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Sabbath Scriptural Portions
,
Fentateuchal portions—Gen. 44:18-47:27.
Prophetical portions—Ezek. 37:15-28.
Readings of the Torah for Fast
Tuesday, Dec. 14
of Tebet,
Pentateuchal portion—Ex. 32:11.14; 34:1-10.
Prophetical portion—Is. 55:6-56:8.
December 10, 1937
Tebet 6, 5698
Hadassah's Roll of Honor
For the 10th consecutive year, Detroit
chapter of Iladassah is rallying to its colors
hundreds of women who are being enlisted
in a Roll of Honor for the cause of Pales-
tine. Included in their services is not only
the health work in Palestine but also land
redemption, the settlement in Palestine of
children from Germany and Poland, and
general co-operation in the efforts for the
upbuilding of the Jewish National Home.
When Hadassah was first founded 25
years ago the Zionist effort was in its ex-
perimental stages. Today it is reality. In
the growth of the New Judaea, the efforts
of the women of Hadassah have played a
most important role. Without the eradi-
cation of disease and the assurance of
health, it would have been much more diffi-
cult to facilitate the settlement of large
numbers of pioneers. By guaranteeing the
health of the Jewish settlers, Hadassah
played—and continued to play—a great
role in the work of national restoration.
As time goes on, Hadassah is destined
for even greater parts in the historic ef-
forts of Israel. Grave responsibility rests
upon our people to speed up the work in
Palestine. The women can do much to as-
sure progress and to bring encouragement
to the leaders of the movement.
The larger the number of pledgors to
the Hadassah•Roll of Honor, the sounder
will be the foundation upon which the
women will build their movement and thus
lend encouragement to Zionism at large.
To be listed in the Roll of Honor is to be
grouped with the builders of Zion.
Shaarey Zedek's Anniversary
Congregation Shaarey Zedek's 75th an-
niversary assumes more than local import-
ance. As one of the most important con-
servative synagogues in America, its cele-
bration is naturally an occasion for delib-
eration outside of the confines of Detroit.
The visit for the participation in the local
observance of prominent leaders in the
conservative Jewish movement is a signal
for the re-evaluation of the influence that
traditional Judaism wields in Jewish life.
Shaarey Zedek's anniversary, as we
pointed out on a previous occasion, is a
signal for celebration not only on the part
of members of the synagogue but also of
all other elements in Detroit Jewry, in ap-
preciation of the important position held
by this congregation in the life of Detroit
Jewry and because of its contributions to
the most valued Jewish efforts throughout
the world. Shaarey Zedek has been
among the pioneering elements in the
building of a community interest in be-
half of Palestine's reconstruction. Thanks
to its brilliant rabbi, Dr. A. M. Hershman,
it was among the first congregations to
evince a deep group interest in the work
of the American Jewish Congress. It is
deeply devoted to every relief and cultural
effort. It displayed unique devotion to a
cultural project when it made a liberal
contribution to the fund for the publishing
of the Yiddish translation of the Bible by
Yehoash—in spite of the fact that this is
a thoroughly English-speaking congrega-
tion. In every respect Shaarey Zedek play-
ed a great role as a community organiza-
tion, and therefore earned the whole-
hearted good wishes of all Detroit Jewry
—affiliates with it as well as the non-
affiliates.
The Efficacy of the Boycott
Samuel Untermyer, president of the
Non-Sectarian Anti-Nazi League, the or-
ganization which competes with the Joint
Boycott Council of the American Jewish
Congress and the Jewish Labor Committee
in sponsoring the boycott of Nazi-made
goods, saw fit to condemn the action of the
latter group in selecting an arbitration
board which imposed a fine of $75,000 on
three furriers who imported Rumanian
furs by way of Germany and as a result
of the transaction left American currency
in the Reich. According to Mr. Untermyer,
the question at issue "is whether to stick
to our methods, which have been success-
ful in aligning all decent elements in the
United States in favor of the boycott, or
whether to 'muscle in' and get part of the
'rake-off.'" Mr. Untermyer continues to
ask: "Is the boycott the case against Hit-
ler or a case for Dewey?" and declares in
defense of the three accused men: "No
one who is aware of the identity of these
men would suspect them of complicity in
such a scurvy fraud."
