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Sabbath Scriptural Portions
Pentateuchal portion—Ex. 1:1.6:1,
Prophetical portion—Is. 27:6-28:13; 29:22, 23.
December 24, 1937
Tebet 20, 5698
The Sanctity of the Sabbath
Apparently Jewish groups of Detroit
are heeding the call which we sounded
two weeks ago and fain refraining from
arranging New Year Eve celebrations on
the Sabbath. The numerous messages of
encouragement we received for the stand
we had taken, and the call issued in a
similar vein by the Vaad Horabonim, the
council of orthodox rabbis, lead us to be-
lieve that a wholesome spirit exists in the
community. Furthermore, it is excellent
proof that it is possible to enlist Jewish
co-operation in assuring the sanctity of
the Sabbath.
The New Polish Relief Drive
Under Samuel Untermyer's leadership, a
' new lease of life is being given the relief
effort in behalf of Polish Jewry inaugu-
rated by the American Committee Appeal
for the Jews in Poland. The work of the
new emergency relief committee has al-
ready been endorsed by Rabbi Max C.
Currick of Erie, Pa., president of the Cen-
tral Conference of American Rabbis;
Rabbi Joseph Konvitz of Newark, presi-
dent, and Rabbi Louis Seltzer of Brooklyn,
secretary, of the Union of Orthodox Rabbis
of the United States and Canada. Others
who have endorsed the drive include the
following imposing and all-embracing list
of lay and rabbinical leaders:
Rabbi A. Y. Faivelson, secretary, Rabbinical
Board of New York City; S. Herbert Golden,
former president, United Synagogue of Amer-
ica; Rabbi Herbert S. Goldstein, member of
praesidium, Rabbinical Council of America;
Dr. Eugene Kohn, former president, Rabbini-
cal Assembly of America; Rabbi Joseph Kon-
vitz, president, Union of Orthodox Rabbis of
the United States and Canada; Dr. Israel
Herbert Levinthal, former president, Rabbini-
cal Assembly of America; Dr. Felix A. Levy,
former president, Central Conference of
American Rabbis; Louis J. Moss, president of
United Synagogue of America; Rabbi L. Selt-
zer, secretary, Union of Orthodox Rabbis of
the United States and Canada; Rabbi Eliezer
Silver, honorary president, Union of Ortho-
dox Rabbis of the United States and Canada;
William Weiss, president, Union of Orthodox
Jewish Congregations of America; Jacob 0.
Zabronsky, president, National Council of
Young Israel.
In view of the importance that is being
given the relief effort for Poland, organ-
ized by the Federation of Polish Jews in
America, a re-evaluation of the activities
of the Joint Distribution Committee will
have to be made for the Jewish commun-
ities throughout the country. It is no
longer necessary to convince anyone that
the sums raised for relief overseas are in-
adequate. It must also be taken for grant-
ed that if the necessary sums were avail-
able through the Joint Distribution Com-
mittee it would not become necessary to
conduct a supplementary campaign for
Polish relief. But such funds are not avail-
able, and the J. D. C. has for years been
handicapped by reduced budgets.
Unfortunately, last year's fund-raising
effort of the American Committee Appeal
for the Jews in Poland also fell far short
of the goal, and the paltry sum raised was
a mere drop in the bucket. If the drive
this year could be assured of absolute suc-
cess the supplementary effort would de-
serve highest commendation and encour-
agement. But if its appeal is to bring no
more than last year's, then it would be far
wiser for the leaders in various commun-
ities throughout the country to force an
understanding between the Joint Distri-
bution Committee and the American Corn-
mittee Appeal for the Jews in Poland in
order that a unity of forces might bring
desired results in raising the necessary
sums of money for Polish relief. The harm
that is done by the splitting of our ranks
speaks against the wisdom for which
American Jewry has heretofore been re-
puted in charitable endeavors.
When You Need the Thief
There is a Jewish saying that when you
need the thief you remove him from the
gallows to use him for your purpose.
