tre ROMICLE PAGE FOUR rl EDLTROIVEIVIS/1 of RON ICU and THE LEGAL CHRONICLE Plehliaed Weekly by Tie Jewish Chronicle Publishing Ca, ha geared as liana-slue matter March I, Wt. et Ma Pat- ofila at Derrolt. Mich. ander the Aot of Marsh s, General Offices and Publication Building 525 Woodward Avenue folsphouei Cadillac 1040 Cable Address' Chronicle London Offic• ■ 14 Stratford Place, London, W. I, England Subscription, in Advance $3.00 Per Year To lona publication, all corrapirndare and oars matter mat reach this ogles by Towage,' aiming of ash mak. When mailing notices, Madly use one side of the paper ear. The Detroit Jewish Chronicle Invites cornmeal... on ab- ate of interat to the Jewish Dana. het alrrInitn• roronn.l. Utility for an indorsement of the views erp I by the writer* Sabbath Scriptural Selections Pentateuchal portion—Num. 22:2-25..9 Prophetical portion—Micah 5:6-6:8 Readings of the Torah for Fast of Tammuz, Sunday, July 17 Pentateuchal portion—Ex. 32 :11-14 ; 34:1-10 Prophetical portion—Is. 55 :6-56:8 July 15, 1938 Tammuz 16, 5698 Good News from Evian It is too early to be able to forecast the amount of good that is destined to come for the refugees from the intergovern- mental conference at Evian. But this much is clear: Even if it were only as a means of defi- nitely placing the dictators on trial and of revealing before the entire world the ex- tent of brutality that is rampant today, the conference is certain to accomplish great good. ' Aside from this fact, it now appears cer- tain that some means will be established for the settlement of large numbers of refugees, for the creation of an agency to care for the refugee problems and for keeping before the public eye vigilantly this problem which looms as the most seri- ous result of conditions created by a large portion of the world that has gone mad. There are also very many saddening fac- tors about this important and historic con- ference. The determination of several of the larger powers not to open the doors of triieir countries to immigrants, the declara- tion by our own government that there is t4 be no modification of our quota law, tie shifting of responsibility in order not tq create colonization possibilities for the dhfortunates who are today homeless and totally helpless are all symbols of our de- caying civilization. I It is to the credit of the South American i puntries that they are the first to hang p welcome signs and to express a willing- thousands of unfor- tunate people who are the victims of the Nazi-Fascist coup. • It is to the discredit Oi vast and unpopulated territories like Canada and Australia that they refuse to end a welcome hand to the downtrod- en. But in the long run much good will come from Evian. The hand and voice of Presi- 4ent Roosevelt, even though they can not order the opening of the doors of this dountry to the refugees, will be blessed for long time to come for having taken the i itiative to convene this important hu- anitarian gathering. r Justice Benjamin N. Cardozo Justice Benjamin Nathan Cardozo was the philosophic and poetic genius of the United States Supreme Court during the five years of his active service. He brought to the highest court in the land the same preciseness in dispensing justice, the r. ,n- partisanship and the lack of bias• which distinguished him in the preceding 19 Years in the New York courts. ' He was a great American and a great .tew. Only a few people know how seri- ously he took the existing Jewish situation; that he was one of a handful of men who pleaded in behalf of the oppressed in Ger- many, interceded in their behalf with Pres- ident Roosevelt and urged measures of relief for them. Reference to Cardozo's name in last week's "Purely Commentary" colurim, in A quotation from a letter by Dr. Jacob Billikipf, reveals at once the concern that this great jurist showed for the Jewish position in the world today. It is possible that the knowledge of the sorrow of Israel in the present world crisis added to the heart-aches which caused his death last Saturday. , On May 24, 1931, at the sixth annual commencement exercises of the Jewish In- ititute of Religion, Justice Cardozo, then Chief Justice of the Court of Appeals of the State of New York, delivered an ad- dress on "Values" and discussed the choice in studies made four centuries ago by Tycho Brahe of Denmark, who diverted his activities from law to astronomy. Exiled hen the king's messengers reported that rahe's dreams are fruitless, Brahe admin- shed that "this