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Sabbath Scriptural Portions
Pentateuchal portion—Ex. 10:1-13:16.
Prophetical portion—Jer. 46:13-28.
January 7, 1938
Shevat 5, 5698
"The Poor, Wandering Jews!"
A news commentator over a national
radio hook-up, describing the new anti-
Semitic outburst in Rumania, apparently
could not refrain from exclaiming: "The
poor, wandering Jews!"
A sense of pity for the maltreated and
persecuted Jewish masses is becoming
evident. It is part of the voice of Amer-
ica which quite naturally abhorrs the
methods of the old world and expresses
disgust over the medieval spirit that domi-
nates many lands today.
Rumania, to whom anti-Semitism is not
a new cause, is today another link in a
chain of bigoted lands where dictators
have risen to power and where oppres-
sion of human beings and suppression of
human rights are the rule.
Rumania repeats that which has already
been heard in other countries. In Mex-
ico the Nazified parties cry for a "Mexico
for the Mexicans." In Poland it is "Poland
for the Poles." In the land of Goga and
Cuza and Micescu it is "Rumania for the
Rumanians." No amount of loyalty is suf-
ficient to dissuade these bigots from their
path of hate and prejudice. Apparently
the age-old struggle for our rights is far
from ended, and we are a long way from
the day when, in the words of Ezekiel, "a
covenant of peace" . . . "will cause the
evil beasts to cease out of the land."
• There is some hope that the democratic
nations of the world may yet prevail upon
Rumania not to sacrifice a large portion of
its population on an altar of bigotry. Ru-
mania is obligated to guarantee the minor-
ity rights of the Jewish people, and the
L'eague of Nations may be expected to
make demands for the enforcement of
these rights. If such a guarantee is be-
coming worthless, then we shall be charg-
ed anew with the responsibility of attempt-
ing to awaken the conscience of the world
against impending atrocities.
amuel Untermyer, president of the
-Sectarian Anti-Nazi League, has
ed Premier Octavian Goga threaten-
him with a plan to extend the anti-
i boycott to Rumania if its "published
inhuman, anti-Semitic threats are trans-
lated into action." We must, of course,
be realistic, and we must admit that Jews
cannot boycott the entire world. We can't
stop with Rumania because Poland is
equally guilty. Furthermore, tomorrow it
may be Italy or Hungary that will be the
culprit. Other means of fighting the spread
of bigotry will have to be found, and it
is doubtful whether it can possibly be in
the sphere of retaliation. Posterity must
be charged with the responsibility of ex-
acting retribution, but we are powerless to
conduct a campaign of effective retalia-
tion.
Once again we must resort to an effort
at reasoning with the world's powers. The
situation in Europe today proves the wis-
dom of the group that set out several
years ago to establish the World Jewish
Congress. This body is today the most
important force at our disposal in the at-
tempt to fight for equal rights for Jewry
everywhere. It is our responsibility to
cling to the hope that all reason is not
dead, and that reasoning persons every-
where will join with us in a battle for jus-
tice against oppression.
The Partition Issue
c
F
Even the bitterest opponents of the
Palestine partition plan must stop and
consider what the consequences will be
in the event the proposal for the creation
of a Jewish state is abandoned.
Our efforts in behalf of Palestine's re-
construction have reached such a stage
that it is no longer possible to debate this
issue. Either we accept partition and all
the benefits that go with it, or we must
submit to conditions as they prevail to-
day—and that is in turn an intolerable
situation.
It is natural that we should resent the
implications of the partition plans and
that we should be asked to yield important
rights which we believed we had gained
by the sweat of our brows and through the
pooling of all our physical and spiritual
forces. But we are not the power which
some people believe us to be. In more
than one sense we are a helpless lot, and
as such we must constantly yield in order
that we may attain certain advantages
that we could not acquire by remaining
stubborn.
If the partition plan were abandoned,
Jews in lands of oppression would un-
doubtedly sit in mourning over what they
would consider another major destruction
of Jewish hopes. For the sake of the hopes
of millions of persecuted Jews, the present
unfortunate debate on partition must be
stopped. Responsible Jewish leaders are
negotiating with spokesmen for the Brit-
ish government. We must give our spokes-.
men encouragement in their efforts, so
that they may gain advantages in their
negotiations, by carrying on a constructive
policy in behalf of Palestine and by aban-
doning the destructive method that goes
with debate and inner conflict.
