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The Yom Kippur Fast
In Chapter 58 of Isaiah we find the
most descriptive reference to the Yom Kip-
pur fast:
Is such the fast that I have chosen?
The day for a man to afflict his soul?
Is it to bow down his head like a bull-
rush,
And to spread sackcloth and ashes
under him?
Wilt thou call this a fast,
And an acceptable day to the Lord?
Is not this the fast that I have chosen?
To loose the fetters of wickedness,
To undo the bands of the yoke,
And to let the oppressed go free,
Is it not to deal thy bread to the
hungry,
And that thou bring the poor that are
cast out to thy house?
Lights front
Shadowland
By LOUIS
Patron of Music in Palestine
PEKARSKY
-
Reproduction In part or whole forbid.
den, without pennies!. of the Seven
Art. Feature Syndicate, Copyright.. of
thi• feature.
Ossip Gabrilowitsch the Zionist
Strictly .
Confidential
Tidbits from Everywhere
By PHINEAS J, BIRON
(Cup,.ight, 1106, a. A F S )
By PHILIP SLOMOVITZ
(Copyright. 1935. S. A. F. B.)
POLITICAL NOTES
Our private gumshoes tell us
that many police and government
officials on Long Island and in
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various up-State New York com-
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munities are members of the re-
Subscription, in Advance.
several years in the past, and intend to main-
a
non-Jewish
Ossip Gabrilowitsch was given
surgent Ku Klux Klan . . . From
tain it in the future. If, nevertheless, I am
To Insure publication, all corr.pondenee and new. matter
the same sources we learn that
in
the
funeral. He was buried at Elmira, N. Y.,
most reech this office by Tuesday evening of each week.
done simply
about 60 per cent of the followers
check
today,
this
is
a
sending
you
one
eide
of
the
Paper
null.
L.
me
When malting notlees, kindly
family plot of his late father-in-law, Samuel
of Father Coughlin are not only
because you mentioned yesterday that it may
Clemens (Mark Twain).
The Detroit Jewish Chronicle invitee ...pond.. on sub.
anti-Semitic but also anti-Catholic.
be of some moral assistance to your campaign.
h.. of Interest to the Jewish people. but disclaims res...-
Nevertheless the name of Gabrilowitsch will
A prominent national magazine
.Hey for an Indonement of the views erpreseed by the writers
I must state, however, that I cannot obligate
of
period
is compiling a list of anti-Semitic
long live in Jewish annals because in a
fut• organizations in the United States
Yom Kippur Morning Readings of the Torah.
myself
to
repeat
this
contribution
in
the
less than 10 years since his visit to Palestine
... Thus far the compendium in-
Pentateuchal portion—Lev. 16; Num. 29:7-11
ure, as it may become more and more impera-
he made definite contributions to the cause of the
cludes over 600 of them ..
'Prophetical portion—Is. 67:14-68:14
tive to send money direct to Palestine.
upbuilding of the Jewish National Home, and
leaders of some of the key Jew-
Yom Kippur Afternoon Readings of the Torah
Detroit
Jew-
an
interview
granted
to
The
baiting outfits belong to secret
In a few simple but impressive words the
was one of the most ardent defenders of Jewish
In
club
which meets in various parts
Pentateuchal portion—Lev. 18.
April
22,
1932,
and
published
on
Prophet summed up the tragedy of ill will
national aspirations.
ish Chronicle
of the country to discuss the best
Prophetical portion—Jonah.
4
and the misery that is caused by human
He was not only a great musician—he has Mr. Gabrilowitsch again indicated his extreme in- means of 'making America "Jew-
Reading of the Law for First Day of Succoth,
meanness. The fetters of wickedness cause
been called the "poet of the piano"—but he was terest in the Jewish national movement and urged conscious."
Thursday, Oct. 1
Only the German waiters were
an idealist, devoted to the cause of Palestine, and that the study of Hebrew be propagated widely,
Pentateuchal portion—Lev. 22 :26-23 :44; Num. oppression and hunger. The slavery of the CONTEST WINNERS
Ile told his interviewer, Miss Ruth C. Brotman: perturbed at the absence of the
human mind is responsible for the casting
29:12-16.
swastika from the display of the
Jewish names were much in evi- during the last few years of hie life made it his
Prophetical portion—Zacharia 14.
out of the poor and for the suppression of dence among the winners in the chief hobby.
flags of all nations at the Good
I regret that in my childhood I did not
Readings of the Torah for Second Day of Succoth,
Neighbor League's dinner to Sec-
letter writing contest staged by
When the National Council of Jewish Women
study Hebrew, and now, at this period of my
freedom.
