November 27, 1936
MEVeritorrjewisnffiRorocul
and THE LEGAL CHRONICLE
Lights from
Shadowland
Strictly
Confidential
one historical homeland, and that the
British government will not compensate
the Arabs as a reward of violence. As
and THE LEGAL CHRONICLE
long as Arabs believe in the potency of
Tidbits from Everywhere
BR
By LOUIS PEKARSKY
rAii.b.,4 Weekly M The Jewish @rookie PaWahine G u ise. violence, there is no room for an agree-
By PHINEAS J. BIRON
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Reproduction to part or whole forbid.
Inent.
By RABBI .1. X. COHEN
towed es Secant-Au. matter March II, lilt, at the Poet-
den, without perwlealon of the Won
(Copyright. 1136, 8.
°Sim at Detroit, 11101., ander the Ad of Marsh I. Mt.
Copyright.. of
The
fact
must
be
clearly
brought
Feature
Syndicate,
A.
rt
"(b)
(hi. Datil..
MOTHER SCHUMANN-HEINK
" General Offices and Publication Building home to the Arabs that never will their
(Copyright, 1916, a A. F.
The obituaries didn't mention it,
EDITOR'S NOTE: The following are excerpts from a lecture delivered recently at the Free
demand, which is neither logical nor just,
525 Woodward Avenue
but the late Ernestine Schumann-
be! Telephone: Cadillac 1040 Cable Address: Chronicle
Synagogue, by Rabbi J. X. Cohen, chairman of the commission on economic problems
be fulfilled—that a land sacred to a mil-
o f
J. L LASKY'S CAREER
Ileink had a Jewish mother and a
of the American Jewish Congress. Rabbi Cohen, who visited Germany this summer, is
HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — In Ms1
liard of Christians and to 17,000,000 Jews
Jewish grandmother . . . Her
14 Stratford ?lace, Lt . cion, W. 1, England
ea :
one of a group of 60 clergymen, university professors and college presidents that came
mother's name was Goldman . .
be converted into a subsidiary province of new association with RICO-Radio
Studios in Hollywood as
.46.00 Per Year
in contact with important personalities in Germany. This address is one of a series
The beloved singer once said
Sebecription, in Advance
Syria—"southern Syria." This is a vain Pictures
a producer, Jesse L. Lasky, pion-
proudly that "I know that much of
Te Remy pallieatioa, sa correepondenee sad *ewe matter and dangerous dream. The vast interna-
by him entitled "Monday Nights in Europe."
eer movie-maker, is heading hie
the artist in my heart, much of
As wo•t melt We oil. be Tamday evening of Barkweek.
my deep love for people, and the
Je When Emilia( Sodom. kindly wee one elte of the OWN ttall. tional significance of Palestine demands own unit and expects to have un-
limited
opportunities
to
continue
fire that is in me, I owe to my
that it be a separate state; and only for
of
Baptist Jew. The same thing
The Detroit Jewleb Chronicle lovItee earreeyosiestre n et&
The greatest insult to the Jews, aside from
little old Jewish grandmother, God
of into of is wrest to the Jewish people, bat dleclehne lumpiest- the Jews, who have no other state, and his un-broken record as an out-
Re-
The famous
standing
fashioner
of
films.
happened
to
the
great
Tietz
store.
rest her soul!" . . . Two of Mme.
the Nuremberg laws, is the monument erected to
th blare fee as Intermittent Of the .laws eloreseed by the writers who alone raised Palestine to separate
cently the Pickford-Lasky com-
Schumann-Heink's sons married
Kempinsky restaurant on the Kurfurstendamm
Ca
statehood in the days of David and Solo- bine was ended and Mr. Lasky Theodore Fritsch, high priest of anti-Semitism. must be sold to an Aryan because Kempinsky's Jewish girls ... She was a militant
Sabbath Readings of the Law.
of
Pictures
of
this
monument
were
taken
under
was
offered
a
position
in
prac-
32:4-36:43.