Jews who have wondered why liberal
countries frequently hob-nob with dicta-
torships and reactionary rulers in form-
ing political and economic alliances will
find the best explanation in the cable from
Vienna which states:
Jewish and anti-Semitic students at the
University of Vienna have joined hands in •
student strike protesting against a new ruling
adding a full year to the training required of
prospective doctors. The antisSemites are
balking simply because they will have to work
a year in a public hospital without pay be-
fore being admitted to medical practice. The
Jewish students joined the strike because the
new ruling,amounta to a virtual exclusion of
Jews from medical practice since no public
hospital aci-epts Jewish internee.
This is the first instance of Jews join-
irg hands with anti-Semites for a single
purpose. It is typical of international poll-
tics. It is all because the thief is some-
; tin-ifs a necessary accomplice to a given
Our Governor is Jittery
Governor Frank Murphy is reported to
have startled 1,000 delegates who attend-
ed the Yeshiva College conference in New
York when he told them of a fantastic
scheme published in a midwestern news-
paper in which the formation of 48 ghet-
tos—one for each state—is proposed as a
means of subjugating the entire Jewish
race.
American Jews who have been in the
habit of belittling the rot that appears in
innumerable anti-Semitic sheets must have
begun to wonder whether they were not
wrong in advocating a calmer attitude on
the part of our people. If the great, lib-
eral, Catholic governor of Michigan be-
comes upset by such news, how are we,
for whom such segregating areas are pro-
posed, to feel in the face of a rising tide
of anti-Semitism
The truth of the matter is that Governor
Murphy was influenced by a stupid piece
of anti-Semitic propaganda and for once
was moved to dignify an incredible bit of
nonsense. It will be a sad day for Amer-
ica when it will become necessary for us
to take too seriously the "threat" of sad-
istic and demented people who advocate
the creation of ghetto walls patterned after
the "Pale of Settlement" ("Cherto Ossied-
losti") of the Czarist regimes.
Naturally, we must be on guard against
the increasing anti-Jewish sentiment in
America and elsewhere throughout the
world. Now, more than ever before, we
must be organized for defensive purposes.
But the moment we become panicky we
lose our power to offer adequate defense.
The thing to remember is that there are
as many evidences of friendship for us as
there are indications of enmity and hatred.
Last week the arch-Nazi in this country,
Fritz Kuhn, spoke before the students of
Union College in Schenectady, N. Y. It is
a tribute to the American sense of fair
play and decency, and the general desire
to assure freedom of speech to all, that
the students should have voted to give Mr.
Kuhn an opportunity to speak his mind.
But it is an even greater tribute to these
young Americans that they voted 294 to
22 to reject Mr. Kuhn's program after he
had completed a rambling and stupid ex-
position of Nazism.
It is true that we must be prepared for
the worst and hope for the best. It is
equally true that we must not lose our
sense of balance and become jittery every
time a Pelley or an Edmondson of a Kuhn
utters stupidities. Keep your balance,
friends, in order best to be able to fight
the unbalanced.
Observe "Stand-Up Month"
What is termed as the "Stand - Up
Month" is now in progress throughout this
country at the call of the American Jew-
ish Congress.
While the observance of such a sym-
pathy effort can have the effect only of
arousing American Jews to the realization
of the tragedies that result from the instal-
lation of "ghetto benches" in universities
in Poland, it is an effort of extreme im-
portance even if it is to have only this ef-
fect. It is time that the Jews of America
realized that the "ghetto benches" in Po-
land are humiliating symbols not alone
for the Jews in that unfortunate country
but also for the Jews throughout the
world. It is a movement that carries with
it the threat of spreading elsewhere un-
less it is checked. It is a movement op-
posed to which American Jews must or-
ganize and before there is organization,
there must be conviction that comes from
an expression of sympathy which is bound
to be aroused through the observance of
"Stand-Up Month."
There ought not to be a single refrain-
ing class, society or congregation in De-
troit or elsewhere in the response to the
call for the observance of "Stand-Up
Month." Just as Orthodox Jews find re-
lief in fast days and prayer, so all Jews
ought to be able to arrive at a feeling of
oneness with our suffering brethren
through the observance of the sympathy
"Stand-Up Month."
Anti-Semitic Pact in Rumania ,
Rumania. whose anti-Semitism has been
a matter for grave concern in Jewish ranks
for more than a generation, for a time held
out the hope that a liberal government will
stem the tide of bigotry. Considerabe
hope was placed in the National Peasant
Party of which the former premier, Dr.