Friday, Oct. 2
.
retary of State Hull at the Com-
Selznick
International
Pictures
We have much to pray for this Yom The trick was to name the five salted him to be their guest artist at the conven-
life, you can understand it would require very
Pentateuchal portion—Kings 8:2-21.
modore Hotel ... In place of the
Kippur. For a number of years conditions scenes standing out most in one's tion banquet in Detroit on March 29, 1932, Mr.
much of my time—but to be able to read the Nazi symbol the old black, white
Prophetical portion—I Kings 8:2-21.
in the Mark Twain book, Gabrilowitsch said that he would be pleased to
Book of Books, the Bible, in Hebrew, is an ac• and red banner of the old Ger-
Tishri 9, 5697 grew constantly worse from one Rosh Ha- memory
September 25, 1936
many was flown.
shonah and Yom Kippur to another. It "Adventures of Tom Sawyer." play for them, but he made a condition: He
complishment which has been denied me. It
Louis T. McFadden, one-time
Three
readers
of
this
column
in
has come to a point of our entertaining various parts of the country have wanted the sum of ;500, to be used for the Pal-
is fine and poetical, this language of our •n•
number one anti-Semite of Amer-
hopes that conditions may at least, not already received the happy news estine School of Music. For some reason or
cestors, and you may say for me that I con-
ica, is again seeking election to
Congress from his old Pennsyl-
of their winnings. They are Audrey other the women did not publicize this fact. An
sider it • privilege to know Hebrew. I think
grow worse than they have been.
This year's observance of Education
vania district, with the backing of
Beller of Worcester, Mass., alert reporter approached Mr, Gabrilowitsch to
young Jewish people should be encouraged to
But we do hope for some comfort dur- 91.
the Townsendites and the Prohibi-
Estelle L. Katz, Brockton, Mass.,
Month, which is sponsored by the United ing the coming year, for a bit of consola- and
study the language.
Frederick Goldman of Phila- learn whether he had any objections to the use
tionists.
Hebrew Schools of Detroit, is no longer tion, for an increase in humanity's quest delphia, Pa. Barney Glazer, sports of this s information, and he made an emphatic
Mr. Gabrilowitsch also spoke to his inter- METROPOLITAN NOTES
writer
for
the
B'nai
B'rith
Ides-
objections'to
having viewer about Prof. S. Rosovsky, famous Russian
a formality. It is an important community for freedom, for a reduction in human senger, collaborated in conducting ans wer: "I not only have no
contrary,
I am anxious
It is true that the Fox and
this made known; on the
usician who is devoting his time to the study Warner Brothers movie interests
musician
undertaking which deserves the attention want and hunger. These hopes indeed the contest.
have acquired a large block of
it become known because of my devotion to
make of the present Yom Kippur the
cause of Palestine's reconstruction and be- of monumental music of the ancient Hebrews at
THE HOLIDAY IS OVER
of our people without regard as to class great and most solemn fast day.
stock in J. David Stern's New
Ricardo Cortez, Warner Bros. the
cause I am so anxio us to further the Palestine the Palestine Institute for Musical Sciences. He
York Post?... Speaking of the Post
divisions.
film player, and his wife have re-
reminds us that Johannes Stoei
Prof. Rosovsky as a scholar and a
The significance of this year's observ-
turned from New York City after music movement." He did not stop at that but lauded
is no longer its foreign editor ...
c ian of first rank.
a
five
weeks
vacation.
He's on his way to Hollywood to
proceeding to laud the pioneers eloquently, to de-
ance of Education Month lies not only in
Asked how Jews in this country can best do script writing and to finish his
Called to task for publishing the story ARE THEY JEWISH?
scribe his interest in Palestine and to plead for
the fact that it is the tenth annual cele- dealing with the murder of a white girl
In response to written inquiries whole-hearted interest on the part of all Jews help the situation in Palestine, Mr. Gabrilowitsch autobiography.