January 7, 1938 ,
and THE LEGAL CHRONICLE
Tribute to Late A. D. Markson 17 U.H.S. Alumni in
Palestine to Send
Posthumous tributes to deceased leaders
Banquet Greetings
prove that our Jewish communities know
the meaning of gratitude. The deserved
honor paid this week to the memory of
Aaron D. Markson, in the form of a vol-
ume containing his own writings as well as
essays written by his friends, is an inter-
esting landmark in Detroit's cultural ac-
tivities. The late Mr. Markson was a very
modest man. He never claimed public
note aggressively, and his major contribu-
tion consisted of building a cultured fam-
ily of young Jews and Jewesses who fol-
lowed in his footsteps. But in addition to
that he wrote in the Hebrew language that
he loved so much a series of essays that
won for him the admiration of writers not
only in this country but in Europe and in
Palestine. Furthermore, his translation
into the Hebrew of one of Mark Twain's
classics added luster to his name.
Bernard Isaacs, superintendent of the
United Hebrew Schools of Detroit, co-edi-
tor of the Markson Volume with the emi-
nent Hebrew publicist, Daniel Persky,
and his Detroit associates in the Uni-
ted Hebrew Schools and the Kvutzah
Ivrith are to be congratulated for their
thoughtfulness in choosing this means of
honoring Mr. Markson's memory on the
fifth anniversary of his death. Instead of
dirges they proclaim to the world that
Mr. Markson lived a creative life in our
midst, and they rightfully rejoice at the
memory of what he gave this community,
rather than mourn what can no longer be
brought back—the life of the man who
was revered by his associates and his pu-
pils.
The Markson Volume contains most un-
usual features, among which is a splendid
essay by his daughter, Leonore, who, un-
der her father's tutelage, mastered the
Hebrew language.
The entire idea of the tribute to Mr.
Markson's memory has been carried out
so splendidly that the sponsors of it have
earned highest commendations.
American Democracy Still Safe
15th Anniversary of First Gradu-
ating Class to Honor Bernard
Isaacs on Feb. 27
Although thousands of miles
away, a group of 17 alumni of
the United Ilebrew Schools now
in Palestine will join in the cele-
bration of the 15th anniversary
of the first graduating clam on
Feb. 27.
A banquet at the Philadelphia-
Byron school and an address by
a leading educator will be high-
lights of the event in Detroit.
The Palestine Chalutzim unit
will participate by sending indi-
vidual greetings in Hebrew to the
banquet gathering.
The alumni at the banquet will
Pay honor to Bernard Isaacs, su-
perintendent of the schools. Mr.
Isaacs came to Detroit in 1919
upon the opening of the first
school on Wilkins St. Since then,
10 branches have been established
in many sections of the city.
Ile has seen boys and girls
come to him as beginners in Ile-
brew and advance through the in-
termediate grades and the He-
brew high school and upon gradu-
ation take their places in commu-
nal undertakings.
Many of the graduates have re-
turned to the schools as teachers
while others have become leaders
in the Zionist movement and in
community affairs.
The alumni will gather on Feb.
27 to pay homage to Mr. Isaacs
for his understanding and his
leadership. Through their chair-
man, Seymour Tilchin, they issue
a call to the entire community to
join them in their celebration.
Stomach Cure by
Jewish Physician
WASHINGTON, D. C. (WNS)
A far-reaching advance in the
treatment of pernicious anemia
was credited to Dr. Edward A.
Greenspon, young Montreal Jew-
ish physician, by medical authori-
ties here. Dr. Greenspon has just
patented a new preparation which
treats stomach ailments. His pre-
paration is said to be 10 times
more effective than the one now
in use,
As long as America's brave sons will DETROITERS HONORED
speak against destructive and oppressive BY LEGAL FRATERNITY
elements and in defense of the democratic
ideals for which this country stands, the
At the closing meeting of its
annual convention in
foundations of our freedom will be secure. three-day
Detroit, Tau Epsilon Rho, inter-
We had a good demonstration of such national legal fraternity, honored
devotion to decency and good government several Detroit attorneys by elect-
ing them to office for the forth-
when the Lansing (Mich.) Ministerial As- coming
year.
