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Sabbath Chanukah and Rosh Chodesh Tebet
Scriptural Selection.
Pentateuchal portions—Gen. 41:1-44:17; Num.
28:9-15; Num. 7:42-63
Prophetical portion—Zech. 2:14-4:7
Readini ■ of Law for Second Day of Rosh Chodesh
Tebet and Seventh Day Chanukah
Num. 28:1-15; 7:48-63
Readings of Law for La. Day of
Chanukah
Monday, Dec. 6—Num. 7:54-8:4
December 3, 1937
Kislev 29, 5698
Voice of Humanity on Poland
At last the voice of intellectuals is being
raised in defense of the rights of the per-
secuted Jews in Poland. The protest
against the "ghetto benches" by the In-
ternational League for Academic Free-
dom, signed by 202 professors in Ameri-
can universities, the appeal of the Paris
Committee for the Defense of the Rights
of Jews in Central and Eastern Europe,
and the statement by Prof. Jerome Davis,
president of the American Federation of
Teachers, are classic documents which
should help arouse the sentiments of in-
tellectuals and Clergymen not only in free
countries but also in Poland. If these
statements could only be circulated among
the people responsible for the oppressions,
there would be some hope of redress for
th sufferings inflicted upon millions of
Jews. Unfortunately the press of Poland
is-as rigidly controlled as that of Germany,
and there is danger that these appeals to
the human impulses of the Polish people
may fall on deaf ears. But it is well at
least that it be heard in liberal countries.
Perhaps the Poles residing in the United
States, in England, in France and in other
lands where there is still some semblence
of a free press will join in the cry for
justice and for academic freedom. When
that time comes Poland will have earned
the right to be classed among the civilized
peoples of the world.
Peace With the Arabs
So effectively is the terroristic • band
functioning in Palestine that Arabs are
even more frightened by it than are the
Jews. It is apparent that there is a mod-
erate group of Arabs who would be happy
to "talk peace" 'and to meet for round
table conferences with the Jewish spokes-
men. But they have been frightened out
of their wits. When Jewish and Arab
merchants met in Jerusalem last week for
the purpose of planning a joint appeal to
the general population to put a stop to
terrorism, the Arabs agreed in principle
that such a manifesto might help, but
pointed out that a personal danger exists
for them if their names should appear on
one statement simultaneously with names
of Jews. The appeals to the community
were therefore issued in two separate
statements—one signed by Jews and an-
other by Arabs.
In this experience lies the answer to Mr.
James I. Ellmann's proposal for a peace
bid by Jews to the Arabs. Mr. Ellmann
errs on two points: 1. That Jews have
not made bids for peace; 2. That Arabs
in this country as well as in Palestine ought
to be considered in peace efforts. Jewish
leaders have constantly made peace of-
fers. It may well be that their approach
was wrong. It is possible that other meth-
ods than those followed heretofore would
have succeeded where previous ones have
failed. But responsibility lies much more
on the shoulders of the British government
and the British Palestine administration
than it does upon ours.
There is an Arab element in Palestine
—and there is reason to believe that it is
the predominating one—that desires peace
and would gladly pursue it. But this group
lives in a state of terrorism. Every time one
of their number proposed an amiable solu-
tion of the Arab-Jewish problem, he im-
mediately staked his life on the altar of
peace, and many of this group have been
the victims of Arab assassins. If this mod-
. crate group could be induced to act firmly
and to meet with Jewish spokesmen for
the cementing of friendly relations, there
would be hope for the solution of the
Palestinian problem. Unfortunately, their
American kinsmen, because they have so
little to lose by the terrorism and destruc-
tion in Palestine, cannot be classed among
the moderates, and are therefore not to
be trusted.
Mr. Ellmann is to be commended for
his determination to bring to the fore the
need for pressing peace efforts. The
trouble with his proposals are that he does
not advance practical means for the ac-
quisition of peace. He urges the formation
of committees composed of Jews and
Arabs, but he takes it for granted that
Arabs will be as willing to join such ac-
cords as the Jews are certain to be. He
asks: "What if the Arab world should be
unable to organize a committee to work
with a similar one of the Jewish people?"
And his anawer is: "Such a difficulty can,
of course, be overcome." But he does not
say how the difficulty can be overcome.