There were plenty eye-brows
bration of its kind perennially practiced in Chicago under the heading, "Negro from readers of this newspaper, in the movement for Jewish national regencra• said: "I think our duty is to help those that are
we
volunteer the information that
there at present; give them all the moral as well lifted at the sight of the Zionist
during the High Holy Day season, but for gambler surrenders in Chicago Woman's Simone
flag
over the dais at the Joint Dis-
Simon, the popular Euro- lion.
When Gabrilowitsch returned from Pales- as financial support that we possibly can. I can- tribution Committee's luncheon for
a more serious reason. We are today in Murder," the New York Evening Post has pean star, is of French ancestry.
Mrs. Herbert II. Lehman ... The
announced that hereafter "color or race As far as we are able to learn,
the throes of a great danger for the Jew- shall not be used in describing anyone Dorothy Arnst, woman film direc- tine he turned campaigner. Ile solicited his not speak too highly of the type of men and reason, it is said, was the insist-
friends—laymen as well as professionals in the women I saw there; in fact, I think they are ence of some Hadassah women
tor,
is
not
of
our
faith
either
...
people
everywhere,
regardless
of
lab
connected with a crime unless color or The distinction of being the only musical world—for support of the Palestine saints, and the sacrifices they made and are still who were present.
where they may reside. Anti-Semitism is race is an essential part of the story." woman director of musical motion School of Music. He arranged concerts, made making left a vivid impression on me."
It seems we erred slightly in
saying that it was Jacob H. Schiff
In April of 1935, shortly before he became
no longer limited to European countries, Explicit, written instructions to this effect pictures belongs to Miss Fanchon, his personal contributions to the cause and
who was refused admittance to
of
Fanchon
and
Marco,
who
is
one
emerged the dynamic leader of the movement to seriously ill, never again to have the opportunity
but is beginning to raise its ugly head in were issued by Harry T. Saylor, editor of of our own people.
the Grand Union Hotel by the
to direct the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Mr. late Judge Hilton .. It was the
help Palestine create a musical art.
this country. The spread of bigotry and the Post, who received a 'protest from NEWS BRIEFS
Walter White, secretary of the National
Of unusual interest is a letter he wrote to Gabrilowitsch was asked to appear as soloist for late Joseph Seligman who was the
the danger of the rise of a persecution Association for the Advancement of Col- Ernst Lubitsch. distinguished one of the Detroit Jewish leaders on May 17, the donor luncheon of the Jewish National Fund. victim of this piece of discrimina-
producer, who recently celebrated
tion . . . While on the subject of
mania demand that American Jews should ored People. It is believed that this order his 25th anniversary in the motion
request for his contri- In response to the invitation his secretary, Phyllis
Schiff it will interest you to know
become more seriously concerned about the will also be extended to other newspapers picture industry, is hard at work 1932, in response to a
that Mrs. John M. Schiff, wife of
bution
to
a
campaign
that
was
then
in
progress.
Harrington,
wrote
that
Mr.
Gabrilowitsch,
then
possibilities of the dangers of anti-Semitic owned by J. David Stern, including the on the next Marlene Dietrich pro-
Schiff's
grandson, who is the grand-
at
duction which the German star— This letter can now be made public, and it de- in New York, would be unable to be present
daughter of the late George Baker,
propaganda abroad.
Philadelphia Record and the Camden, N. who is quoted as saying she will serves to be read widely because of the senti- the luncheon, but wanted to contribute the price noted banker, has named her new-
It will be natural for Jewish parents to J. Courier. The order issued by Mr. Say- never return to Nazi Germany— ments so sincerely expressed. Gabrilowitsch of two tickets.
born eon Tebele (David Schiff) ...
appear in on her return from
Upon his return from Palestine eight years In case you've forgotten, Tebele
be much more concerned about the future lor carries with it sufficient significance will
wrote at that time:
Schiff, an ancestor of Jacob H.,
of their children than about their own to deserve quotation. We therefore pre- London.