Two conflicting issues are raised in this
statement. Either the men are innocent, and
therefore the fine was unjustified, or they
were guilty and as a matter principle the
heavy fine should not have been imposed.
No matter how the situation is viewed, it
appears that Mr. Untermyer is motivated
by partisanship in condemning the actions
smother boycott—sponsoring organiza-
tion. As a lawyer, Mr. Untermyer should
be the last one to condemn the decision of Lights from
Cleopatra: Emil Ludwig's
an arbitration board that has weighed the
evidence before it handed down a decision. Shadotrland
This board expressed doubt as to the guilt
Latest Biographical Subject
By LOUIS PEKARSKY
of one of the defendants, but apparently
the other two were guilty, hence we are
(Copyright, 1937. O. A. F. A)
(1.1:01.1TItki The h1ory of a Queen. By plan Ludwig.
to assume that leaders in Jewish affairs
Translated In Bernard Silo)). The 1 Ming Frets, New
acted unjustly and irresponsibly.
WARNER MURALS
lurk (AIM),
In
connection
with
the
75th
a
n-
The other point at issue is the question
A master has found a great translator—and the
celebration of 1Vilsh ire
of "muscling-in" on a "rake-off." On this niversary
Blvd. Temple, Congregation lin al result is "Cleopatra." It is a magnificent book.
score Mr. Untermyer is completely unfair. Brith, in Los Angeles, it is int
here are few volumes to compare with Mr. Lud-
s latest achievement, and only those who have
The fine is to be used for charitable pur- esting to recall that the besuti ful
his great work on the Nile can appreciate
poses, and to speak of a "rake-off"—some- Warner Memorial Murals whi ch read
the walls of this spacio Us the talent he possesses of drawing material for a
thing which at once nullifies the attempt adorn
reform temple are gifts of Albe rt subject that most people would believe to be int-
to exonerate the three men—is to brand harry M. and Jack L. Warn er possible of approach either for historical mum-
defenders of the boycott with a mark of and their families in memory s( tive or a novel.
Cain where apparently the only motive their brothers, Milton and Sa to, It is evident that there is little material avail-
not L. Warner and their paren able for a subject like Cleopatra. Nevertheless,
was a sincere desire to fight Nazism.
Benjamin and Pearleah Warn sr Mr. Ludwig produced a work that fascinates the
When Mr. Untermyer speaks of the boy- The mural paintings were executed read er and serves once again to enhance a reputa-
by
Ilugo Bailin when the present tion that is unchallenged for splendor in writing,
cott as a case against Hitler and not one
the largest and finest in story-telling and historical fact-collecting. His
for Dewey, he fails to recognize that the temple,
the West, was built in 1929.
translator, Mr. Miall, by giving English fluency to
moral effect of a fine is in a sense far
this story, helped give the English reader another
more important than severest condemna- 2ND RICHEST MOVIE QUEEN great work by the great master.
Next to Mary Pickford, Norma
tion or government action. If we are to Shearer
The preface offers an interesting explanation of
is now the richest movie
have a boycott, Jews must be the first to queen in Hollywood. This became the approach to this work. Mr. Ludwig points
out
that of the biographies he has written "this
adhere to it. If they do not, then all the a certainty when announcement is distinguished
by all but total absence of quota-
force of existing public opinion must be was made of her inheritance of a tions." Ile states that while most documents are
$4,469,013 estate left by her late
inveighed against them. A heavy fine helps husband, Irving Grant Thalberg. lost to us, that "there survive only three sentences
arouse interest in such condemnation.