work of ours would lead victories for the coming age" and added In the verses quoted to the rabbinical graduates by Justice Cardozo: "Their's be the palms, the shouting and the praise, Ours be the fathers' glory in the sons." He then urged the graduates of the Jewish Institute of Religion that their choice of values be the same as Brahe's. "The submergence of self," he said. "in the pursuit of an ideal, the readiness to spend oneself without measure, prodigally, almost ecstatically, for something intuit- ively apprehended as great and noble, spend oneself one knows not why—some of us like to believe that this is what religion means. True, I am sure, it is that values such as these will be found to have survived when creeds are shattered and schisms healed and sects forgotten and the things of brass and stone are one with Nineveh and Tyre." In this address was incorporated the poetic genius of the great jurist, just as • in all his legal opinions he injected a po- etic spirit that made him stand out as the master interpreter of the law. America and Israel are bereaved in the death of this great man. -- sod THIL LEGAL CHRONICLE The Palestine Riots Who is the evil genius behind the hor- rible events in Palestine? What powers are financing the out- rages which have already cost hundreds of lives? These questions are yet to be answered, but in the meantime it is clear that sinister powers are striving to prevent progress in Palestine and to make it impossible for Jews to settle their rebuilt Jewish National Horne. Liberal Rumanians An Ancient Dispute and Its Hordes Delivers Hit Anti-Semitism Lesson 'for Modern Jewry Radio Addresses Liberal Rumanians in Wayne on National Fund County Joined on July 4 in con- Biography of Rabbi Jacob Emden Brings demning anti-Semitism and in pledging support to the movement against fascism in Rumania as well as in this country. Meeting on that day at a picnic at Hemrich Park, at the same time that reactionary Rumanians were holding a picnic near Grass Lake, resolutions were adopted commending Carl Davilla, former minister to this country and now an expatriate in Paris. Resolu- tions were also adopted thanking Juliu Maniu for his work against the fascists. There were 24 organizations, in- cluding two religious groups, rep- resented at this picnic which was attended by 8,000 people. Another picnic is planned for Labor Day when the anti-Semitic Rumanians also plan a similar gathering. Whenever the anti-Semites and fascists gather, the liberals also arrange to meet in order to off- set the reactionary activities. Apparently the sad events are planned. In 1929, when Jews effected unprecedent- ed unity at the international conference of the Jewish Agency for Palestine, under the leadership of the late Louis Marshall, the bloody riots served to check Jewish achievement. In 1935 the peak immigra- tion of Jews served again to arouse en- mity which resulted in the troubles of 1936. The consistent appeals that have come from all parts of the globe to the intergovernmental conference at Evian for the opening of the doors of Palestine wide for Jewish settlers and to make the Land of Israel the major colonization center for Jews may be responsible for the outbreak Perfection DeMolay of trouble during the past two weeks. Is Boat Event Monday it possible that British officialdom has re- laxed its forces in order to use the new dis- On Monday night, July 18, Per- turbances as an argument against a large fection chapter, Order of DeMo- lay, will hold a floating formal Jewish immigration into Palestine? The aboard the D. & C. early reports from Evian stated that the dinner-dance "Western States." There British representatives were mobilizing Steamer is to be dancing and entertain- forces against the consideration of Pales- ment while the ship cruises on tine as an immigration center. Murder and Lake Erie. A dinner in keeping with the destruction is helping the cause of the excellent cuisine of the D. & C. British muddlers-through in Palestine. Line will be served. The steamer The situation in Palestine comes at a will leave from the dock at the time wh9n we can least afford the addi- foot of Wayne St. at 6:30, for tion of another center of trouble to the a at cruise . on Lake Erie, returning boiling cauldron of worldwide trouble in At this time it appears to the which Jews are seething today. It is to committee in charge that the af- fair will be a complete sell-out. the discredit of the liberal powers in the However there are still a few