Pentateuch.'
portion.—Gen.
supporter of the anti-Nazi boy-
mon and of the Maccabeans—while in tically every major film studio
th
father was a Jew. Jewish restaurants have been
Prophetical portion.—Hosea 12:13.14: or 11:7-
threat of bodily harm. An attache of the Amer-
cott . . • Two years ago she ap-
wl
the
days
of
the
Romans,
the
Byzantines,
in
Hollywood.
Under
his
newly
employees
Aryan
women
compelled to discharge
peared at a concert for the benefit
or 12:12; or Obadiah 1:1-21.
the Arabs and the Turks, it was but part signed contract with RICO-Radio ican Embassy advised me that I would be badly under the age of 45 and all carry signs reading: of the Non-Sectarian Anti-Nazi
to
Kislev 13, 5697 of a wider state. Only for the Jews can studios he will make six import- beaten up, the camera confiscated and the film "Only Jews Served Here." No Jewish employer League . . . She received a tre-
is November 27, 1936
ant pictures a year.
destroyed if I attempted to take a picture.
mendous ovation after she atf-
c't
Palestine be a separate state.
Jesse L. Lasky's colorful car-
may have more than 20 per cent Jewish employees
nounced she would sing despite
'Li
The ghetto in which Jews dwell is for the
It
is
essential
that
the
Jews
get
to
eer
in
the
films
sinces
its
incep-
"(c)
letters from Nazis threatening her
ct
Louis Lipsky—Genuine Leader know the Arabs and the Arabs the Jews. tion 21 years ago is comparable present spiritual and psychic, but the Ministry and though the entire industrial system of Ger- life
... And incidentally, she was
of
many is built on the apprentice plan, no Jewish
a history of the motion picture
of Justice has forshadowed that the time is
not born in Germany but in what
a It is difficult to accept the fact that Most of the Jews have come from Europe to
youth is allowed to serve as an apprentice.
business. He is one of the foun-
is
now
Czechoslavakia
the
legal
ghetto
will
also
be
made
Louis Lipsky will be 60 years old next and the entire mentality of the Arabs is ders of the industry and has been coming when
NAZI BUGGIES
Jews Denied Positions of Trust
geographical.
responsible
for
many
of
Holly-
strange
to
them;
nor
do
the
Arabs
know
lY Monday. lie has been in the movement for
Erich Rix, Christian German
The Jews have been entirely excluded from
Many Jewish women in order to save them-
the Jews. Mutual understanding is a pre- wood's most spectacular offerings.
refugee, in Detroit to address
Israel's rejuvenation so long, and men and liminary sine qua non for an agreement. Born in San Francisco, he at- selves from insult where they appear in public public and academic life and German teachers Deutsch - Amerikanischer Kultur-
tended public schools in that city
(German-American Cul-
women of all ages have worked with him Literature on Arab life, culture and his- and San Jose, Calif. He was un- places are spending a thousand marks for an have been warned not to maintain any contact verband
ture League), anti Nazi German
through so many crises and struggles for tory must be circulated among Jews, able to attend college because operation to change the configuration of their with -former Jewish colleagues. Jews are almost group, tells the story about a Ger-
when his father, Isaac Lasky,
entirely excluded from the professions. Doctors
man worker in a baby carriage
Jewish freedom, that he has been accepted greater social contact between the two died he had to support his mother noses.
and others of similar training hold jobs as jani-
factory in Hamburg His preg-
meat
peoples
must
be
encouraged—and
here
a
I found orthodox Jews entirely off
and sister. This he did by play-
as a very young man.
nant wife asked him to bring home
tors for which they must take a Nazi examination
the Jews of Eastern origin can play an ing piano and cornet in various
a baby buggy, but none came ...
In the estimation of his co-workers and important role as intermediaries. An at- San Francisco orchestras. He diet, unable to obtain kosher meats except in in order to secure a license.
