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Sabbath Readings of the Law
Pentateuchal portion—Ex. 35:1.40:38. Num 19.
Prophetical portion--Ezek 36:16-38,
March 5,1937
Adar 22, 5697
The Hillel Parents' Day
Dr. Bernard Heller, director of the lin-
tel Foundation of the University of Michi-
gan, is not satisfied merely with enlisting
the interest of the students on the campus.
He is equally as anxious that the parents
and all friends of Hillel should take an
active interest in the work of the student
organization. It is out of this anxiety that
he has arranged for a parents' day at the
foundation ,to be held on March 13.
This student-parent event deserves to be
made an event of community importance
for more than the ordinary reasons that
our students should be provided with a
Jewish education, that a social organiza-
tion is needed for Jews on the campus, that
parents must display an interest in the
work of their sons and daughters, etc., etc.
The truth is that student groups serve
as the nuclei for future movements, and
the care that is taken in guiding these stu-
dents serves in the future'either as a de-
terrent to or as an encouragement of re-
action. In European countries students
have been among the most important ele-
ments in the advancement of extreme
causes—including Nazism, Fascism, Cuz-
ism, Endekism and Bolshevism. It is from
the students that Jews have suffered the
most, and there is some hope that from the
more liberal student body will eventually
come salvation for our people.
Jewish students react to world events
in the same spirit as the non-Jews. Condi-
tions of our times may drive them to ex-
tremes, and the care that is taken to guide
them in their youth will determine their
life's activities.
But there is a far more important rea-
son why the Hillel Foundation, which is
today one of Bnai Brith's most important
functions, should enlist the interest and
'co-operation of every Jew. If students
should continue to display tendencies to
become reactionary, then the university
may turn out to be a nest for bigotry. A
well-informed Jewish student body is the
only weapon that will help offset such pre-
judice and Hillel is the only organization
that can be expected to carry on the im-
portant educational work.
Of course, there is also a positive rests
son for supporting Hillel work. We have
a culture to perpetuate, and Jewish stu-
dents must learn sto „share our treasures
with us. Hillel strives_to encourage and
to promote a irewish %intellectualism. The
parents should•erate in this work.
nity of display.
They will have
e parents' 'and
ing their inter
an March 13. is :
friends day
Importance d- National Funds
At no time in the history of the Zionist
movement has the superiority of national
funds ovet the desirability of private in-
itiatiVe asserted itself as strongly as it did
as a result of the most recent Arab out-
rages in Palestine. If there were any Jews
who have left the country because of
the riots, they will undoubtedly be men
and women who entered the country
under the category of capitalists and who
went there to make investments. Jews
who have gone to Palestine to settle on
publicly owned land will probably never
be as seriously affected as those who went
there to carry on private enterprises.
It is a well-known fact by this time that
whenever anything of a nationally owned
nature is affected, the people rise above
mere financial loss with a determination
not only to rebuild what has been destroy-
ed but to create even more efficiently and
more effectively.
The best proof is to be found in the up-
rooting of trees by Arabs. The call im-
mediately went forth that for every tree
uprooted, ten should be replanted by the
Jews of the world; and as was to be ex-
pected, there was a prompt and liberal
response to this plea.
In the instance of privately initiated ef-
forts in Palestine, the response is inevit-
ably different. The individuals affected
are discouraged and their discouragement
lends to the minimizing of opportunities
and possibilities not only within their own
ranks but also among their friends.
The gathering of national funds is un-
questionably the basis for the reconstruc-
tion of Palestine and the larger the funds
available for the redemption of the soil of
Palestine and for the settling upon such
redeemed land by as large numbers of
Jews as possible, the more effective is the
work for Palestine's reconstruction.
The Jewish National Fund and the
Keren Hayesod, as the principal fund-
raising agencies included in the Palestine
campaign, thus remain the backbone of
all efforts for Palestine's rehabilitation.
At the same time, the funds that are gath-
ered by the labor Zionists through the
Gewerkschaften campaign similarly con-
tributed in good measure towards the
progress that is achieved by Jews in
Eretz Israel.
The riots teach us a great deal in rela-
tion to the type of work that ought to be
carried on in Palestine. They primarily
teach us that only through an organized
national effort can the work be efficiently
carried on.
Strengthen Anti-Nazi Boycott!
