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1,000 YOUNG JEWS Anti-Semite Winrod Defeated MUSSOLINI DEFIES
POPE'S OPPOSITION
ENLIST TO DEFEND
TO RACIST POLICY
PALESTINE YISHUV
"Jayhawker Nazi" of Kansas Makes Poor Showing in
Race for Republican Nomination for the
United States Senate
Sufi Hamid, "Black
Hitler," Is Killed
NEW YORK. — (WNS) —
Sufi Hamid, who gained noto-
riety in Harlem three years
ago as the "Black Hitler" be-
e u of his propaganda
against Jewish merchants, was
killed here when his plane ran
out of gas and crashed 500
feet. Ilamid's anti-Jewish ac-
tivities created a panic among
Harlem Jews. On one occasion
he became so violent that he
was arrested and sentenced to
20 days in jail.
JEWS OF GERMANY GEORGE RUBLEE CHOSEN TO DIRECT
REORGANIZED ON INTER. GOVERNMENTAL COMMISSION
CENTRALIZED PLAN
TO HELP REFUGEES FROM GERMANY
U. S. Seeks Release of Jews
Rev. Gerald B. Winrod, rabid tional Republican leaders, and Fascist Press Says "Aryan"
condemned for his race-hate pro-
From the Concentration
Program Not Necessarily
gram by clergymen of all denomi-
Is Selected by Acclamation at London Conference Follow-
Camps
nations in Kansas, Rev. Winrod's
Anti - Semitic
ing Nomination by Myron C. Taylor on
poor showing, in spite of his vig-
--
Behalf of U. S. Government
ran a poor race for the Republi- orous campaign during which tons
ORDER JEWS TO CARRY
JEW
- HATER IS NAMED
of
anti-Semitic
literature
was
dth-
can nomination in Kansas on
IDENTIFICATION CARDS
DENIES GROUND FOR
tributed,
was
a
vindication
for
HEAD
OF
RACE
BUREAU
Tuesday.
LORD WINTERTON, PRO-ARAB HEAD OF
HALTING IMMIGRATION
Denounced for his views by true Americanism and for the
BRITISH DELEGATION, NAMED CHAIRMAN
Investigating Committee Not
William Allen White, John Ham- ideals of American democracy.
Italian
Newspaper
Reads,
It
has
been
charged
that
Rev.
ilton
and
other
oustanding
na-
to Call U. S. Red or
Partition Commission De-
LaGuardia Out of the :
England Warns Reich to Let Refugees Take Property
Winrod's activities were financed
clines to Hear Testimony
Nazi Witnesses
by Nazi Germany, although the
Italian Race
With Them; Radical Program Urged to Prevent
of M. M. Ussishkin
Kansas Fascist minister-politician
Creation of New Refugees
denied it. But his references to
Reacting
to
BERLIN. (WNS! —
the Jews had a Nazi tinge and , ROME. (WNS) — While Pre-
the
new
community
law
which
de-
LONDON. (WNS-Palcor Agen-
there was no doubt at any time mier Mussolini and Pope Pius
LONDON.—George Rublee, veteran member of the
prives Jewish religious communi-
By AL SEGAL
cy)—In reply to a question put
that his nomination would present moved headlong toward what all
ties of the right to tax their men'- U. S. dipl
o matic service, has been named permanent di-
in the House of Commons by
a
e•
I amstill thinking about the a serious problem not only for observers agree is due to be
Geoffrey Mender, Laborite, as to
bers while reducing them to the rector of • the inter-governmental committeec,or eid to refu-
Kansas
but
for
the
entire
country,
major
clash
over
Italy's
new
Tour
by
Group
of
Social
organizations,
voluntary
status of
what steps had been taken to-
of E. D. T. s daughter. As since it would be the first time in racist policy, Italian Jewry read Workers Considered Step the Reich Representation of Jews gees at the meeting here on Wednsday.
ward enlisting Jewish volunteers matter
all the regular readers of this hi •t
that a rabid anti-Semite , with great interest an assertion'
The London conference is continuing the discussion
in Germany, which has been the
in the police force and as auxili- column will remember, E. D. T. an ory
for
Better
Understanding
1
ti-Catholic, anti-Negro and anti- in the newspaper La Tribune, one'
central agency of German Jewry on refugee aid work first projected at Evian-Les-Bains,
aries in the army, and as to (a non-Jew) last week suggested liberal
would have had the chance of the leaders of the racist cam-
since 1934 in directing the work
whether the government was con-
,
, paign, that racism must . not be
the Jews could solve their of gaining a seat in the Senate.