"American Plan," a play written
As per our conversation over the tele- ago Mr. Gabrilowitsch delivered an address be- Was the chief rabbi of the Great
safety, and it is the danger of anti-Semit- sent it herewith:
fore an unusually large audience at a public Synagogue in London in the 18th
by Milton Lazarus and Emanuel
phone of yesterday, I am sending you here-
ism to the Jewish youth that must con-
Self, has been purchased by Para-
meeting arranged by the Detroit chapter of Ha- century ... Mrs. Schiff named her
"Please make it a rule hereafter that color
with ■ check for (blank a mount) for the
mount Pictures and plans for early
cern every conscientious Jew as well as all
dassah. It was an address which was marked by son for this forefather after read-
or race shall not be used in describing anyone
filming are under way.
Allied Jewish Campaign. It is understood that
liberals at this time. The rise of discrim-
unusual eloquence and which stirred his listeners ing about him in Dr. Cyrus Ad-
connected with a crime unless color or race
We hear Benny Baker's dressing
the amount of my contribution will not be
ler's biography of Jacob H. Schiff.
ination in employment, the effects of the
room at Paramount's lot looks
to a high pitch of emotionalism. Mr. Gabrilow-
is an essential part of the story.
made public. In forwarding this contribution
somewhat like a college dormitory.
limitations of opportunities for Jews in
itsch never permitted an occasion to pass with- FROM PALESTINE
"For Instance: If Negroes and whites,
you
I
wish
to
make
it
clear
that
the
modest
to
Scattered all over the floor are
The Sigmund Bravermans of
trades and professions, the discriminations
out speaking of Palestine and the achievements
working on the same job, engaged in a tight
football clothes and other academic
Cleveland (he's the brilliant young
■ mount it represents must not be interpreted
in rentals—ail these sad omens are certain
on my part in of the Jewish pioneers. Ile simply bubbled over architect, and she Rabbi Barnett
wardrobe which the young Jewish
because of a quarrel due to race, then the
as a lack of s ufficient interest
to exert an evil influence and to make the
comedian is wearing in his next
R. 13rickner's right-hand woman
with praise for the efforts of the builders of Zion.
fact should be brought out in the story. How-
the affairs of Jewish welfare. On the con-
in the. Euclid Avenue Temple Sun-
picture.
lot of Jewish boys and girls very difficult.
One of the great disappointments of his
ever, if they engage in a fight due to disa-
tr ■ ry, my interest in such matters is very
day School) have come back from
What is undoubtedly most serious about
earnest, but for reasons which I explained to life had been the tragedies which marked the
greement of the kind of tools they are to
their Palestine jaunt with a num-
Jewish Religious View of
ber of stories full of what the
the present rise of anti-Semitism is the
you over the telephone yesterday I have al- rule of Adolf Hitler in Germany. In April of
use or because of a political argument, leave
the Hereafter
Germans call Galgenhumor . . .
spread of vicious untruths which demand
ways made • point of directing my contribu• 1934 he was asked whether he would play in
race out of the story.
There's the one about the Jew who,
tions to Palestine rather than to American Germany under the Hitler regime, and his bested
answers and which call in turn for the dis-
Did the Herbrew religion ever
"If a criminal escapes and the police ask
walking on the streets of Jerusa-
teach that there is a hereafter and
Jewish philanthropic organizations. My rea- reply was: "Certainly notr' Smilingly he added'
semination of facts and true figures in
lem, greeted a friend with the tra-
the newspapers to broadcast a description,
if
so
when
did
they
begin
to
teach
ditional "Shalom"—and was im-
sons for this are very simple. 1 know that "But I hope to bring my music to German 'mo-
order that the Jews may be judged by
then color and race are essentials of the
this?
mediately
arrested for spreading
thers always are and always will be plenty of thence. soon. The Hitler terrorism cannot last.
actualities and not by myths.
story. If a crime is committed, the prisoner
Only during the Greek period of
false rumors ... In front of them
In order that the truth should be known,
Jews in the United States who will contribute No reign founded on oppression and persecution
Jewish history did the hereafter
arrested, then I cannot see how public in-
walked a strapping youth, six feet
come to the front of Jewish re-
can endure."
it is important that Jews should be the
tall, broadshouldered, a perfect
to the regular philanthropic campaigns in this
terest is served by dragging in color or race."