March 15, the fourth anniversary of the
Hitler dictatorship, will be made an occa-
sion for a monster demonstration at Madi-
son Square Garden, New York, and for the
renewal of efforts to strengthen the boy-
cott of German-made goods. Arranged by
the Joint Boycott Council of the American
Jewish Congress and the Jewish Labor
Comnifttee,/which includes the entire Jew-
ish trade union movement in the country,
this demonstration ought to be a signal
to liberals—Jews and non-Jews alike—
throughout the country, to carry on the
anti-Nazi boycott with renewed vigor.
Unless the boycott is stimulated and en-
couraged, there is danger of its weaken-
ing and 'its becoming ineffective because
people will be inclined to take things for
granted and to assume that anti-Nazism
goes on anyway by the momentum of its
own movement. The falsity of such an as-
sumption must be impressed upon all ene-
mies of Nazism, and every occasion, espe-
cially the anniversary of the Hitler dicta-
torship, must be utilized for the purpose
of strengthening the boycott and reviving
interest in it.
The boycott can and must be made a
potent weapon against Nazism. In the
most recent boycott bulletin issued by the
Joint Boycott Council, B. C. Vladeck,
chairman of the Jewish Labor Committee,
presented the case for the boycott as fol-
lows:
TALMUDIC TALES
By DAVID MORANTZ
"
OFF MY CHEST
Mussolini and the Jews
Employment Discrimination
A recent issue of This Week carried the
following significant editorial comment:
Charlie Chaplin cannot talk to any man
sitting behind a desk. Chaplin is a bank di-
rector, heed of his own corporation, big man
in the business world; but when he has to
carry on a conversation with any official, he
pulls his chair around to the side." My whole
youth," he says, "was bruised by rebuffs from
men sitting at desks when I was looking for
a Job. It did something to me that I can never
throw off."
Desk-men, be gentle with the boys and
girls on the other side. Don't run the risk
of scarring one of the fine souls of this world.
It is no longer a new story that Jews
are among the worst offenders in discrimi-
nating against Jewish applicants for jobs.
The Employment Service of the Jewish
Community Center of Detroit reports that
conditions in the employment field have
grown worse, and that Jewish offenders
are not showing any signs of repentance, or
of a desire to be fair in the selection of
employes.
No one has ever asked Jewish or non-
Jewish employers to give preference to
Jewish applicants for jobs. All that has
been and is being asked is that employers
should be fair with the Jews and should
let merit be the guide in the selection of
employes. It is a tragic comedy in our
fight against bigotry that Jews should have
to be numbered among the worst offen-
ders. If a strong enough weapon can be
created out of the mold of public opinion
against such Jewish bigots, the fight
against them must take precedence over
any other battle for justice.
An Old Question Analyzed and Answered
BE NOT BOASTFUL
King Solomon was one day sit-
ting at his window watching two
By DAVID LLOYD GEORGE
small birds on the branch of a
nearby tree.
The male bird was bragging of
EDITOR'S NOTE, By special arrangement with Liberty Magazine, The Detroit Jewish Chron-
his strength to his mate.
icle herewith p is a brilliant article from the pen of David Lloyd George, war-time
"If I desired," he boasted, "I
premier of Great Britain in whose regime the Balfour Declaration was issued and
could not only crush Solomon but
who has always been known as a true friend of the Jewish people.
destroy his palace with one stroke
of my wing."
The wife gazed upon her mate
Surely the Jews are the most remarkable
as an Oriental nation. Englishmen are a mixture
with admiration and encouraged
him to do so to prove his strength.
race that ever dwelt on this earth. When they
of many races; still they are one people. Out of
Solomon, who, in his great wis-
an infinitude of races the United States is pro-
were a poor people of peasants and shepherds
dom, understood all tongues, was
ducing a type which is 100 per cent American.
dwelling on a rugged plateau covering ground
much displeased upon hearing
But a Jew remains a Jew throughout the ages.
this. •
no more extensive than Wales, they produced
He is just as much a Hebrew today in his senti-
Summoning the braggart bird
the most sublime literature that ever issued from
before him, he asked the meaning
ment, in his pride, and in his racial loyalties as
the pen of men. Whin they were a despised
of his boastful statements.
he was when he was driven from Palestine.
province in a great empire, they found a reli-
With fear and trembling the
Dispersal has not disintegrated this national
gion which finally cenquered their conquerors
bird begged for mercy and said
he had only been trying to raise
solidarity. It has consolidated it. The Jews re-
and is today the accepted faith of the most pow-
himself in his mate's estimation.
fuse to be good mixers. When they were bonds-
erful nations on earth. The very fact of their
The king, having a sense of
men in Egypt,. they were not as other slaves.
survival as a separate race, under the adversities
humor, smiled and with a warning
It was in the days of their Assyrian exile, over
and tribulations through which they have passed,
not to be ao vain and boastful in
2,000 years ago, that Haman said unto King
the future, sent him back to his
demonstrates their inherent vitality and indomit-
spouse.
