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plenty of criticism, and not Jewish Ministers
alone, But what sharpens present criticism is
the feeling in many quarters that in the pre-
valent anxious conditions, the gentlemen of
the cloth are not playing, and perhaps are
not generally fitted to play, the vital part ex-
pected of them. The personnel of the Ministry
is adjudged weak. Its power to influence the
present drift, to influence the Jewish youth,
is minimized if not denied outright. It is en-
visaged not as a group of religious leaders
but as a collection of communal function-
aries out of touch with realities and impotent
in relation to the religious and secular prob-
lems that confront us. The estimate may be a
sweeping one. There may be, and are, among
us, some preachers whose addresses are not
devoid of power and others who do more
useful work than performing routine duties
and drawing their salaries. And it would as-
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clergy the scapegoat for all our ills. But that
there is something and not a little in the com-
plaints that are made, few would be disposed
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JEWISH PRODUCERS,
STARS WIN AGAIN:
Another fine tribute to the
genius and art of the Jews in the
motion picture industry is reflected
in the selections of the best Amer-
ican films of the year, just an-
nounced.
December 25, 1936
1111=11•11•10.
OUR POLITICAL PARADE
Presenting and Re-introducing the Jewish Who's Who of
the 75th Congress
By BERNARD
Strictly
Confidential
Tidbits from
Everywharso
By PHINEAS J. BIRON
(Copyright. 1134. 8 A F
)
THIS AND THAT
POSTAL
The United Palestine Appeal
and the Joint Distribution Commit-
tee have reached an amicable
To New geblteatioa, all Correspondence and new. mattes
wust 'verb W. egloo by Ti.esday •vening of sash week.
attempt to draw • line
agreement with regard to their
of demarcation between them and their Christian fellow-Con-
nitwn smiling notice., kindly a.. on. aide of tb• paper (WY
1937 campaigns. This year there'll
gressmen-it is interesting at
• this time to review the Jewish members of the House.
be
none of the bitter recrimina-
His Retrofit Jewish Chronicle invitee correspond.. es sato-
het. N letereet to tbe Jewish people, but discialsp• yesponsb ,
tions of 1936 . . . The two groups
1,1 , ytipht, 1937, arson Arten Femur,- S)s.1,8“.1
staisy for a• indorsement of the •Iews expressed by the writers
hays. worked out a plan for di-
The majority of the 10 best pic-
viding, the funds allocated to over-
tures named were made by com-
Sabbath Read/Ngs of the Law.
seas relief by Jewish welfare
The 75th Congress will be faced with a quiry. Fights hard for humane inunigration leg-
ponies headed by Jews or made
Pentateuchal portion.-Ex. 1:1-6:1.
funds ... AVhich is a good augury
legislative program of vital concern to ever y
with film stars, directors and writ-
for peace in the Jewish commu-
islation. Came to blows in last Congress over
Prophetical portion.-Is. 27 :6-28 :13; 29:22,23.
ers of the Jewish faith, proving
American. Neutrality, relief, housing, taxatio n,
nity.
immigration. Polled 21 votes for President in a
that while Jews do not control the
January 1, 1937
social security-these are some of the maj or
Tebet 18, 5697
We hear that the New York and
Salvation Army straw vote. Kerr-Coolidge bill to
industry they do make the best
Brooklyn Jewish Federations are
problems with which our national legislative bod y humanize immigration laws will be his major
pictures.
getting
ready to complete that
will have to wrestle for the next two years. Whe n
So hats off and a volley of cheers
task in new Congress. Married his secretary when
long-talked of merger ... There is
for Harry Cohn's Columbia-studio-
Congress is called to order on Jan. 5 there wi II he was 47. Flamboyant and aggressive and fear-
a committee being organized to
The flogging of Jews by Fascists in
made "Mr. Deeds Comes to Town,"
be 10 Jews answering present. Oddly enoug h,
less.
raise a fund to create an appro-
acclaimed the best picture of 1936;
Italy forces the revival of the issue which
priate memorial to the late Her-
all of them will be Democrats, the Rooseve It
5.