The baby arrived, but still no bug-
the winter when, at great expense and difficulty,
followers he must remain a young man tempt must be made to inculcate in the also tried his hand at a report- kosher meat is shipped from Poland and Holland.
Jewish executors of wills for Jews or non-
gy ... Hubby then explained that
er's job for the old San Francisco
his factory only makes the differ-
Jews
are
prohibited
from
exercising
their
func-
because his ideas are those of the youth, Arabs of Palestine and the neighboring Evening Post.
The map of the city shows all cemeteries, helm's father was a
ent parts for the carriage but does
tions in a decree declaring null and void the
Then came the Alaskan gold
but the Jewish cemetery is the only one that
because his aspirations are to make and lands a conception of modern Hebrew lit-
not assemble completed product...
rush days, and Lasky was one of
clause
naming
them
as
executors.
erature,
Jewish
economic
strivings,
Jew-
Smart wife suggested that he bring
remains undesignated. The need .for enlarging
keep his people young, because he is un-
the first to reach Nome. As a
a different part home each day and
ish
ideals
in
the
past
and
in
the
present,
No Jewish orphan may have a Jewish guar-
tiring in his efforts to find a path for a bet- and above all a conception of what Pales- prospector he had flashes of luck the Jewish cemetery is becoming acute, but no
then assemble it himself .. .
and great adventures, but, like
permit is forthcoming and I was told that "Fried- dian for a guardian occupies a position of trust
Agreed . . . The next Sunday
ter life for the Jewish people.
tine has meant throughout the generations most of the gold-rushers, returned hof" can only be located in a territory two and and no Jew may hold a position of trust in Ger- Ileinz was busying himself in the
Louis Lipsky'a life has been marked by for the Jews. All this must be done over a home with little money.
kitchen with the buggy parts and
many.
• half hours from Berlin.
Turning again to his musical
the impatient wife called from the
many struggles and controversies. It was period of years, unhurriedly, and without talent,
Lasky became a member
When we were in Berlin, we were told that
They Speak of Hitler as "De Melach"
bedroom: "Why does it take so
not always a path of roses. Not all his desire to pluck fruit from a tree newly of the Royat Hawaiian Band of
long to get that thing together?...
I visited a certain Jewish institution to find on Oct. 1, every apothecary in the hands of Jews
fellow Zionists are his followers, or ap- planted. In the course of time a small Honolulu, playing the cornet.
"I can't understand it," replied
must
be
surrendered
to
non-Jews.
out what I could learn. The conversation was
back to California. he or-
prove of his policies. Ile has made ene- learned Arab element will arise, under- Going
Ileinz, "No matter how I manip-
a vaudeville act with his
impossible because over the entrance door was
I met a Jewish architect who told me his
ulate it, no matter how I arrange
mies. But perhaps these opponents are standing that rivalry may be expressed ganized
sister and joined Herman . the
parts, the darned thing still
the best proof of the genuineness of his through the medium of cultural pursuits Great's road show. He became a large sign—"Political Discussion Prohibited." small clientele has been destroyed by the Nazi the
turns out to be a machine gun."
Jews never speak of Hitler by name. They rule that Jews do not possess sufficient reliabil-
achievements, of the deep-rooted sincer- and not by guns and bombs. Thus the Herman's manager, and later
TRANSATLANTIC
on his own as a producer
ities to practice a German cultural art.
always say "Ha" or "Der Melach."
ity which marks his activities in the Zion- unity of hatred among the Arabs, divided started
Anti-Nazi groups in Latin-Amer-
and booker of vaudeville. Tre-
The Zionists are very active and are en- I heard of a rabbi who in the course of a
ica are jubilant over the coming
ist movement, in behalf of the Jewish in all else but hostility to the Jews, will mendous success followed, and he
visit
of President Roosevelt to Ar-
local
Jewish
charit-
but
sermon
told
his
congregation
that
they
must
cultural
as
well
as
de-
couraged
by
the
Nazis,
built
up
a
fortune
of
$150,000.