sociation, within one day after the publi-
Benjamin Marcus was elected
cation of the news that the Silver Shirts supreme master of the rolls; Ben-
were organizing to spread a movement for jamin Jaffe, supreme pledger, and
J. Silber, member of the
the creation of Jewish ghettos in this coun- Albert
supreme council. Other officers
try, met and adopted a resolution condemn- elected at the same time were
ing this movement. It will be recalled that Judge Manuel Levine of the Ohio
the scarehead announcement of the inten- Court of Appeals. supreme chan-
George P. Schlesinger of
tions of the Silver Shirt leaders was quoted cellor;
Pittsburgh, executive chancellor;
by Governor Murphy at the 50th anniver- Ralph N. Schwartzberg of Chi-
sary celebration of Yeshiva College in New cago, vice chancellor; Benjamin
York. It is important, therefore, that even Leaden of Albany, N. Y., bursar;
Klaus of Philadelphia,
wider publicity be given to the resolution Morton
graduate bursar; Herbert Cham-
which was prepared by Dr. E. W. Bishop, pagne of Albany, historian;
pastor of the Plymouth Congregation Charles Evans of Boston, scholar,
Baruch Feldman of Cleveland
Church of Lansing, and which was adopt- and
and Joseph H. Swerdoff of Mil-
ed by the unanimous vote of the Lansing waukee, members of the supreme
pastors. Not once does the resolution men- council.
The next convention of the
tion the word Jew but it is evident through-
fraternity, awarded to Cleveland.
out that the intention is to condemn in no will
be held Dec. 29, 30 and
uncertain terms any attempt to spread 31, 1938. •
propaganda of the type that is advocated
by the Silver Shirts. The resolution of the
Lansing clergymen reads:
Boston Jewess Named
Municipal Court Judge
"Whereas newspaper publicity has given
out to the community at large that • Nazi
group is being formed in our city with the
destructive and derisive purpose of oppressing
■ and harassing one group of our population,
"And, whereas, experience with the Nazi
party in Germany has abundantly demon.
"rated that its motif moves quickly toward
other groups such as those allied with the
Catholic and Protestant religions,
"And, whereas, their destructive, derisive
and un-Christian propaganda has chosen for
its broadcasting the brotherly season of good-
will sacred to us all,
"Be is resolved that the Ministerial Asso•
dation of Lansing go on record as being un-
alterably opposed to both the letter and to the
spirit of this unfortunat e manifesto, and to
recommend to all our citizens of goodwill •
straight policy of condemnatio n and repudi••
tion."
BOSTON (WNS) — Mrs.
Jennie Loitman Barron, promi-
nent Jewish communal work-
er, has been appointed an asso-
ciate justice of the Boston
municipal court by Governor
Charles F. Hurley. Mrs. Bar-
ron was formerly a member of
the Boston school committee
and for two years served as
assistant state attorney-gen-
eral.
WINDSOR NO NAZI
English Historian Talks About
the Jews
By JULIET FILLER
Is the Duke of Windsor • Nati? H.
anti-Semitism gained a foothold In England? Is
EDITOR'S NOTE:
there any truth to the story that the (British noel
fondly km Jealidi blood? Thene are some of the
question* answered by Guedulles the Nino.*
British historian, win la himself • Jew and a mem-
bre of one of the oldest Angio-Jeolmli families, In
this exclushe intertieW.
Breezily waving a telephone through which he
was talking when we entered his room at the Hilt-
more Hotel, Mr. Guedalla gestured that we were to
sit down and please wait, while he, with that polite
persistency which is so enviably British, brought
his telephonic conversation to a close. We had a
few minutes to look around at the numerous trunks
and bags which were scattered about and had just
decided that glancing at the intriguing foreign
labels and seals with which the trunks were cov-
ered was almost as good as reading the travel
section of the New York Times, when Mr. Guedalla
smiled that he was ready for us.
"What about the Duke of Windsor and the Nazi
sympathies which his German visit seemed to hint?"
we wanted to know.
"To ascribe any sort of racial prejudice to the
Duke," Mi. Guedalla said, "is silly beyond words.