HENRY
ELLENBOGEN:
33rd
District,
to Paul Muni'a magnificent por-
man
Berstein . .. Berstein's son,
has divided the Jewish community on the
landslide having created a situation where fo ✓ Pennsylvania. Born in Austria 36 years ago.
trayal of Louis Pasteur, which
David, is working for the Amer-
brought the second-best rating for
the first time in history all Jewish members o f Educated in Pittsburgh. Elected as Democrat in
question of whether or not all Fascism
ican Jewish Committee.
Warner Brothers; to Sylvia Sid-
Congress are of the same political faith. In th e
1932 from traditionally Republican district in
A prominent national Jewish or-
should be included in condemnation by
ney, whose acting in "Fury" help-
74th Congress, in which there were 11 Jew s,
ganization is footing the bills for
Pittsburgh. Was seated after long debate arising
ed win fourth prize for this Wal-
Jews or whether we should limit ourselves
a good part of the Jewish end of
two were Republicans, but the New Deal earth - from the fact that he had not been a citizen
ter Wanger film. June Travis, Chi-
It is noteworthy in these circumstances
the religious census being taken
merely to attacks upon Nazism and the
cago socialite, was starred in
quake of Nov. 3, 1936, removed Representative s
that, unlike the case of the Catholic Church,
seven years at time of his election. Unlike most
by the Federal government.
Warner
Brothers'
"Ceiling
Zero,"
which seems, judging from the Archbishop of
anti-Semitic brands of Fascism.
Isaac Bacharach of New Jersey and Florenc e
first-term
members,
he
pushed
important
bills.
A huge collection of Judaica
w h i c h with Norma Shearer's
Westminster's recent pastoral letter, to fear
Prag Kahn of California, the latter having bee n
Mussolini has been hailed as a friend
which the Jewish Theological Semi-
"Romeo and Juliet" also was ac-
Sponsored law to give Federal aid to unemployed
a grave shortage of Priests in a few years,
the first and only Jewess to sit in Congress.
nary once almost bought from the
corded the righest national honors
there is no dearth of candidates for the Anglo-
musicians. Identified with Progressive bloc. In
of the Jews and as a person who thorough-
late Baron Guinzberg of Russia
by being rated among the 10 best
Jewish Ministry, There are as many as 40
' Statistically the Jewish delegation in the
his second term offered legislation to bar mails
ly disagrees with Hitler policies. If this
pictures.
for $150,000 is gathering dust in
students in the highest division at Jews' Col-
75th Congress shapes up as follows: One is a
to
firms
using
child
labor,
and
forbidding
use
Moscow warehouses . . . It seems
lege, to say nothing of those who are being
The same committee of the Na-
is true, then Mussolini now has the op-
that before the sale was completed
freshman member; one, the dean of the House,
educated at the Yeshivah Etz Chaim and other
of American flags made abroad. Also author of
tional Board of Review selected
portunity to denounce the public whip-
some one offered the Baron more
institutions of the kind, and in spite of the
bill for huge low-cost housing program which
Samuel Goldwyn's "Dodsworth,"
is starting his 16th consecutive term; four are
money and he accepted, but that
notable increase of pulpits in recent years the
Mervyn LeRoy's "Anthony Ad-
pings that were given Jews who refused
in their third terms; two are beginning their
will be major legislation in this Congress. Fights
deal was blocked by the outbreak
rivalry for positions between the alumni of
verse," M-G-M's "The Great Zieg-
to keep their businesses open on Saturday.
seventh
terms;
one
is
starting
his
second
term;
to
win
vote
for
residents
of
Washington.
Re-
of
the Russian Revolution and the
these training centers, seems, in the light of
feld," Warner Brothers' "San
books were confiscated by the
and one is beginning his eighth. Between them
the statements of the Jews' College students
ports to his constituents via radio. Textile work-
Francisco" and It-K-O's "Winter-
The report from Tripoli relative to the
Soviet authorities.
and the reply of a student of the Yeshivah
set," with Maurice Moscovich in
the Jewish Congressmeit have 95 years of service ,
era swear by him because of his bill to end chaos
flogging of Jews happens to come at the
Etz Chaim this week, to be keen. Possibly the
The annual convention of the
the cast, among the 10 most pop-
in textile industry.
