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OFF MY CHEST

By PIERRE VAN PAASSEN

(Copyright, 1137, S. A. F. 9.1

Cantons inPalestine?

Strictly
Confidential

THIRTY YEARS FROM NOW

Tidbits from Everywhere

As any tolerably far-sighted ob-
By PHINEAS J. BIRON
server could have foreseen, the
Royal Commission's work in Eretz
(Copyright, III,. S. A. S. .1
Israel and England is to come to
an end with a recommendation for
ABOUT PEOPLE
a series of measures that will put
Now that Maurice Biagyer has
still further restrictions and limi-
been named executive secretary of
tations on Jewish endeavor in the
the Bnai Brith, you might remem-
By BERNARD POSTAL
ber that we hinted he would get,
upbuilding of the National Home
in Palestine. That was the aim and
the job two weeks ago . , , Inci-
purpose of the commission's mis-
dentally, the two leading candi-
EDITOR'S NOTE: The 30th anniversary of the founding of the Fre. Synagogue is being cele•
sion, and that body's very dispatch
dates for the post were Richard
brated throughout the country this week. The Seven Arts Feature Syndicate and Th.
to Palestine was but a piece of
Gutatadt, director of the Anti-
Detroit Jewish Chronicle present on this occasion an exclusive interview with Dr. Wise,
camouflage to wrap a decision in a
Defamation League, and Dr. Ab-
cloak of legality and impartiality.
ram Sachar, head of the Hillel
founder of the synagogue, an interview of special significance at this time. As is Dr.
Sabbath Readings of the Law
Wise's custom, be has answered a series of questions without pulling
It is therefore so pathetic to see
Foundation Commission , • . Gut-
his punches.
Pentateuchal portion—Lev, 21:1-24:23.
Sir Herbert Samuel and some
stadt's chances were ruined by the
Prophetical portion—Ezek. 44:15-31.
other Jews go out of their way to
implacable oppostition of Alfred
praise the nobility of spirit and
M. Cohen, Bnai Brith president,
(Copyright, 1137, Seven Arts lr“turs Syndicate)
April 30, 1937
lyar 19, 5697
It would be senseless for us to become the scrupulous objectivity display-
while Sachar, who could have had
ed
by
the
commissioners.
It
is
in-
it,
didn't want it.
panicky over the renewed attacks on Jew- tended, of course,
Thirty years ago a young and crusading rabbi
as a last-minute
The National Council of Jewish
ish organizations in Germany. Appeals attempt
Question: Has Judaism as a religion gained
to save something by ap-
in Portland, Ore., whose challenging views on so-
Women, which has never taken
or lost in strength in the last 30 years?
against the suppression of the Bnai Brith pealing to the so-called traditional cial
justice, Zionism and Jewish nationalism had
any part in any movement con-
Answer: Whether Judaism has gained or
A glance at the columns of this issue of and the confiscation of Bnai Brith funds British spirit of fairness. Nobody spread his fame throughout America, was invited
nected with Palestine, will shortly
The Detroit Jewish Chronicle will reveal have been lodged with Secretary of State expects a stateman like Sir Her- to fill the pulpit of aristocratic and conservative lost in strength is not to be answered on the basis announce the establishment of a
of congregational or community statistics. Syna-
bert to come out openly with a
Temple Emanu-El in New York. The temple's
peace scholarship at the Hebrew
the sad fact that there are too many con- Hull, and public opinion is being aroused denunciation
of High Commis-
gogues have weakened, temples may have become
knew his reputation but not his indepen-
University in the name of Mrs.
flicts in dates of organizational affairs, against the evictions from the organiza- sioner Sir Arthur Wauchope's sin- trustees
more infirm, and yet Judaism as a faith may have
dent spirit, else they would not have insisted
Arthur Brin.
and that too many groups have arranged tion's homes for the aged, orphanages and ister role in fomenting the recent that as a condition for his getting the office he grown stronger. There are at least two great
This week's candidate for oh..
aspects of Jewish life which are immediately re-
riots as an act of spite for the
agree to abandon his own views and to voice those
for affairs and meetings during the impor- hospitals.
livion is Joe Weinberger, city at-
lated to the faith of the Jewish people. One is
Jewish refusal to accede to his pro-
of the congregation. This he refused to do. That
torney of Paasaic, New Jersey,
tant period of the Allied Jewish Campaign.