res- world that they not only permit the horrors ervations open, They can be ob- in Fascist- and Nazi-controlled countries tained by calling Irving Lachman, master councilor, at University but that they do nothing about the open- Oscar Bank, junior coun- ing of avenues of escape for the perse- 1-4223; cilor, Tyler 4-3329; or Marcus cuted millions. Sonne, chairman, Trinity 1-3663. It is clear that if Jews do not help them- Reservations will not be accepted selves there will be very few others to help after Sunday, July 17, at noon. The committee in charge is them. Only by presenting a united front headed by Marcus Sonne, chair- and by affirming our determination not to man; Robert Goldstaff and Carl Chaifetz, co-chairmen. recede an inch from the path we have al- ready trodden in Palestine will we be able Mothers' Clubs Calendar to impress the fact upon Arabs and Brit- ish alike that Jews are in Palestine to stay, Council of Mothers' Clubs sup- that we shall continue with the work of re- per picnic to be followed by eve- ning concert, Tuesday, July 19, deeming the land and building upon it, and that murder, destruction and incen- at Palmer Park. 3 to 5 p. m.—Games at the diarism are not sufficient to deter us from playground and children's swim the policies of making Palestine the Jew- in the pool. 6:30 to 7 p. m.—Supper at the ish National Home. grounds. At the same time, of course, there will picnic to 9:30 p. m.—Concert by have to be a reaffirmation of the earlier the 7:30 American Federation of Mu- established principle of self-restraint in sicians' band near the Hamilton Palestine. The Revisionist madness which Ave. Casino. is driving young people in Palestine to resort to the dastardly tactics of the Arabs must not be permitted to spread. Our earlier weapons of restraint and of refus- ing to reply with murder to the destruc- tiveness of the Arabs must again be en- forced. Before long the Arab masses, who already resent being misled by the selfish- ness of their self-appointed leaders, must Bellefaire, the Cleveland Jew- rebel against the vandalism and brutality ish Orphan Home, will be the of non-Palestinian Bedouins who have in- scene of a dual celebration on vaded the land to destroy and to pillage. July 22, 23 and 24, when the Jewish self-restraint will hasten the day of 50th anniversary of the founding of the Alumni Association and the peace. to Light Important Factors in 18th Century Rabbinic Controversy From the press of the Dropsie College for He- brew and Cognate Learning, Broad and York Sts., Philadelphia, Pa., recently came a most significant biography which serves not only to bring to light an important chapter of Jewish history but also to give credence to the belief that there is nothing new under the sun—especially in human conduct and human conflict. It is Dr. Mortimer J. Cohen's "Jacob Emden: A Man of Controversy" ($3.), and it deals with much more than the life of Rabbi Emden, as the title implies. In fact, it is a biography of two men: Rabbi Emden and Rabbi Jonathan Elbe- schuetz, the two principals involved in the famous controversy that created havoc in Jewish life and divided communities into two hostile camps. It is an historical narrative that splendidly reviews the history of the period and throws light on matters that were hitherto unknown even to Jewish his- torians. The petty jealousies between rabbis and lay leaders, the brawls into which people were drawn as a result of the Emden-Eibeschuetz conflict, the vile vituperations put to shame even some of the controversies between Jewish leaders in our own time. In contradiction to the view adopted by Hein- rich Graetz, Rabbi Cohen now only takes a stand against Jacob Emden but completely exonerates Jonathan Eibeschuetz who was the Chief Rabbi of the Triple Community of Altana, Hamburg and Wandsbeck, then a part of Denmark. The biographer bases his defense of one and indictment of the other on the contention that the controversy over the use of amulets was merely a smokescreen for vital economic and social issues of that time. The charge of Emden against Eibe- schuetz that the latter was a Sabbatian and re- sorted to the use of amulets used by the false Messiah is completely disproven. The author in- stead points out that Emden's jealousies of his opponent, the fact that he did not receive his father's post as Chief Rabbi, the additional fact that Eibeschuetz was elected by the votes of the poor people have led to the controversy Into which were drawn practically all the