Six of them were born in the United States
competition would be diminished if more of
American shadchonim adopted a
ular films of the year just ended.
same time with the report from Rome that
while four are naturalized citizens, two hailing
the congregations in farther East London
6. HERMAN P. KOPPLEMAN: 1st District,
new rule requiring all clients to
NEWS FROM HOLLYWOOD
Mussolini is expected to remove from of-
would take ministers to themselves. But the
from Russia and one each from Austria and
furnish proof of age and set a
Connecticut. Starting third term. First Jewish
Norma Shearer has returned
point to be borne in mind is that we have
minimum fee of five per cent of
fice Roberto Farinnaci, editor of the
Czechoslovakia; only two Were born in the die
from Phoenix, Ariz., where she
Congressman from his State. Born in Russia in
enough and more than enough ministers to go
the bride's dowry.
tricts they represent. Their average age is 50
spent several weeks on the desert
Regime Fascists, who is said to be an
1880. Built up prosperous business in Hartford
round, and the real trouble with which crit-
AMONG
THE NAZIS
recuperating.
the oldest being 70 and the youngest 34; six
icism busies Itself is not their quantity but,
as publishers' representative. Was president of
outspoken anti-Semite. The Farinnaci re-
The correct name of the Order
Albert Helper's best-selling
In too many cases, their quality. On that there
are lawyers, three are business nien and one is
city
council
in
1909.
Served
in
both
houses
of
of
the
Red
Hearts, mentioned here
port leaves open to doubt the charge that
novel, "The Foundry," will be made
seems to be a depressingly large measure of
l a physician; five represent New York, two each
a couple of weeks ago, is the
State Legislature. Widely known in Jewish com-
into a motion picture by 111 ,G-1A1
agreement. Jews' College students, it is asserted,
all Fascists are anti-Semites. The proof
Knights of the Flaming Heart and
are from Pennsylvania and Connecticut and one
after nearly a year's preparation.
do not, in the main, come up to the high stand-
munal affairs. Called "the original Boy Scout"
the Purple Robe . . . The outfit
of honest friendship lies entirely in the
Production is scheduled to begin
is from Illinois.
ards demanded by present conditions. What
because of his readiness to do favors. Won place
meets at 422 25th St., Union City,
in
two
weeks
on
this
dynamic
it more. they are drawn from a single stratum
hands of Mussolini.
N. J.. .. You can get an applica-
The
Ten
Jews
Who
Will
Service in
on key Banking and Currency Committee in first
story of industrial life laid against
of the community, most of them being the
tion blank by writing to P. 0. Box
While as liberals we do not propose at
Congress
children of foreign-born Jews and in sonic
term. First to propose direct Federal loans to
the background of an electrotype
133-W, Union City.... The fellow
plant in Chicago.
instances foreign-born themselves. Clearly,
industry. Helped make Federal deposit insurance
l'assing from the statistical to the personal,
all to revise our views that Fascism, in
who takes your money is A. Rudest
the finished product cannot be up to require-
Harry Hershfield, famed car-
permanent. Sponsored liberal R. F. C. loan policy
we introduce in alphabetical order the 10 Jews
. The head of the organization,
any form whatever, is dangerous and
ments if the raw material is not!
, toonist and wit, now In Hollywood
who is called "chief justice," is
to small business. Fathered flood relief legislation
who will serve in the 75th Congress:
to work for Warner' Brothers, is
But that is not the end of the matter, for
damaging to democratic form of govern.
0. J. Oliver Graybill . . . The
for
New
England.