ligious thought. Despite Sadducean
specimen of Palestinian manhood
first to be informed on the facts and fig-
It is interesting to note that he did not be-
country. Unfortunately there are only very
We make reference to this interesting opposition the beliefs in immor-
lieve that Jewishness is responsible for specific . . . Said Esther to Sarah; "I'll
ures of Jewish life and Jewish achieve- journalistic action because we too are tality and resurrection, the judg-
few who talcs any interest in Palestine affairs.
bet you he's a member of the
artistic creations. In an interview three years Ilaganah" (in case you've forgot-
ments. It is unfortunate that too few of occasionally compelled to make. protests ment, Gehenna and 'Gan Eden
I do believe that those of us who are interested
(}tell
and
Heaven)
rooted
them-
said:
"I
don't
know
if
one
can
say
Jew-
ten, the Ilaganah is the Palestine
our young people are as well informed as against the use of the name Jew when- selves in the Jewish consciousness.
effort to some- ago he
in Palestine should make an
ishness helps or hinders art. Jews are better in- Jewish defense corps) . , Sarah,
they ought to be and that too many are en- ever one from our ranks happens to be When the Pharisees placed the
what readjust this balance, and this can best
skeptical, dared her chum: "Prove
tirely too ignorant about actual conditions arraigned for any offense. Such practice doctrine of the resurrection of the
terpreters of great music than they are com- it" . . . So Esther ran up to the
be done by s ending contributions to Palestine
and are therefore found wanting when tends to label only the bad and in the long body by the side of the belief in
posers. But again I can't tell you why. 'Eli, Eli,'
unsuspecting youth and slapped his
direct.
Divine Unity and of Revela-
there is a demand for the refuting of the run is conducive to ill feeling. It so hap- the
whose haunting, soul-piercing notes have been face hard . . . He stopped in his
The recipients of such c ontributions (as
tion as a cardinal principle of
tracks, turned, looked at her in
rl
heard
by
millions
of
Jews
throughout
the
world,
libels that are spread by bigoted non-Jews. pens that newspapers owned by a Jew are Judaism, they combined it with
far as my donations are concerned) are not
amazement, and then strode on
belief in retribution, both na-
We believe that it is clear by this time taking the initial step to remedy a sad the
only musicians and musical institutions, but is fine for the synagogue, but not great music,
without saying a word ... Where-
that the Jewish youth must be prepared situation. It is to be hoped that the entire tional and personal as a stimulus
Pal-
The
only
Jewish
music
I
play
in
my
concert
reper-
upon Esther returned to Sarah and
also other philanthropic organizations in
moral progress. The moral
for whatever future troubles are to face American press will follow this example. to
Loire are the works of Mendelssohn—music by exclaimed: "See? What I tell you?
government of the world expres-
esti... In the course of years they have come
Of course he's a member of the
na
ot
our people and that one of the most impor-
a
Jew,
bw
u
t
a
s
to regard my small donations as something
The precedent established by the ac- sed itself in the Messianic hope of
Haganah—you saw his -self-re-
g' r jeeaw t isa hrtim stu, sia c2great
tant elements in such preparation is that tion of the New York Evening Post de- Israel's restoration in this world,
t suc
'
man and a straint." ...
orrw . aI rddoto not wifte hel ■ ha certain
reffo
IT
o
o
kt
and in the awakeing of the in-
they should be provided with an excellent serves to be applied to other quarters. dividual
great Jew. His contributions to Jewish welfare
such
ritcy.
dead for judgment in the
POT-POURRI
tr he
egyulaffi
Jewish education, which should include a For instance, there is entirely to much world to come. Under the in-
The Jewish Post of Winnipeg
monies should be deflected from them and di- more than overshadow the fact of his having
non-Jewish
complete knowledge of Jewish conditions, freedom given to discriminating elements fluence of modern thought, how-
funeral
and
burial
in
a
non-
rected to institutions located in Detroit or else- had a
has acquired its own building.
Max
Bear is making pro-Roose-
of the participation by Jews in the life of who choose to use the columns of Amer- ever, the confidence in the resur-
Jewish
cemetery.