After state, federal, income in- of a single letter of Antony's. But the public
life of the queen, apart from one brief unknown
The more serious question is that affect- heritance and other taxes and costs period, has been reliably recorded for posterity,
are deducted, the estate will be cut
ing the efficacy of the boycott. Mr. Un- down
though
only because the three Romans with whose
to about $2,444,000,
lives her own was intertwined have their place in
termyer speaks of having aligned all de- MAE
the history of the world,"
WEST JEWISH?
cent elements in this country in favor of
Miss II. H. G., a reader of th
Interesting reference to his race—the author
the boycott. We are not convinced, judging Jewish
Record, Rochester, N. Y. was born Emil Ludwig Cohn—is made in the pre-
by the existing indifference and the ten- (latest addition to the big famil y face when Mr. Ludwig states: "Plutarch, my mas-
dency in official quarters "to play ball" of Seven Arts Feature Syndica to ter, above all, I am able to follow closely, and
asks whether we ca for the first time; for although by virtue of my
with Hitler. We are not so sure that the newspapers)
inform her club about Mae West race, my life, and my education I belong to the
boycott has been as effective as it is nationality. We have no definit 's Mediterranean,
I have hitherto described Greek
claimed. Many Jews are still opposed to information but we do know the t ch aracters only as dramatis personae, never his-
s
torically."
in
Stanley
Walker's
book
such methods of retaliation. A release
, "Mr
from the publicity department of the Joint Astor 's Pet Horse," there is a se c- Cleopatra, we learn, had been educated by the
tion devoted to the life and caree r Jewish philosopher, Demetrius. In the course of
Distribution Committee quotes a refugee of
Miss West and it includes thi
story we learn that there were a million Jews
doctor as saying: "Boycott and similar line: "Mne West's mother wa the
in Egypt. Describing how Cleopatra was teaching
official measures will considerably impair Matilda Dilker West, a Prem. h her son, Caesarion to rule, Mr. Ludwig describes
reputedly of Jewish blood , what the boy had to learn to distinguish, among
the few economic activities still left open actress
died in 1930." Our best wishe s other things being "the legal status of the Jews
to them" (the remaining Jews in Ger- who
to Abe Goldberg for success a of whom there were no less than a million in
many).
editor and publisher of the Jeans h Egypt, and the civic rights which many of them
had acquired."
The major aspiration must be not to Record in our home town.
PERSONALLY
The scenes between Antony and Cleopatra, the
play politics or to seek greater amount of
SPEAKING
Miss Fanchon, Paramount film scheming and the constant intriguing, the seeth-
publicity for one boycott group as opposed
ing cauldron that boiled in the Mediterranean—
producer,
started
her
famous
thea-
to another, but rather to make the boycott trical career with her brother, these are historic events and occurrences that pro-
effective. Inner wrangling will not help Marco, in a piano and violin musi- vide the author with material for a study of the
courtesan queen who managed to scheme her
the case against Hitler.
cal act.
New Year Eve Celebrations
It is not too late to warn Jewish organ-
izations not to desecrate the Sabbath while
observing the advent of the New Year.
In view of the fact that the New Year
1938 will commence on Saturday, there is
the danger that Jews, in emulation of a
general practice, will also arrange to ob-
serve New Year's Eve in the traditional
hilarious fashion. It is well, therefore, to
sound a warning in advance that Jews
should not feel obligated this year to ad-
here strictly to date and thereby desecrate
the Sabbath.
There is no reason why the advent of
the New Year cannot be observed by Jews
on Saturday night, thereby still celebrat-
ing the coming of the new year—even if
that must be done a night later than the
general observance.
Jews owe it to their conscience as a peo-
ple not to yield completely to paganism
and to sacrifice their Sabbath day in a
fashion that will be destructive of Jewish
idealism,
It would be an honor to each individual
Jew to make it a point to attend Sabbath
Eve services on the occasion of the com-
ing of a new civil year, and we feel that
the non-Jewish community would acquire
added respect for us if we were to ab-
stain from paganistic desecration of the
day that has traditionally become the hol-
iest day on the Jewish calendar--super-
seded in holiness only by Yom Kippur
Day.
The word must be spread at once among
all Jewish organizations, as well as among
the ranks of individual Jews, that the Sab-
bath must not be desecrated, and that
those who plan to arrange New Year Eve
celebrations should do so a night later.
Relief for Polish Jewry
A recent announcement made by the
Joint Distribution Committee indicated
that the sum of $2,730,275 had been al-
lotted for overseas relief as of Oct. 3, 1937.