Responsible
for
investigation
the allegation is made, and with apparent
being swamped with invitations
I. SOL BLOOM: 19th District, New York.
"spiritual director" is Emily R.
ment, we are nevertheless willing to give
justice, that even if its material is poor, the
from Jewish and other organiza-
of milk industry. Turned salary increase, after
Graybill ... The application blank
First elected in 1923 to fill vacancy. Born in
college has not made the best of it. Its train-
tions in Los Angeles and Holly-
Mussolini the benefit of the doubt on the
cut,
over
to
charity.
Fought
Representative
Mc-
indicates that the Order was char-
Pekin, Ill., in 1870. Abandoned promising career
ing is believed to be defective. Practical stud-
wood anxious to have him appear
, tered by New Jersey in 1911 and
Fadden's
anti-Semitic
tirades
in
House,
question of anti-Semitism In the hope that
ies, such as visitation and the method of hand-
at their affairs.
as San Francisco journalist to direct construc-
again in 1935.
7. WILLIAM PEYSER: 17th District, New
before long the issue will be clarified and
ling religious doubts and difficulties, are over-
Peter Lorre has been persuaded
tion of Midway Plaisance at Chicago World's
"Nation and Race" is the name
looked. And what is taught -is taught too
York. First elected in 1932. Unseated Mrs. Ruth
we will know where Mussolini stands.
to postpone his play "Napoleon"
Fair of 1893. Made a fortune in a chain of music
of a new monthly publication giv-
intensively, so that no time is left for reading
on New York's Broadway for a
B.
Pratt.
Was
a
newsboy
in
Charleston,
W.
Va.,
ing
currency to Nazi racial ideas.
stores. Great joiner, having a weakness for frat-
or thinking. In any case, the college, which
year and return to Hollywood to
. . . It is published by William
where he was born in 1873. Wealthy insurance
should be among the most esteemed institu-
ernal orders. Became national figure as director
accept a long-term contract from
Gregg Blanchard at Clermont, Fla.
broker, reputed to have sold $30,000,000 in pol-
tions in our midst, still fails to evoke com-
20th Century-Fox.
of Washington Bicentennial, which made him as
. . . In the first issue there is a
enthusiasm and to a large extent th e
icies. Never active in politics before his election.
The Duke 0,f Witftls'or, the former King
Walter Winchell, to appear in a
vicious anti-Semitic article by Ma-
well-known as Washington. Now directing sesqui-
communal confidence. That brings us to the
motion
picture
with
his
pal
Ben
Member
Military
Affairs
Committee.
Had
hard
jor
Frank Pease, the famuos Red-
Edward-VIII when he was invited to spend
centennial celebration of the Constitution. Rank-
community's own record in this serious mat-
Bernie, is a new arrival in town.
hunter ... Pease, who calls him-
fight to win third term, opponent being Jewish.
ter. If the college material is Inadequate and
-___Chgatmas with a cousin of his father, the
ing member of Foreign Affairs Committee. May
Maxie Rosenbloom is signed to
self a friend of the Jews often
drawn from a single stratum, the community
Seldom speaks in the House, but when he does is
former Queen Maria of Rumania, in-
becom'e chairman. Presides at many diplomatic
fight King Levinsky in Los An-
visits the headquarters of Jewish
J
has it within Its own power to remedy these
listened to with respect. Known as authority on
geles early in January.
organizations . . . But he's also
formed his royal relative that "Christmas
functions.
shortcomings. Why has it not done so? Why
business
and
industrial
legislation.
chummy
with
such
anti-Semites
as
David
0.
Selznick's
search
for
is a day of good will and love in Jewish
do not English Jews send their sons to be
2. EMANUEL CELLER: 10th District, New
Robert Edward Edmondson . . .
youngsters to play in "The Ad-
8. ADOLPH J. SABATH: 5th District, Illi-
trained for the Ministry? Is it because they
as well as Christian families," and he
York.
Born
in
Brooklyn
46
years
ago.
Starting
Speaking
of
Edmondson
reminds
ventures of Tom Sawyer" is being
despise the ministry as a lucrative career or
nois. Dean of House in point of service, having
chose to stay with the Vienna Rothschilds.
us that his suspended sheet has
his seventh term. Prominent attorney and Jewish
continued nationally . . Ile is
as a career at all? Is it because their religious
been elected for the first time in 1907. Born in
been replaced by a weekly one-
This statement is significant because it was
also searching, he tells us, for a
feeling is too tepid for them to entertain the
communal leader before he went to Congress.
page rag called "Jew in the Light"
Czechoslovakia
in
1867.