Herein lies the crux of our problerN. , How
r. Ell-
if he were to provide the answer to his
own question. In fact, in the answer to this
question lies the solution to the entire
problem.
In his quest for peace, Mr. Ellmann is
not alone in maintaining that the exile of
the Grand Mufti is an error that harms
rather than helps the Jewish cause. The
New York Times has published a three-
column letter written by Pierre Crabites
of the University of Louisiana in which is
advocated the return of the Mufti as a
vital necessity for the acquisition of peace.
This correspondent pleads with the Zion-
ists "that they should insist that Haj Amin
El Jusseini, Mufti of Jerusalem, be per-
mitted to return to his Holy See and be
re-established in all the majesty of his
high office." He maintains that as long as
the Mufti remains in exile peace will be
impossible. Which must force the Jews in
and out of Palestine to refer back to the
record and to recall that it was a Jew,
Viscount Carmel, the former Sir Herbert
Samuel, who, as High Commissioner of
Palestine, pardoned this same fellow who
was under sentence for inciting to riot in
1920. Although he received a minority of
the votes, this inciter to terror was named
Mufti—by the Jewish High Commissioner.
He never showed any inclination to make
peace with the Jewish neighbors; on the
contrary, he was the major culprit in a
situation that has been fraught with dan-
ger from the moment that he stepped into
"all the majesty of his high office." Are
Jews again to act so mercifully that we
shall again install a murderer as ruler in
Jerusalem? ,
There is little that the Jewish people
would not do in order to make peace and
guarantee its perpetuation. But the neces-
sary program has not been proposed as
yet—if a program other than that pursued
by our leaders thus far is in the offing. Mr.
Ellmann's splendid statement is a senti-
mental wish-expressiop. But it lacks the
fundamentals that would help bring Arabs
and Jews together without retaliation
against the former by the terrorists who
continue to dominate the scene.
Honoring Joseph Haggai
When representatives of organizations
and individual leaders gather at the Jew-
ish Community Center on Dec. 8, to
pay honor to Joseph Haggai on the oc-
casion of his 50th birthday, it will be a
most deserved tribute to a man who has
rendered invaluable service to his people.
An acknowledged leader in the Labor
Zionist movement, Mr. Haggai has made
a mark for himself not only in this com-
munity but in Jewish cultural and Labor
Zionist circles nationally. He is without
doubt one of our best educators and is one
of our ablest Yiddish orators in Detroit.
He is a man who knows the Palestinian
movement, because he has thrown him-
self into it heart and soul from his early
childhood. The American Jewish Congress
movement owes him a debt of gratitude
for the efforts he expended in its behalf.
It would take an unusual amount of
space to enumerate all the services that
have been rendered by Mr. Haggai to his
people. Seldom has a man been given
honors that were as deserved as the ones
that will be given to him when the gath-
ering, including every element in Detroit's
Jewry, assembles to pay him tribute on
Dec. 8.
A perusal of the personnel of the testi-
monial committee will indicate that those
who are sponsoring the movement rep-
resent not only the Labor Wing in Zionism
but also every other branch in Zionism
and spokesmen for all thoughts in Jewish
life. The testimonial carries with it the
hope that Mr. Haggai will be granted the
strength to continue to render service to
his people for decades to come.
An Encyclopedic Work
Under the new management of Maurice
Jacobs the Jewish Publication Society has
taken a new lease of life during the past
few months. Increase in membership and
the reported gains in the sale of Jew-
ish books is only partial proof of the new
successes of this important society. The
Jewish Year Book for 5698, which just ap-
peared and a review of which was already
published on this page, is a glowing trib-
ute to this society and to its officers. It is
a veritable encyclopedia and contains such
a rich collection of facts about Jewish life
in this country that it is almost indispen-
sable to anyone who desires to be fully in-
formed about American Jewry's activities.
On previous occasion we already de-
plored the fact editorially that the mem-
bership of this society in Detroit is so small.
This year's membership numbers only 75.
Detroit should have a membershop of
1,000 or more. After all. affiliation with
the Jewish Publication Society is not a
matter of charity but is a practical invest-
ment. Those who pay the nominal sum of
only $5.00 per year receive more than
their money's worth by getting three ex-
cellent volumes every year. If Detroit
Jews who are at all interested could be
shown the current Year Book as well as
the other volumes produced by the society,
we are confident that the number of mem-
bers would be increased twenty-fold. It is
to be hoped that this will be achieved in
the very near future.