The very background of an empire with its nu-
merous kinds of people precludes the possibility of
his belief in racial nonsense. I feel sure that the
Duke was interested in German housing condi-
tions, but I am equally sure that he asked all the
wrong sort of questions and embarrassed his hosts
to no end. The Duke's point of view, his person-
ality, his forbears—all would be inimical to the
Nazi ideology. Queen Victoria, Edward VII, Ed-
ward VIII—at the palaces of all of these, Jews
and Christian were entertained alike."
Undisturbed by English Anti-Semitism
It is Mr. Guedalla's belief that the Mosley fas-
cist movement in England is negligible and gener-
ally discredited and that the whole question of
anti-Semitism in England itself, is insignificant.
"I know of no club in England to which my being
a Jew would bar me from membership," he de-
clared. To emphasize his words, he leaned for-
ward on the chaise-lounge where he had been half-
reclining as he spoke. ''We Jews fortunate enough
to live in enlightened countries should live as
well as we can as people, should take such a place
in the scheme of things as our individual abilities
entitle us to, and should, without apology insist
on complete social and economic equality "
Author of numerous biographies and histories,
the most popular of which is his "Two Hundred
Years," an informal history of the world from the
accession of Queen Victoria to the present time,
Mr. Guedalla has won acclaim for the brilliance of
his literary style. He exhibits that same melodic
flow of words in his conversation. Tallish and
vital-looking, he might easily represent the British
variety of the important executive.
His present plans include a journey by boat
to California, where he will give a two months'
lecture course at the California Institute of Tech-
nology, and then, after a series of talks through-
out the United States, he will return to England.
His next volume, which he will write as soon as he
has finished his study and research, will be an
American history. "Of which," he smiled, "Eng-
lishmen know all too little."
A Criticism of Zionism
Although he is a former president of the Zion-
ist Organization in England, Mr. Guedalla feels
that, for the moment, the spotlight has shifted
from Palestine to the fight against Nazism. He
would, however, very much like to see a "life-sized
Palestine" instead of a partitioned one, and is
of the opinion that if England is handled tact-
fully, Palestine will be granted her full stature.
"Perhaps," he added ruefully, "if articulate Zion-
ism had been more vociferous in expressing to
England its recurrent gratitude rather than in re-
current complaints, this sorry state of affairs
might have been avoided."
.
Since the proportion of Jews in England is rela-
Lively smaller and riot so centered as it is in
America, and since America is at a no much safer
distance from the turmoil in Europe, it is, accord-
ing to Mr. Guedalla, easier for us to take a firm
stand on the Jewish question. In the matter o(
England's attitude toward acceding to Germany's
demands about regaining her colonies, for ex-
ample, the United States could bolster up English
Jewry and materially influence English policy, by
continued forceful expression in American news-
papers, of our opposition to such a plan. Ameri-
can public opinion bears great weight in England.
With a behement, "It's too utterly silly," Mr.
Guedalla made short shrift of the rumor that
Prince Albert, Queen Victoria's consort, was half-
Jewish. Then, he mused for a while on our ques-
tion about the position of Jews in world history.
"A long time ago," he said, "we introduced the
world to a system of morals. That contribution
has been renewed from time to time, but, in the
main, the achievements of great Jews must be
regarded as individual rather than as racial."
As to Jews in England's literary world," he
added, as we were about to leave, "we've had
Zangwill, of course, and a few bad novels by Dis-
raeli."
(Copyright, Mt 8. A. F. B.)
New Lease of Life Being Given to
the A. Z. A. Movement in Detroit
This resolution and not the scarecrow
Silver Shirt movement represents the spirit Julius Bisno, Executive Secretary, Inaugurates Effort for
of America. We are confident that as long
the Formation of a Number of Additional
as there are men of the type of Dr. Bishop
Functioning Chapters
and his associates this spirit will be free
and the destructive one which their reso-
Julius Bisno of Omaha, Neb., ! ested and civic-minded citizens of
lution condemns will be doomed to failure executive secretary of the A. Z•lhis community for this purpose.
and derision.
A., the junior Bnai Brith move-' From this small gathering grew
A Splendid Book
From the press of the Jewish Publica-
tion Society of America recently came an
unusually interesting volume. Under the
title "Hanukkah," a book of great merit
was compiled by Emily Solis-Cohen. Al-
though the Festival of the Maccabees is
now long passed, it is not too late to com-
ment on this significant book.