Ahasuerus, "There is a certain people scattered
able spirit. To quote the words of Walter Scott,
"What did the king want?" she
abroad and dispersed among the people in all
describing the maltreatment of the Jews in Eng-
eagerly asked upon his return.
the provinces of thy kingdom; and their laws
land during the Middle Ages: "There was no
Throwing out his chest, he re-
are diverse from all people; neither keep they the
plied in his grandest manner:
race existing on the earth, in the air or the
"King Solomon earnestly begged
king's laws; therefore it is not for the king's pro-
waters, who were the object of such an uninter-
me not to destroy his palace. "
fit to suffer them. If it please the Icing, let it
mitting, general and relentless persecution as
Upon hearing this, and seeing
be written that they may be destroyed."'
the Jews of this period . . . Norman, Saxon,
that his advice had been entirely
disregarded Solomon became very
This isolation has been at the bottom of
Dane and Briton, however adverse these races
angry and ordered both birds
many a program. The Jews are not exclusively
were to each other, contended which should look
killed as a warning to others to
responsible for it. The medieval ghetto was not
with greatest detestation upon a people -whom it
abstain from conceited boasting
a Jewish device. It was resorted to by the na-
and as a lesson to women not to . was accounted a point of religion to hate, to re-
encourage others to attempt fool-
tions among whom the Jews dwelt, They were
vile, to despise, to plunder and to persecute."
hardy acts to raise themselves in
nowhere allowed to hold or cultivate the land or
But the Jews have endured all these exper-
their esteem,
even live in the countryside. The medieval
iences for 30 centuries, and still they are five
(Copyright by David Morena).
guilds forbade them to learn or practice any
times as numerous and many times more power-
Due to the esteneve Interest In 'Tal-
of the more honorable crafts. They were not
mudic Tales," 121 legends and over 600
ful than they were in the greatest days of their
pomie of wisdom have been collected
even permitted to fight for the country which
national glory. Their escape from complete an-
In an attractive book of In MOM
handsomely bound In grained blus
gave them a grudging, squalid and not always
nihilation is probably due to the fact that per-
lum cloth, with gold-stamped till,.
Autographed by author. Suitable for
secure shelter.
secution was never simultaneous in all countries.
There are two sides to the boycott against
German goods and services.
One Is practical: Can the boycott reduce
Nazi foreign trade?
The second Is ideals Can the boycott In-
duce people not to buy from the regime that
has for four years now outraged all tenets
of law, all standards of decency?
The answer to both questions is: YESI
And our experience confirms this "Yes"
unequivdcally.
Thus within 4 years German imports into
the U. S. decreased markedly, as is evinced
by the following figures:
Raw and Floss Silk
38,000
From It. M. 1,288,000 to
Rayon and Yarn
65,000
From R. M. 234,000 to
gift. and prices. Price 11.60 post-paid.
Addl. .. orders to David Morants, Gross-
Cotton Textiles
man Building, Kamm City, Kansas.
From R. M. 25,254,000 to 6,315,000
Woolen Textiles
From R. M. 1,897,000 to 187,000
Textile Machinery
From R. M. 3,677,000 to 937,000
By PIERRE VAN PAASSEN
Leather Goods
From R. M. 13,226,000 to 1,886,000
(Copyright, 1937, 13. A. F. II)
Toys
From R. M. 12,876,000 to 4,708,000
If in chemicals and metals, German im-
ports are still considerable, it is either be.
More than on observer of the
cause our boycott work has not as yet pene-
world's scene has in the mast com-
trated into certain fields or because some of
mented on the fact that whereas
the large importers are in sympathy with the
IIitler has raised hatred for the
aims of Nazism and delight in giving it eco-
Jew to a doctrine of State, the
nomic support.