U. S. Army and Fascism
On several occasions charges have been
made that officers of the U. S. Army and
Navy are leaning to fascism. The inves-
tigation ordered by the conduct of a group
of uniformed officers at a Russian fascist
ball serves to revive these charges and to
arouse suspicions of undercover work car-
ried on to enlist prominent officials in be-
half of the fascist cause and to undermine
our form of democratic government. A
grave responsibility rests upon the heads
of our government to stamp out every
symptom of European reaction in our
Lights from
Shadowla ► d
By LOUIS PEKARSKY
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(Copyright. 1137. 8. k V. 8.1
CATHOLIC'S DEFENSE OF JEWS
Mme. Irene Harand's Book Is
Masterful Presentation of
Case Against Hitler
TRACK STAR TO
FILM STAR
By PHILIP
Tidbits from
Everywhere
13, PHINEAS
J. SIRON
TRUE STORY
Mme. Irene Harand is by this time known
throughout the world as a great defender of the
rights of the Jewish people and as an outstanding
opponent of anti-Semitism, no matter in what form
it is expressed. As the editor and publisher of
"Gerechtigkeit," a periodical appearing in Vienna,
she has rendered invaluable service to the cause
of religious and civic liberty. Iler views find
expression in a splendid book, "His Struggle,"
which was recently published by the Art Craft
Press, 700 E. 40th St., Chicago ($2.50).
Mme. Harand approaches her subject fearlessly
and without apologies. She slashes at the anti-
Semitic stupidities with a fervor and determina-
tion that defies the disseminators of the Jew-bait-
ing ideas on every front. The ritual murder libel
is as vehemently exposed as the nonsense about
the so-called Protocols of the Elders of Zion.
This book reveals at once that the author has
made a deep study of the Jewish question. She
is well-informed about the lies spread against the
Jews and is equally well informed on the truth
relating to them. It is also apparent it once
that she has read the most important books and
articles dealing with the anti-Semitic issue. Be-
cause of her knowledge she is in position to face
the issue squarely and frankly—and she does it
splendidly.
The books opens with a chapter exposing the
lies of the Nazis and proceeds to review the race
nonsense of the Ilitiprites. She quotes at length
from the statements of Cardinal Faulhaber of Ger-
many in condemnation of the Nazi attacks on
INDIA'S MOVIE QUEEN
Jews and Christians and declares: "National So-
Jeanette Rex, editor of The cialism is a gross swindle, a fraud, an invention
Hollywood Mirror and Hollywood of diseased and criminal minds that perpetrate a
correspondent for several publics. hoax to attain their spurious goals and to satisfy
tions in India, sent us the follow. their inconsummate ego."
ing item from Dipali Magazine,
Having read Hitler's "Mein Kampf" as well as
published at Calcutta, India: "Sul- the philo-Semitic literature, Mine. Harand quotes
ochana, the famous movie star from both and is able to point to fact in refuta-
of India lovingly called tbe tion of falsehood. She refers to German savants
queen of the Indian screen, who have strongly opposed anti-Semitism and lists
has caused quite a sensa- some of the outstanding German thinkers among
tion in film circles all over the the defenders of Jewish rights. She quotes the
country by her sudden elopement late President Masaryk: "I am convinced that
with a German physician of Bom- whoever accepts Jesus as his spiritual leader can
bay, Dr. R. J. Weingarten. Sulo- never be an anti-Semite . . . because Jesus him-
chana's real name is Ruby Meyers. self was a Jew, because the apostles were Jews
The couple left by airplane for and because orthodox Christianity, particularly
Gaza Airport in Palestine, where Catholicism, is based on Judaism. If I accept
they were to be married by Jew- Jesus, I cannot be an anti-Semite. You must be one
ish rites. This glamorous person- or the other—a Christian or an anti-Semite—you
ality of India's movies, Sulochana, cannot be both!"
was born in Poona in October,
Nietzsche' is quoted as stating that he found
1907, of Jewish parentage. Her Jews more interesting than the Germans, and a
first chance—to become a movie denial is made that Nietzsche was an anti-Semite.
