PIEVerRorr,/Emsn (11 Ror Kul October 23, 1936 and THE LEGAL CHRONICLE Lights from Sliadowland lieve that Republican leaders will com- pletely disassociate themselves from Fritz Kuhn and his statement to the Nazis in / and THE LEGAL CHRONICLE America. By LOUIS PEKARSKY But equally as deplorable is the action q PubIlehad Weekly by The Jewish Ckreakle Publishing Co., 1.e. Littered se Second-cies. mattes Marsh 1, 1111. at the Pat- of a group of Jews in this country who, for Reproduction I,, part or who's forbid- entee at Detroit. Mich.. under the Let of Marsh 1, MIL without permission of the BOY. the past several weeks, have been issuing den, Arts Feature Byndlcalc CopYrighters of General Offices and Publication Building statement after statement making denials this feature. 525 Woodward Avenue of alleged charges of anti-Semitism against (Copyright. WA 8 A. F Telephone Cadillac 1040 Cable Address Chronicle candidate Landon. The country has, for Loadoa Officet example, been circularized by a prominent THE JOKE WAS ON HIM 14 Stratford Place London, W. 1, England For over a week, Sid Silvers, New York Jewish leader who declared Subscription, in Advance__ .......... --MOO Per Year comedian who will soon ap- that any one who tries to raise the racial the pear in a new radio series with Al To Insure publication. all torreepondeace and me matter and religious issue when it does not exist Jolson, has been slinking Irons must reach thin olds* by Tuesday evening of each week. Wyse mailing notices. kindly use one elite of the P•Pee •117. "is doing a distinct disservice to ail minor- shadow to shadow. Rumors had it that a government process server lb. Detroit Jewish Chronicle Invitee eorlespondesee es Wh- ity groups." His letter concluded with the was after him with a warrant. istle of Interest to the Jewish people, but disclaims responsi- declaration that "it is important to fight bill.r for an indoreemeet of the •Iews expreesed by the writer. Sid was certain he hadn't slipped this campaign on the political and econo- up on his income tax returns, but Sabbath Readings of the Torah he wasn't taking any chances. A mic issues involved and not inject an issue Pentateuchal portion—Gen. 12:1-17:27. stranger finally caught up with that does not exist." Prophetical portion—Is. 40:27-41:16. Sid and approached him at the It is because we subscribe to the latter MGM studio entrance. Sid admit- Cheshvan 7, 5697 statement that we so deeply regret the ted his identity and before he October 23, 1936 necessity for issuing a statement which knew it he saw a paper pushed his hand. With a deep sigh does exactly the opposite of which is in- into The Palestine Situation he tore open ,the paper and found tended. As a matter of fact, because no lit was an assessment for $2.98— Temporary peace prevails in Palestine. one questions the sincerity of Governor taxes for the new defunct Friars' In some quarters it is believed that Arab Landon, and because his record as an Club. anxiety not to suffer even greater economic opponent of bigotry is so well known, the BOBBY WANTS AN ELEPHANT The Maharajah of Indore, ruler losses during the approaching orange- mere circularization of such a statement or 67,000,000 subjects attended picking season was directly responsible for serves to inject the religious issue in the his first broadcast as a studio campaign. guest of Eddie Cantor last Sun- the caliing off of the general strike. Only once was Governor Landon's name day night. After the broadcast the It is evident that a great deal of provo- seriously involved in a charge of discrimi- Maharajah was introduced to cation will yet be carried on. Arab agita- nation. It was in connection with the ap- members of the cast and home- struck up a friendship with tors and disturbers will seek to foment pearance of his name on the letterhead of diatey 8-year-old Bobby Breen. Bobby trouble and to destroy the natural desire a Kansas state-supported hospital. The sang a song for the distinguished for peace which exists in Arab-Jewish superintendent of the hospital had em- visitor and when the latter asked ranks. The trying problems that will thus phasized in this letter that "all applicants what he could ,lo in return, Bobby "Please send me a baby face the Jewish leaders will demand a (for interneships) must be Gentiles." Gov- replied: white elephant—with one of those great deal of deliberation and care in or- ernor Landon learned about it and the penthouses on top!" der that the aspiration for the creation of superintendent was discharged. That . PICON A HIT genuine friendship between Jews and Mos- should have ended the issue. No serious- MOLLY IN LONDON lems should not be upset by the self-seek- minded person could possibly question the