Julius Maniu, is the leader. But this hope,
too, is smashed. Apparently the Tatarescu
government is doomed and anti-Semitism
is destined to rule this land as a result of
a pact between Dr. Maniu's peasant party
and Zelea Codreanu 's anti-Semitic
group, the Iron Guard. This alignment is
a blow to liberalism as well as to Jewish
hopes. Premier Tatarescu's pledge to
minority groups that their rights will be
protected is useless under a government
whose avowed policy it will become to
eliminate from public works, business and
professions those who belong to the Jew-
ish and other minority elements. The Ru-
manian situation provides cause for grave
worry.
Lights from
Shadowland
Maurois: Great Story-Teller
By LOUIS PEKARSKY
His 'Ricochets' Is Masterful Col-
lection of the Shortest Short
Stories on Record
(Copyright. 1137. a. A. F. 8)
CANTOR'S NEW FIND
HOLLYWOOD. — Despite the
fact that her career in theatricals
is just starting, a young, attrac-
tive, charming and talented girl
from Philadelphia is very much in
demand for radio work. She is
Miss Sara Berner, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Samuel Herdan of Phila-
delphia. She was born in Albany,
N. Y., spent many years in Tulsa,
Oklahoma, before her parents
moved to Philly. Her true name
is Lillian Herdan. Her two recent
appearances on Eddie Cantor's
radio programs, In which she im-
personated Katherine II e p b u r n
and Gracie Allen so well, have
started her on her way to national
recognition as a comedienne and
impersonator. We understand that
Cantor liked her impersonations so
much that she is in line for future
bookings on his coast to coast
broadcasts. Miss Berner's interest
in theatricals and a desire to make
it her life work came about when
she lost her job as a sales girl in
Wanamaker's Philadelphia depart-
ment store because she amused the
other girls by imitating a haughty
and finicky dowager who was a
customer of the store.
The long step from a depart-
ment store counter to a place on
Eddie Cantor's air show was not
made overnight, however. First
came an opportunity to appear in
radio acts over Station WCAU in
Philadelphia, then she played the
telephone operator in the first au-
dition of "Hollywood Hotel." She
won a place in a Major Bowes
vaudeville show and toured the
country. Her first bid for national
fame came with a spot in "Para-
mount on Parade," followed by
another and more successful
vaudeville tour. Three months ago
she returned to Hollywood and a
movie talent scout saw her enter-
taining at the famous Trocadero
night club. The next day she was
east in a movie Acid made by
MGM. Later she was booked for
"Let's Go Hollywood" program on
Warner Bros. Station KFWB. She
was an immediate success and was
picked for a spot on a new Holly-
wood air show called "The People's
Choice." Fan mail is pouring In
and many radio listeners are in-
quiring about this up and coming
headliner.
Tidbits from Everywhere
By PHINEAS J. BIRON
(Copyright, 1537, B. A. F. 8.)
A HERO RETURNS
Andre Maurois has earned world-wide fame as
The real name of loader Gen-
an essayist and as a biographer. His "Disraeli," nett, the Jewish war veteran who
put
a wreath on Germany's war
"Byron" and "Ariel" are among the world's mas-
memorial and thereby horrified
terpieces in biographical writing. But henceforth orthodox Nazi circles, is Yossel
M. Maurois will have to be classed among the Ganapolsky . . A delegation of
world's great story-tellers. His latest collection, the Jewish War Veterans met Gen-
under the title "Ricochets," just published by Har- nett at Quarantine, and was dis-
tressed to find him wearing not a
per ($2.) in an excellent translation by Hamish JWV
cap but the headgear of the
Miles, defies any statement to the contrary.
Disabled American Veterans, of
Ricochets is a combination of the best qualities whom he is one His prepared
of short story writing. In 164 pages the author statement to the press struck the
has packed in 25 of the best stories this reviewer ship news reporters as the fun-
niest thing they had heard in many
has read in many, many years. The shortest of a month . , . Only their kindness
these stories is two pages in length. The average saved the JWV embarrassment ...
story is only six pages long. Only a few are Believe it or not, Gennett saw
service with the famous Imperial
longer.