star came when a photograph of "I am positive," writes Mme. Harand, "that Fried-
her attracted - the attention of the rich Nietzsche would have despised the author of
proprietor of the Kohinoor Film 'Mein Kampf.'" There is a chapter decrying the
Co. of Bombay. She made her de- lies that Jews resort to usury and the author re-
but in "Veerbala" in 1925 and sorts to an article by 'Jardine! Innitzer of Vienna
since then has starred in scores of to prove that Jews were, when they were per-
India-Made pictures. She lately mitted to live in peace, essentially an agricultural
was under contract to the Im- people. Another chapter points to the lies spread
perial Film Co. of Bombay and about the Talumd, and here, as in the other chap-
was the highest paid artiste in ters, a wealth of information is presented for the
India."
sake of truth.
The Papal Bull of Innocent IV to the Arch-
PUBLICITY MAN SHAPIRO
bishops and Bishops of Germany in refutation of
One of the biggest Hollywood the infamous ritual murder libel is quoted length-
jobs of publicizing the motion ily. There is a quotation also from the Bull of
picture stars throughout the world Pope Gregory X in which it is decreed that "the
is held down by Victor Mansfield testimony of Christians against Jews is valid only
Shapiro, publicity and advertising if it is combined with the testimony of a Jew, for
director of Major Pictures Corp. Jews themselves cannot bear testimony against
He is a native of New York, at- Christians."
tended High School of Commerce
A chapter on "Jewish Idealism and Self-Sacri-
and won his B. S. at New York fice" contains quotations from the eminent Catho-
University. His first big job was lic writer Count Heinrich Coudenhove-Kalergi, who
assistant promotion manager for admits that he was an anti-Semite himself at one
Ilearst's Magazine, Then, in turn, time until he decided to make a thorough study
he became promotion manager for of the Jewish question. This chapter is rich in
Leslie Judge, cartoonist on the reference to Jewish contributions, to the share
Detroit Journal, general adver- Jews have had in fulfilling obligations to their var-
tising manager for an independent ious countries and to the number of Jews who
film distributor, exploitation and have served in the armies of their fatherlands.
publicity director of Pathp Ex-
A thorough stud- is made of the Protocols libel,
change, publicity and advertising and the stupidity of this forgery is aptly described.
director for Samuel Goldwyn, then
"Jews Look at You" is a fascinating chapter
United Artists and later Fox iehieh describes Jewish contributio- to civiliza-
Studios. In 1933 he was manager tion. It --eunts the Jewish Nobel Prize winners,
of the Hollywood office of Quigley Jewish -`--eicians. writers and inventors. It is
Publishing Co. Ile is co-author of ne of the longest chapters in the book and con-
"Here Comes the Band" produced o tains a long list of distinguished Jewish names.
by MGM, and a past president of
Another very lengthy chapter is entitled "Trial
Associated Motion Picture Adver-
tisers. Shapiro has directed pub- Balance of the Swastika." here an analogy is
drawn
between conditions in Germany and those
licity campaigns for such famous
personalities as Norma Talmadge, existin under Dollfuss and a warning is sounded
against
the machinations of the Nazis.
Joseph Schenck, Will Rogers, Har-
In her conclusion, Mme. Harand declares: "Na-
old Lloyd, Jack Dempsey, Mary
Pickford, Ronald Colman, Charles tional Socialism is the greatest -'enace of the cen-
Chaplin, Douglas Fairbanks, Hal , ture. In fighting it, we must use weapons which
Reach, John Barrymore, D. W. the Nazis scorn: Idealism and Courage, Common
Griffiths, Gloria Swanson, Janet I Sense and Love, Truth and Justice!"
"His Struggle" is a significant volume. It should
Gaynor and many others. Now he
directs publicity writing for Stella be placed in the hands of millions of Christians.
Ilf
that could be accomplished it would bear the
Adler, Mae West and other celebri-
ties under contract to President desired fruit of breaking the ranks of those who
carry the germ of anti-Semitism.
Emanuel Cohen of Major.
Sam Stoller, of Detroit, who was
a member of the United States
Olympic track team in the 1938
games in Berlin and who holds two
titles, and shares three world run-
ning records, is in Hollywood
traininv for a theatrical career.
Through the interest of Joe E.