important Jewish communities in Europe and Palestine. It is interesting to note that Rabbi Cohen con- cludes his splendidly written book with the para- graph: "In a little cemetery rests the dust of two 'warriors of the Torah' whose controversy once stirred the hearts of their generation. In life, their destinies were intertwined by some strange, inexplicable Fate. In death, they lie but six graves apart—a symbol and a warning." But the warning apparently is not sufficient, even if the symbol is there, because the experiences of the 18th century repeat, themselves in every generation, serving merely as proof of the aspirations of human be- ings which lead to conflict and to strife. This biography provides excellent material in a discussion of the development of European Jew- ish communities on the eve of the emancipation era which is now proving to have held out so many false hopes to our people. It inclues within Its scope so many studies of Jewish social prob- lem and is so frank in dealing with the human frailties even of outstanding rabbis, that it must be treated as a work that is that result of an un- biased mind. Rabbi Cohen worked for five years on "Jacob Emden." He has given ample evidence of scholar- ship and ability to compile data. What is of even greater importance in a work like this is that he showed a genius for research into 18th century rabbinic literature. DETROITERS ACTIVE IN PLANS FOR 60" ANNIVERSARY OF BELLEFAIRE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION, JULY 22-24 Vatican Defense of Jews 70th birthday of the institution will be marked. It is expected that several hundred alumni from every part of the country and many distinguished members of the board of trustees and direc- tors will be on hand for the three day period of festivity. Maurice A. Enggass of Detroit is a director of Bellefaire, while Herbert Klein is president of the Detroit Alumni Chapter. Nate Balaban of Detroit is a member of the board of directors of the Alumni Association. Among the prominent alumni of the home who now live in De- troit is Harry B. Friedman, man- aging director of the Belcrest Hotel and past treasurer of the Detroit Hotel Association. At present Mr. Friedman is on the finance board of that organiza- tion. Adolph Finsterwald, member of the board of the Jewish Welfare Federation and an honorary true- tee for life of Congregation Beth El, is another of the graduates of the home who has been a leader in the Detroit community. The first Cleveland Jewish Or. phon home was formally dedicated by its founders, members of Dis- trict Grand Lodges Nos. 2 and 8 of the fraternal order of Bnai Brith on July 14, 1868. At the 20th anniversary of this occasion in July, 1888, the second of the three building developments of the "Home" was dedicated and the Alumni Association was or- ganized. The importance of the relationship between the Alumni group and the Home was demon- strated in 1929 when Bellefaire, the third and most recent of the homes, was opened and the recre- ation building, gift of the Alumni, was dedicated as Alumni Hall. Bellefaire Is supported by com- munities located throughout the Middlewest and by a portion of each Bnai Brith member's dues, in this territory. Almost 5000 or- phoned or dependent children from this section of the country have been admitted to the home during the past three score and ten years of its existence. Since 1922 its superintendent has been Michael Sharlitt, while since 1926 the president has been Fred Laz- arus, Jr., of Columbus, Ohio. to deal with the situation that had arisen. The plight of Dr. Kurt von Schuschnigg was like the plight of the author of this volume. During the final hours Herr Lenn- hoff was torn between faith and despair, between confidence and uncertainty, between optimism and pessimism, but not until the last moment did he finally realize that the game was up, that the end of Austria had come. So sud- den was the realization that he did not have time to say goodbye to his parents, whom he called on the telephone to bid them fare- well at the very last moment. Even when he reached the Czech border it was already too late for him and the thousands of other refugees to escape—the border was already closed—and only a quick escape to the Hungarian border, not yet closed at the end of the fateful five hours, gave him an opportunity to flee from danger and from certain incar- ceration in a concentration camp. The morning after his escape he found an issue of his own paper —published as the National