Hussars, the Czar's own regiment
There is combined in these stories the qualities ... But ail attack of mumps just
of a Balzac, a de Maupassant, a Sholem Aseh,
a Perez, a Sholem Aleichem, They are entertain- as he was ready to sail for France
with the 82nd Regiment of the
ing, replete with humor and wit, action and sus- 326th U. S. Infantry prevented
pense—and each of the stories contains an idea, him from getting a crack at the
even a moral.
Germans in the World War , .
The title is well chosen. Each story displays He feels, however, that he has
the rebounding of suspicion, of action that makes made up for it now , He claims
for reaction, of danger. Somehow "things always to be something of a writer and is
turn out differently from what we imagine—and proud of his membership in the
simpler," as one of the characters states in the American Writers Union His
story ''The Green Belt," In this story a widowed 69-page manuscript on his experi-
friend is suspected of having stopped to care for ence in Germany is now being
her deceased husband, of having abandoned mem- edited by a special committee.
ory—because she was no longer in complete ADVANCE NOTICE
mourning: she wore a green belt on her black
We hear that Rabbi Solomon
dress. And several days later came the news that
Freehof of Pittsburgh's Temple
she committed suicide. Ricochet!
Rodef
Sholom is being readied as
The title story, the fifth in the book, is a great
tale and excellently adheres to the name. It is the next occupant of the pulpit of
New
York's
Temple Emanu-El
a story of husband and wife, each with an illicit
, 'Tis whispered that the press
lover, but both being compelled to stay in each
ent
incumbent,
Rabbi Goldenson,
other's company for an evening when the illicit
companions could not meet them, without the who came from Rodef Sholom,
wants
to
retire.
knowledge of either one. The story closes by
A national Jewish figure who
leaving the wife "full of pensive self-reproach at
lives in Philadelphia is the winner
having misjudged her Daniel."
of
this year's Phi Epsilon Pi na-
There is a moving Jewish story—the most mov-
ing story in the book—almost proving that the tional service award for the out-
standing
contribution to Jewish
Jewish author of this volume is not as assimilated
as he is charged. "Those Poor Jews" is a story of life A pledge of secrecy keeps
us
from
telling
you his name .. .
the admittance of a daughter of a Russian gov-
ernor who was responsible for pogroms on Jews Speaking of fraternity reminds us
into a Paris Jewish hospital. A child is born. The that the chance that a Jew will
woman feels remorseful: "How unjust we were again be the head of the Inter-
to the Jews in Russia! My poor father ... ." But fraternity Council was set back
she suddenly acquires a fever, becomes seriously several years because the jealousy
ill, and when her husband arrives starts shouting of the representatives of one Jew-
and screaming that all Jews should be burnt. "Go ish fraternity tried to prevent the
and fetch my father—tell him everything . . . My selection of a representative of an-
father is the governor Tell him to leave these other ditto to the council executive.
Ephraim Speiser, the noted
Jews to the peasants ... Hang them on the trees
along the roads . . . Look at that one, Peter— archaeologist, is elated to be the
next
president of Dropsie College
with the spectacles! He must be killed! All the
... He's married to a member of
Jewish Literary News and Notes Jews must be killed!" The doctors had refused to the Gimbel family.
admit this woman because "she is not Jewish."
The Jewish Publication Soci-
The founder of the nursing-home insisted. But
By DAVID MANN
the half-crazed woman suddenly shrieked. "Her ety's prize-winning Jewish novel,
"Tomorrow's
Bread," has set a
voice rose in a shrill agony, Kahn and Rosen-
FOR THE JEWISH LIBRARY
record with a first printing of 10,-
Although the West Indies have thal and Mademoiselle Esther stood overwhelmed, 000 copies, unequalled by any
become the playground of Ameri- in a circle round the dying woman's bed, their
can tourists, including many Jews, eyes filled with tears." It is a moving story other JPS volume except the
Bible ... And Liveright is bring-
few American Jews know much that reveals the depth of Jewish tragedy even ing
about the Jews inhabiting th e when Jews set out to help those who tortured their novel. out a trade edition of the
kinsmen.