Congress and in
disappear and give way to an understand-
gentina and Brazil . . . Although
his marriage to Bessie
able organizations and institutions are ham-
remember that they had been chosen by destiny
fensive causes.
ing of Jews and a desire to arrive at an After
FDR's
primary objective in going
Gains the Laskys traveled to Eur-
His work for Zionism has already agreement with them. A qualitative mM- ope, where he became impressed pered by the government. On every possible to survive despite oppression. Ile was arrested to South America is to open the
Pan-American
Peace Conference,
pretext
their
tax
exemption
privileges
are
abro-
and
imprisoned
on
the
charge
of
declaring
"Jews
stamped his name indelibly in Jewish his- ority of this kind is often far more impor- with the popularity of the conti-
he will also try to cut the ground
were a chosen people." When released, he was
nental cabarets.
gated.
tory. Few men of our time have earned tant that a quantitative majority.
from
under
Nazi
and Fascist pro-
On his return to New York he
informed that a member of the Gestapo will at-
the esteem that is accorded Mr. Lipsky.
paganda in Latin-America .. .
"This, in my opinion, is the 'long but became associated with the late
The
flight
from
Judaism
has
ceased.
There
tend
every
service
of
his
and
every
meeting
of
Pierre Van Paassen, ace foreign
He is a great leader and a man of great short road' towards agreement between Henry B. Harris and established a is a large Jewish cultural league headed by Dr.
correspondent and Seven Arts staff
his board of trustees.
accomplishments that have been wrought Arabs and Jews. I have no faith in the Follies Bergere on Broadway. It Kurt Singer.
writer, is due in the United States
was
an
artistic
success
but
a
fin-
by consistent dedication of his life to the
Force Establishment of Ghetto Schools
Except for religious services, Jews gathered
on Dec. 2 . . . His bag of exposes
flop," to quote him, and
What is the outlook for Jews in Germany?
Jewish national movement. World Jewry simple and rapid panaceas which some ancial
on Spain, Germany, Palestine and
in public meetings may not use Hebrew or He-
cost him practically his entire
Ethiopia contains dynamite . . .
As There
one man
it: for
"We
living
corpses."
honors him not only on the present occas- propose, such as a daily Arabic paper or fortune. Then he combined with brew phrases. They must use no language other
is no put
hope
the are
Jewish
youth
in Ger-
Incidentally, it is rumored that
ion of his 60th birthday but at all times apologetics for the Jews in Arabic. Only Harris to produce plays, and his than German and there can be no gathering of
Pierre's connection with the
success was so outstanding that
so all are
young
Jews anxiously
plan to
as one of our ablest and most favored systematic work over many years towards his fortune was soon regained and more than eight Jewish persons in public places many
Toronto Star and the Star Syndi-
leave. and
Families
shattered.
Jewish children
cate was severed because his bosses
leaders.
mutual recognition will bring us to the his reputation as a showman en- or at any borne without a license from the Ges-
objected to his militant anti-Fas-
hanced. Besides many stage hits
the Gestapo is in at- may not participate in school sports lest In this
cist tone . . . Margarita Sarfati,
desired goal—to agreement between two he produced an original operetta, tapo. A representative of paid
both a license fee way fellowship with Aryans be promoted. A
tendance and he must be
secretary and close ad-
peoples kindred in race and tongue—in "California," and discovered Cecil and a liberal bit of graft in order that he should Jewish child told me that his teacher in class Mussolini's
viser, is telling people she's a Ro-
The Crux of Palestine Problem place of riots and disturbances."