Come
to
Chicago
as
a
Southern
girl
to
play
the
leading
thought
of
a
son
in
clerical
costume,
and
that
interpreted as an intention to refute
Gained distinction fighting for rights of civil
... The publisher is Ernest Groe-
part in his production of "Gone
boy of 16. Self-educated, he served as a judge
the old and widespread idea persists that the
charges that he and Mrs. Simpson were
service
employes.
Credited
with
raising
fund
for
ner,
P. 0. Box 1824, Milwaukee.
with
the
Wind."
pulpit is the natural preserve of the fool of
for 12 years. Was ranking member of Immigra-
pro-Nazi. At any rate, a Jewish home re-
Groener is the clearing house
Semitics Division of Library of Congress. Led
the family? Materialism, irreligion, contempt
Harps Marx has been boasting
tion Committee; fought against harsh immigra-
for
Nazi
propaganda in the Middle
mains the haven of refuge for the world's
for the calling-which is the enemy? Or are
that his new home in Beverly
fight against Kramer anti-sedition bill in last
West . . . A shipment of anti-
tion curbs. Early booster of Roosevelt presi-
most eminent exile.
they all present in unholy combination? And
Hills, Calif., has facilities for
Congress. Backed bill to end tax-exemption of
Semitic
literature is due in New
how account for the reluctance of many of
every conceivable pastime from
dential candidacy. Was chairman of the 1932
government securities and for withdrawal of
York harbor from hamburg in two
the youth themselves to embrace the profes-
swimming to ping pong. Yet he
Roosevelt foreign language division.
Headed
weeks.
U. S. from Berlin Olympics. Author of measure
sion? Is It that they can find more scope for
finds he slipped up on one thing.
House committee that investigated real estate
ABOUT PEOPLE
their talents in the role of communal politi-
Ills brother Groucho points out:
for 30-hour week for civil service employes.
bond racket. Is a veteran parliamentarian. Would
cians? Even the very "sons of the manse."
The gendarmes finally caught up
"I like six-day bike races and
One of the worst books about the
Member of Judiciary Committee. Commutes by
with very few exceptions, scorn to follow in
with Paul Wiseman, the imposter
like to be chairman of powerful Rules Commit-
there's no provision in the house
Jews published during the past .decade
plane from Brooklyn to Washington.
their fathers' footsteps, and so far as the best
who
was palming himself off as
for that."
tee, of which he is ranking member. Cares little
was written not by an anti-Semite but by
types of young Jewry are concerned, the
one of the European Montefiores.
3. WILLIAM CITRON: Congressman-at-
"THE CITY OF HOPE"
for money or fame. Politics is his sole interest.
ministerial profession is in the miserable posi-
a Jew. Samuel Roth, about three years
...
Ile
was nabbed in Seattle and
Large from Connecticut. Born in New Haven in
"The City of Hope" is the title
tion of Caesar's corpse, with none no poor to
House spent 30 minutes honoring him on his
is to be deported to France.
tyro. wrote a volume which was unques-
of a new picture which tells in
1897 of poor parents. Worked way through Wes-
do it reverence. But, if all this be true, or
Chiang Kai-shek, the dictator of
70th birthday at last session. Is one of inner
tionably the most damaging collection of
colorful narrative style the history
only Partly true, it is not so much the college
leyan University. Quit school to join field artil-
China whose kidnapping created a
circle of New Deal legislators.
of the nationally known Los An-
lies that has ever appeared about Jews,
crisis. was married in the home
that is sick but the community itself, and only
lery during the war. Entered Harvard Law School
9.
geles
Sanatorium
for
tuberculosis
LEON SACKS: 1st District, Pennsylva-
in a strong religious revival and the spread
Jewish traditions and Jewish habits.
of George Sokolsky, American
with 15 cents in his pocket. Began law practice
maintained at Duarte, Calif., by
of truer conceptions can a remedy for present
nia Youngest. and newest Jewish member of
journalist.