Fuehrer's prototype, Signor Mus-
MORAL SIDE
solini, never seems even to have
However, the value of the boycott is not
taken a definite stand on the Jew-
to be considered entirely in the light of prac•
ish question, Some hastily deduced
tical achievement. There is a moral side to
from this that there were really
it which is just as important.
not enough Jews to go around in
The Hitler regime tells the Jewst "You
Italy to make anti-Semitism worth
Sr. scoundrels, paresites, despoilers. I am
while. Others proclaimed that the
going to root you out. I shall destroy you
Jews of Italy had so completely
socially, economically and physically." How
woven themselves into the national
can any Jew with the least self-respect, use
texture that, except for a creedal
anything that comes from such a senseless
difference, they were not distin-
tyad satlie‘ie enemy?
guishable from the. rest of the
e Al all food, all clotking and all shelter Lod
Italians, and so had managed to
etilltie;Otap from the Third. Reich, 'Jews would
save themselves as a group from
rather die than deal with • regime that dese..
drawing the attention of the
'crates their holiest , feedings, outrages their
stiletto-bearing, castor-oil-adminis-
"'self-respect and threatens them with world
tering shocktroops of blackshirt-
•
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extinction.
(stn. Why, it waspointed out, even
The same regime tells organized labor and
some of the Duce's best friends
every liberal movement both within and with-
were Jews; the first secretary of
out Germanys You are fools and traitors. You
the Fascist party, Augusto Turati,
have ruined Germany and you will ruin the
and Guido Jung, financial adviser
world! You either desist and recant or we
to the regime were Jews; Donna
shall annihilate you. Labor can be organized
Margaretta Sarfatti, Mussolini's
only to my ambition. Free thought
closest collaborator in his Socialist
days, later his enthusiastic
science, religion, creative Ideas can be al-
biographer, is a Jewess.
lowed only as long as they meekly submit and
The conclusion was that Fas-
serve."
cism
is not necessarily anti-Semi-
How can labor and liberalism deal with
tic and that Jews might do worse
such barbarism? Any labor man or liberal
than give their support and friend.
who can find justification for using German
ship to embryonic Fascist move-
goods or services is not worthy of being
ments in different countries. It
either.
was—and still is—argued that
As Jews, as liberals and as men of labor
Jews by becoming Fascists can cut
we says
"Every effort should he -made to make the , the ground from under the feet of
still dormant anti-Semitic tenden-
boycott effective, but irrespective of the prac-
cies in Fascist parties and thus
tical results, we shall continue to boycott
save themselves and their fellow
everything that comes from the land of Hitler
Jews from a deal of unpleasant.
and Streicher, Goering and Goebbels, because
ness on the day when those parties
only in that way can we best retain our self-
become dominant powers in the
reaped.
The political and moral issues are clear.
And the weapon to fight Nazism is avail-
able. What is necessary is the education
to inspire all liberals not to rest from ef-
forts in the interests of the anti-Nazi boy-
cott, for even a single moment. If at all
possible, all forces striving to boycott Nazi
Germany must be united and a strong
front presented against the reaction which
threatens the peace and security of man-
kind.
Why the Jews Are Persecuted
Dosed upon the ancient legends and
pliiimophy found In the Talmud and
folklore of the 'knish people.
State.
The vehement anti-Semitic ar-
ticles which have appeared of late
in Italian government-controlled
newspapers have upset all the fine
calculations of those compromisers
who would have the Jews forget
themselves so far as to support
for expediency's sake, a doctrine
of State which is the very an.
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When greed and bigotry combined to maltreat
the Jew in one land, he always found refuge in
another. We have had an illustration quite re-
cently of fleeing from the face of danger to more
tranquil regions. When Hitler drove the Jews
from all the high places which their genius had
won for them in Germany—France, Britain,
American and Holland opened their gates wide to
the exiles of Nazism. The Red Sea always opened
its waters at the critical hour for this persecuted
People.
They claim to be the chosen people of the
Deity. There is certainly warrant for the claim
insofar as it refers to one period in their amaz-
ing career. They were selected by Providence
as the medium for the delivery of the greatest
spiritual message ever sent from on high. No
one can read the story of the Jewish race with-
out understanding why it was specially deputed
to convey to mankind this most exalted but at
the same time most challenging truth.