B. DeMille, whom he engaged as
man Catholic when Roman insid-
called him a "Marxist bastard." A Jewish
"collaborator."
not present a report harmful
ers know she's a Jewess . .. The
In the winter of 1914 Lasky
to those whom he mother said that she no longer dared to ask her
For the sake of Jewish security and in
This must be added: If only the Jews
series of agreements between Ger-
forces with DeMille and
was sent to watch. 12-year-old daughter whether anything happened
the interest of the people's honor, the could deal with the Arab masses who de- Joined
many, Italy, Japan and other Fas-
Curiously enough, there seems to be an under-
Goldwyn to form the
cist powers explain the sudden ap-
problems affecting the resettlement of sire peace and co-operation and who are Samuel
to
her
in
school.
Many
Jewish
children
are
being
Jesse Lasky Feature Play Com-
current of feeling among the radical Nazis that placed in private schools and in some commun-
pearance of anti-Semitism in Italy
Palestine as a Jewish National Home must anxious to continue to benefit by Jewish pany, with himself as president.
and the Far East ... Don't be sur-
German language is too good and there is a ities ghetto schools have already been established.
command a position of priority in Jewish investments, the country would be a verit- Moving to Hollywood, the com- the
prised if Poland and Germany
growing tendency in administrative circles to Many Jewish young women are training for do-
set up a studio in an old
life. Although Palestine is not the largest able paradise. The agitators with the pany
break off diplomatic relations be-
e. Vine Street and Selma
at
fore the year is out . . . Dutch
issue
a
decree
prohibiting
the
Jews
from
using
mestic
service
in
order
to
find
a
livelihood
in
Jewish community in the world in point Grand Mufti at the head stand in the way barn
"The Sq. uaw Man" was any other language other than Hebrew. This foreign lands.
Aver
liberals are fierturbad over the
of numbers, it holds a dominating position Of a lasting peace. If we can succeed, with thenf pifetitiarseco, tleanmcamemsev- will apply to their newspapers, to their books,
Nazi connections of Prince Bern.
in percentage of Jewish population. The the co-operation of fair-minded British ern eaurst I t
hard
of Lippe-Biesterfeld, who will
The beautiful Tiergarten in Berlin, a public
to the theater and even to conversation.
stars of that pioneer any
450,000 Jews of Palestine form approxi- officials nd to the elimination of the un- famous
marry Crown Princess Juliana of
a
park, was forbidden this summer to Jewish chil-
era were assembled
under the
Honors of Economic Discrimination
Holland in January . . Before
mately 30 per cent of the entire popula- friendly Englishmen who have until now Lasky banner.
dren coming in groups of five or more and no
The economic extinction of the Jew is pro-
leaving Germany the Prince had a
After Is merger with Famous
tion, while Polish Jewry with its 3,500,000 ruled in Palestine, in educating the Arabs
Jewish child dared to visit the park alone.
confidential audience with Hitler...
ceeding
inexorably.
Vultures
everywhere
are
Jews is only approximately 12 per cent to such an understanding of the problem, Players Film Company in 1916 buying up Jewish businesses for trifling sums.
Salomon Kahan, Mexico's leading
Jewish women divorcees of mixed marriages
Lasky became first vice-president
in population of that country.
then we shall yet succeed in making Pal- in charge of production. He con- Soon no Jew will be able to own or operate his are not permitted to see their children outside music critic, is due in the United
States in December for a lecture
But this is not the only reason for the estine not only the Jewish National Home tinued in active charge of all pro- own business. Any Jew can be assessed without the confines of a Jewish home.
tour on Mexican culture .. .
for Paramount Publix
importance which Palestine holds in the but the symbol of bi-nation co-operation ductions
What will be the end of the Jew who re-
warning and many have been assessed a 25 per
SPORTS
Corp., until 1932. During the 16
life of the Jewish people. The Jewish Na- and true brotherhood.