Brown, famous film star and
sports fan, Stoller has been cast
in several parts in recently filmed
Pictures. He is now playing in an
RKO film, "She's Got Everything,"
which stars Ann Sothern and Gene
Raymond. The youth who gained
prominence as a track star at the
University of Michigan is de-
scribed as the 1937 world's "fast-
est human." Ile is undefeated in
his athletic specialty and is the
National Intercollegiate Champion
and Western Conference Champion
in sprints. He shares with Jesse
Owens, famed Negro sprinter, on
the cinder paths of America, the
world's record for the 100-meter
dash, 10.3 seconds; the 60-yard
dash, 6.1 and the 100-yard race,
9.4 seconds, Stoller wants to study
to be a professional radio singer.
•
PURELY COMMENTARY
Strictly
Confidential
_•_
Peter Shmidik, 11-year-old Jew-
ish youngster from Budapest, is
being hailed throughout Hungary
as "the little Jewish boy who
stood up to Streicher" One of
a group of 500 Ilungarian boys
invited to Germany by the Nazi
regime to see the joys of childhood
in Ilitlerland, Shmidik went with
his friends to visit Nuremberg
Outside the beautiful city hall the
kids were lined up for an address
by Julius Streicher . , , Beaming
good will, Streicher welcomed
them and expressed his joy at see-
ing them .. . "But", he added, "I
hope there are no little Jews among
you" . , At this a little voice
piped up: "Oh, yes, there are. I
am a Jew" , For Peter, not
quite understanding, thought he
was being singled out for special
honors .. . And so he came for-
ward, bowed deeply and paid his
respects to the arch Judenfresser.
Streicher was so stunned that he
abbreviated his address and left
the youngsters to enjoy a sight-
seeing trip , . And as for Peter
—when he got back to Hungary he
found his picture plastered over
the front page of every newspa-
per . .
WHISPER IT LOW
A friend of ours who has just
come back from Brazil tells us
that the Dupe—pardon, we meant
the Duke of Windsor has written
an article praising Hitler for a
Brazilian newspaper.
They don't want any publicity
about it, but the Italian and Ger-
man consulates in this country
have received orders to ban the
shipments of the current issue of
Photo-History, which says some
pretty plain things about fascism
and war. The same ruling, we
presume, will be applied to the
Nov. 27 Saturday Evening Post
when the official gentlemen get
around to reading John Gunther's
article in it. Last week's scoop
about the Congressional Record
publishing a list of 100 names of
Nazis on the Pacific coast linked
to Xillinger and that a Nazi
ball was held on board the
U. S. S. Illinois, a government
training ship anchored in the
Hudson was so hot that it crashed
the nation's front pages 72 hours
before you read it although we
had written it a Week previous.
The real reason why Mrs.
Franklin D. Roosevelt resigned
from the snooty Colony Club was
the blackballing of her friend Mrs.
Ilenry Morgenthau, Jr., wife of
the Secretary of the Treasury.
A Columbia University under-
graduate by the name of Robert
Wood is reported to us as one of
the most active Nazi propagan-
dists in the East.
BERLIN BUZZES
The right wing of the Nazi
party is rumored to be ready to
liquidate the Nazi wild men by
agreeing to a war within the next
18 months, and then having the
Reichswehr place Hitler and his
yes-men in some comfortable con-
centration camp and declare to the
enemy that the war is over
Among those said to be privy to
the scheme are Foreign Minister
von Neurath, General Goering and
Hjalmar Schacht, financial wizard
. Incidentally, the latter is re-
liably reported to be virtually a
prisoner . . . Though he has re-
signed from the post of Finance
Minister he can't leave the country
, .. The only reason he isn't made
the victim of a one-man blood
purge is that his death would be
rightly interpreted as indicating
the bankruptcy of Nazism , .
Goering will soon be a papa, his
non-Aryan wife, the former Emmy
Sonnemann, expecting an heir any
week now . , . Headquarters of the
Union of Islamic and Christian
Arabs, the organization said to be
behind much of the terrorism in
North Africa, have been shifted
to Berlin, and the name has been
changed to Islamischer Kultur-
bund . .