In fighting discrimination, it will be ad-
the J. C. R. A. George Bilson, i n 1921. Elected to legislature in 1927. Was
difficulties in the last resort be found.
David Milton, son-in-law of John
House. Born, 1902, in district he represents, in
\V arner Bros. writer, wrote, di-
mitted that very often it becomes neces-
minority leader of lower house and later clerk
D. Rockefeller, Jr., and David
Jews' College, let it be said in fairness, is
Philadelphia, which hadn't gone Democratic since
rected and did the entire produc-
Shenker,
special counsel to the
sary to ignore a thing in order thus to fight
not insensible to its own deficiencies. It has
f State Senate. First ran for Congress in 1932,
tion work on the film, which por-
Civil War. Is a lawyer, but holds a degree in
°
Securities Exchange Commission
appointed a committee to re-consider its cur-
it most efficiently. In the instance of Sam-
trays the early days when patients
n of elected till 1934. Champion of textile work-
economics
from
the
Wharton
School
of
Com-
riculum. Sonia time ago-we have now for-
have been exchanging words at the
were cared for in tents, and the e rs. Authority on flood control. Author of bill
uel Roth. ignoring the book meant refusal
gotten when-the United Synagogue Council
probe of Milton's financial deals.
merce. Was Democratic leader of his ward for
rise of the sanatorium as an in-
to give it prominence and publicity. The
renting state compacts for New England flood
... But a couple of years ago they
began, after much public discussion. of the
four years. Served a year and a half as deputy
stitution providing free care for
decision of national Jewish boards in ad-
subject, to consider the creation of two dis-
were classmates at Columbia Law
ontrol. Speaks often in denunciation of bigotry.
Jews and Gentiles alike from all
attorney general. Active in civic and philan-
trict rabbinates in London. But that proposal
vocating silence on this volume was wisely
parts of the country. Warner Bros.
T oured Russia, Germany and Poland last year to
Scho
hoair
thropic affairs. Popular with labor.
which, if It had been put into effect, and ex-
Charles
E. Bloch, dean of Jew-
produced the picture without cost,
arrived at. Instead of meting punishment
a tudy Jewish conditions. Nearly died of pneu-
tended, would have started out a system
ish book publishers in the U. S.,
10. DR. WILLIAM I. SIROVICH: 14th Dis-
for they are intensely interested
on a Jewish issue, Samuel Roth has now giving
prospects of a career at least to sonic of
onia in Moscow. Plays bang-up game of hand-
has just celebrated his 75th birth-
in the sanatorium, to which their
trict, New York. Been in Congress since 1927.
day.
our ambitious youth, still reposes in the pigeon
been given a three-year jail sentence for
b all and is adept at Talmudic dissertations.
f amily has already contributed
Born in York, Pa., in 1882. Was well-known
holes or on the agenda paper. The present
The Aleph Zadek Aleph is boast-
• distributing obscene lit - irature and his au-
thousands of dollars.
4. SAMUEL DICKSTEIN: 12th District,
situation cannot continue without grave threat
physician when he went to Congress. Had been
ing that Eugene Blum, newly elect-
thorship of a hook on the Jewish question
A VETERAN OF RADIO
to the future of this community. At this mo-
New York. Born in Russia in 1885. Has repre-
ed clerk of the Steubenville, Ohio,
superintendent of East Side hospital, member
is not even dignified with the slightest
ment, if a vacancy in the chief rabbinate
Josef Stopnk, NBC concertmas-
common pleas court, is the young-
sented lower East Side, where he lives, for 14
of local school board and popular orator. Also a
mention.
should occur,-we hope it will be long de-
ter and conductor, who celebrated
est county official in the land .. .
years. Son of a rabbi. City College alumnus. Was
playwright whose works have been on Broadway.