So- cialist Telegraph. There was no interrruption in the appearance of the paper—the Nazis had en- tered through the front door of the editorial office as he escaped through the rear door. There are brief references to the status of the Jews in Austria during the final and horrible five hours. The salesmen of the por- nographic Stuermer published by Julius Streicher were among the key men who watched the situa- tion for the Nazis. But in the early hours of Austria's demise, Lennhoff tells us, the -cries "Hang the Jews" or "Pack them off to Palestine" "were not much taken up, for, according to secret orders issued by the party leaders, loud anti-Semitic calls and Jew-baiting were to be postponed for 24 hours." In the final analysis, it becomes clear to the reader of this great reportorial record that if Schu- schnigg had surrounded himself with trustworthy associates in the government it might never have come to the tragic ending suffered by the unhappy Austria. The blunders, however, led to much worse conditions than had been expected, to the flooding of for- eign consulates with demands for visas, especially by Jews, to a sudden transformation which found the government's loyal sup- porters helpless. There are de- scriptions in 'The Last Five Hours of Austria" of Jews rob- bed, of Aryans refusing to .Pay their debts to Jews, of a debtor who told LennhofT's friend Dr. Glassman that he would not transgress German laws which would soon apply to Austria by paying his debts. To the very last, the Jews stood by the side of Schuschnigg. Lennhoff was preparing for a special edition of the Telegraph in which were to appear inter- views with prominent leaders on the eve of the plebiscite which was cancelled as a result of the Hitler threat and invasion. One of the interviews was with Dr. Desider Friedmann, president of the Jewish community of Vienna. A significant statement appeared in the July 5 issue of Osservatore Romano, Vati- can City newspaper. Asserting that propaganda against the Jews has pro- duced results "unworthy of 20 centuries of Christian civilization," the Catholic or- gan proceeded to say: "It is inevitable that any time we aban- don the life of the Gospels, human lives perish. Toward the Israelites we are not only extremely anti-Christian and anti- civil, but inhuman. "For them the misery of exile and out- lawing is not enough; it goes on to the pillory, beatings, wounding and death. • • a Propagandh against Jews assumes, wherever it is organized and led, propor- tions unworthy of 20 centuries of Christian civilization." This is a tribute to the best in Catholic tradition. There have been regimes in Catholicism which were vicious in their REFUGEE RELATES opposition to the Jews. But the majority AUSTRIA'S DEMISE of the Popes came to the defense of the persecuted. The Osservatore Romano (CONCLUDED FROM PAGE ONE) statement follows a tradition for liberality and kindness and in condemnation of the a land of glory that disappeared bigots who are today undermining freedom over night because the function- in the world. ing government was not prepared The Congress Elections The 10,477 men and women who voted in the elections of the American Jewish Congress gave answer with their ballots to the claims of a minority that Jews have no right to speak as a unit; that demo- cratic procedure is not necessary in the discharge of Jewish duties; that Jews have no right to express their sentiments as a national entity. The fact that more than 10,000 Jews went to the polls to vote in the elections in Detroit is a triumph for the democratic idea in Jewish life. It is the beginning of the organization of a national body which will rightfully speak as the popularly-selected mouthpiece, and which will be in position to go to the Jews of America with a mandate to demand the enforcement of unity when dealing with the problem of Jewish defense. Laughter and Race "You can't laugh that off" is the edi- torial comment of Digest and Review on the following quotation from Eddie Can- tor: "It's' getting now so people laugh at your jokes, then stop to inquire the na- tionality before they applaud." .This is the saddest commentary on the spread of bigotry throughout the world: that even laughter is being measured by race and nationality standards. July 15, He and Dr. Wiener in Second of Series This Saturday in Hersi Memorial Hour William Hordes, an active leader in the Jewish National Fund Council of Detroit, last Saturday evening commenced a series of educational talks