Such persecution can only last a brief posals for a legislative council, rabbi was Stephen Samuel Wise.
the growing tendency to social ethical liberalism
who took a Bermuda cruise on the
This is most regrettable. Every noon- time. There is bound to be a return to but one would have expected a
which has claimed the support of Jews throughout
Europa . When taken to task,
In those days advocates of what we now
little
more
courage
and
national
the
country who cannot be dismissed as irreli-
day affair arranged by some organization normalcy, and even if Thomas Mann is Jewish spirit on the part of cer- call social justice were about as popular as the
be said: "Watcha going to do
gious or as mere radicals. On the other hand,
about
it?" . . . Wonder how he
means that a certain group of workers over confident when he says that things tain British Jews in denouncing so-called radicals of our own time. Zionism was there is the great Jewish nationalist movement,
it when he had to witness
affiliated with the sponsoring organization will change tranquilly in Germany there Is the whole shabby trick of the corn- still anathema in Amrican Jewish circles. Jewish which even though it does not derive from proph- liked
some fancy "Heil Hitlering."
nationalism was some strange idea preached by
ecy or mystic prediction is deeply rooted in the
will be robbed of time that should be certain to be a change in present existing mission's dispatch to Eretz Israel. Yiddish-speaking
A certain Rabbi Charles Had-
Jews fresh from Europe. Juda-
That might have some effect. Ap-
profound and unshakable faith of the Jewish peo-
given to the drive, and their members will conditions. Surety democratic ideals must peals
dock is said to be planning a new
ism was only a religion and the Jewish people
to fairness nerve no purpose
ple that its life and work and sucerings and
a reiigious sect. Jewish communal life meant
Jewish quarterly . , , And Dr. S.
be prevented from attending the impor- triumph, and Nazism will have to be except
to confuse the issue in
martyrdom have not been in vain. To speak,
Melamed is reported to be toying
dictatorship of Jewish wealth and social pres-
tant campaign report rallies.
among the first world menaces to be eradi- making the Jewish people believe the
for example, of Jewish nationalism as does a
with the idea of a Jewish publica-
tige. Reform Judaism of the ultra-conservative
that
the
commission
really
did
an
strident little man in a Baltimore Jewish pul-
tion, too.
It is not too much to ask that Detroit's cated.
type
was
in
the
ascendant.
Pulpit
freedom
was
honest piece of work.
pit as if it were nothing more than another
A new face mistier has been
virtually unknown.
Jewish organizations should keep the en-
It is as Jews that we must retain confi-
At any rate American Zionists,
national or racial chauvinism is no less blas-
named for Lady Marley, promi-
tire campaign period free from, meetings, dence. We have survived many crises, and friends of Eretz Israel and pro.
Such was American Jewish life in 1907,
phemous against the spirit of the Jewish people
nent non-Jewish ORT worker
and that the few days in the year intended we shall survive this one. Even the most Palestinians should not bow their when. Stephen S. Wise rejected Temple Emanu- and its history than to revise the creed of the Twenty-five per cent of the sales
EPA invitation and set himself the task of estab-
in meek acquiescence as the
synagogue. A man may recite the Sh'ma and yet
for the Allied Jewish Campaign should be assimilated Jews now begin to realize that heads
go to ORT.
lishing a synagogue where he would be free to
British Government weaves Its
Jewishly self-contemptuous and self-obliter-
New York City may get this
kept exclusively for this important pur- we are an undying people. The German web of intrigue to stifle the speak his mind as a Jew and as an American, as be
ative, as are too many rabbis in America who
year's
convention of the Zionist
pose.
government may suppress Jewish organ- foundations of the Jewish National a citizen and as a rabbi. The synagogue he would substitue a kosherized cathedralism for Organization
of America,
Home.
For
months
everybody
has
founded
was
the
Free
Synagogue,
which
is
now
Perhaps it is not yet too late for some izations and it may forbid Jews from hold-
the effective social verities of the historic syna-
Mrs. David Alpert, one of the
an almost audible silence,
celebrating its 30th anniversary. In the ensuing
gogue, and for Jewish nationalism.
of the organizations that have planned ing public assemblies. But as long as there observed
up and coming painters of the
an attitude of prayerful expect-
three decades its influence has become nation-
Question: What is the most important differ-
new American school, is the reb-
events during the May 2 to 15 period to is a common spirit that binds us together; ancy in the illusory hope that the wide. Its leader has become the number one
ence between American Jewry today and 30 years
Ixtzin of Tyler, Texas.
cancel them or to postpone them for later as long as the Jewish traditions are ob- commissi on's recommendations Jew of America. From its pulpit has spread an ago?