sescaopes from London Great h new ing Arab leadership as well as the fanatic- governor's fairness. But Jewish supporters about. the ns u" ,e be- ally misled Arab masses. of the Kansan persisted in making an is- ing scored in that city y asndinl'a by Molly Picon. Besides playing . It is unfortunate that the general strike of of the injection of the racial and re- 11 i,t weeks in London, four weeks to and the sniping from ambush should ligious elements in the campaign. Meetings airomn,dwonithr!oxagutunirn two slid have come not through a firm British poli- of small groups were held in Detroit, Cin- the 'rkd turn engagements in Par cy but rather as a result of intercession by cinnati and other cities. Jewish voters three return bookings at the Hol- Arab kings. It is a damaging precedent were bombarded with propaganda. What born Empire, Miss Picon is also 7irits h a full length which does very little credit to British might have been a passing phase in an star re d Fiddl e. " it statesmanship. It may, in the future, be unfortunate situation in a Kansas hospital film,"Y1 10 with February, March, April and the cause of increased trouble because it was suddenly inflated and it became a na- Next rica. in South l ligy she w ill p encourages Arabs from other lands to tional issue, to the discredit of ad those critic d n ay ly . Picas wos is is certainly Af Molly who lent their names to such propaganda. writ es: " meddle in affairs within Palestine. The There is only one important thing to an artist . , She produces in intercession of the Arab kings brings out song landscapes with figures . . . in a most unpleasant light the unwise remember in the present campaign: that She is a one-woman New York political game that was played by the both President Roosevelt and Governor symphony." The Dublin Mail says: Landon stand ready to defend the Bill of "Molly I'icon is the 0. Henry of British authorities. vaudeville." The London Express The Jewish people faces a new crisis in Rights; that both are opposed to religious comments: "The loudest applause Palestine. It detnands statesmanship. It and racial prejudice. The injection of the heard in a London theater greeted also demands loyalty on the part of Jews Jewish issue in the campaign is a most Molly Picon." Other newspapers refer in a similar vein to the tre- everywhere to their brethren in Palestine fortunate occurrence. Jewish leaders have mendous and memorable ovations who are there to stay and whose safety erred in dignifying it. It is immaterial accorded this Jewish song and must be guaranteed by wise action and whether they did it deliberately—in their comedy star of vaudeville fame, desire to help Governor Landon — or who also had a brief fling at the honest politics. whether it was merely a political mistake. movies. Let us hope that they will, at least, learn GAUMONT FILM DEAL not to blunder again in the future. The five Ostrer brothers head fiBI)fintorr,kwisn ORONICLE Racial Issue in Politics Jews are disturbed. The spokesman for the Nazis in thTs country, Fritz Kuhn, a chemist in the em- ploy of the Ford Motor Co., now a resident of Detroit, has issued a call to German- Americans to vote for Governor Alf M. Landon for President, and the New York Daily News interprets it as an endorse- ment of the Republican "as the candidate most sympathetic towards Chancellor Hit- ler's Germany." But our people need not be disturbed. Three months ago it was already known that the Nazis of this country had intended to inject themselves in this, campaign. In New York they are opposing Governor Lehman and Mayor LaGuardia. They would oppose them whether their names would appear on the Republican, Demo- cratic, Socialist or any other ticket. Two years ago they placed in the race a ticket headed by former Mayor Ilylan, with the intention of cutting into the LaGuardia and liberal tickets. They will oppose Leh- man because he is a Jew and LaGuardia because he is a liberal and an outspoken anti-Nazi. For the same reason they would oppose Governor Earle of Pennsylvania— because he, too, is an anti-Nazi who bases his sentiments on American traditions and on his own experiences in Europe before he became Governor. What is most dastardly about the call issued by Fritz Kuhn is that it injects a racial issue in the present Presidential campaign—an issue that does not exist. It is on a par with the policy of Father Coughlin to call all his opponents Com- munists. It is similar in policy to the dis- gusting use of the term "Red" whenever President Roosevelt's enemies desire to besmirch him and his opponents. It is corn- parabie to Manager John Hamilton's foolish insistence on calling David Dubin- sky, New York Jewish labor leader, a Communist, for the sin of having