The Palestine Maccabee soccer
cent capital tax on the basis of a charge that mains in Germany? Strangulation unless a mir-
years of his reign as production
team, now on its way home, left
chief, scores of famous stars were
acle saves them from their doom. But said a
tional Home is being rebuilt as a center for
they are contemplating flight from Germany.
with the munificent sum of $2,000
discovered
and
hundreds
of
photo-
as
a
"You
constructive Jewish effort as well
The economic pressure upon the Jew con- German leader with whom I conferred:
. . . It represents the Maccabees'
plays, many internationally suc-
haven of refuge for the Jewish spirit and
share of the tour under the aus-
verges from different directions. While in Ber- must tell American Jews to keep up their battle
Liberalism Is Not Dead
cessful, were produced.
The
ideal
of
Zionism
against Nazism, to maintain the boycott, because
pices of the Federation of the
the Jewish body.
L a a k y personally uncovered
lin we read of a court decision in a movie con-
The award to Carl von Ossietzky, Ger- Maurice Chevalier in Paris, and tract, which stated that the Jewish origin of a it gives us here • sense of self-respect, and to Polish Jews in America ... Won-
stimulates the self-respect of Jewry every-
der what the Polish Federation got
where. Only the realization of the aspira- man radical and pacifist journalist, of the was the first movie-maker to contracting party nullified the contract.
continue to expand their activities against Nazi
out of it . .. It seems we were
English authors to Amer-
tion for the building up of a strong Jew- Nobel Peace Prize, is a most significant bring
The Jews of Germany had built up a huge penetration into foreign lands. We here are
wrong about Marshall Goldberg,
ice. Ile left the Paramount or-
Pittsburgh's Jewish football lumi-
ish people that is not encumbered by
ganization in 1932 and lined up
business in waste material. In one year this doomed to damnation, but we hope to get our
nary, being only half-Jewish . . .
with Fox Film Corp. as an inde-
ghetto walls can possibly give us the event in world politics.
business amounted to nearly $250,000,000. Now children out of this hell and we do not went
Morris D. Fram, of Baltimore,
It is immaterial that the money may be pendent producer. After making we learn the licenses of some 20,000 Jewish waste other Nazi hells created where our children may Goldberg's
strength to carry on in the midst of a
uncle, tells us that Mar-
11 pictures and signing Francis
world which is antagonistic and in an turned over to the Reichsbank in accord- Lederer
again face destruction."
He ended with an ap-
shall's mother was no more Irish
material dealers are not to be renewed.
and Nino Martini to per-
(as
we
said)
than a matzoh . . .
environment of hate and bigotry.
sonal contracts he became as-
All sorts of decrees teem to be in the offing. peal to me to tell the Jews of America that
ance with Nazi law.
According to Fram, the first Mrs.
sociated with Mary Pickford,
It is apparent that what is termed as
One is due to affect the right to acquire prop- German Jews have not lost their courage, that
The important point in this selection is forming Pickford-Lasky Product
Goldberg, Marshall's mama, was
"peace" is merely a temporary cessation that a committee sitting in a democratic Lions, Inc., in Augdst, 1935, with erty and another deals with mortgages on prop- they rely upon their fellow-Jews, and through born in Russia and died in this
of banditry on the part of Arabs who re-
country three years ago . . . The
erty. the creation of an organization such as the World
Miss Pickford as president. After
second Mrs. Goldberg is a former
fuse to be reconciled with the fact that country deems it advisable to present this filming two pictures the company
The last Jew of the great Berlin department Jewish Congress, to prevent the creation of new
Mrs. Martha Luntz ... Marshall's
disbanded
and
Lasky
assumed
his
prize
to
a
man
who
was
daring
enough
to
Jews are bringing to Eretz bract the su-
store, Wertheim, was expelled on July 18. Wert- Nazi hells outside of Nazi Germany.
(PLEASE TURN TO NEXT PAGE)
perior culture of the West. The Arab risk interment in a German concentration present post.
spirit of the desert refuses to permit the camp for an ideal to propagate peace.
Future of America The Jewish Attitude on the Question
Jewish desire for progress to advance.