re- garding the fund over Hyman Altman's Jewish Radio Hour, on Station WMBC. This series will be continued this Saturday night, from 8:30 to 9:30 o'clock, and for several succeeding Saturday nights. This Saturday night, in addi- tion to the talk by Mr. Hordes, an address will be delivered by Dr. Israel Wiener. Both will de- vote their addresses to the anni- versary of the death of Dr. Theo- dore llerzl which occurs next Tuesday. In the course of his address last Saturday night, Mr. Hordes described the objects of the Jew- ish National Fund as the land redemption agency of the Zionist movement. He quoted from the Talmud to show how it is tradi- tional for Jews to teach their children trades, and how ancient lore called for every person to aspire to know how to earn his livelihood by the use of his hands and how it is obligatory upon every Jewish man and woman to aspire to have some claim to land—thus emphasizing the back- to-the-land movement encouraged by the Jewish National Fund. Trees Planted in The Butzel Forest The Jewish National Fund Coun- cil of Detroit acknowledges the planting of a tree in the Butzel Forest in Palestine in honor of the 25th wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Maurice H. Zackheim, by Mr. and Mrs. Harry M. Shul- man. One tree was planted by Mr. and Mrs. D. Feinberg in memory of Morris Rosenstein; one tree, honoring Robert E. Clinton, by his daughter, Ilene; one tree, in memory of Meyer Rosenstein, by Rodelle Broder; two trees, hon- oring Nissan David Katz, by Mr. and Mrs. David Sheraga; two trees in memory of their sister, Emily Solomon, by Mr. and Mrs. Saul Solomon. Trees may be planted in the Butzel Forest by calling Mrs. Philip Slomovltz, 17417 Stoepel Ave., University 1-6972. Democratic party leaders in at least one Southern State have been asked to pledge their dele- gation to the 1940 presidential convention to Herbert H. Leh- man. Royal Society Accords Regal Honor to Freud LONDON. — (WNS) — A privilege hitherto accorded only to British kines was granted to Dr. Sigmund Freud, w o r Id- famous psychiatrist, when the charter book of the 280-year-old Royal S o c i e t y. was taken to his home for his signature. Freud has been a member of the Society since 1936 but because he had for- merly lived in Vienna and is now forbidden to leave his house the book was taken to his home. It had never before left the organization's head- quarters except for the signa- ture of a king. Schlesinger Again Tennis Champ Emerging victorious from the last round of the annual Public Parks Tennis Tournament held at Waterworks Pork in Detroit last week, 21-year-old Jack Schlesing- er retained the title which he won for the first time in 1937. Schles- inger swept through a strong group of contestants, and quali- field for the national play-offs to take place in Los Angeles on Aug. 15. In a match that made tennis history, last Saturday, Jack Schlesinger defeated Max Gurman 3-6, 6-3, 6-3, 6-0. The superior steadiness and . clever headwork that always marks Schlesinger's brand of tennis again gained for him the much coveted title of city champ from a final play-off in which all of the finalisk were Jews — Sammy Rotberg, Irving Bloomfield, Max Gurman and Jack Schlesinger. Friedmann pledged that "in self- defense against racial hatred and in unswerving love for our Fa- therland we shall vote 'Yes'." He and other Jewish leaders later paid a heavy price for such lo- yalty. The planned special issue nev- er appeared but a resume of the collected interviews appears in Leninhoff's book. There is a pathetic but beauti- ful tribute to the Jews for their loyalty to tradition. "On the Sab- bath," Lennhoff writes, "every profane act is forbidden to the Jews by the word of the Bible. It was awful to think that these peaceable, holy men would not even raise a finger in their de- fense if the armed troops of Blackshirts and Brownshirts re- ceived order today to begin the dreaded pogrom." But Jews never had the opportunity to defend themselves in Nazi-ruled lands. Lennhoff's "The Last Five Hours of Austria" Is splendid not only for its own contents but be- cause of the historic background of the occurrences in Germany contained in the introduction by Paul Frischauer. The book was tranlated Into English by Leigh Farnell. It :13 a volume that must be recommended as indispeLsable for an understanding of the pres- ent situation in Germany and Austria. 