The
world
of
art,
and
espe-
where in the United States.
rection of the body and in the re-
velt speeches in all the towns where
non-Jewish communities and general facts
I believe that my point of view in this cially the Palestine musical circles, will always
tribution in the hereafter has
ican
newspapers
to
express
preferences
he
appears
in his come-back cam-
and figures which are as a rule misquoted and prejudices against Jews, Catholics faded out of the minds of many
' pawn.
matter is logical. I have maintained it for know how to cherish his memory.
Jews.
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by anti-Semites.
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BUDD GETS A BREAK
('opt t 1510, 1136, Seven Artn Feature Fynillettlet
Budd Schulberg, son of B. P.I
Schulberg, noted motion picture
executive, has a new job in the
story department at Selznick In-
ternational Studios. Young Schul-
berg, a Dartmouth College gradu-
ate of 1936, is to be developed as
a screen writer. On the same day
he joined this studio here, he had
another stroke of good luck. He
learned that a musical comedy,
which he wrote in collaboration
with Maurice Rapf, son of Harry
Rapf, famous film producer, had
been bought by the Golden Gate
International Exposition. Entitled
"Banned in Boston," the play will
be part of the entertainment
offered the thousands of visitors
expected in San Francisco in 1939.
Annual Education Month
Prejudicial Journalism
ij
In the face of impending troubles, the
observance of the annual Education Month
becomes a matter not only of idealism but
of necessity. We are obligated at this time
to demand from the Jewish community
that the education of the Jewish youth
should be not ignored and that Jewish cul-
tural values should be stressed much more
than they have ever been before.
The current observance of Hebrew Edu-
cation Month presents a challenge to every
Jewish parent and makes the demand that
the acquiring of knowledge by our young
people should be made a matter of prime
importance in Jewish life.
Lloyd George and Hitler
When David Lloyd George went to Ger-
1 ". , many
recently, it was stated in supposedly
reliable circles that the noted statesman
and war-time prime minister of Great a
Britain intended to use his influence for
modification of the anti-Semitic efforts by
the Nazis. When Lloyd George arrived
it was said that he spent three
in Germany,
hours
in a private conference with Hitler.
Several days thereafter came the Nurem-
terg outbursts and the revived anti-Sem-
itic campaign.
The question now naturally arises: What
happened to Lloyd George's influence
has Hitler? How come that the Welsh-
upon
so favorably and
man who had written
erthusiastically
about the Nazis could not
succeed in enlightening the Fuehrer about
the folly of his ways?
best answered
Thenn ouestions will be
and Negroes. In instances of the Jews,
the emphasis on "Gentiles only" has be-
come so excessive that it makes it almost
impossible for Jews to secure jobs or to
rent apartments. The press can do a great
deal to help remedy this situation, and if
a strict policy is adopted by our news-
papers to refuse to be parties in efforts to
foment race, religious and colored preju-
dices, then we may hope to see a partial
solution to a very serious American issue.
"A Great Joint Essay"
Scrutator, eminent commentator for the
London Times, made some interesting
comments on the Palestine situation in an
article in which he viewed the pros and
cons of the present trouble.
"What the Jews have done for the Arab
is to discover Palestine for him, much as
we have discovered India for the Indians,"
Scrutator writes. He points out that "it
is through the Jew that Arab nationalism
has its best chance of success" and de-
clares that Palestine "is not Balfour's fad,
but a great joint essay in what might be
a beneficent work of British imperialism."
He pays a glowing tribute to Jewish re-
settlement efforts by calling it "the only
real colonizing work done in the 20th
century."
But the Arabs who benefit by Jewish
settlement in Palestine repay us for our
efforts and sacrifices by destroying what
we build for the common good. Such is
the lot of the pioneer who so often is un-
able to enjoy the fruits of his own labors.
But if there is an iota of justice left in the
Fanatical Nationalisms Are the
Dying Gasps of the Old Order
By RABBI EDWARD I..
ISRAEL
Jewish Attitude
On Communism
And Fascism
Message Issued by Social Justice
Commission
TRIED BY SMITH
By AL SEGAL
Vint, tight, 1136, Seven Arta Feature Fyn•icate)
of Central Con.
ference of American Rabbis
Copyright, Ma N. C. J. C. Now. Service)
The current conflict between
the same person. The difference of
Moralists tell us that travel environment produces somewhat Communism, Fascism and De-
"broadens" us by bringing us into different emphases but they are
contact with different lands and simply different emphases of the mocracy is causing grave con-
cern in the field of religion.
peoples. The inference is usually
that by recognizing the honest dif- same theme.