A combination of the wit, wisdom and
cultural values that surround the festival.
this volume provides excellent proof of
what can be accomplished by an able edi-
tor who, given the opportunity, is able to
compile the folklore of the Jewish people.
In prose and poetry, by means of drama
and essay, this volume has assembled such
a vast amount of information that it be-
comes an indispensable possession in home
and school alike.
The publishing of this volume serves
once again to emphasize the contributions
that are being made to Jewish culture by
the Jewish Publication Society of America.
It serves, at the same time, to shame those
Jewish communities where the society is
either totally unknown or is subscribed
to by so small a number of peoplelhat the
very lack of support from Jews for Jewish
educational values is a serious rebuke.
ment, here for a month's stay in the International Order of Aleph
the interest of this youth move- Zadick Aleph, with chapters in all
sent, expressed confidence this leading cities of the United States
week that the cause will gain and Canada. Other chapters are
many new adherents in the course being organized in several Euro-
of the drive now being conducted. pean countries visited during the
Mr. Bisno has enlisted the sup- past summer by Mr. Bisno.
port of prominent Jewish leaders
The program of AZA, long
in the effort to enlist several hun-
dred boys as members of the new recognized as one of the finest
chapters to be organized in De- Youth programs in existence to-
troit. In the course of his stay day, was formulated and expressed
here he addressed several Bnai by the late Dr. Boris D. Bogen. It
Brith gatherings and has been is known as the "Five-Fold and
given assurances that the move- Full" program because of the
ment will be given a new lease five points embraced in it. These
of life as a result of renewed ef- are
el) Religion. 0 ,101, To ...our..
forts in its behalf.
•
On Thursday evening, a stag r',4111,71',„=,, the.,,s";;;,17,;‘,"1,o,: 1 1,1!
affair was arranged at Temple terost in religion.
IS) Portal SerVir. work: Regular ono-
Beth El as an initial step towards
are made to communal enter.
the organization of the new A. tributions
prime.. AZA team. partIcipat• In fed-
Z. A. chapters, and the sponsors eration and tommunity campaigns. The
were encouraged by the enthus- organtnation mponeors and •upervIses
mem... camps, arranges for the dis-
iasm that was evidenced by the tribution of food to needy famine.,
gathered youths.
main's!. • scholuship loan fund for
membere. and Is a member of the
It was indicated at the rally AZA
Emergency Roll Call for the relief of
that eligible youths may apply
German Jewish Youth.
for membership in the pro-
posed new chapters by calling
Mr. Bisno, during the remain-
de r of his stay in Detroit, at
1150 National Bank Bldg.,
Cada'. 6759; or the sponsor
of local A. Z. A. Robert B.
Gordon, :a 1606 Union Guar.
dia.. Bldg., Cherry 8632.
ID Cultural; AZA spongier. regular
monthly open meetings for culturisi per.
Pubtlehe. rumor.. reZonal. dis-
trict •nd local papery: and eonducts
both
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toward. the resir s•roi r ITteortZit .trotivtig
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Chanukah. Purim and Poet-nth: war-
sore playa banquets, dances and other
•fralre
F.ath sornmor,a camp con.
ssailoa .1 on.* bic•IlY•iticnied wits ,
AZA was first organized in
Omaha in 1924 when Sam Beber. ? rArt•
""'' of I. country f"`
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to mee
a youth hardly out of law school ,•ssers
but burning with • desire to fur-
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ther the lot of Jewish youth 1(.1.11 tournament. ea.h wInGr and in
the rummer. 1,..sobs1t term. seimenteg
throughout the world, called to- track and fled ...los are hold. cal.
gether ■ small group of inter-
(CLEAR'S 71'RX TO NEXT PACE)
TREES PLANTED
IN PALESTINE IN
BUTZEL FOREST
TREES PLANTED THROUGH
NATIONAL FUND COUNCIL
The Jewish National Fund
Council announces that trees
were planted in Palestine, in the
Fred M. Butzel Forest, by the
following:
Ten trees by Congregation Bnai
David and 10 trees by Congrega-
tion Bnai David Religious School,
on the occasion of Chamisho Osor
b'Shvat.
Five trees by Peale Zion Ar-
losoroff branch in honor of Fred
31. Butzel.
Two trees in memory of Mrs.
Sol Lifsitz (Victoria Sheifman),
by Mr. and Mrs. Harry Yudkoff.