con- ducted a campaign for funds to be sent for the relief of defenders of the present Spanish government. We are not disturbed because we are inclined to agree with the following Detroit News editorial which appeared under the heading "Embarras- sing Endorsements": The enthusiastic Republican partisans who have made over-much of the indorsement of President Roosevelt by Earl Browder and other Communists now find their chickens coming home to roost in the indorsement given Gov. Landon by the head of the Ger- man Nazis in this country. The latter is a Mr. Fritz Kuhn, of this city, who in a published statement explains his sup- port of the Republican candidate on the typi- cal Nazi ground that he fears a "united com- munist front" in America. The New York Daily News. an enthusiastic backer of the President, prefers to interpret Mr. Kuhn's indorsement as meaning that Goy. Landon is "the candidate mod sympathetic toward Chancellor Hitler's Germany." That is nonsense. Mr. Kahn's indorsementno more means that Gov. Landon is sympathetic toward the Nazis than Mr. Browder's indorsement means Com- the President is sympathetic toward this as knows munism. And the Daily News we do. well is a great deal of propaganda in There the present political campaign that merits condemnation. The Nazi statement is a n that calls Joint Fund for Yeshivahs the Gaumont British organization. Isidore Ostrer vice-president and Mark Ostrer, one of Eng- land's leading Jews is chairman trem r sins agi austadnirt ecnitoarn.. 51 au ride! . 4111=1 ■ 111=1••• ■ =1•11 ■ 1111=1111.LIMMI ■ 11. Strictly Confidential Brotherhood Will Return "Before My Days Are Ended I Shall See the Germany of Leasing, Kant, Goethe and Schiller Restored to Moral Fellowship of Nations" By DR. WILL DURANT EDITOR'S NOTE: The author of "The Story of Philosophy" and other bestselling books trip to Palestine, Dr. Durant in this ex- look. at the Jewish problem. Fresh from clusive Seven Art. article, reviews the tribulation and views the future of the errant ■ Jew of the 20th century. (Copyright, 1938, Seven Arta Feature Syndicate) The history of the Jew in the last 150 years is one with the history of democracy. Seeking refuge from oppression, he found a new freedom and justice in young America, and contributed lavishly to finance our War for Independence. In Europe itself he was liberated from religious intolerance and political disabilities by that same movement of enlightenment which emancipated the Western mind, and by that same French Revolu- tion which overthrew the Bourbons and declared the rights of man. Throughout the last century the Jew played a creative and stimulating role in almost every field of European culture except those arts which had been closed to him by the Biblical injunction against graven images. In astronomy, Herschel; in mathematics, Gauss, Riemann and Einstein; in medicine, Ehrlich, Wassermann and Steinach; in poetry, Ileine and Bialik; in criticism, Georg Brandes; in muttic, Mendelssohn and Meyerbeer; in statesmanship, Disraeli and Gambottta; in a thousand ways the genius of a brilliant people mingled with the mini! and blood of Europe, and helped to produce the exuberant culture and humanitarian democracy of the 19th century. I know of no other case in history, with the exception of the ancient Athenians, in which a people so trifling in num- ber has been no fertile in genius, or has con- tributed so abundantly to science and civilization. And now in that country to which they gave most, in that Germany whose science, historio- graphy, literature and music have been so en- riched by the Hebrew mind, the Jews are today struck down by one of the most cruel blows in the black record of human hate. All the suffer- ing brought to Germany by the chaos and penal- ties of war, by the iniquities of a war-breeding peace and by the loss of trade through the for- feiture of the respect of the world, have been laid at the door of the Jew; all the discontent set on fire by the greed of the conquerors and the poverty of the people has been laid at the door of the Jew. Ile has been deprived of citi- zenship in his native state, and almost of fellow- ship in the human race; he cannot walk the streets without danger of his life; his children may at any moment be humiliated, beaten or killed; the doors of the universities and the pro- fessions are being closed against him; any day his business may be confiscated; his life's sav- ings are attached by the state; and though he is taunted to leave the country, he is not permitted to take his savings with him. For any one of a thousand causes, or for no cause at all, he is separated from his wife and children, and thrown into concentration camps where brutalities are visited upon him