Of this sum $1,147,275 was ear-marked
for Eastern European relief, and 75 per
cent of the latter figure, or $850,000, will
be applied for relief in Poland. This is
the largest sum appropriated for Polish
relief in many years, but it is admittedly
inadequate. For this, if for no other
reason, the Federation of Polish Jews
in America is collecting a fund of its
own, through its special American Com-
mittee for the Relief of Jews in Poland. In
behalf of this committee Samuel Unter-
myer has called a meeting of 400 busi-
ness and communal leaders to plan a new
relief effort.
The 4,500,000 Jews of this country
whom the anti-Semites brand as the force
behind everything taking place on this
continent—a charge which ought to prove
insulting to the other 125,000,000 people
in the United States—cut a sad figure in-
deed when it is taken into consideration
that they cannot agree even on a question
of relief for a community of 3,500,000 per-
secuted Jews in Poland. The Federation of
Polish Jews last year collected less than
$100,000. The slightest effort should have
guaranteed the doubling and the trebling
of this amount with the aid of the J. D. C.
But the latter is having its troubles col-
lecting the necessary funds, and the Polish
Federation insists on certain autonomous
rights in handling relief actions. If enough
money were forthcoming it would not be
necessary thus to divide our forces. But
the more affluent Jews are not giving
within their means, and the less wealthy
refuse to give up their identity. It is no
wonder that American Jews have no time
for culture. They so busy campaigning
for funds that there is neither time nor
money left for the intellect.
Luise Rainer has resumed her
study of the piano and she claims
she practices two hours every day
. We are told that Miss Rainer
has played the piano since she was
a child and her reputation in
Europe as a concert artist almost
ranked with her ability as an act-
ress . , . Incidentally, Luise is let-
ting her hair grow long and trail
past her shoulders , . , No more
windblown bob for Luise.
Zemiroth Anthology
Chief Rabbis Hertz and Herzog
Write Prefaces for Rev. May-
erowitsch's Song Book
way into possession of the things she desired.
Here is a great story that measures up well to
Mr. Ludwig's previous works. It is evident that
only a master like Emil Ludwig could have done
what emerges in this new work under the title
"Cleopatra: The Story of a Queen."
"Cleopatra," like its predecessor "The Nile," is
a result of 30 years of study. The author became
fascinated with the subject when he was gather-
ing the material for the latter work. Ile saw be-
fore him an intelligent, powerful, strong character,
and the result is a work molded after Goethe's
conception, quoted at the beginning of the book:
"When a woman takes on some of man's attributes,
she must triumph, for if she intensifies her other
advantages by an access of energy, the result is a
woman as perfect as can be imagined." At the
hands of Ludwig, Cleopatra emerges such a near-
perfect character. The great queen is recreated
in so masterful a fashion, taking into considera-
tion especially the minimum of material with
which the biographer had to work, that to the
credit of the Viking Press goes another literary
achievement of major rank.
Many volumes of traditional
songs have been published in the
last few years. The introduction
of the Oneg Shabbat in homes and
synagogues — as patterns after
those instituted in Tel Aviv in the
home of the late Chaim Nachman
Bialik—was more than anything
else responsible for such popular-
Elsa Krauch's authorized translation of Sholem
ity for the Jewish hymn.
But the best anthology of tradi- Asch's "The Mother" avain brings this magnificent
tional songs has just been pub- novel to the English reader. It was published
lished in England, by Edward many years ago, had a good sale, was withdrawn
Goldston Ltd., 25 Museum St., from circulation for a time at the author's request,
London W. C. 1. Under the title and is now again available, having just come off
press of G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York
"Oneg Shabbos: Anthology of An- the
($2.50).
cient Hebrew Table Songs," this
"The
Mother" is a most appealing work. It is
book was compiled and arranged
by Rev. Mayerowitsch, Reader the story of a Polish-Jewish family, its experiences
in
this
country,
its struggles, aspirations, tragedies.
of the Great Synagogue of Lon-
It is a great tribute to Mother whose love has no
don.