Liberalism is not dead as long as the
In spite of the end of the general strike,
Depends Upon Treatment of Mi-
of Euthanasia, or "Mercy Killing"
individual groups of bandits continue to efforts of pacifists are recognized and are
norities; Stable Country Can.
molest Jews, to attack Jewish colonies and proclaimed by democratic countries as re-
not Be Built with Hatred
By ABRAHAM GOLDBERG
"Hastening Death is Murder," Is the View of Rabbi
to hinder the prosperity which would be bukes to countries of reaction, bigotry and
inevitable if Jews were to be permitted un persecution.
Thumim Who Views the Question Historically
By DR. BURRIS JENKINS
to
interruptedly to carry on their work for
The recent Arab dhlorbanceo is Palmllne bate bronght
EDITOR'S
real...ion, to thinking Jew.. that they Is an "Arab problem . ' whirl, mnot Minister, The Community Church:,
of
the
ancient
home-
the rehabilitation
By RABBI JOSEPH THUMIM
be wired in the Intermts of the unimpeded detelapment of the
Kansas City, Mo.
National Dome. In the following article, Ahrahara Goldberg. Shallot leader,
land. Arab vandals are so unappreciative
an exposition of the problem, no well se his
ton awl orator. be
The
Supremacy
of
Palestine
toward
It.
Jew
iNa•
on
what
shatild
be
the
attltade
of
the
of Jewish constructive genius in Palestine
In response to the many inquir- tween physician and patient but
(Copyright. ISM V C. J.
ies that have come to me to ex- a problem for the victim himself
that they are picketing Jewish stores in
There is no longer ground for disput-
pared to conquer it. We certainly
time
when
Zionists,
was
a
There
plain
the traditional Jewish stand whether it is permissible to com-
on
a
There
are
those
who,
believe
Jerusalem with intentions of carrying
ing the fact that Palestine occupies
either because of too little knowl- would not desire to build our fu-
on the question of euthanasia or mit suicide under such conditions.
a boycott which in the long run will harm place of priority in Jewish life. Even in edge or too much optimism, chose ture on the backs of other peoples that the future of this nation "mercy killing," I must first em-
The Rabbinic Attitude
our land drenched in the
depends upon its treatment of phatically state that according to
them more than it will the Jews.
The question of "mercy kill-
time of stress, that which comes from Pal- tr., ignore the Arab problem. In and have our
neighbors. It was not its minorities. The majority
the tenets of the Jewish reli- ing" first came before the an-
It is certain that the self-respect of the estine is so much more impressive and pre-war Zionist literature there blood of
a mention of the Arabs, for a future of this kind that we
rules, yes; but without consid- gian, the definition of murder in- cient rabbis in the early centur-
Jewish people will under no circumstances more constructive than any other Jewish is let hardly
alone the Arab problem. One dreamed, hoped, planned • n d
not only the taking of an- ies. When the Jewish people
permit our yielding to some of the de- effort anywhere in the world that the notable exception was Aced labored for centuries. It is our eration and respect for the cludes
other's life but also the taking were exposed to the cruelties of
mands for the cessation of progress which supremacy of Jewish achievement in !Warn; but his warnings on this contention that the Arab peoples minorities, no body of people, of man's life by himself. This frenzied mobs and hostile govern-
question as on many others fell have enough land for themselves, no government can long stand. is based on verse s.5 - 6, chapter ments through ritual accusations
are made by Arab propagandists. We Eretz Israel must be recognized and ad- on
deaf ears. At the end of the war , enough land for agricultural de-
IX of Genesis, which are inter- and the like and were condemned
either build in Palestine a free and unen- mitted.
however, the problem was cata- velopment for settlement. Few pea Persuasion, fellow-feeling, con-
preted by the sages to mean that to deaths of unbearable agony
Into the foreground of plea have derived such great bene-
sideration, respect for the other man does not belong to himself through torture, these rabbis
cumbered home or we are doomed; we
On the occasion of the "Night of Stars" pulted
fits and profits from the World
Zionist
thought
and
action
with
self-respecting
community
either build a
sponsored in New York recently, a most the Issuance of the Balfour Dec- War as have the Arabs. The Arabs man's opinion, even though he alone but to all humanity includ- were to consider whether they
not only his relatives but could kill themselves and their
or W2 permit the construction of another interesting book, called "Reconstruction," laration. For no sooner had the who were ground under the heels be in a minority, these things ing
all his potential descend. loved ones to avoid these horrible
ghetto—and that is something which no was issued as a means of describing the Armistice been signed than the of the Turks and who did not even mark the good Christian and also
ants.