Each religious group is now
I
am
firmly
convinced
that
the
ferences of other nations, races and
compelled to decide which so-
cultures, we somehow learn sym- Na zi and the American Jew-bait-
ing or Negro-baiting reactumary cial philosophy it can consist-
pathy, or at least, tolerance.
more en rapport than is the ently support and defend. The
Now, as a fairly widely traveled are
American bigot with his truly lib-
person, just returned from • Euro- eral fellow American. And by the members of the Central Con-
testify
that
pean tour, I want to
same token, democracy-loving lib- ference of American Rabbis are
the chief thing I have learned from ' crams of England, America and
my travels is not the inherent dif- even those countries like Germany convinced that Judaism is es-
ferences but the sameness of hu- I and Italy, where love of democ- sentially democratic in spirit
man beings the world over. Varia- ' racy can no longer express itself, and expression and that the
tions in dress, language and so are much nearer to each other than
Jew cannot advocate or advance
forth are mere superficialities.
the American liberal and his fellow. any social system other than
The net results emphasize the
American
reactionary.
fairly identical composition of all
It is not national or geographi- democracy. We, therefore, urge
national groups.
but the type of the Jewish people to carefully
We may chatter in different cal distinctions
drit which really binds us in this consider this urgent and acute
to e
esent-day complicated world is
types of spirit. I have found, problem in our social life in
us
no narrow geographical order that neither the young
3W
an
indaries.
nor the old may be attracted
fin
N•tiosalistie War Brewing
of
This, unfortunately, does not to alien altars.
At the present time three
an that we aren't going to have
tionalistic wars any more. On trends are developing In the
th
contrary, a terrible one is political organization of Amer-
an
!wing and may happen soon. ica: Communism on the extreme
vi
ce the old Hebrew prophets, we
•
left; Fascism on the extreme
'ounce it while recognizing its
right; and a socialized democ-
vitability.
fact,
however,
that
in
this
t Is a
racy in the center. The dan-
-ling war, nations will enter in
Karr Fang)
As anti-Semitism becomes a
"Well, what ought to be done?"
matter more and more in the someone asks.
The consensus then is that noth-
daily presss I find a disconcert-
ing ought. to be done. That is
ing attitude among many Jews.
One awakes, goes to his porch t o odn; y .g!l!e less timer I e Jew ty o eevf ar y c e
to pick up the morning paper and himself. In h other u
words, the Jew
the word "Jew" stares him in the ought to do something about it
eye from a headline: "Hitler As- by becoming nobody and doing
sails Bolshevism and Jews." It nothing.
seems Hitler at Nuremberg has
"We've been too prominent."
declared a state of holy war
against Jews and Communists, eaya one.
"We've been too much in pub-
linking them as one.
life"
Or is it something that Father
Or
' says another.
"We ought to let ourselves be
Coughlin said about Jews the
night before, or something the forgotten."
We should step out of the
Rev. Gerald Smith (who is
projecting himself as the Ameri- picture."
Personally,
I am not one to run
can Hitler) has said.
All this is the topic of conver- away and hide at • boo from Hit-
sation wherever Jews get togeth- ler, Coughlin, Smith, True, Ed-
er, except at bridge tables where mondson or 'Pelley, or at • boo
the concentration that is required from all of them together. If I
gives a Jew ease from the pain notice them at all, it Is only as I
that is on his mind at all other notice chicken-pox or other dis-
agreeable rashes that at times in-
times.
fect the human community.
But no sooner is the game over
When chicken-pox appears In the
than acme one Rays: "Did you house next door, I go about my
see what Hitler said today?".
business. i don't like chicken-
Or, "What do you think of pox but I have no time to hide
Father Coughlin's latest?"
from it. I have things to do.
Or, "Did you notice the piece
If I am an economist and the
about Rev. Smith in the paper President of the United States
this morning?"
calls me to the service of the na-
There is • solemn shaking of tion, I am a ridiculous person if
heads this way and that, and I say: "NO! I am a Jew and had
everybody agrees that something better be careful on account of
ought to be done about it.