Attesting to the importance of bounds. It matters not whether it is her husband
this anthology of traditional Ile- Ansel, or her children—the self-sacrificing mother
b rew music are the two refatory is the magnificent figure in a great novel. She is
to America, and here her struggle begins
notes: one by Dr. J. II. Hertz, brought
Chief Rabbi of the British Fm ire anew.
Next to the mother, Sarah Rifke, the character
and the other by Chief Rabbi Dr.
Isaac Herzog of Palestine. Both of Deborah stands out in its supreme description
laud this volume as rendering at the hands of Sholem Asch. Much of the story
great service to Jewish traditional after the mother's arrival in America is devoted
to her daughter, Deborah, who makes the ac-
observance.
quaintance of the ssulptor Buchholz and Miss
Excellent judgment is shown in Forster,
a teacher. She poses for the sculptor,
the arrangement of this book of
songs, which are printed in He- works for him, submits to an operation so that
their
child
may not deprive him of his time that
brew with the English translitera-
tions under the notes. The selec- must be dedicated to his work. Winning a prize,
Buchholz
goes
to Europe, but Deborah, choosing
tion opens with the parents' bless-
ing and proceeds with the collec- not to follow the easy path of life, does not ac-
company
him.
She remains to struggle and to
tion of Sabbath hymns, such as
Pattern her life after her mother's. When she
"Sholom Aleichem " " E a h
learns
that
Miss
Forster is loved by Buchholz she
Chail," the Kiddush, "Tour afishe-
lo Ochalnu," etc. Included in the gives him up because she believes that the better
volume are the prayers for grace educated person can do more for the person she
loves. She had lived up to her heritage of being
before and after meals.
a mother, a self-sacrificing creature striving to
There are three sections of make life happy
songs, for Friday evening, for the desires to help. for those she loves and whbm she
Sabbath day and for Sabbath eve-
"The Mother" is one of Sholem Asch's nnien-
ning. On the whole it is perhaps did novels that will live for a long time
because
the best anthology of its kind pub- they
Possess the merit of understanding human
lished In recent years for home
nature,
and
especially
the
sentiments
of
the
Jew-
Oneg Shabbat use.
h cha
srac
ers t e describes.
h
A Sholem Asch Masterpiece
Is Good Will Good?
Appraising 10 Years
of Inter-Faith Co-Operation
By LOUIS MINSKY
1:DITOWs NOTE: The Nation! Confer..., of Jesa and flitistlene Ime em-
barked on s three-month erIebrotIon In olownance of Its 10th seer of
.chilly In mutual under•tandIng between Joys and Christians. In thin
nf ton article. preoented by speelal arrancement. tolleres the
never ) Art.
Venture Syndicate and The Enter of /1 latM 1.10 Eh ,
-
tern11,, NI, Plonk, make an °Werth@ attalytla of 10 lttors of good Fr.
will
in Me country.
The introduction of these secu- upon the freedom of religious
lar factors into the prejudice prob- groups to propagate their prin-
lem has had an obvious effect upon ciples, which in turn means an end
t hose concerned with Christian- to efforts at Christian-Jewish un-
Jewish relations in the United dertakings.
States. It has provided them with
Democracy Must Be Bold
a formula for wholesome human
Major concern in this struggle
relations, a formula which goes to preserve democracy must, of
down to root causes and aims at course, center in a resistance to
far-reaching solutions.
totalitarian doctrines. But this Is
The first element in this formula not sufficient, since it is a purely
is the premise that only in a po- !negative approach, The Idea has
litical democracy can religious and developed among leaders of the
cultural groups function freely is goodwill movement perhaps more
groups abd as individuals. It is I than any other group that in order
futile to work for understanding to survive, democracy must be ag-
among the various faiths in reli- grossly, and bold. It must become
gious fields without concern as to missionary-minded. it is no idle
political factors. The control of accident that the 1937 Williams-
the political machinery by the town institute of Human Rela-
wrong sort of people can destroy tions had as its theme the topic,
in a day what it has taken rob- "Public Opinion in • Democracy."