1938 PURELY COMMENTARY Py PHILIP SLOMOVITZ Lex Talionis—A Misunderstanding The first edition of the Detroit News on July 8 described the hanging of Chebatories as the invok- ing Of "the Mosaic law of a life for a life." The writer of these lines, which were wisely omitted from the later editions, fell into the grave error which haunts most non-Jews who think of the "Ayin Tachas Ayin, Shein Tachas Shein"—"An Eye for an Eye, a Tooth for a Tooth"—as mean- ing that the Mosaic law advocated the death pen- alty as punishment for crime. Nothing could be further from the truth than such an interpreta- tion of the Lea Talionis. In reality, the interpreter' tion of this injunction is that punishment shall be in the value of the loss of an eye or a tooth, such assessment to be set by qualified judges. Misinterpretation of the so-called vengeful at- titude of the Mosaic law is especially unfair to Jewry today, at a time when we are charged with all sorts of faults which, when applicable to in- dividual Jews, are mere human failings ascribable to all human beings. In reality Jews, as a people, are opposed to capital punishment. It is true that capital punishment was practised in ancient Israel. But it is equally as true that Jewish law provided for hedging prisoners about in order to give them every opportunity to escape the death penalty. Furthermore, there is on record an historic say- ing, in the Talmud, of 'Rabbi Tarphon and Rabbi Akiba who stated: "If we had been members of a Beth Din there would never have been a death sentence." This is the attitude of Jews today, We wrote in this fashion on two occasions when the capital punishment issue was before the voters of Michigan. We repeat it today and wish to be placed on record as commending Governor Frank Murphy for his statement that "when an execu- tion takes place it debases and brutalizes to a certain extent every one in the state." We are with him to the very last in fighting against capi- tal punishment in this as well as in every State in the Union. • How Many Speak Hebrew? At the Masada convention held a short time ago in Cleveland, the brilliant educator, A. H. Fried- land told the young Zionists that while there are only about 200 fluent Hebrew-speaking persons among Cleveland's Jewish population of over 80,- 000, 65 out of the 100 Cleveland Jews who visited Palestine during the past two years belong to this group of people who know the Hebrew language. As we listened to Mr. F•iedland's address, we began to make comparisons. We asked ourselves, how many Jews are there in Detroit who speak Hebrew, how many have visited Palestine during the past few years, what percentage of these tourists know Hebrew? Is it possible that we can match Cleveland's ranks of Hebrew conversation- alists? But we certainly can't boast of having sent very niany Detroiters as emissaries to Pales- tine. But it is possible that we have made up for this deficiency by having given Palestine a greater number of young men and women pioneers. In this respect Detroit Jewry has done Its duty towards Palestine. • • Sheep, Wolf and Fox A visitor from Palestine sums up the conflict that is harassing the Jewish position by stating that it is a struggle involving sheep, wolf and fox. He calls the Jews the sheep, the Arabs the wolves and the British the foxes in his fable. There is much truth to this description, and the foxy char- acter is the one primarily to blame for the con- tinuation of the terrifying game of destruction in which the Jew dare not change his akin and play a retaliatory role. ZIONISM'S NEW LEADER (CONCLUDED PROM PAGE ONE) When he pointed to the need for a synagogue annex and school building early in 1937, the sum of $225,000 was raised in prac- tically one sitting. It was while the building was In the process of being constructed that the call came to him from the Keren Kayemeth (the Jewish National Fund) of Americb as well as the world office at Jerusalem to make a tour of South Africa in the in- terests of the Zionist land-redemp- tion fund. His congregation at first became alarmed. But the loyalty he instilled in his mem- bers for the Zionist cause pre. veiled and the original feeling that the gigantic task may be jeopardized immediately disap- peared. In his parting address he engendered so much enthusi- asm that his congregation re- solved to surprise him upon his return to this country with a com- pleted building. They did. He returned to America in August, and in October the building was dedicated with a cultural pro- gram to which reference has al- ready been made. His Published Works Rabbi Goldman does not