On tree in memory of his sis-
ter, Gladys, by Eddie Stockman.
One tree in honor of the Bar
Mitzvah of Melvin Suhd by Mr.
and Mrs. William Silver.
One tree in memory of Rivka
Zackheim by Mr. and Mrs.
George M. Roberts.
The Jewish National Fund
Council acknowledges the collec-
tion of $34 by the Chevra Mish-
na Gemorah of the Tuxedo-Hol-
mur Talmud Torah through the
efforts of Louis Dann.
Trees may be planted in Pal-
estine at $1.50 each, as memor-
ials or to honor happy occasions,
by calling Mrs. Philip Slomovitz,
University 1-6972, 17417 Stoepel
Ave.
PURELY COMMENTARY
By PHILIP SLOMOVITZ
What Are the Centers Doing?
In a recent syndicated column, Ludwig Lewisohn
recounted his experiences in search of Jewish con-
tent in the Jewish Centers and Y's throughout the
country. He told of his visits to many centers, of
inquiries he made regarding their programs, and
his concluding and depressing sentiment is:
'melee and toice only did I wok • director for (retain
comparative number of members regiwered
stollatles, the
on the one hand In courses In Hebrew and Jeoldi his-
tory
on the other himd, In courses in Spanimli,
shot education, err. And both times the gentleme n
litlYnii1111 brktied defensisely and sharply out of the
depth of his moral dinonlIlfort .1141 his wounded cow
Since then I ask so more.
S1 . 11. 11Ce.
To ere clear Is in
let um see oileur.
mie n
of hope and a meek of progress. Unless the marls
are self•anionalliely Jebkh In spirit, creatively
kh; uniesm at the heart
end core of every
Is so, the centers are destined to become less and Pm
...Gs, and more and more the product* of that
more or less hostile onrid that shut* no out from or
m ebe m gm selit I y
unable oithin Its own. 1 lir
Jeolmil (alt or girl that seeks In the "V" only idiot
Ilia Chrimlien "V" offers minus the slight moral dis-
comfort In the Chrimtlan "V" might better slay in the
latter and suffer the mond discomfort until (hut dis-
conifort becomes pain and that pain because
es inmight
and that Insight becomes ...Oration and work and
ancrare RIO rreeilie and affirmallme Jeolsiniess.
director olio does not ace this nod emphasize this and
hammer away at this in reason and out of .11.011, oho
etreeses niembereblp and team. and Gentile anproint and
(file functioning, nifty as sell know that It is he oho
bull& a ghetto—the desolate ttletto ollich Is „hut
not
Ihroualt the
Sternberger, Silver
at Banquet of NFTS
CHICAGO — Dr. Abbe Hillel
Silver and Estelle M. Sternberger
will be the principal speakers at
the banquet at the Palmer House
here which will climax the silver
jubilee meeting of the National
Federation of Temple Sisterhoods
on Jan. 13. The banquet will be
part of an all-day session with
which the world's largest Jewish
women's religious organization will
mark its 25th anniversary.
Dr, Silver is rabbi of the Temple
in Cleveland and is known as one
of the outstanding speakers in the
American rabbinate today: Mrs.
Sternberger is executive director
of World Peaceways and is a for-
mer member of the executive board
of N. F. T. S.
ISSUE TRADE EDITION OF
"TOMORROW'S BREAD"
The Jewish Publication Society
announces that a trade edition of
its Edwin Wolf Prize Novel,
"Tomorrow's Bread," by Beatrice
Bisno, will be issued by the Live-
right Publishing Corporation of
New York City.
Liveright will handle all of the
sales to book stores, and the Jew-
ish Publication Society will re-
strict its distribution to members
and prospective members of the
society.
Advance sales of "Tomorrow's
Bread" indicate that it will run
into many editions, and the sale of
the first printing of 10,000 is al-
ready assured.
The trade edition will be pub-
lished on Jan. 28 and will be ob-
tainable in all book stores at $2.50.
SPLENDID NOVEL
BY NAOMI JACOB
FADE OUT. sly Naomi Jitrob. The
Macmillan Co., New leek (gyp)).
Naomi Jacob is one of the
best novelists in England to-
day. Her more recent works
have shown steady literary
progress and a rapid rise to
fame as a novelist.