gious leaders years to build up.: The Williamstown gathering was
The perpetuation of democracy is an indication of the larger think-
essential both to religious liberty! ing on the subject of the future of
and to inter-religious rapproch- democracy which has developed
rnent. The destruction of democ.1 among goodwill leaders during the;
racy may result not merely in an past few years. The underlyIngi
attack upon Jews but In an assault
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December 10, 1937
....90MMMME
Strictly
Confidential
PURELY COMMENTARY
By PHILIP SLOMOVITZ
Tidbits from Everywhere
Hebrew, Too, May be Studied
By PHINEAS J. BIRON
Dr. Chaim Zhitlovsky, chief spokesman for Yid-
dish culture, writing in the Day on "What Is
TOMORROW'S NEWS
Yiddishism", does not content himself merely with
Any day now the front pages advocating that the use of Yiddish be universally
will explode a story about a Wall Pursued, and that the Yiddish language should
Street combine that is putting up become the official tongue of the Jewish people.
heavy dough for a new daily news- He goes a step further and gives sanction also to
paper in New York City which the study of Hebrew in the following "hechsher":
will advocate Fascism for Amer- "Yiddishism permits ("Lort zu," is the term he
ica ... 'Tin said that a secretary uses) the acquisition of the knowledge of Hebrew
of Nazi propaganda mini.,ter and the creations in this beautiful and rich tongue,
Goebbels is here incognito in the as a private pleasure, as a personal love, if you
interests of this scheme.
wish; as a religious sanctity that must, like every
Anti-Nazi circles report that the religion, remain a private practice. As a generally
real reason for the so-called "per- acknowledged national possession, like the materi-
sonal" visit to these shores of Hit- al from which are to be spun the psychic threads
ler's Fritz Wiedemann is a series for the entire nation, from which must be woven
of secret powwows to be held for the entire culture for our people throughout the
the purpose of injecting new life world, Ilebrew cannot be recognized under any
into the German-American Bund, circumstances."
which has been losing members at
We recall the lengthy discussion on the subject
a rate that should warm the coc- that ensued as a result of an address lasting more
kles of any good Jewish heart ... than five hours, by this same Prophet for Yiddish-
Fuehrer Fritz Kuhn will get the ism, Dr. Zhitlovsky, at the convention of the Jew-
axe, at Wiedemann's orders, we ish National Workers Alliance (Verband) held in
hear ... On the other hand, some Detroit several years ago. It was a most fantastic
who claim to be in the know de- presentation by a dreamer who was creating castles
clare that Wiedemann's real mis- and building a spiritual nation for himself and his
sion is to make the Nazi move- followers, with Yiddish as the Messianic guide in
ment here so strong that it will the realization of that dream. The late Dr. Chaim
serve as a model for all other Arlosuroff was one of the spokesmen at that con-
countries If Kuhn does get the vention who answered Dr. Zhitlovsky and pointed
gate his successor will probably out the fallacies of his scheme. But Dr. Zhitlovsky
be not a German but a Hungarian, is a consistent preacher. He favors Yiddish and
opposes the use of any other language by Jews
by the name of Joseph Nagy,
Note to President Nicholas Mur- anywhere, except for convenience, and is chari-
ray Butler of Columbia Univer- table to the private desires of those who cannot
sity: The story is going the rounds abandon Hebrew as the sacred possession of our
that one of your prominent pro- people for use in and out of the synagogue.
It is useless to enter into deep polemics with
fessors is secretly a big shot Nazi
Dr. Zhitlovsky. The best answer is the comparison
agent.
current creativeness of Yiddish and
Concert managers wondering between the
The only truly productive effort in the
why audiences at concert by Jose Hebrew.
past decade has been made by the Hebrew lan-
Iturbi, the Spanish pianist, have guage. Hundreds of
have been published in
suddenly fallen off ought to know the Hebrew language books
in and out of Palestine, and
that he's been seen too often in the they are being widely circulated. But Yiddish
intimate company of known Nazi books, as well as Yiddish periodicals, are strug-
agents on the Pacific Coast.
gling to acquire an audience. Ilebrew is the medium
There will be no publicity about of expression of the one solid Jewish community
it, but various undercover agents in the world, in Palestine, where new words are
of Uncle Sam are quietly checking being created, where young not only speak the
up on disturbing reports of Nazi language but think in it. But throughout the
and Fascist activities on the part world the Yiddish-speaking Jews find it necessary
of high-ranking army and navy of- to mix their words with words and terms generally
ficers.
used in the various lands in which they reside.