What will be the cliff between Ameri-
TRUE STORY
would not be the hard blow some
ideology of Jewish life which has been a decisive
dates.
served—even if only in individual fashion felt
can
Jewry
today
and
in
1967?
Would
you
ven-
Dr. and Mrs. Stephen S. Wise
to be in the making.
factor in altering the road taken by American
ture ■ prediction as to the status of American
were giving a reception in their
—then we shall one day look back at the
Judaism.
Today we have sufficient infor-
Jewry 30 years hence/
home for Thomas Mann ... Mrs.
present tragedies with a sense of great sat- mation at hand to know that the
In the life of a people or an institution 90
Wise got home early and found
Answer: If asked to name the greatest dif-
isfaction that our historic destiny is cer- blow by the "impartial" gentle- years is not long, but in the span of years allotted ference
waiting in the reception room Dr.
between American Israel of 1907 and
men of the commission is going to
to man it is nearly half a life-time. How have
tain
always
to
keep
us
intact
as
a
people.
Elliot.
head of the Ethical Culture
be
a
1937,
I
should
say
that
the
great
difference
lies
The causes included in the budget of
staggering one. They are go-
Dr. Wise's ideas and ideals stood the test of the
Society, and another man who was
in the new Jewish awareness, in the deepened
Nazi efforts to forbid Jews from meeting ing to recommend exactly what passing
years? That he is still the flaming apostle
the Allied Jewish Campaign speak for
introduced
as "Secretary Wallace"
consciousness of Jewish unity, regardless of fate
any purpose other than for religious the British government intended of social justice, of unashamed and unafraid and
... In chatting with the two, Mrs.
themselves. There is no better appeal than for
fortune in different lands. Up to the be-
do last summer, when the in-
Jewishness, of democracy and freedom of ex-
services is a stupid way of trying to kill to ervention
Wise
spoke
of the Nazi situation
ginning of this century what we did for Jews in
of Dr. Stephen S. Wise
pression in Jewish life, is known to all, even
the list of movements and institutions in the Jewish spirit. As long as Jews meet n the highest
in America, mentioned the num-
quarters in Wash-
Poland, Rumania and Russia was apportioning
those who differ with him most sharply. But
ber
of
Nazi
organizations
and their
behalf of which the solicitations will be in the synagogue they are already assured ngton made Downing Street tern- what does he think of American Jewry today Tzedakah to poor people who happened to be Jews,
children's units . , The man
mark time.
and, because they happened to be Jews, had a cer-
of life. But even if mass synagogue serv- porarily
conducted beginning with this Sunday.
and 90 years ago? What is American Jewry's
called "Secretary Wallace" be-
They are going to recommend
tain claim upon us. Today there are millions of
future? What of the American rabbinate? To
came very much Interested and
We believe that by enumerating these ices were also to be forbidden, it would he stabilization of Jewish enter- get
Jews in the world who think of the Jewish people
the answers to these questions we went to
asked if Mrs. Wise could give him
still
be
impossible
to
deprive
us
of
life
as
prise in the Holy Land at the
in
terms
of
racial
unity
and
as
an
indivisible
interview him.
agencies we present to the community the
more specific data . . . She said
brotherhood. I felt nearer to my fellow Jews
Jews. According to Jewish law, prayer is present level, that is, limit immi-
How much of a force do you be-
she could ... Later she asked Dr.
most eloquent plea that can possibly be permitted and is valid for Individuals even gration to a minimum, restrict the lieve Question:
whom I met in Warsaw last summer than I do
Judaism is in American Jewish life?
Wise who that man "Secretary
ales of land to Jews or to Jewish
to many so-called Reform Jews of Park and
sounded in their behalf, Here are the Without the traditionally prescribed Min- bodies,
Answer: I cannot imagine a question that
Wallace"
was .. , If you haven't
narrow down the physical
Fifth Ayes. These last would fain not be my
be more difficult to answer than the ques-
guessed, he was Secretary of Agri-
causes In behalf of which Detroit Jews yan. What is more, even when observance borders of Palestine to a still could
brothers;
to
the
former
I
am
a
brother.