Jews' Determination to Live
But the most unaccountable mystery in the
history of the Jews is the persistence. the source,
and the intensity of their persecution threnghout
the ages. What makes it all the more ises-
plicable is the contrast between the treatment
accorded to the Jews in Christian countries and
that whichthey have received under Moslem
rule. The warlike followers of Mohammed ex-
tended the fullest religious freedom to the Jews,
who regarded both Christ and Mohammed as
false interpreters of the God of Israel. Neither
Saracen nor Moor interfered with the religious
worship of the Jewish communities in their midst.
They profited enormously by this statesmanlike
attitude. In science and in art the superiority of
the early Moslems is attributable to the' Jews.
Christian countries were impoverished by the
way in which, under the influence of the clergy,
they suppressed and limited Jewish activities.
What can be the explanation of the special
and secular hatred conceived for the Jew among
European peoples? The malarial insect whose
poison infects healthy creatures with the fever
of Jew hatred is buzzing In our ears today with
the same vicious hum and deadly poison as it
ever did in the days of Torquemada.
Religious bigotry is responsible for some
of the most brutal attacks made on the Jew in
European countries. But the antagonism to Is-
rael was not exclusively or mainly religious. The
root of the trouble is to be found in the deter-
mination of the Jews throughout the centuries
not to lose their identity as a separate and dis-
tinct people in any land where they dwell. They
seem to insist on preserving their individuality
Broader Horizons For Women
They Meet the Challenge of the Times
By MRS. HERBERT H. LEHMAN
EDITOR'S NOTE: Mrs. Lohman,
wife of the Governor of New York, here de-
errilwe the progrem made by women Ia the comparatively short time that
they have participated to the world's activities outside the home.
(Copyright, 1537, Seven Arts Feature Syndicate)
The world has undergone many great pride to the contributions
changes during the last 25 years. they have made in the political
A sense of security and eternal world since they have been ac-
stability, so characteristic of the cepted there as a real factor. They
temper of the times 25 years ago have shown that they are capable
has been supplanted, in many of working shoulder to shoulder,
cases, by • feeling of insecurity, in perfect harmony with the men
apprehension and fear for the in improving conditions and in
future.
making the home a better place
In spite of this change of tem- in which to live.
per, and perhaps because it has
Strides in Economic Field
aroused in them a sense of respon-
They have recognized in the
sibilty and obligation, women have right of franchise an ever-present
gained in self-confidence in the challenge, and they are meeting
ability to map out their course that challenge fairly and squarely.
and to follow it relentlessly and The time has passed when woman
with courage. They have found for is satisfied to sit supinely by, ac-
themselves new paths leading cepting situations as they come,'
toward higher goals, and toward rejoicing if they are pleasant and
these goals they strive with ever- looking on them as inevitable if
i ncreasing enthusiasm and loyalty. they are not She now asks herself,
The very fact that they are ex- "What can I do about it?" And
pected now to play a part in every she proceeds to act, In this way
field of activity spurs on to fur- she keeps herself informed rerard-
ther effort and achievement. ing all matters pertaining to the
Only 25 years ago, in the politi- welfare of her home and becomes
c al field, women were fighting for an important cog on the machin-
the right of franchise against an- try of government
tagonism and distrust, not alone
In the economic field women
of men but of women themselves, have made great strides. The
who feared that the right to vote World War had robbed the Indus-
would rob them of their womanli- trial and economic world of man
nos and their love for the home. power. Woman suddenly found
Fortunately this did not prove herself in a new positio n, when
to be the case. On the contrary, I many industries and professions
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Jews Are Loyal Citizens
Under these circumstances, the calumny
which imputes cowardice to them is the basest
of all slanders.' When their aid was sought they
have invariably wrought and fought bravely for
the lands which accorded them just treatment.
The French Revolution conferred equal rights
upon the Jews, and Napoleon confirmed the revo-
lutionary decree in this respect. The result was
that no Frenchman fought more gallantly for
the tricolor than the emancipated Jews of France.
For generations they have enjoyed the full rights
of citizenship in the British Empire, and they
have requited this treatment by a loyalty and
patriotism which never shone out more conspic-
uously than during the World War. The most
brilliant and successful general do the British
army during the Great War was an Australian
Jew—General Monash.