The cutting off of the flow of immigration is mak-
NAZI GROANS
ing English speakers out of our Yiddishists in this
Ilighly-placed German officials country, in Canada and in England, French speak-
have been sounding out Washing- ers in France, etc., etc.
ton again about the possibility of
Dr. Zhitlovsky would serve his cause better if
a G e r m a n-American reciprocal
trade treaty , . But it's no soap, he were to recognize reality. Greater claims can
be
made for Yiddish not as the competitor of
because the State Department de-
Hebrew that must supersede our traditional
mands drastic changes in Nazi fis- language
but rather as a tongue in which great
cal views,
works have been created. But Hebrew must and
George Sylvester Viereck, per- will remain the language of the Jewish people,
sonal friend of the ex-Kaiser and whether it is to be used only in reciting prayers
once charged with being a Nazi and as the spoken tongue in Palestine alone; be-
propagandist, seems to have had cause Jews will speak the language of the land
the good fortune to offend the they reside in regardless of the aspirations of
Nazis . . . His new book, "The adherents of the Yiddishist cult. And where the
a
Kaiser on Trial," has been banned strong Jewish nationalist movement arises Ilebrew
in Germany because it extols two will also predominate, as evidenced by the popular.
German Jews, Max Warburg and ity of the language among the young people in
Walther Rathenau, for their ef- Poland and other European countries.
forts to maintain the monarchy
Dr. Zhitlovsky's dreams are not real. They are
. . . Worse yet, the volume is too fantastic. Is it possible that his followers ac-
adorned with a picture of another cept the creed of "toleration" for Hebrew in the
noted German Jew, the late ship- face of such great odds against this new religion
ping magnate Albert Bailin . . . of Yiddishism?
Incidentally, Viereck has express.
•
ed his disgust at Nazi totalarian-
The Danger of "Looking Desiringly"
ism and persecution of Jews in a
The prize for stupidity as well as savagery goes
letter to Elmer Gertz, of the Chi- to a Magdeburg court where the Nuremberg
laws
cago law firm of McInerney, Ep- are enacted with an exactitude that outsmarts
stein and Arvey , , In this letter even Julius Streicher. In this court,
he promised to fight to the utmost Jew named Herbert Karo was sentenced a to young
two
any attempt to foist Nazism upon years' imprisonment on the charge of "racial
America,
desecration," his specific guilt being that he had
Latest candidate for the job of "insulted German susceptibilities by looking desir-
becoming America's fuehrer is 24- ingly at an Aryan girl." All other charges against
year-old Francesco Paul Castorina, him were dismissed, but that one was upheld, and
son of a Bronx WPA worker
it must be recorded in the annals of orotesques as
He calls himself the "Duce of the most glaring example of inhuman thinking and
3,000 American Fascists" and acting,
modestly confesses to possessing a
•
combination of the "best qualities"
The Jewish Family Ideal
of Hitler and Mussolini . He
Jews, take heed:
boasts that when he was in Ger-
Mrs. Imogene McPherson, director of religious
many two years ago he received education for the Greater New York Federation
the Hitler Cross for organizing of Churches, addressed a large assembly of
wo-
Fascists in America . . . Ile also men in the St. Paul Episcopal Church in Albany
brags of getting flattering letters during the sessions of the National Preaching Mis-
from Sir Oswald Mosley and Gen- sion, and urged them that the strong family unity
eral Franco , And, significantly which exists among the Jews as a result of their
enough, he was a member of the religious teachings should be made to serve as a
71st Regiment of the New York model to Christians striving to bring back to
National Guard until three months Christian family life the "unity that is the nucleus
ago.
of society." Mrs. McPherson deplored the fact
Leaders of Shanghai Jewry who that "religious education has been taken from our
have been criticizing Jewish relief home life" and that "the church has a great re-
agencies in America for their al- sponsibility which it has not been carrying: to
leged failure to aid the war-stric- teach us how to teach our children."