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She Predicted the World War Liberal's Testament
Rosika Schwimmer at Sixty
By
DIANA
KLOTTS
EDITOR'S NOTE: In relebnillon of her solit birthday, 'balks Schwimmer, the
relebnet.1 lighter for pence, nho more then 00
famous woman In the maid hy. her efforts to end the 51.10 Dar, the
coming of altich she predhled. ham been as.rded an International pence.
prise. In 101s artIrle Mine hlotte re the tragic c of ND..
ea of the
vallaImmer, the Iltingarino Jeoes• who .14.1 Henry Ford the Idea
peace ship and I. today III 11,1111 ■ casually of the endless struggle for 1•s.•
On Post-War Germany
Interesting Document by Descen•
dents of Moses Mendel.sohn
SLOMOVITZ
A Straw Vote on Chanukah
An interesting question is posed by Israel Gold-
berg, organization director of the Jewish Edu-
cation Association of New York. Mr. Goldberg is
one of the most brilliant Jewish publicists in Amer-
ica. Ile has written stories, poems and historical
narratives under his own name as well as that of
his pseudonym—Rufus Learsi. Ile knows Jewish
life and is therefore well qualified to make the
following statement.
a
Sholom Alt/Hien, tells
The l .
hun ..... . .lacy ob.. Chanukah.
ItItterly
Ile nrote II oldr:no !tie
soJount In .tenerIca and the characters are American
Jr. s, mho loot/ 'tome together foe a Chanukah party
In an elegant American JenivIt
Among the
bonne.
guests, bored and forlorn, clrealutea the author. Ile
mdrrs f rat to room
the gnaws ...bed
in bridge, pi hie, poker and similar occultations
11141410, obeying 11 curio. whim, he stops at ea,.1 t
group so d asks the
m1.1,11011. "Con )011
101 me the
meaning of thaiiiikallf" The question proinhen
shrugs to
series of reactions, ,angina from whoultler
threats of physlial slolence.
.toy reaarr
can try It
for
latnnelf.
Let him take
Ins Mallon 011 '?hoes Square, or any other busy thor-
oughfare and yak prom. of unmistakable
Jewinh per-
Ile .111 amt
nunslon nu) „hat ClmItakali loran,
t effective method of achletIng aapopularlly
it the
that aun e'er invented.
Here Is a tragedy That Is pram. even greater than
thr pervectOlo. of Antlochus, arroler Perhaps than
t h e penteeut111110 of Ills spiritual derreendunts In the
Mint With. I„, 01101 Mtn be n "re tragic than that
a people, born to greatness and .1111117 4 should hate
lost
II,
Inheritance?
Mr. Goldberg need not have picked on Chanu-
kah as a suggestion for a test vote on elementary
Jewish knowledge. It is just as applicable to the
women who do not know why they light the can-
dles on Sabbath eve, or to the men who are un-
aware of the reasons for the observance of Suc-
coth or Shevuoth. There is a pathetic lack of
knowledge of the elementary things in Jewish life,
and yet we complain because the non-Jew does
not understand us. It would be well for Jews
to begin to understand themselves first.
•
Modest Isaac Shetzer
Out of deference to his own wishes, nothing was
said about Isaac Shetzer's 60th birthday which
he observed several weeks ago. But now that
the time for celebration has passed a few words
of tribute are in order. Although traditional rules
have it that "ovar zman betel korbonos,” that when
the time has passed sacrifices are void, it is never
out of place to say a good word about a man who
is a pillar in our community.
It is typical of Isaac Shetzer that he should
have asked that no fuss be made over his birth-
day. It is genuine modesty and stems out of
sincerity which motivated his activities in behalf
of Shaarey Zedek, the Zionist movement, the var-
ious social service activities in Detroit, and his
readiness to be of service not only to existing
local and foreign institutions but to individuals
as well.
"Ike" Shetzer's contributions to his people cause
us to invoke in his behalf a famous and beautiful
Talmudic passage. According to the story, the
Babylonian teacher Rabbi Nachman bar Jacob was
visited by the Palestinian Rabbi Isaac. When the
time came for the latter to return to his home,
after a stay that was marked by learned discus-
sions, Rabbi Nachman asked for a blessing. Rabbi
Isaac thought of the gift he could leave with his
host, and then said: "Let me tell thee a parable.
There was once a traveller journeying through a
desert. Ile suffered fatigue, hunger, and thirst.