If a man takes his life tortures in the form of "mercy
Arabs turned upon the Jews and enjoy autonomy under the latter's the good citizen alike.
Moat before it ends naturally, he may
conscientious Jew will yield to.
achievements of the Jewish pioneers, and baptized
Palestine in Jewish blood. tyrannical regime, suddenly be-
Perhaps the best analysis of the situa- it now presents a record of most remark-
be
regarded
as a deserter who
people who show a prejudice
An act of "mercy killing" is
Arab nationalist agitators sought came the inheritors of a great
the camp of living in which described In the Bible. When
tion was written by Prof. Joseph Klausner able accomplishments. This record is a to frustrate the Balfour Declara- empire, and today already have in against those of other men, leaves
was placed on duty by his King Saul, the first king of Is-
of the Hebrew University at Jerusalem for ray of joy in an era of darkness. It is the tion and Jewish aspirations to re- their possession not one country, other nations, or other reli- he
Creator for some unknown pur- rael, was wounded in • battle
the Jewish Homeland in but several.
gions, simply hang out a sig- pose. Therefore if a man com-
the current issue of the Menorah Journal brightest spot on the Jewish horizon today. establish
There is Mesopotamia, with en
with the Philistines, he asked his
Palestine, fiercely objecting to the
"The
Causes
of
Arab
Un-
suicide, the Jewish law con- armor bearer to draw his sword
under the head
$65,000 realized from the New efforts of the Zionists to make Pal- area that can maintain a popoula- nal that they do not know their mits
The
siders
him
a
murderer
and
his
analyzes
the
reasons
and run him through lest the
tion
of
30,000,000
and
more,
but
rest." Dr. Klausner
York spectacle fades away into insignifi- estine as Jewish as England is actually has no more than 3,000,- fellow-men.
relatives are prohibited from Philistines come and thrust him
for Arab opposition and in answer to the cance compared with the description of English.
Take the case of the Jews.
showing
any
sign
of
religious
through and ill-use him wantonly.
As
we Jews are con- 000 Inhabitants. There are Arabia,
question, "Is it posaible for Jews and Jewish achievements as embodied in "Re- cerned, far our as claim
The armor bearer refused. where-
to the land of Syria and even Transjordan, the You, who don't like them, don't mourning.
Arabs to arrive at an agreement?" he construction." The editors of this volume our fathers Is primarily a moral latter being a land that unmistak- you know that the Jews are
The question of whether it upon Saul took the sword and
but
insists
that
ably
is
a
one.
wrong
in
Were
we
morally
part
of
Palestine,
and
can
fell upon it. (Samuel 1:3, verse
-
nk
and
should
be
legal
to
take
the
life
answers in the affirmative,
the most persistent race in the
produced a most artistic v
Palestine as our Home- barely he separated from it reg.
conditions will have have
of one suffering unbearable tor- 3-6). Three days later a man
have eloquently described the Jewish demanding
world, and the most distin-
the following three
land, we sheuld still be wrong, raphically and culturally. Torn
ture and agony by reason of sick- came from the camp to David,
creative efforts of our pioneers in Pales- even if the military of other na- away from the contacts of Pales- guished? Don't you know that ness and disease is not alone to the new king, to Inform him of
to be adhered to:
know
once
and
,
.
Arabs
must
own
were
pre-
our
tions
as
well
u
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