I
do
tion as you phrase it: "How much of a force do
culture,
Henry
Wallace, one of
of Jewish law is totally forbidden, we mailer compass: In short, the you believe Judaism is in the life of American not mean to say that we have carried sufficiently FDR's most intimate
MUST give a sum of $385,000:
advisers ...
status of Eretz Israel in
far the sense of Jewish unity or, to use a simpler
somehow manage to survive. The example p o resent
Jewry?"
Who
can
really
assess
the
impalable,
the
P.
S.
Mrs.
Wise
sent
him the data
far as the Jewish people have
the sense of Jewish oneness. But we
LOCAL
on Nazi propaganda.
taught by our experiences in Spain is suf- a footing there now is to be Brit- Imponderable? For the force of a faith or even term,
have made a beginning, and the consciousness of
Council Camp
a church upon a people must always remain
BY WIRE AND WIRELESS
ficient to prove the point.
ain's ultimate concession to her
the oneness in Jewish life is becoming more
Farband Folk School
among the imponderables. For example, I cannot
olemnly promised "facilitation" of
When Hitler made peace with
deeply rooted every day. The czar helped us
Fresh Air Camp
The fact is that the ,more inhuman the he
-kern
but
think
of
the
late
Prof.
Felix
Adler.
Su-
building of the Jewish National
General Ludendorff Der Fuehrer
yesterday,
Hitler
helps
us
today.
Who
knows
German Refute. Aid to Detroit
perficially viewed, he was a Jewish deserter,
persecutions the more persistent is the Home.
must have forgotten that the gen-
what new Haman will help us on the morrow?
understandingly and appreciatively, even
Hebrew Free Loan Association
Jew's desire to cling to life. The Nazis The British Empire is engaged Viewed
eral left the Nazi party many
It is the great new fact in Jewish life, an island
House of Shelter
though in some respects he took himself outside
pan a military program of much
years ago to start hie own Tan-
may,
at
this
time,
be
faced
by
such
serious
of
self-reverence
that
has
arisen
out
of
the
seas
the synagogue, he was in every little sense a con-
Jewish Community Center
v aster dimensions than even Herr
tj
nenberg League because he re-
of assimilation by which Jewish life long seemed
tinuator of the Hebrew ethical and prophetic tra-
Jewish Community Council (Supplementary obstacles in rultng the German people with
fitter's. The government has no
igaeiczledtke Nazis as "hopelessly
Fund)
an iron and oppressive hand, that they are ime or inclintine as the to-be-mil- dition. There are really two questions. First, engulfed.
Jewish Home for the Aged
As for the future, I prophesy this: Liberal
how many Jews in America are truly affiliated
tarized hinterland for the huge
Palestine's most popular news-
again
seeking
to
revive
the
ghost
of
the
with a really Jewish institution? Secondly, what
Jews, not a few, will desert us; that is to say:
Jewish Unemployment Emergency Council
and aerial base at Haifa.
paper is lion Meyuchad, a sheet
Jewish scapegoat in order to blind Ger- T oval
effect has Judaism as a religion or faith on the
League for Human Rights
They would desert us if they could. They thought
he Jews, with their demands for
which specializes in spilling dirt
many to the real dangers of Hitlerism.
North End Clinic, Hospitalisation Fund
they could throughout Germany, and they have
life of members of the Jewish tradition? The
a n increase of the absorptive cepa-
about Palestinians,
SiloIsm Aleichem Folk Institute
answer to the first question is one that might
been flung back to the lap of their people. Some
Scotland Yard is looking into a
In the meantime Jews defy their perse- ity of the land by mass-immigra- be
United Hebrew Schools
Jews
will try to "pass." The larger possessing
statistically
given.
The
answer
to
the
second
ion, are bothersome meddlers,
report that a group of London po-
cutors
in
the
words
of
their
Psalmist:
Workman's Circle Schools
question, I repeat, involves all those imponder-
group in Jewish life will sever itself from the
heir constant reminder to Eng-
lice on a visit to Germany shouted
OVERSEAS
"I shall not die but live, to declare the and of their expectation of a Jew- ables, which it is impossible to evaluate definitely, great community of liberals and radicals, who "down with the Jews" and re-
of a relationship between faith and the works
constitute the Jewish masses, and these will cut
American Committee for Hechaluta
is h commonwealth in Eretz Israel
works of the Lord!"
marked: "How good it is to be
American ORT Federation
across every line of sectarianism and church
is a colossal embarrassment. Their of an individual and a community.
able to say that freely,"
division.