They are accused in Germany of conspiring
to establish a Communist state. It is true that
the fundamental principles of Russian Bolshe-
vism are derived from the writings of a great
Jewish economist—Karl Marx—and that prob-
ably the Bolshevik Revolution would have been
crushed but for the genius of a Jew—Trotsky-
who is the greatest improviser of revolutionary
armies since Denton and Cana. But these
critics of Judah forget that the Jew has in the
past endured inure in countries like Russia, Ger.
many and even Britain (before anti-sweating leg-
islation was introduced) from social inequalities
and industrial bondage than any other race. No
country is entitled - to claim loyalty unto death
from a people to whom it denies the elementary
rights of humanity. A Jew fairly treated is a
loyal citizen in all lands.
Many devout Jews maintain that Israel is a
separate religion and not a separate nation. The
greatest statesman raised by Judah in modern
times, Dr. Weizmann, has realized the difficulty
and endeavored to handle it with a courage,
skill and wisdom the results of which will be
enduring and will enable the Jews once more to
make a contribution to the work of civilization
as a separate community dwelling in their own
national home. His solution finds a precedent and
a justification in the case of another oppressed
race—the Irish. Ireland is now free to fashion
its own destiny. Its sons and daughters have
full liberty and opportunity to build up an Irish
state. Here their special qualities, characteristics
and genius will make the special contribution
of the Irish race to the civilization of the world.
This is how I understand the idea of • na-
tional home for the Jews in the country which
they made holy ground.
It's a Funny World
Strictly
Confidential
Tidbits from Everywhere
By PH1NEAS J. BIRON
(copyright. 1937, S. A. F.
)
THE NAZI FRONT
The Federal Securities and Ex-
change Commission is battling the
law firm of J. P. Morgan and Co.
over a little matter of interest
due American holders of $30,000,-
000 in German bonds . . . The
SEC is fighting for the investors
and the law firm is championing
the Nazis.
One of the by-products of Mau-
rice Levin's purchase of the
Adams-Flanigan department store
in the Bronx was the disappear-
ance' of German goods from the
shelves of that emporium.
A couple of Nazi agents who
tried to sell Aryanism to the In-
dians on the Navajo reservation
barely escaped with their scalps
intact Order number 6 issued
by Fritz Kuhn, fuehrer of the
Nazis in American, to members of
the "Ordnungsdienst," the uni-
formed ushers who guard Nazi
meetings, informs that "badges
and epaulettes will be made so
that they can be removed easily
in order that men who walk alone
to and from meetings may look
like civilians."
Lawrence Simpson, the Ameri-
can seaman who was held in a
Nazi concentration camp for 18
months after being taken from an
American ship on a charge of dis-
tributing anti-Nazi literature, re-
veals that it was the United
States vice-counsul at Hamburg
who gave the Gestapo agents the
warrants to search for him on the
U. S. liner Manhattan • . Simp-
son also claims that the captain
of the Manhattan cried out to the
Nazis who were arresting the
seaman: "Take him along and
give him 50 years."
ETHEREAL FLASHES
Helen Granitsch, president of
the Austrian Women's League, is
suing Dr. Kurt Sonnenfeld, au-
thor of her authorized biography,
because he refuses to delete cer-
tain passages indicating that her
mother was a Jewess,
In Czechoslovakia, where the
circulation of Julius Streicher's
"Stuermer" is forbidden, a carpen-
ter by the name of Gustav
Gschwendt was tried and acquitted
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Lights front
Shadowland
By LOUIS PEKARSKY
Reproduction In part or whole forbld•
den without permission of the Seven
Arts Feelers Syndicate, copyrightere of
this feature.
(Copyright, 1917, IX A. F. a)
THE WEEK IN HOLLYWOOD
Edward L. Alperson, president
of Grand National Films, Inc., has
signed a 10-year lease for the
Educational Studio in IIollywood
and permanent headquarters will
be established there for this new
company, Grand National will
take occupancy April 1. Following
this announcement comes word
that Selznick International Pic-
tures, headed by David 0. Selz-
nick, haspurchased the historic
RKO-Pathe Studio inCulver City.
This is the biggest major step in
the studio's prosperity expansion
program, according to II e n r y
Ginsberg, general manager for
Selznick.
Mervyn LeRoy, ace film direc-
tor, has secured the services of
two notable figures in the theatri-
cal world for his own producing
company. Max Gordon, famous
theatrical producer, with many
hits to his credit, is to help LeRoy
in the production of an elaborate
musical show to be started soon.