Blum is 22.
ferred-we should be hard put to it to find
his birthday on Dec. 25, is a vet-
It is. of course, unfortunate that we
deputy state attorney general at 26. Became an
within our ministerial ranks a suitable succes-
eran of radio, having been asso-
Wrote a theme song for Congress. Loves to make
Prof. Jekuthiel Ginsburg of
must divide our interest in fighting a dis-
sor to the present incumbent and should be
ciated with station WJZ since 1923.
alderman in 1917. Served two terms in State
Yeshiva College, editor of Scripts
speeches. Authority on copyright legislation.
compelled to go on our travels again and find
A native of New York, he made his
Mathematica,
tells us that Grace
crimination between the outside world as
legislature. Defended 30,000 tenants against
Author of important sea safety laws. Also offered
one in some other land. It is all very well
first amateur appearance when he
Jaffe was all wet when she wrote
well as the cancerous evidences that ap-
landlords. Author of N. Y. State kosher food law.
bills to unite Canada with the U. S. to establish
fighting the enemy at the gates. No less Im-
was six years old, at a pupils' con-
that the 11-year-old son of the
pear within our own ranks. But all murder
portant is fighting apathy and drift within the
cert of Max Bendix in Mendelsohn W on chairmanship of House Immigration Corn-
late David Freedman, ace gag-
a Secretary of Art, Science and Literature and
will out and all discriminating actions
gates. It is a task which, if we are wise, we
Hall. his brilliant career includes m ittee in 1932, being first Jew to head that body.
writer, was collaborating with him
to create a national theater. Recently headed
shall
set
about without hesitation and delay.
membership in Roxy's famous orig.; s ponsored resolution for Congressional probe of
must eventually come home to roost and
on
a book intended to popularize
committee that investigated working of patent
inal "Gang" as violin soloist and
calculus ... It is the oldest Freed-
to reap its due castigations.
azi activities. Is chief hate of Nazis and hun-
A serious problem thus faces Jewry. as concertmaster of the Rosy Sym-
law. Plans laws to revise it. Conceived scheme for
man boy, Benedict, who is doing
We are handicapped by poor leadership phony Orchestra. dr ed percenters. Now pushing for another in. Jewish colonization in Cuba •
the work, and the book is not in-
tended to popularize calculus.
and by ineffective spiritual guidance. We
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Jewish Anti-Semite Gets His Due
The Seminary's Jubilee . are compelled to think in terms of
The observance of the 50th anniversary strengthening every available cause and
of the Jewish Theological Seminary of agency which will help build up a better
America deserves the wide attention it is and an abler set of leaders than we have
being given at this time. One of the most today. Unfortunately the crying need of
important agencies in carrying on the th e present hour has not produced the type
traditions of learning in this country, the of guidance that is needed in a national
contributions made by the seminary have emergency.
been of an everlasting nature, and prom-
The jubilee celebration of the Jewish
ise to increase in importance as time goes Th eological Seminary demands that we
on.
sh ould not limit ourselves to honoring this
An element in American Jewish life in stitution and its founders. The celebra-
serving to emphasize the importance of the tio n should serve as occasion for a revalu-
Jewish Theological Seminary and the at ion of our needs. If the fault lies with
other Jewish theological schools in this ou ✓ educational institutions, then they
country is the sad but true fact that we m ust be remodeled. If the fault lies with
suffer from a lack of able leadership. th e people, because Jews are so indiffer-
While we are not alone in this handicap, en t to their important educational agen-
and while it is true that the non-Jewish cie t, then something must be done to stim-
communities are similarly affected, there ul ate the desired devotion.
is much greater cause for us to lament
In any event, the seminary's celebration
than there la for others because we are so sh ould serve as a means for increasing the
sorely pressed for spokesmen in behalf se nice rendered by this great agency, and
of our oppressed.
for an increase of devotion to this agency
The condition we speak of is, -. lament- by the Jews of this country. The comple-
ably enough, true also of Jewries in other do n of 50 years of important service to
lands The London Jewish Chronicle. in a Am erican Jewry warrants more than pas-
most recent issue, published the following sin g interest on the part of our people.