Eventually he reached an oasis where there was a
shady tree. Pleasant fruit grew on its branches
and a brook flowed beneath it. He rested beneath
its shade, ate of its fruit, and refreshed itself from
its water. When he was about to continue on his
way, he exclaimed: '0 Tree, 0 Tree! What bless-
ing shall I bestow on thee? Shall I wish for thee
that thy shade be pleasant? Well, thy shade is
pleasant. Shall I wish for thee that thy fruit be
sweet? Well, thy fruit is sweet. Shall I wish
that a spring flow at thy feet? A brooklet does
flow by thee. Therefore I say, may it be the
will of God that all shoots taken from thee may
be like thee!' So, in thy case, dear Master, what
can I wish thee? Shall I wish thee learning?
Thou hest learning. Wealth? Thou hest wealth.
Children? Thou hest children. Therefore I say,
may it be God's will that all thine offspring may
be like thee!"
When the community thinks of Isaac Shetzer it
blesses him with continued joy emanating from his
offspring. Ile and his wife have indeed been
blessed. Their son is a recognized leader in this
community. Their daughters follow in their foot-
steps and are devoting themselves to the service
of their people. The blessings to the Shetzers
is a blessing to the entire community. There
have been Jewish sages whose children proved a
curse to themselves and their people. We know
of rabbis whose sons have spoken and written ill
of their own neople, and the sorrow reacted upon
all Israel. The joy of the Shetzers reacts nobly
seen this community. Therefore the community
--ors them. Without public mention, those who
know Mr. Shetzer invoked blessine- for him. He
has earned it that they should come true.
Is Good Will Good?
Appraising Ten Years of Inter-Faith Co-Operation
By LOUIS MINSKY
THE WAR AND GERNIAN NOCIETT4
The Tevtament of n IJ14nt. Ily
Albrecht Mendel...1ln Itartholdy.
Tublivlied for Carnegie Endowment
for International
Pence
by Isle
I niversity Press, New Haven, ono.
EDITOR'S NOTE: The National Conference of Jew, and Clirlstl•ns Iles r
IMAM on • three - month reletinttion In olwenance of Its tenth year of
activity in mutual understanding belletwn Jr.. and Christians. In this
first of two to presented
arrangemral betaren the '4,11
Arts Feature Syndicate and The Crater of 11 Lambda Phi Fraternity, Mr.
Vila/thy mak. an objective analysis of ten yearn of good 0111 In this
rotintry.
be .p.elal
42.751.
In the sunny chintz-draped liv- tory glory of a rich and colorful
ing room of her New York sky- li •
scraper apartment where on Sept.
Pioneer Fighter for Suffrage
11 she celebrated her 60th birth-
A strange nostalgia wells up in
day, Rozika Schwimmer is virtu- her as she recalls how when still
ally a prisoner in exile. There, the a youngster in school the problem
white-haired clarion of peace sits of social injustice had commanded
quietly reflecting how 22 years ago her interests gradually to the ex-
she had diverted the attention of clusion of all other activities . . .
millions of people throughout the And soon she had given up a very
world from the warfare in which promising future as a pianist to
they were engaged to the ideals of take her place in the ranks of
peace — how at the age of 38 she those whose lives were dedicated
had recruited almost the entire to the causes of better life and un-
peasant womanhood of Hungary to derstanding among the peoples of
the common interest and participa- the world.
tion In pacifist activities.
It was Rozika Schwimmer who
There are those whose love for organized the Hungarian National
peace and the recollection of a Council of Women, the first wo-
lifetime spent in the furthering of man's trade union; who helped
that pursuit throughout the world draft foundation legislation for
bade them to remember Rozika the care of the underprivileged
Schwimmer and present to her as children and promoted other ad-
birthday gift the unofficial world vanced social ideology. So highly
peace award of $7,000. Among esteemed was the work she ren-
those
those who sponsored it were Prof. dared there that she was appointed
Albert Einstein, Carrie Chapman to the national governing board
Catt, Remain Rolland, Stefan for child welfare.
Finally, in 1904 she joined Jane
Zweig, Mrs. Margaret Sanger, Syl-
via Pankhurst, and Emil Ludwig. Addams and Carrie Chapman Catt
In the modest, homey little in founding the International
apartment occupied by herself and Women's Suffrage Alliance, after
her sister Francisca Schwimmer, having made her debut in the in-
she might have spent the remain- ternational women's movement as
der of her life in peace and coin- one of the principal speakers at
fort — but there is no peace In the congress of the International
the heart of Rozika Schwimmer in COMM' of Women in Berlin.
a world wracked with hate and Rozika Schwimmer carried on her
battles which resulted in such vic-
bloodshed and fear.