It was a plea to Christians, nevertheless we ask
ken community seem to have for-
gotten two of the richest Jewish Jews to heed her pleas. Our traditions were
families in the world, the Sessions quoted, but not our practices. It is not altogether
true that Jewish home life is a ideal today as it
and Kadoories, have headquarters was
a generation ago. We have suffered from the
in Shanghai,
same
environmental influences that affected the
Unification of anti-Nazi boycott
life
of
Christians. We are a
activities In this country is in
part of the machine
age,
and
with it came an increase in the quest for
sight . .. The Anti-Nazi League,
the Joint Boycott Council and the the material and a decrease in the search for the
spiritual; with it also came an increase in divorces
Jewish War Veterans have reach- among
Jews, a lessening of responsibility towards
ed an agreement to act together
the cultural elements in Jewish life and the growth
in investigating boycott violators of
cynicism.
. . . And before long we expect
It is well that Mrs, McPherson has again brought
further unification.
Congratulations to the London up the question of the Jewish family ideal—but it
Chronicle on its new type face ... is as important for Jews as it is for Christians,
The change, the first in 30 years, because it is our responsibility to protect this
ideal, lest it become less of reality and more of a
is a great improvement.
CULTURE IN
A VACUUM
By A BERLIN JEW
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ha VP been removed from Getman
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It has been mild that the Jews
In Germany are the one part
of the German society which
preserves freedom of thought
and freedom of opinion. Cut
off as it is from the social and
Intellectual life of the general
community, It has devised Its
own cultural Institutions, and It
is free from the mass propa-
ganda which no "Aryan" Ger-
man may escape. it may be of
some Interest to give an account
of the cultural Institution, the
Judischer Kulturbund, which
with the approval of the gov-
ernment of the Reich, has been
established since 1533, and ear-
myth.
Jewish Migration: A Comparison
Between 1900 and 1937
By ISAAC L ASOFSKY
Gen. Mgr., Hebrew Shelteri ng & Immigra n
t Aid Society, (HIAS)
From 1900 to 1037 close to
2,000,000 Jews immigrated to the
United States from Eastern, Cen-
tral and Southern Europe. How
does the beginning of thin great
Exodus compare with the stage in
which it finds Itself now?
As • rule people do not leave
their home, unless they have good
reason for doing so. Jews are a
home loving people. In their mig-
rations, the element of adventure
or the search for fortune has hard-
ly played any role. Dire necessity
was the only cause and motive.
At the turn of the century, the
bloody pogrom that took place in
MAMMY pet Into motion ■ great
migration of Jews from Czarist
Ruled* to the United Staten. The
lack of security for life and limb
and the political oppression that
followed gave this exodus the
character of a continuous flow.
What was the problem then?
A More Complex Aepsoet
Certainly, the migrant In the
first decades of the 20th century
did not find his way strewn with
rotten. lie needed Nome guidance
tion ago needed only one prere-
quisite—Good Ilealth. Visas and
other such legalistic requirement,.
and technicalities had not as vet
been heard of. His Problem was
mainly that of securing a steam-
ship ticket and, upon arrival, a
welcome that would provide him
with • measure of guidance and
advice in regard to his adjustment.
Thus we saw that in 1900 the
number of Jewish immigrants who
landed in the United State, was
In excel, of 60,000 souls and the
figures for the following years
continuously were on the increase.
The new arrivals encountered no
hardships In maintaining their
families Intact. Immediate or dis-
tant relatives and even friends
could he brought over with the
greatest of ease. Consequently,
the home and the family ties of
the Jewish Immigrant remained
secure and Inviolate .
A totally different aspect ap-
peared in the problem of Jewish
migration in the post war period.
It became more complex. The
solution of an Individual migrant's
questions is often not only beyond
his power but frequently beyond
his understanding If it remains
and a measure of aid. Essentially,
hi,wever, the task of his trans.
n,antation from continent to con-
rent was relatively • aimpla
unguided or unaided. The