which America would consider too severe for the most confirmed of criminals. automobile traffic is forbidden, though the Jews carry it bravely on; and any Jew who dares walk in the streets may be shot or stabbed or atoned to death. Here, even more than in Germany, the Jew must hide himself lest he be killed; and the pilgrim who fled from persecution and intol- ance in Europe finds, in the land of his fathers and his dreams, a passing ghetto more terrible than any that the Middle Ages knew. Driven from one country, not received in others, hunted to death in his own; is there joy sadder sight than this on the earth today?' I hear again, amid this suffering, the voice of Jeremiah: "How doth the city sit solitary that was full of people! how she is become as a widow! she that was great among the nations, and princess among the provinces: how is she become tributary! . . . Is it nothing,to you, all ye that pass by? Behold and see if there be any sorrow like unto niy sor- row." Hopes Prosperity Will Ease Tension How could any American with a drop of the American or the Christian tradition in his blood look upon this century-long crucifixion of a people without crying out in their behalf, and calling upon every lover of freedom and justice to come to their defense? For all the things that we hold dear in our American heritage are im- periled by the same movement of dictatorial in- tolerance which has added another bitter chapter to the epic and Odyssey of the Jews. That same Nietzschean ethic of ruthless power which has destroyed four our age the humanity of a great Tidbits from Everywhere By PHINEAS J. BIRON it'olyrIght. WC B. A F. POLITICAL SEASONING A million copies of a circular containing statements by Jews on Landon's record on racial and reli- gious tolerance have been mailed to Jewish voters throughout the country ... A certain very prom- inent New York Jewish industrial- ist and good-wilier footed the bill A New York State Congress. man who is well known for his friendliness toward Jewish causes is giving his friends a headache because he signed a letter together with one of the country's most notorious Jew-gaiters . . . The Coughlin-Lemke Party in New York ignored party lines in seek- ing to endorse candidates for the State election, but it hewed close to racial lines . . , The Coughlin- ites favored a Republican for gov- ernor and a Democrat for attorney general . . . Of course their Sup- port was rejected, but just for rec- ord's sake let it be known that the opponents of the candidates who could have had Coughlinite backing are Jews ... And, speak- ing of Coughlin, we wonder what he said about Felix Frankfurter that got John Barry, Boston re- porter, so angry that the Detroit cleric threatened to "tear him to pieces .. A new outfit called the 'Society of Loyal Americans" is stirring up trouble in Florida . One of its pamphlets says: "Vot- ers, make your own decision, whether you wish to vote for a party that is proselyting Jews and Negroes or whether you will vote for the principles of our fore- fathers" .. Add to your list of prominent families split on the election the Bermans of Cincinnati ... Senator Benjamin F. is plump- ing for the G. 0. P., while his brother Arnold is Ohio chairman of the Good Neighbor !ANNE., which is backing FDR. . . . people toward the Jews, may in time destroy Christianity itself, as it has already tried to do; a nation dedicated by its leaders to hatred and war cannot long be loyal, even in words, to the all-embracing kindliness of Christ. That same enthronement of racial egotism and irresponsible tyranny which has consumed the liberties of the German nation may, by its contagion and its spread, put an end to freedom of mind and wor- ship, of assemblage and speech, everywhere; and everything that has given meaning and nobility to America in the pageant of history may be put out like a candle flickering in the night. We shall never know how sweet liberty is, how mani- fold are its works and graces, until we have sold it away in some mad seizure of hatred or fear. I am hopeful that the rapid restoration of prosperity will ease the tension of these problems in America, if not throughout the world. We are fortunate that within our own borders our civil liberties have been bravely preserved; never have men been so free to think and to speak, to meet and to worship, as they are in America today. There are many abuses of that freedom, and many violations of it; but one need only travel abroad to lift up his heart in gratitude, on his return, that the conflicts of interest that divide America are still fought out on the hust- ings or with ink, rather than on the battlefield with blood. How pleasant it was, after seeing Palestine in the grip of the Arab