Question: Do you think that rabbis should
American Pro-Falasha Committee
r efusal to plunge the country into
A library of Judalca to be pre-
Hebrew University
combine religious leadership with active partici-
to rror and bloodshed by retaliating
Question: Do you believe the synagogue can
sented to the Manchester (Eng-
pation in politics and in the tussle of general
Joint Distributio n Committee
a gainst the providential or in-
be made free from material and economic influ-
land) Central Library by a group
Jewish politica?
Rothschild-Hadassah University Hospital
pired Arab attack was a gross
ence? How?
of Jews will include a copy of the
United Palestine Appeal
di
Answer: I never dare to lay down the law
to the imperialists
"Protocols of the Elders of Zion"
Answer: I venture to say that I not only
We take pleasure in joining with Jews f ,appointment
for another, for every man does that which he
NATIONAL
London and left no way open
... To take the curse off it, how-
that ptilpit can be free but I know there
and non-Jews throughout the country— b ut the sending of an "impartial" finds it in his heart to do. But I am enough of believe
American Jewish Committee
evir,
it will be bound together with
are some such synagogues. I am the rabbi of
American Jewish Congress
including President Roosevelt—to greet CO mmission to recommend restric- a mystic to agree with Heine that a man does not one of them. My pulpit is as free as any pulpit a number of brochures exposing
Avukah
11 ons in a perfectly legal manner.
take
hold
of
the
word
but
the
word
seizes
hold
its
falsity,
on earth, as free as can be any institution which
the Jewish Daily Forward on the occasion
Dr. Wise showed the way last of • man. I have never chosen to be active in
Bnai Brith Hillel Foundations
A new school of amateur paint-
is bound up with the present economic order.
of its 90th anniversary.
Cu mmer, American Jewry should
Bnai Brith Wider Scope
relation to the great ethical, social, civic prob-
ing which advocates art as • me-
Question: Whom among the younger men
Cleveland Jewish Orphan Hoene
As President Roosevelt has pointed out no w convince the American gov- lems of our time. I have felt under an irresist- in the rabbinate do you regard as likely to carry dium for healing persons with
ible compulsion to make the great ethical and
Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare in his greeting, the past 90 years "have er nment and public opinion of its
psychic disturbances is being spon-
on in the Free Synagogue after you retire/
in tensity of feeling for Palestine
Fund.
spiritual values in Judaism count in the working
sored in London by Arthur Segal,
Answer: As for the future, I have every
been
among
the
most
momentous
in
the
an
d
for
the
East
European
Jewish
Ex-Patients' Home for Suff
out of the day-by-day problems of my country
from Tuber-
a German-Jewish refugee His
confidence that increasing numbers of younger
history of our country and of the world." m asses whose only hope is the open and of mankind. The one thing I would advise men in the community will come to see that there idea has won the approval of Sig-
culosis at D
do or of Palestine. The British goy-
German-Jewish Children's Aid
young rabbis not to do is lightly to play with
They have been most momentous in the er
mund Freud ... Segal's son, Wal-
is only one thing that matters, and that is the
nment must be made to under-
Graduate School for Jewish Social Work
and at things of deepest moment. Don't go into
ter was the only non-Britisher to
history
of
the
Jewish
people.
It
was
nat-
honor and the security of and the service to be
at
and that the Jewish people will
the field of labor relations as to a picnic or a
Hebrew Sheltering and Immigrant Aid So-
win a prize in an international
rendered
by
the
Jewish
people
to
the
great
causes
ural, therefore, that a sincere journalistic no t submit to further frittering pastime. It Is a lifelong job. It may involve
ciety (HIM)
architectural contest in which 250
of the world. Judaism is not a guarantee of se-
venture , should change with the times, and SW ay of its sacred rights.
risks, it may be costly. A man must make up
Jewish Braille Institute of America
architects participated.
curity for its devotees. It is a faith that gives
for defense" should
Jewish Chautauqua Society
his mind about those things In advance. I have
that it should mirror in its columns the re- no "Organize
Putzi Hanfstaengel, Hitler's
nothing,
that
asks
all.