Her latest work, "Fade Out,"
just published, is without doubt
one of her very best. Those
who have read the preceding
story, "Time Piece," must read
this one not only because it
serves almost as a sequel to it
but also ,because it affords
means for comparison and is
excellent as a guide to the au-
thor's rapid accession to fame
in the literary world.
"Fade Out" is the story of
Jane, the granddaughter of
Claudia of "Time Piece" fame.
It is the story of a girl with
will-power, with captivating
beauty, with an intensity of
feeling that helps the author in
her creation of a strong char-
acter.
Alex Verschoff, the Russian,
steps into the picture to threat-
en disaster to the family. He
is Jane's stepfather and he
captivates and fascinates his
stepdaughter. Jane is pre-
pared to sacrifice her love for
Martin Shama, in whose play
she stars, to go to Alex. There
is a tangle that threatens to
become most serious—until
Claudia, the strong and sen-
sible head and guide of the
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5111 of Jews but through lite ex-
precticril by the world.
11 ell, I not sure that any fears are exaggerated. I'm
determined to be sure.
I don't want to belies, that
home of the
handsome Institutions of which I too
can't help bring proud are eninty
The late Newton D. Baker's at-
titude toward the Jews is best ex-.
pressed in a letter he wrote in
longhand to Saul Schakne of De-
troit, under date of Aug. 12, 1931.
In this letter he stated:
"I am always embarrassed
when any one says of me that I
have been especially helpful in
questions of Jewish welfare. I
have now and have always had
warm and valued friends who are
Jews, but I have never drawn the
distinction between Jews and Gen-
tiles in public matters and I have
sought to allay prejudice between
Jew and Gentile quite as much in
the interest of Gentiles as of Jews.
Prejudices harm those who enter-
tain them quite as much as those
against whom they are directed."
Ille11111,r4
mitititj there is a Jewish aspiration and • Jeolmi,
g„mud 'h o t could not be sellened elmeohere—unless Owl
Is
Late N. D. Baker's
Attitude to Jews
and,
Itummiun, stenography, t,peoriting, adiertising, phi-
But I N01.111 hr
bender If some intensely Jeoldi &easily acre tom-
nulsory upon earls member and If here and there t h e
plan of Itosenzoeig's Lehrhaus In Frankfurt-am-Main
were Imitated end the Emma men set an hour
a week and 'learned' (in English as there
Or Iw o.
in Lennon)
and ceased, at least, to forget ...
Unfortunately Dr. Lewisohn's views are applic-
able to most centers as we have known them for
many years. Is it true of our centers in Detroit?
Would that it were not! But a glance at the pro-
grams conducted here, in the best of faith, will
show at once that the emphasis is not on Jewish
content, and that Jewish knowledge is relegated to
a position of secondary important. It is possible
that the men and women in charge of the pro-
grams yield to popular demand and give the young
men and women what they want rather than what
should be offered at a Jewish center. The tempta-
tion is as great in a center as it is in the pulpit,
where a rabbi will openly yield to the temptation
of giving his congregation a review of a best
seller rather than discuss "painful" Jewish issues,
or teach "outworn" Jewish ethical and traditional
law. But the time is ripe to resist such tempta-
tions, Dr. Lewisohn has placed his finger on what
appears to us, too, as a painful fault in our com-
munity structure. It is time to heal this sickness.
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Expulsion for Desecration
In honor of the 85th anniversary of Congrega-
tion Beth-Or, Montgomery, Ala., The Synagogue,
monthly publication of the Union of American
Hebrew Congregations, reprints the rules from
the original constitution of this congregation.
Originally drawn up in German, these regulations
contain provisions which, according to a publicity
release, may sound fantastic in these days of ex-
treme leniency." Among the provisions are the
following:
"Any member not attending a meeting of the So-
ciety shall he liable to a floe of 50e; If • epee's' meet-
any member not attending shall pay • floe of from
500 to at. Any member disturbing the meeting Wit
be liable to a fine of from 50e to $5. Any member
teaming the meeting before It hi adjourned shall he
fined 50e.
"Initiation fee for a new member is $3. The member-
ship dues are 75e per month.
"Any member being three months In arrears ,,ill be
sued for the mine in a Court of Justice, or be exiselled
from the soviet), as the Nudely may determine.