terror, and Greece surrendering to a military dictatorship, and Italy darkened with poverty and fear of war, and Spain half destroyed by the struggle of rich against poor, to come back home and find the rival leaders of profoundly divided par- ties eating together, exchanging generous compli- ments and conducting their campaigns like gen- The Allied Jewish Camp, at n, which is ri to be conducted in Flint from Oct. 22 to rector and David and HagrIrnyg Os- 26, includes in its budget the interesting trer are head of the overseas de- p , easrptemcetinvtel a ndo Xeurd i comptroller, The Jew Embarks for the Holy Land item for appropriations to 30 Yeshivahs in Picture him at last escaping, almost penni- Europe and Palestine. This is a commend- alities assyo'ciated Gapuermsoo n t less, from the Hell, and seeking some bearable able appropriation because it marks the British in England and this coun- life in an unfamiliar land. Very probably he are: Jeffrey Bernard, distribu- initiation of a step for the elimination of try pirolic7enenutcihviee;f; i s loiculLaeLerBalcon, I cannot go to England—the English quota has duplication of appeals for various causes. t been filled; he cannot go to France, or Italy, or There is also an influx from time to time sical director; A. P. Waxma Waxman, yn,m 4- America, for their quotas too have long since d i: E i rd evyertis of "meshulachim" who canvass Jewish rector of publicity anda been filled; perhaps, however, he may be ad- communities, and this is a step in the right irneftocr'""Cleial idoMali 1 d n a s i s o aa i rnt e mitted, after long anxious negotiations, into Pal- direction to include all such causes in one producer; Mute. Greenbaum, a u cam estine. Ile embarks for the Iloly Land, heavy- fund which should care for them and as- eraman; Arthur Caesar, Writer, hearted and yet full of idealism and hope; there sure them a certain income and at the Siegler, Goodhart and Hoffman, his people, longing for some home of refuge, has rs under same time eliminate excessive expenses, criTtprosscetrsi.neil:(reittle'lrayi dared try to transform a desert into a land From time to time the Congregation via Sidney and Pamela OsrtrreerSY1- flowing once more with milk and honey. Ile ot.h eorpoBrraittij oshn will Shaarey Zedek of Detroit took steps to go Control l of disembarks, a grateful immigrant, at lovely Haifa; tlemen! How proud we may be that when Ger- Assoc i ated many exiled the greatest living scientist and con- sponsor a similar effort in behalf of all t t Corporation. It is estimated he passes through a hundred miles of land re- Yashivah appeals. It is to be hoped that h hat he combined assets of the deemed from the sands by Jewish irrigation and fiscated his modest property, America received him I dly gave his a better home in f airer corporations will be r $120,- the local leade s will not abandon this two • 000,000 when the deal is finally Jewish energy. and converted into orange groves city, and never dreamed of limiting his liberty movement both for the good of the insti- as fair as California's; he stares in wonder at completed. John Maxwell, chair- tutions soliciting Detroit Jews as well as man and managing director of the the city of Tel Aviv, grown from a hundred as a scieentist or as a frank defender of his people! A .Th .ese things are in the finest tradition the local communities. Associated British, said the an- ettlers to a hundred thousand population in 20 ■ - Communists in Palestine THIS AND THAT William Mendelssohn, a first cousin of Felix Mendelssohn- Bartholdy, the composer, is living in Santa Monica, Calif.... Ile has just celebrated his 102nd birthday . . . Elenora von Mendelssohn, great-granddaughter of Felix, has made her debut on the English- speaking stage in "Daughters of Atreus," in New York. A mid-town New York syna- gogue lost some money when 25 o 1 America; they belong to that heritage of nounced agreement 'assures" Gnu- years, admirably governed by an able and honest members of its ladies' auxiliary mont-British from passing "under. man, flourishing through all the world depres- humanity and freedom which we shall not will- were hauled off in a police wagon foreign control." in the transaction ingly let die. on a charge of gambling ... The Maxwell interests acquired 250,- s'on and enriching Palestine with the fruits of ladies were arrested when police I trust that before my days are ended I 000 class B shares of the Metrop. ',„ d ' . ' ustry and trade. He arrives at last at Jeru- raided the apartment in which olis and Bradford Trust which -- Belem, and is amazed to see how beautiful this shall see the Germany of Lessing, Kant, Goethe they were playing . The accused controlled Gaumont-British, while and Schiller restored