Islands today and probably noth-
The University of Indiana will
M. Mauroia' stories are so simply and charming-
ing about those who aided in their
be the locale of the next unit in
development more than 200 years ly told that they are indeed a collective landmark the growing chain of Ilillel Foun-
ago. Hence "The Jewish Colonists in the world's collection of short stories.
dations.
in Barbados in 1680" by Wilfred
Pittsburgh is readying a city-
S. Samuel (Jewish Historical So-
wide function in honor of its num-
ciety of England) is a valuable
ber-one athlete, Marshall Gold-
contribution to our slim store of
berg, on Jan. 16.
information about the West Indian
NOISED AT HOME
Jews. Mr. Samuel's essay covers
Out Michigan way they say that
only a brief period but from his
Albert Helper, whose "Union Square" and "The Harry Kipke lost his job as foot-
historical study there emerges not
ball coach because too many of his
the story of Barbados Jewry's Foundry" stand out among the best novels deal- players got jobs in the union-
services to England in the 17th ing with the proletarian theme, has written his busting outfits organized by Henry
third
book
in
which
he
follows
up
the
study
of
the
century but a colorful picture of workers' problem. "The Chute," just issued by the Ford's private police.
Jewish life in the West Indies at Viking Press ($2.50), is the story of the mail
Credit New York Post Lenny
a time when Jews on the Ameri-
house. It is a profound work, and it leaves Lyons with this pip of a yarn
can mainland were still struggling a order
Seems that a snooty lady who
deep
effect
upon
those
readers
who
are
con-
for a foothold . The Jewish cerned with the numerous issues created in mass owns a country estate near a mili-
Publication Society has rendered a production factories and in warehouses.
tary encampment phoned the com-
great service in publishing Emily
"The Chute" is the story of a business that mandant to send eight of his men
Solis-Cohen's "C h a n u k a h: The brings physical exhaustion to the thousands that to one of her parties, which was
Feast of Lights" for this is not make up the machinery of the mail order busi- suffering from an overabundance
just another book about Chanukah ness. • It is a human tale that deals with various of females .. She specified that
but no far as we know the first characters whose experiences make up a com- none of the military guests be
volume which deals with the his- munity of action. There is Paul Sussman, 17 years Jews In a little while four
tory and significance of the holiday old, son of a tobacconist too poor to send his son Chinese and four Filipinos pre-
and also contains valuable and to architectural school to complete his studies. It sented themselves "There must
carefully selected inspirational ma- is the story of Paul's sister, Rae, too poor to marry be some mistake," the stunned
terial about Chanukah as well as Moe, who must nevertheless become her husband. bluenose cried "There couldn't
a complete guide to the celebration It is the story of Eve Liebman, who commits sui- be," one of the soldiers replied,
of the festival. Jewish readers, cide; the buyer Myeraon, who falls into a trap "our Colonel Lefkowitz never
young and old, will now look to set for him by his employers; the boss of one of makes mistakes."
the J.P.S. for similiar books on the the departments, Mangan, an ex-athlete, who is
Women living in the Yorkville
other major holidays ... The new reduced to a small job from fame on the foot- section of New York are begin-
edition of "The Records of the ball field. These and other characters travel ning to avoid using subway and
Federal Convention of 1787" (Yale through "the chute"which is the machine for rush- elevated stations in that vicinity,
University Press), published on ing orders by mail.
because of the appearance of foul
the occasion of the sesquicenten-
Mr. Helper has drawn an impressive picture of language about Jews and anti-
nial of the United States Consti- the maddening machine in motion. We see the begin- Nazis scrawled on billboards by
tution is the greatest source work ning of a labor union, the sacrificing of workers' the neighborhood Hitlerites,
on the origin of every clause in interests by an unscrupulous and selfish manager
George Holmes, the Connecticut
the Constitution, including the and details of social experiences among the poor business man and war veteran
guarantee of religious liberty. workers. There is in this novel deep understand- who is leading the fight against
Among these records Is a curious ing of the labor problem and genuine sympathy the opening of a Nazi camp in
and little known letter by Jonas for the underdog who is being crushed in the rou- Southbury, was once a member of
Phillips, an uncle of Mordecai M. tine work of a great business machine. "The the Ku Klux Klan, but quit the
Noah, to the convention pleading Chute," although not as good as Helper's two sheeted order when he became dis-
for the elimination of discrimina- previous works, will nevertheless bring him added gusted with their un-American
tions against Jews.'
monkeyshines.