For
40
centuries
they
w be the slogan. The Jewish peo-
Jewish Telegraphic Agency
always
liked
the
word
of
Emerson's
Aunt,
"Right
former
friend who is now in exile
actions that have been and are being ex- pl e's holiest poesessions are in thou feelest, rush to do." I cannot imagine any have sought to live by a faith which has taken
Jewish Welfare Board
in London, was the first financier
everything
and
assured
them
nothing
save
hard-
perienced by Jewry. _
da nger. The present numerical minister worth while who does not relate him-
Leo N. Lori Memorial Hospital
of
the
Nazi
party, his money keep-
ship, burdens, contumely.
we aknese of the Zionist Organiza-
Menorah Associatio n
self to living questions. there are some men
ing the movement going until the
The Forward began as a Socialist organ. do
Question: Do you believe the rabbinate will
n does not look very impressive
who are endowed with spiritual genius, who may
Montefiere Old Folks' Home
big industrialists came across.
It has remained one of the leading spokes- to Downing St. If the Jews of indulge themselves in the mystic mood and find aver admit women?
National Conferenc e of Jews and Christians
The president of a big Eastern
Answer: I not only believe that a fine genera-
men for the Socialist ideal. The differences A merlca really do stand up and that adequate. But the great majority of men in
(N. C. J. C. News Service)
university which was charged with
tion
of
younger
men
will
yet
come
into
the
life
that have arisen in the ranks of radical be counted, as Mr. Brandeis has the ministry are at best rather faltering mystics and leadership of the synagogue, but there is being friendly to Nazi propaganda
National 'Conference of Jewish Social Wel-
Cu ggested, England too will take a
fare
and must face the tasks of soc ial readjustment
has failed in his attempt to win
movements have naturally affected the dill
no reason why young Jewish women should not
erent view of the situation.
National Desertio n Bureau
which are at hand from day to day.
appointment as prexy of a major
Forward's
readers
and
writers,
but
the
have part in the service of their faith and people .
National Jewish Hospital of Denver
Southern university.

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newspaper has nevertheless retained its
hold upon the mass of the Yiddish-speak-
ing people in this country.
But changes are noticeable in the atti-
tude of the Forward to problems that di-
rectly affect the Jewish people. Once a
rabid anti-Zionist organ, it has now be-
come one of the friendliest periodicals for
Zionism. Since the visits to Palestine by
Ab Cahan and other Forward writers, the
spirit of enmity has been transformed to
one of sympathy with and friendship for
the Jewish pioneers.
Similarly, the Forward has become a
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Young Judaea

THEIR MAJESTIES

THOUGHTS OF

A Realistic Novel of Life of a
It is inconceivable that there should be
A FATHER
any one in our midst who is not concerned
Group of Young Chicago Jews
over the importance of most of the causes
Hollywood Crowns Its King and Queen
As His Son Enters the Com-
we have listed. It is true that many are
munity of Israel
not interested in one or another of the
By HENRY W. LEVY
Meyer Levin's "The Old Bunch" Is One of Most Signifi-
By MAURICE LEVIN
agencies which are beneficiaries of the
cant Stories About American-Jewish Life
EDITOR'S NOTE: The tahlnating life iterk• of rent Maul and Lel. Raiser,
campaign. But the vast importance of the
Written in a Decade
recently awarded the highest honor of the screen world. an here re- EDITOR'S NOTE: As Shabuoth et.
looneheu with thoeunds of Jewish
tenanted id, offir evaders l• an article that depicts the rime of these tau
major causes—those that are devoted to
parenl• throughont the reentry /cook- tIlE
Jewish artiste to the plessette of fame.
Palestine's reconstruction, to the relief of
ing forward to the condonatiou at
01.D
/WWII. Dy Mom lea ti. Published by the liking Pres% Nrw
l ee* Mi.
their children, it Is the privilege at
the millions of sufferers in European coun-
the Sevem Arts /laten° thedicate
(Copyright, 1137, Seven Arts Tolltare ligadhsto)
and The Detroit Jewish throalcie
tries and to the advancement of our edu-
Meyer Levin has dabbled in
preeent (hie poem by Mamie.
country and throughout the world
Not to be outdone by even the non-professional family while Muni
Levin, Nee York philant
many things lie has been reporter
cational and recreational activities—is so
from 1921 to 1934. Human nature
merchant and room of
great British Empire, Hollywood has ■ traditional theatrical back-
the art.. and farmer. He has written sev-
overwhelming that unconcern in milder in-
a
recently held its own annual coro- ground, his father and mother
eral good novels — among them being forgetful and people as
stances is insignificant compared with the
nation ceremony at which Paul being actors, and his two brothers I remember the precious, happy "Yeshuda," the best story thus rule being inclined to erase from
their
memoria
the
experiences
of
hours
far
major appeal that is now addressed to the
Muni and Luise Rainer, recipients musicians. Again, Muni came to
written about the life of the
the past, the events reported in
I would silently sit and dream Jewish pioneers. He
of the 1936 acting awards of the this country as a child, while Miss
Jewish community of Detroit.