to the moral fellowship of „sa d the game „WEIS for the benefit the Holy City is, that a generation ago was hardly be completed by the of a synagogue, frth u de ea r l pu rchase o 5 ,10 more than an Arab village, poor and desolate on the nations; and the Jewish people living once 0 class A The l'erlsteins of Chicago, im- shares held by the Ostrer broth- its rocky hill. Ile is impressed by the great num- more in peace and honor with Germans in Ger- portant contributors to the Anti- ern. The Ostrer brothers hold 51 ber of comfortable homes that line the outer many and with Arabs in Palestine; and the Defamation League, were ember- per cent of the class A shares, avenues; they are the residences of Arabs who American spirit weighed in the balance and not , rassed when the advertising de- while 20th Century-Fox Films partment of the Pabst Brewing hs eit,li dne theR. reKrneanitning 49 per cent,. grew rich by selling their lands or products at found wanting, tested and tried by the challenge Company, which they control, let rent high prices to the immigrating Jews. But of of despotism and prejudice, and coming through out a piece of copy showing the latter} American pc en') osfehti)Ch Jews in the streets he can see none. these times, that try men's souls, without debase- ' body of a man twisted in such a had been reported negotiating for For here, too, there is w•ar against his peo• ment or surrender, but with the flog of freedom way as to form a swastika . . Gaumont-British control, asserted We give you one guess as to what pie. Ti,, Arabs, fearful of these returning wan- and brotherhood still showing the way to a saner that part of the sale hinged upon I happened to the fellow who cre- a consent by 20th Century-Fox, . derers, are threatening their lives at every turn; and happier world ated that advertising. which had not yet been given. Communists in Palestine can no longer deny that they have done damaging work in Palestine in preventing rather than helping the cementing of Jewish-Arab friendship. The moment that the general strike was called off by the Arabs, a leaflet was im- mediately distributed by the Communists in Palestine, criticizing the Mufti of Jeru- salem and his associates for putting an end to the existing disturbances. These circu- lars were distributed in Haifa and urged the Arabs not to disarm but to continue their campaign of terror against Zionists • • and Great Britain. At the same time, five non-Jewish Corn- 1 munists were arrested in Jerusa em an d were charged with fomenting trouble. Three of these Communists are said to be members of the Cheka, a Soviet secret po- Prof. Paul J. Tillich of Union Theological Seminary Finds litical police. It Is a Protest Against Distortion of In view of such continued trouble mak- Christianity ing by Communists, their work in connec- tion with the current Arab outbreaks in Palestine will form a chapter in itself in By DR. PAUL J. TILLICH Professor at Union Theological Seminary, New York emphasizing the most disgusting and dis- graceful part played by radicals—Jews (Copyright, 11131. V C. J. C. News Service) among them—in fanning racial and reli- gious hatred. and brothers and makes them Emigration Has Religious Meaning, States German Christian Refugee An Insult to Gentiles From an eastern contemporary, we quote the following paragraph: "The Nazi influence in Pennsylvania: From the classified columns of a Scranton paper: 'Learn to Ride at 3 Horsemen Rid- ing Academy. Attendant always available. Gentile horses.' " We always did marvel at the gullibility even of anti-Semites who make such idiots of themselves by believing all the nonsense that comes from anti-Semitic sources. Studied objectively, Christians will find that the acceptance of an anti-Semitic pro- gram is as much an insult to Christianity TRANS-OCEANIC A quiet movement is under way in Poland to do something about the secret meshumadim, Jewish converts to Christianity who con- tinue to maintain their social con- tacts with Jews ... Jewish lead- ers in Poland are said to be ex- ercised over the report that some of the meshumadim hold positions in Jewish communal agencies . Speaking of converts reminds us that the sponsors of the Palestine Symphony Orchestra are being criticized for engaging Bruno Walter, German-Jewish conductor, because he is a convert ... Fool- ish, because Walter is a persecuted exile . . . The London Jewish Chronicle is carrying advertise- ments warning Jews to stay away from streets where the Fascists hold meetings ... Orthodox rabbis in Europe are saying prayers for Catholic priests and nuns in Spain . . . If the Hungarian Fascists have their way Premier Koloman Daranyi, successor to the late Julius Goemboes, won't last long . . . They don't