I literary glory.
CHAT 0' BOOKS
Halper's Proletarian Novel
Meet Miss Fanchon
Hollywood's First Woman Producer
By LOUIS PEKARSKY
EDITOR'S NOTE, it's Just • trip ...cross town from the slams of Loll Angel«
to the glitter and serve. of Hollywood. How Woo Fanchon, the female
half of the celebrated team of Fonchon a Marco, made that trip the
hard any on the rood to becoming tilmland'a Prat woman prod.,. Is
told In thie IntIrnate sketch by the motion picture editor of the Seven
Arts Feature Syndicate and The Detroit Jewish break-ie.
Today's success story from
Hollywood has a new kind of
heroine. It is the story of bliss
Fanchon, who recently became
the first woman producer of mo-
tion pictures to be signed to a
contract by a major studio, after
breaking down the barriers of a
Secretary of State Hull invoked the deep-rooted prejudice against hav-
spirit of the Bible when he declared in a ing a woman occupying a top-
position in Hollywood.
recent radio address: "Only if the thought ranking
Although Miss Fanchon is the
and action of every one of us are guided only name she has ever used pro-
by the spirit of the Bible can humanity fessionally. her real name, before
win through to our ardently desired goal her marriage to William Simon,
was Fanchon Wolf. lier hus-
of happy and contented life for all."
band owns and operates a chain
This is a most significant appeal. It is of drive-in restaurants in Los
apparent that the man who ranks next to Angeles those popular eating
the President in importance as the nation's places where you drive right in
your automobile and have
guide is motivated by spiritual and ethical with
year meal served while you aft
ideals. This in itself is an element for and relax in your vehicle.
good.
There is nothing freakish about
There is a lesson for Jews in the idea her success as the first woman to
major motion pictures in
propounded by Secretary of State Hull. If make
highly competitive business
the spirit of the Bible is needed as a guide this
where ability, talent, cleverness,
for humanity, then it is worth living and originality, imagination, person-
fighting for. It ought, therefore, remain ality and other vital factors must
developed to their fullest ex-
the guiding element in the life of the Jew- be
tent. Miss Fanchon's success is
ish people.
not one of those "flash-in-the-pan"
Invoking the Bible Spirit
Strictly
Confidential
happenings; she was not "discov-
ered" by some Hollywood film
executive because of outstanding
beauty. She rose from poverty
and humble beginnings to her
present place in the sun as a suc-
cessful individual via the longest
and hardest road. Paramount
Pictures was the major studio
which recently recognized her re-
markable record and the possi-
bilities for her to add new laur-
els to her already brilliant career
by entering the field of screen en-
tertainment and signed her to a
contract which gives her complete
control over the making of films
assigned to her. Her first Para-
mount production, "Turn Off the
Moon," is being widely acclaimed,
and indications are that Miss Fan-
chon's climb to fame will be based
not alone on her being • woman
Producer, but primarily on her
being a producer of good Pie-
tures. She says she wants to
produce pictures that bubble with
youth, romance and song. Her
second picture, "Thrill of a Life-
time," has also proved a hit at
the box offices of the country's
theaters, and equally bright pros-
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Zionist Pamphlets
"Cooneretirs Enterprise In raindine,”
by Mk. Itarri• Lira
"Ah."rPtire ewfweitY of Palestine
Aarlesitore," by Dr. N. William HRS..
'The Nme Fast la INtropems
by Dr. Hans Kohn.
"Zionism .0 Arab Fears," by Louis
Lipsky.
"Why Hebrew," by Rabbi Samuel
illumendeld.
•S•orne Principles of Jewish Educa-
tion," by Dr. Jacob K Golub.