"should the society need a mm of money ultich Is
not In the treasury, • committee of live shall be ap-
pointed to tat any member according to Ids ratans-
staneeg.
"Members shall close their piglee of hominess on New
Vear's Day and the Day of Atonement and shall at-
tend dill. eerily,. at the hour appointed. Any mem-
ber violating this Article •11.11 be fined from $2 to $20
or be ezpelled from the society. Any member hating
a Chrimlian partner is not compelled to dome his PI•ee
of business but cannot enter it, The same applies in •
member being employed as clerk In the store of
Chrilti111."
a
Judging by these rules, times have certainly
changed. If a man were to be threatened with
expulsion from a synagogue today, as punishment
for desecration of a holy day, it is doubtful whether
he would be frightened by his congregation's con-
stitutional threats. The only relevant comment in
order at this time is that what appears fantastic
today may again become reality tomorrow. Thus
do cycles recur in history—especially when hate
of man for man plays a part in human relations.
Ten Years of Interfaith Work
(CONCLUDED FROM PAGE ONES
tional Conference of Jews and
Christians. It is not suggesting
uniformity. The American Way is
E Plurihns Unuml It is not asking
any believer to give up any loyalty
nor to water down any doctrine.
It is not comparing one religion
with another.
Two Interesting Incidents
Moreover, the National Confer-
ence does not promise Utopia. Con-
flict on important ideas will be
forever with us. Missionaries of
Catholicism, of Protestant Chris-
tianity, of Zionistic Judaism have
the right to plead their causes.
One is bound to plead for that
which one believes to be true, and
just, and beautiful. The confer-
ence insists only upon civilized
rules of good sportsmanship in the
inescapable conflicts of human re-
lations; it suggests the reasonable-
ness of co-operation in the task
of building a better society than
Communism and Fascism can
promise.
The effectiveness of the confer-
ence technique in fostering such
civilized rules of behavior may be
illustrated by two recent incidents.
The first took place on the Pa-
cific coast. The police department
appointed a Red squad. A busy
policeman's file of "radicals" soon
bulged with names of church-going
and synagogue-worshipping indi-
vidual. who were labelled "commu-
nist." The Protestant ministers as-
sociation passed a resolution ,
against the police Red squad, The
Roman Catholic weekly praised
the Red squad, attacked the Prot-
estants. A rabbi preached a ser-
mon siding with the Protestants,
raising issues for the Catholics to
answer, The city press played up a
hostile conflict. Then the local
Round Table of the N. C. J. C.
brought the ministers, the Catho-
lic editor, the rabbi, face to face
for friendly conversation. A situa-
tion packed with dynamite was
saved, recorded an observer. It
was thrilling, he said, to witness
the reasonableness and goodwill
which saved the city from cracking
up.
Second incident: a Mississippi
Valley city. Act I: a certain Mr.
F„ entered to organize for fascism,
with "Hate the Jew" as his pri-
mary appeal, Panic gripped the
hearts of Jews. Their leaders went
to Dr. B., a Protestant who is the
chairman of the N. C. J. C. Round
Table. Dr. B. felt action was im-
perative, knowing that in Ger-
many the Totalitarian State crack-
ed down in order on (1) Jews, (2)
Cardinal Faulhaber and other
Catholics, (3) the Evangelical
Protestants who demanded reli-
gious freedom.
Act II: Dr. B. with Protestant
laymen and clergy; Bishop A. with
Catholic citizens; and the Jewish
leaders, acted together, (Note: not
isolated and alone) gained the
sounding boards of civic clubs,
press, labor, radio, crystallized a
public opinion against this subver-
sive organizer. An imminent com-
munity fracture was averted,
A bishop, when asked how it
came to be that he, a Roman Cath-
olic prelate, was willing to encour-
age a seminar on "community
problems" with "heretic" Protes-
tants and with Jews, said, "Well,
we've got to live with them,
haven't we?"
That is the point. Protestants,
Catholics and Jews live in Ameri-
can communities. They may choose
between two destinies in their hu-
man relations in this nation: con-
tinued hostilities, or overcoming
passion, prejudice and fanaticism,
work together for the mutual
rights and aspirations. With both
Communist and Fascist Dictator-
ships struggling for world suprem-
acy. American religious groups
will do well to go forward band in
hand,
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