like him because he refused to name a Fascist as minister of the interior . . . The Hebrew World Union is planning to establish circles of Hebrew readers throughout the world . The members will pledge them- selves to buy a number of Ilebrew books each year ... In other words they are forming the first Hebrew book-of-the-month club . . . Gen- eral Goering, number two Nazi, must have forgotten that the late Otto Lilienthal, German -Jewish aviation pioneer, was non-Aryan ... Goering has become the patron of the Otto Lilienthal Society for Aeronautic Research .. . This history of Revelation, the center of which is Christ, begins homeless with Christ and home- less as apostles in the world. lie with an emigration. Abraham separates the Christian church receives the divine commandment: from Judaism and paganism and "Get thee out of thy country and makes the Christians members of from thy kindred and from thy community across all nations father's home unto the land that • and races. I will show thee. " Reminded of Emigration The story of Abraham's emigra- But man likes to forget the tion is the illustration of a fun- human and Christian fate of emi- damental element in the relation ation- The forefathers were of God and man: God separates gr exiles actually or spiritually and men, if he elects them. Ile sep- the descendants make exiles by arates Israel from the nations and persecuting those who struggle makes her an exile in Egypt, in like the forefathers struggled. Babylon, in the Hellenic. in the Therefore, the prophetic word Roman Empire, and now in the always reminds nations and occidental world and its nations. churches of their past period of lie separates the prophets in Is- 'emigration. The Jewish prophets rael from !Israel and makes them spoke again and again of Abra- emigres, persecuted, killed in h am.. separation from the Gods their own country. of bit kindred and the notion's .se follower' lie TO !MVP FAGS) ( mesas TV P. eel ORM JEW A REF ON PARADE AKIBA: A GREAT BIOGRAPHY By AL SEGAL Dr. Louis Finkelstein Writes Important Biographical Study of Scholar and Saint Who Became a Martyr for His People 1,pyrIght. 112.1. n A I, ) I was one of the eight who were carrying the scrolls of the Torah up and down the aisles of the temple. The oc- casion was Shemini Atzereth and the temple was making quite an event of it. Not only were the newly- enrolled children of the tem- ple's Sabbath school conse- crated by the rabbis but the temple also had taken an old custom of the Orthodox: A procession of the scrolls of the Torah was had to celebrate the fact that the last chapter of Deuteronomy had just been read and the scrolls had been rolled back to the first chapter of Genesis. Immortality of Torah! So I was one of the eight marching with the Torah in their arms and I should have felt full of holy and historic inspirations Was I not one of 11.140 TO NEXT PAGE A REVIEW BY PHILIP SLOMOVITZ This is a renaissance period in English-Jewish literature. Leading publishing houses are not only willing to publish worthy Jewish works but are actually looking, for good copy. Some truly fine publications have thus made their appearance, and Jewish culture is constantly being enriched. But what is even more gratify. ing is that classics of a Jewish historically traditional nature are finding publishers and a reading public. Only ■ short time ago Covici-Friede 1412 Fourth Ave., New York) published the superb novelized biography of Rabbi Simeon ben Yohai under the title "Festival at Meron." This im- portant story deals with the re- volt of Bar Kothba against Rome and with the period that was en- riched by the teachings of Akiba. Now Covici-Friede wisely add to the number of great titles they have published by issuing another important biography —• volume which bids fair to be ranked among the very best books issn•d in many years, Dr. Louis Finkel- stein's "Akiba: Scholar, Saint and Martyr" ($4.) will be given first rank in importance because it is more than biography: because it records the history of the Jews in Palestine for a period of more than 200 years preceding the last heroic stand made by Jews in Palestine against Rome; because it is a record of Jewish learning during that period; because it reconstructs discussions by rabbis and scholars on Jewish law and gives y concise picture of debates In the academy at Yabneh from Jochanan ben Zakkai down to and including Akiba. Dr. Finkelstein's foreword to "Akiba" is in itself a classic. It Is Impossible to conceive of any- one putting the volume down without completing it after read- ing this remarkable essay. In it the hero of this narrative, Akiba ben Joseph, is ranked "in depth of Intellect, breadth of sympathy and clarity of vision with the fore-