We have all compained at
one time or another of the
lack of readable and authorita-
tive materiel on Zionism and
Palestine. The education de-
partment of the Zionist Organ-
ization of America has just pub-
lished the first of a series of
pamphlets on various phases of
Zionism and Palestine which
should go far to meet what has
been a long-felt and crying
need. These pamphlets should
find a quick and ready sale,
for they al e priced cheaply and
have unusually high quality.
The first In the Zionist Educa-
tion Series is F.nya Harris Live's
"Cooperative Enterprise in Pal-
estine." It is a fine illustrated
booklet of 31 printed pages and
sells for 15 cents. It is a suc-
cinct and graphic summary of
the chief co-operative enter-
prises in Palestine and shows
concretely to what extent co-
operation has become an inten-
PURELY COMMENTARY
By PHILIP SLOMOVITZ
Dr. A. M, Hershman's Book:
How About a Sponsors' Committee/
During his visit in Detroit, Prof. Louis Finkel-
stein urged that an important literary manuscript
written by Dr. A. M. Hershman be made available
for the scholars throughout the world who desire
to have the information that Detroit's rabbi gath-
ered regarding the Spanish Jews. Dr. Finkelstein
merely threw out a hint that ought to be taken
seriously by the Jews of our community. Dr.
Ilershman is a most profound scholar, and a book
by him is certain to possess value that is not to be
found anywhere else. A handful of people are
acquainted with the book he has written and they
know that an immense amount of scholarly writ-
ing, the result of years of research, is packed
into this volume. Because of its character, each
a book would not have a popular appeal, but it
would nevertheless remain a landmark in Jewish
literature once it were published. It is an ob-
ligation not to permit its contents to go lost. It
is an even greater obligation to make the material
contained therein available to scholars throughout
the world.
Dr. Finkelstein rendered a great service to the
Jews of Detroit, during his visit here, by calling
our attention to this book and to the fact that it
remains unpublished. Now, it is up to a group
of public-spirited Detroit Jews to undertake the
task of sponsoring its publication,
Who will volunteer to head a publication commit-
tee for the printing of Rabbi Hershman's book?
•
Abundance of Food: Also—
Abundance of Starvation
The banquets and luncheons season is in full
swing. Every conceivable event is celebration
with food and speeches—and plenty of them. We
consume plenty of food—for the mind and the
body.
But in contrast with our own abundance there
is another type of sufficiency: the over-abundance
of stanation and silence. Millions of our people
are starving for bread. The Joint Distribution
Committee reports that 80 per cent of the children
in the elementary schools in the small towns of
Poland are hungry; that many of these children
are fainting away from hunger during school ses-
sions; that in Czenstochowa, Olsztyn, Janow, Jal-
oszczyn and other small Polish communities the
conditions of poverty are appalling.
In addition to suffering hunger, our fellow Jews
in countries of oppression are compelled also to
suffer silence because they dare not speak their
minds against their persecutors. They suffer the
double misery of hunger and compulsory silence;
we are on the contrary blessed with too much food
and plenty of talk. A bit of equalization is in
order. It would not hurt for us to eat less and re-
duce the amount of talk, and do a bit more so
that others may eat more and feel a bit more free
to express that which oppresses their hearts and
minds.
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Dr. Wise Should Be Spared
Dr. Stephen S. Wise appeared tired and worn
out when he spoke at the splendid Hadassah gath-
ering in Detroit. It was apparent that the man
who is rightfully recognized as the outstanding
Jewish leader in this country has assumed too
many obligations and yields to demands that are
far too exacting for one person. A man like him
should be spared—and he should spare himself
more than he does. Instead of delivering 14 ad-
dresses in 10 days he should limit himself to one
or two. We need him and therefore feel that this
bit of advice is in order to the American Jewish
community and to Dr. Wise himself.