DUTCH FASCISM AND THE JEWS
By the Amsterdam Correspondent of the World Jewish Congress
Under the leadership of its tempting to solve the Jewish prob-
"Fuehrer" Mussert, the Dutch , rem on "lines of Mussolini's con-
Fascist Party (N. S. B.) is mak- : ceptions"; racial anti-Semitism is
rejected. But a new "deus ex
ing itself increasingly conspicuous machine" is brought into the dia-
in the political life of Holland. 1 cussion, namely, the conception of
Popular meetings, parades, con- national unity. It is maintained
ventions and similar methods im- that while potentially all Dutch
ported from Germany are prac- people are capable of the spiritual
tised with more or less success. unity which is necessary for the
The Dutch middle class, hard hit , making of a "nation" within the
by the depression, forms the bulk ! meaning of nationalist 'ideology,"
of party, which, oweser, has I in reality, however, all of them do
as yet no influence whatever in , not incarnate this unity. This
parliamentary life. The attitude of argument leads to the singling out
this party toward anti-Semitism of certain groups of Jewa and con-
is not fully defined. The cry and eludes in a specific warning against
practice are in no way in keeping. , Jewish immigration.
Even changing tactics and constant RACIAL THEORIES
efforts to avoid a clearcut stand BORROWED FROM NAZIS:
with regard to anti-Semitism are
A critical analysis of these con-
typical of this movement. The first; siderations reveals that the offi-
official program, issued in 1931, , cial rejection of racial anti-Semi-
contained no reference to anti- tism proceeds alongside s consist-
Senut:sm and the Jewish question. ent application of German racial
A program pamphlet issued in theories.
T h e latest program
1934 contained for the first time pamphlet contains a specific ref-
• paragraph on Was tubieets, re- erence to the German National-
jecting anti-SemiLsm, while at-
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To Brandeis
New Book of Bible Stories for Young
Simplicity and charm combined
tale of David, the shepherd boy,
with historical accuracy are found
who became King of Israel and
York (13)•
in the second volume of "Bible
sang his glorious psalms to God;
Tales for Very Young Children"
"After 80 years of living
it tells of Elijah, who proved God's
by Lenore Cohen, which has just
presence to the worshippers of
Brandeis lost none of his optim-
been published by The Union of j
ism or faith in the resource.
Baal; it presents the famous story
American Hebrew Congregations.'
of Jonah. and the whale, the va-
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This book, designed to appeal to
liant
tale of Queen Esther who
attain the American ideal."
the younger child, tells the story saved her people from the cruel-
This is an appropriate con- ti:f the Bible from the death of ties o
aman, and the deathless
se of the scrip- story of Daniel in the Lion's Den.
clusion to Mr. Lief 'a great trib-
tures. It follows the first volume of
The
illustrations
of the heroes
ute to Brandeis. This volume is the aeries b • Miss en, pub-
of Biblical days help to make h
much more than an evaluation
lished by the Union two years ago, stories more real to the boys and
which dealt with the stories con-
of "the personal history of an
tained in the Five Books of Moses. girls; in the preceding volume of
American ideal." It is in fact a
The stories have been carefully Bible tales, this book has omitted
brilliant resume of the life of
and attractively edited to appeal to some stories and has retold others
s mall children and may be read to
a man who will go down in
so that it presents ■ meaningful
history as one of the Jewish
them-or better still told to them narrative to the children. Its
-by the mother in the home or by stories are further enhanced by
geniuses of all time.
the teacher in the school. Their telling them in such a way that the
It is natural that Brandeis' cntents are mad
e a dditio nal ly underlying idea is found in the
interest in Zionism should com- vivid by the black and whit e it telling without attaching the main
of
famous
Biblical thought at the end, as the pro-
mand our first interest in this
scenes done by Penina Kishore.
verbial "moral to the tale."
volume.
Seeking to present a story that
An example of this is found in
It is interesting to note that
is sufficiently well told to give the the story of Samson, who having
child a real aesthetic experience, once suffere4 because of his vanity,
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