Let there be a Intermediary, if necessary, to try
nropaganda has made some in- Once she is married the Falasha whose learning the people cannot complete truce and in all war to reach some common accord.
in the Third Reich.
measures both have adopted. But Even apparent failure leave both
roads, but the government and woman enjoys social rights on a understand," he said.
no major change in policy while parties in ■ much more under-
people are friendly to the Jews. par with her husband. Married
Political circles in Connecticut the discussion lasta. We have the standing frame of mind. Therein
The Jewish community is lacking women carry on the same trades
A new anti-Nazi play, jointly
in unity and a Jewish library is as their husbands. Many of the have their eye on Max 9pelke of force of law, moral and legal. in lies greater wisdom, I am sure.
authored by Dorothy Parker,
urgently needed, he said, asking Falasha women are skilled pot- I Stamford, special assistant United great, if not fullest, measure be- But there are difficulties on the
George Kaufman, Irwin Shaw,
that contributions of books be tern, metal workers, blacksmiths States Attorney General . . . Hex hind tic There la a pressure upon read to Its achievement for, as I
Morrie Ryskind a
Mr. Gray. 43 and weavers. Falasha family life l is expected to go places In public our people which permits of no said before, it takes two to make
Mayer, is being readied for a Hal- sent him in care of
Leonard Street, New York City. is unusually dignified, husband, life. let-up in an exodus there, and in a bargain.
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