belong to the group of book-reviewing preachers. But when he does re- view a volume he usually selects the latest Hebrew creations in Palestine and the books which are nit of the creative national aftievements of the New Zion. The friendship that exists be- tween Ur. Goldman and A. H. Friedland, director of the Bureau of Jewish Education and the He- brew school system of Cleveland, had its foundation in joint lit- erary efforts. While it is general- ly known that Rabbi Goldman Is the author of "A Rabbi Takes Stock," "The Jew and the Uni- verse" and "The Golden Chain," an antholog-y.in five volumes the first of which has already been published, it is not common knowl- edge that he has prepared numer- ous textbooks and Hebrew an- thologies, In collaboration with Mr. Friedland. Together they published the following works: A Hebrew students' library, "Sifrim Lemislamdim." "Hashvil," a textbook for the study of Hebrew, for adults. A students' textbook in modern Hebrew literature, richly anno- tated with a complete vocabulary. "Stories and Poems by David Frischman, with copious mar- ginal notes for students and a complete dictionary. A students' text of Z. Feier- berg's "Leon" ("whither"). "Essays and Letters of Achad Ha-am," with a vocabulary of 2,600 words. A volume of short stories by Perez, with notes for students. Dr. Goldman has just ptibliahed a prayerbook and hymnal in which are included modern Palestinian folksongs and selections from the works of Bialik, Yaakov Kahan, Rachel and other Palestinian au- thors. He has dedicated this prayerbook to his friend and col- laborator, A. H. Friedland. At the present time Dr. Goldman Is preparing for publication by Har- per's another volume of essays. His interest In and devotion to the cause of Hebrew learning has led Dr. Goldman to finance the publishing of numerous volumes, and he was the largest individual contributor to the Ilistadruth Iv- rith fund for the publication of the anthology of Hebrew poetry. He sends to Palestine large gifts to help support Hebrew publish- ing houses and Hebrew magazines and his excessive liberality has aroused worry in his synagogue, with the result that his friends are planning to raise a fund to enable him to carry on his work of love. As master of the Hebrew word, as brilliant writer, as orator par excellence, as an organizer and as an administrator, Dr. Solomon Goldman now assumes a national role of importance which is inti- mately bound up with interna- tional affairs. Those who know him—as the entire Jewish world will anon learn to know him—are confident that with his adminis- tration will commence a new era of cultural as well as political achievement in American Zionism. STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL (CONCLUDED MOM PAGE ONE) us that he knows a synagogue in Jesus Maria Street, Havana • NAT•ZI HOT STUFF We just fired one of our agents for giving us a bum steer on that item a few columns ago about a pow-wow of Jewiaiters pipposed to have been held at the Jewish- owned Edison Hotel in New York . . . We have since learned that no such meeting was either sched- uled or held in that hotel . Our apologies to the management • . . Don't be surprised if Fritz Kuhn, number one Nazi here- abouts, does a sudden disappear- ing act . . The Nazi bigwigs feel he talks too much and are anxious to get him out of the country . . . In fact, the whisper is that some of his lieutenants, acting on orders from Berlin, ac- tually kidnaped him on the eve of the recent McNaboe commit- tee hearings in New York and tried to hustle him aboard a Ger- man liner .. But Fritz, display- • log a most un-Nazi-like reluc- tance to face his Fuehrer, man- aged to break away . . . A coal dealer in New Mexico whose busi- ness was falling oft' for no ap- parent reason has suddenly dis- covered that the cause was the use of the trade name "Swastika Coal" . . The American Ger- man Society of Detroit has dropped the word "Bund" from its name because the German- American Bund has given the word an un-American flavor . • Smarting under plenty of raps for having called of production of "Exiles," an anti-Nazi film, Sam Goldwyn has changed his mind and has again scheduled it for production ... One of Holly- wood's tourist guides is said to be himself an object of interest because he's a brother of the late Captain Rochm, head of the Nazi storm trooper, who was liquidated in Hitler's 1934 purge . . . The Hollywood loehm, who is an American citizen, had to leave Germany because he was anti- Nazi.