lived in Pal-
Motion Picture Academy of Arts Rainer, the daughter of a natural- Alongside the rushing, gurgling estine for a time and still owns a this volume will revive to In
The local agencies are to receive $186,-
gushes
amazing
degree the recollections
and Sciences, were crowned King ized American citizen who went
plantation there. He is fond of
Of a thickly wooded stream.
000 of the entire quota; the sum of $179,-
and Queen of the movies. It was back to Vienna to open a business,
miniature theatrical work and has of occurrences in the years that
followed
the war, during the days
a
festive affair at which a young never even visited this country un-
000 has been allocated to overseas relief
devoted himself for • time to
of pre-depression prosperity, the
Vienesa actress and a veteran til she was brought here a year or Listening to the echoes of your marionette shows. He is
and reconstruction movements; the nation-
at present economic collapse of 1929 to 1 931,
laughter
American male star were honored
one of the editors of Esquire
ago under contract to Metro-
Mag- the election of Roosevelt, the re-
al agencies, although the most numerous,
Nazis are imitating the Jewish custom of by the film capital's aristocratic so
In your triumphant hour of play, azine.
Goldwyn-Mayer.
vival of confidence and sentiments
While the moments of your child-
are to receive $20,000. It is evident that using Shadchorim as love's marriage inter- democracy.
But the work for which he is
But ladies first: so let us ex-
hood
and emotions that accompanied all
certain
to
a great deal of study has been made be- mediaries by opening bureaus for match-
Miss Rainer climaxed a first amine the career of the new queen
be
known
the
longest
is
his-
As on wings did speed away.
his latest story—"The Old Bunch" these experiences of a 13-year
fore the budget was decided upon and the makers. If it suits their purpose even a year's career in pictures by win- of the movies. That she should win
ning filmdom's highest award for an acting award during her first
—which is no realistic and human toric period.
various allocations made. It is clear, also, Jewish idea is a good one—and then they her performance as Anna Held to
And when your day of thrills was a
"The Old Bunch" Is among the
document that it Is without
year in a new medium, for only
o'er,
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that preference has been given to those ascribe it to Wotan.
"The Great &Redd," only hit her second screen performance,
question one of the most interest- l ongest novels on record. Its
Time
for
sun
and
dusk
to
meet,
c
closely
printed pages are packed
second screen appearance, while does not seem unusual in the light
ompelling books published in
causes whose needs are most pressing at
In my arms you found your refuge, years. As a
these
Paul Muni was similarly honored, of her past. Hers was not the
dory about the life full of action. Chronicled in
this time. The European situation demands
The late Paul Max Warburg's estate is after
With sweaty face and tired feet. of young American
Pages are not only the events of
a steady succession of notable long, hard theatrical apprenticeship
Jews it is these 19 years but recorded in
that Detroit Jews give in larger sums than valued at $3,517,849 gross and $2,513,583
rformancee, for his flesh and that is the lot of most distinguished
perhaps the very best written
I played horse with you on my a decade.
in them also are the emotions of the
they have contributed in previous years, net. The man who helped create the Fed- b lood portrayal of Louis Pasteur players.
back,
on eto
actors
tioo rnis crs
reeacw
dthteoir th
A 11-Year Chronicle
and the honor of our people demands that eral Reserve System was reputed at the In the picture of that name.
A Disciplined Artist
We would gallop down the lane,
hap-
There are about a
Though both stars were born In
It began when, as a 16-year-old With smile and kiss, and happy
score of penings.
We should not fail in the present crisis.
time of his death to have been worth $50,- Vienna,
Principal characters in this book,
climb to cinematic girl with no previous theatrical
bliss
There is no excuse for abstention from 000,000. Thus—another financial bogey is fame has their
The Places and the Casts
and
their
1
i•e
s
,
been up different ladders. experience, the stepped on a bare
aspirations,
To meet the sandman once again.
Mr. Levin takes his readers on
Nit or from making contributions at the proven to be a mere myth about a Jew.
achievements and failures are
Miss Rainer comes of • well-to-do
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