As the daily paper, its head- tories as the achievement of suf-
lines filled with war horrors falls frage, of legislation for other
economic and educational ads
to her lap, her eyes look toward
the walls lined with books and vantages for women.
At
interratienal press secretary
documents concerning various, In-
cidents in her career, and for a of the International Women's Sof-
James T. Shotwell, director
of the division of economics
and history of the Carnegie
Endowment for International
Peace, editor of the Economic
and Social History of the World
War, of which 150 volumes
were published in "a dozen
countries and a half-dozen lan-
guages," believes that of all the
books in this series "there is
none that bears the scars of
war more deeply than this last
volume of the German series."
The late Prof. Bartholdy's
volume is important for many
reasons.
- It Inset." ma the editor paints
at in the preface, "the story of
Germany through the Rae year.
with a doe setae of tragedy and
of whit/several, hat Its retire..
and It• silent-ow he4 tester wit.. to
the Impart of the It ar spore the
German people than all the strident
rtanorir of all theew who today
speak onielally for the Third Reich.
Toe here the thoughtfal. highly
elmiwithe and thornoghly disciplined
141.41 of the old Germany, of art,
ark.e and phIlreesphy, speaking'
with Ines•orrd accent, peesent• the
War
and Ito ronsermenees In teems
of • Greek tesgedy. blaming no one.
1101.11Ing .o speet•I fat.. from fate
—tor frame Moor •ho
1•11.81.1111be to
gat WWI the
per.rwle lb. loier-
spirited. that
.weeny of emlle• of wham Mr.-
The goodwill movement is about Jews and Christians, had to coo-
to celebrate its 10th anniversary. tend with was a bad history of in-
In token of this event, I beg leave , ter-group relations. It was faced
to propose that the efforts for 1 with the task of creating a future
of tolerance in plane of a past of
justice and amity in the relation- i intolerance,
ships between Christians and Jews
be rescued from a connotation Began as Christian Movement
The very newness of this idea
which has become disparaging. A
motion for abolition is surely in had an egregious effect upon its
order. We still regard goodwill in proponents. In reaction from his-
national and international affairs , tory the leaders unconsciously ex-
as very worthy goals. But there, hibited an excessively sentimental
has arisen among Jews—at least approach. In an effort to atone for
among a certain class of Jews — past wrongs to Jews and Catholics,
a disposition to minimize the term Protestants placed too much reli-
goodwill as applied to inter-faith , ante anon the technique of flattery
relations.
I as a substitute for a scientific ap-
This attitude is largely a relic proach. The goodwill movement in
of the early days of the movement. ! its early stages was distinguished
The goodwill movement began as largely by its emphasis upon the
something new in American life. !theme of rabbi loves Christians —
It was organized directly as a re- minister loves Jews. Sycophantic
sult of the agitation of the Ku affirmations of mutual admiration
Klux Klan and Ilenry Ford's were the order of the day, This
Dearborn Independent, and it fell technique did nobody any harm.
heir to a history of religious war- least of all the Jews, but it was at
fare which had been so intense best a palliative. The question of
and bitter as to disfigure the na- !a correct diagnosis and, concomit-
tional life. Up until 1928 the na- antly, a proper cure, still re-
lion had seen the birth and death mained, a fact which was soon dis-
of • series of anti-Catholic and cernible to impatient Jews.
antklewish epidemics, some of
The feebleness of the movement
which had achieved political im- at its inception arose largely from
portance. For 100 years, beginning the fact that the effort originated
in the 1830's, the United States as an intensely religious expres
hod had an anti-Catholic tendency slon. It began as a Christian reli-
which vented itself in such power- gious movement, specifically as a
ful national association as the Protestant religious movement.
Know-Nothings, the A.P.A., the The early leaders were earnest
Ku Klux Klan and assorted na- men but they were deeply religious
twist groups. The first thing which men. Their approach to the prob-
the Federal Council of Churches'
lem was homiletical out of sheer
Committee on Goodwill Between habit and for reasons of temper-
Jews and Christians and its sue- ' assent .
the Jews
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