No apologies are necessary for such advise when
the fact is taken into consideration that Dr. Wise's
leadership is recognized not only In this country
but throughout the world. The following editor-
ial in the St. Louis Modern View, written by Rabbi
Ferdinand F. Isserman, gives eloquent proof of
the esteem in which the president of the Zionist
Organization of America and the Jewish Congress
movement is held by Jews throughout the world:
In many aectIons of Eastern Europe the words Stef-
fan Ulm erne. as an open eeeame. For an American
rabbi to kale that he kn.. Stephen a Wee, and that
he belongs to the school of thought represented by the
rabbi of the Free Synagogue means to have entree and
welcome In many Jewish quarter,. It was first In
Budapest that the editor of the Jealsh commonity
newspaper asked me If I knew Steffan viler , a. he
pronounced It. When I replied In the affirmative, his
respect for me , grew Immeasurably. Mille In VIsh-
nits, In northern Rumania, I visited a famous old
smiths. A Jewish leader Introduced me to the rabbi,
was concerned lest the head of the yeshiva would
expreas hostility for a reform rabbi from America. I
noticed, however, that he was most friendly and most
anti.. to show me his school. After a 011ie, I salted
him shat his opinion was of reform rabbis. Ills an-
wee ps. "Stephan Wise is • reform 1161,61. It yon
are
like Stephan Mae and on champion the Jewkh nose
sa he does, then you are doing fine Josiah work." In
Warsaw, I heard of tumult°. ovations which Wise
received on ids last sialt. There Is no doubt that
Stephen Wise has made • place for himself In the
hearts of the oppressed Jowrleo of the world. On more
than one occasion, I hate seen Jews worried and con-
cerned about their tragic lot, brighten and become
hopeful at the mention of the name of the Free It/no-
ted... rabbi. The Jews of Eastern Europe are buoyed
op by his labors in their behalf. Among them Steffan
like has become a h./who'd word.
Because Dr. Wise is needed so much by Ameri-
can and world Jewries; because we must preserve
him for many years to come—the call must be
sounded to the Jewish communities of America to
refrain from making too many demands upon him;
and Dr. Wise himself must be called upon not to
sacrifice himself too much by heeding the unrea-
sonable number of calls that come to him for
speaking engagements and other services.
The Story of a Famous Family
Rabbi Thumim Tells Interesting Rise of Rabbinical
Dynasty, Dating Back to Saul Wahl, Who
Was King for a Day
By RABBI JOSEPH THUMIM
Of Congregation Beth Abraham of Detroit
The story of how Saul Wahl
was elected king of Poland for a
short time in the 16th century
through Prince Radziwill, as it
was published in The Detroit Jew-
ish Chronicle, is even more fasci-
nating by the following romantic
story connected with it. The story
is recorded in "Pinches Ilakahal"
(books of record) of the cities of
Krakow and Prague and in manu-
scripts by the author of the "Pei
Megodim," Rabbi Joseph Thumim
of Frankfort, 1745, and by Rabbi
Chaim Jonah Thumim of Breslau,
1698, the originals of which are
preserved in the libraries of
Frankfort and Breslau. There are
also such documents in the posses-
sion of many rabbis, especially the
Thumim family, because it ex-
plains the origin of the historical
family name "Thumim" which
means "twins" in Hebrew.
Prince Nichols' Christophe
Radzwill, vice-king of Poland and
Lithuania, on his return from his
pilgrimage to Palestine, in 1575,
arriving in Italy, found himself
lacking the necessary funds to eon-
tinue his journey. Being unwilling
to reveal his identity to the peo-
ples of that country, he decided to
apply to some distinguished Jew
So he turned to Chief Rabbi Sam-
uel Judah Katzenellenbogen of
Padua with his request, who
granted him his wish in full meas-
ure, and who entertained his royal
guest for 10 days. Upon departing,
he asked the rabbi whether he
could do some favor for him in his
country. The rabbi replied that
since his son, Saul, in studying in
the Yeshiva of Lublin, he may
someday happen to ask a favor for
his people which he would appre-
ciate,
Returning to Brest-Litovsk, he
immediately ordered his officials to
send to him the boy Saul Katzen-
ellenbogen. The Jews of the city
were horrified with fear thinking
that it concerned an accusation
with regard to the "Ritual Blood
Slander," which was a usual oc-
currence of the period. With pray-
ers for his safe return, he went to
Brest-Litovsk. When the boy ap-
peared before the prince, he at
first tried to hide his identity, but
when the direct question was put
to him "Are you not the son of
Rabbi Samuel Judah and Debora
Katzenellenbogen of Padua?" he
broke out in tears; where upon the
prince quieted him. He put before
him a large sum of money, told
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