Gordon and LeRoy are old friends
and the former will give the lat-
ter the benefit of his broad ex-
perience as a play producer and
the latter will teach Gordon how
to make movies, and at a fancy
salary while learning. George Jes-
se!, noted star of musical comedy
who is being kept very busy with
radio engagements in New York
these days, has also signed an
agreement with producer LeRoy
to join his staff as an associate
producer. Jessel will bring his
vast experience in the entertain-
ment field to aid LeRoy in ideas,
stories and treatment of future
pictures. He begins his new work
April 15, moving over from Uni-
versal studios, where he has been
until now.
History That Reads Like a Fairy Tale
You Have to Learn to Laugh
at It, Says Noted
Emil Ludwig's Story of the Nile River Is His Best and
Humorist
Most Artistic Work
By HARRY HERSHFIELD
EDITOR'S NOTE: To this article Harry
Hershfield, nationally famed cartoon-
istend
nod Mannerism's favor-
ite toastmaster, dewribee hi. Odymy
from the plates ef form through a
eynaeollue choir to the comics page,
'there he now amuses millions
every day.
(Copyright, 1917.8 A. F. 8)
People often wonder that I,
a cartoonist and humorist,
should do my work in an office
full of medieval relics, where I
had special window frames built
in tai accommodate old eccles-
iastic stained glass windows,
where nothing save the indis-
pensable electric fixtures and
telephones recall the unimpeach-
able modernity of the skyscrap-
er on a lofty floor of which this
office is located.
Yet the explanation is sim-
ple: The religious atmosphere—
in the broad sense of the term
—that surrounds me in my of-
fice merely expresses • harking
back to the spiritual atmosphere
of my childhood.
Only a few weeks ago I pass-
ed once more through my native
date, Iowa, on my way back to
New York from Hollywood,
where I had just Completed •
photoplay of newspaper life,
"Get It First," for Warner
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NIIM: THE STORY OF A RIVER. Ily P57111 Ltulehr• Translated by Eery
IL Lindsay. The hiking Prem, 16 Z. 44th 8t., New York ($
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Emil Ludwig has given up writ-
ing biographies. More than 40
stories of great men are on record
to his credit. But the most recent
events which reveal some of his
"great" characters as beasts in
the images of men have brought
about their own reactions to the
feelings of this eminent writer—
one of the world's most eminent
men of letters.
The result is that he has turn-
ed to a river, and in writing its
life-story has produced his best
and most artistic work. "A roar
heralds the river" is the sentence
with which the book opens and
closes, and from the roar of its
waters, as it is described in "The
Nile," we have not only a descrip-
tion of its course but also the
story of the irrigation and Pro-
duce, flora and fauna, the wars
and the festivala, the peoples,
their worship, their sex lie. It
is the story of the world's most
famous river as traced geologic-
ally, geographically, historically.
Mr. Ludwig has visited and re-
explored the River Nile. He has
followed the literature and the
travelogues of history and the
result of his work is a superb
document For the English read-
er the great book was made pos-
sible by the excellent efforts of
the translator, Mary H. Lindsay.
For the Jewish reader this book
is as significant as it can possibly
be for the Egyptian or for any
one else. A great portion of Jew-
ish history flowed with the stream
of this river. Much significance
in Jewish existence is still con-
nected with the Nile.
Of the five great discoverers
and explorers of the river, one-
Emin—was a Jew. Among the
peoples inhabiting its shores, or
the shores of Its tributaries, the
Falashas (the Black Jews) are
among the most colorful.
Mr. Ludwig reconstructs the
story of the Queen of Sheba, her
journey to King Solomon's court
and her relations with the wisp
king of Judea. He tells of the
manner in which one of the de-
scendants from this union capi-
talized on his ancestry and as-
sumed a Jewish role in history.
Ile also-describes the adoption of
Christianity by the descendants
and how they reacted in their new
role:
Ia the ninth century history
took an ironic tura, for which
documentary evidence again ex-
ists. A Jewish princess in Abys-
sinia drove out the dynast]
elescended from Solomon, which
had later become Christian, and,
under the name of Queen Jo.
dith, made herself mistress of
the Korth. Not for 400 years,
till about 1260, did s Chris-
tian prise. •f the south, who
traced his descent from
Ink and Solomon. succeed is
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