!‘ visit through the Jewish ! of re-training, emigration and cul- France.
sidering the establishment of a that
Mr. Rublee's selection for the directorship came upon his nomi-
problems by intermarriage and
E. Haldeman-Julius of the Hal-'confused with an 1- Lau s
tonal activities, reorganized itself
mmunity
of
Detroit
will
be
special Jewish corps for the de- race suicide. By intermarriage
o
swering the Pope's thrice-repeat• c
nation for the post by Myron C. Taylor, head of the American
fense of those districts which with them (he said) the Jews deman-Julius Publications of
Aug. 8, by a along centralized lines as the delegation. Representatives of 27 nations are participating in the
ed
warnings
that
racism
and
ex-
made
on
Monday,
Reichs Union of Jews in Ger-
would be included in the proposed could also improve the race of aid, Kan., was among the first to ,
Winrod as an anti-Semite aggerated nationalism were anti- small group of non-Jewish men many. Under the new setup al l London conference.
Jewish state, Colonial Secretary the so-called-Aryans. By way of expose
Lord Winterton, pro-Arab spokesman and head of the British
and to charge that he had con— Catholic and his blunt accusation
Malcolm MacDonald said that 758 starting the movement, E. D. T. tarts with Nazi Germany. The that in adopting Aryanism Italy and women, led by Henry D. provincial Jewish organizations, delegation to the inter-governmental refugee aid conference at Evian.
Jews were already part of the
Jones, director of the Dodge Com- including the influential Prussian
Duce
offered beauteous (I hope she is
', has been agreed upon as perma-
Provincial Union, are to be dis-
regular police force and that beauteous) daughter's hand to me Christian ministers who stepped, was imitating Germany, Il
nent chairman of the inter-govern-
into the political contest were told • a meeting of Fascist party munity Ilouse.
solved
while
the
smaller
commu-
there were 3,040 Jewish supernu-
that 1
mental committee. Myron C. Tay-
• h "to
This group is interested in see• nities are to be merged into dis-
most emphatic in their denuncia-
meraries with an additional re- in marriage.
lor and Senator Henri Berenger
imitated
ci
has
mg.
at
first
hand
and
learning
as
ing
sm
Neither areenting nor rejecting tion of the "Jayhawking Nazi" forF
trict communities. Because of
serve of 2,400. As for the sug-
In
of France, wno plaided at Evian,
about
the
institutions
which
sym-
it,
I
promised
to
consider
the
nro-
injecting race and religious hatred anything is simply absurd."
the voluntary nature of member-
gestion that a special Jewish corps
are among those named as vice-
bolize the organized Jewish com-
ship in Jewish communities under
be established, that was both im- posal farther in a later issue. The in the political campaign. The answering the! Pope, Mussolini
and
munity,
so
as
to
obtain
a
finer
presidents.
the new law, there will be limi-
practicable and unnecessary at more I thigjc of it, the more be- statement by John Hamilton, Re- also declared, "I wish you
Lord Winterton has twice
wildered I am. It would be prob- publican National Chairman, of- every one to know that also in appreciation of Jewish group life. tations on the amount of emigra-
Tidbits from Everywhere
the present moment, he stated.
It
will
be
conducted
through
warned Germany that unless she
Asked by Anthony Crossley, lem enough were it not that I ficially discredited him and urged the race question we will go the entire gamut of communal tion, welfare and other aid pro-
J.
BMW
Republicans
not
to
support
him
straight
ahead."
His
use
of
the
By
PHINEAS
cooperates
with the committee by
am
already
married—a
circum-
Conservative member who has fre-
at the primaries. phrase "we will go straight ahead" activity, viewing the religious, vided to members. It is under-
allowing refugees to take their
stood that one way of compelling
quently expressed his sympathy stance that sets practically insu-
is ,regarded as highly significant I educational and social agencies.
property
with
them, the work of
A.
F.
S.)
11$1.
a
fa
perable
obstacles
in
the
way
of
(Copyright,
for the Arab cause and his hos-
, membership in the communities
because it has become a Fascist
the committee is likely to end in
The itinerary of the group will
tility toward Zionism, whether the coming to a decision.
slogan for hurling defiance at all ! include Temple Beth El, United will be request to Jewish relief
•
edek agencies abroad to limit their as- HEREABOUTS
government would consider the
Qh, what burdens are on a
opponents.
Hebrew Schools, Shaarey Z
to emigres affiliated with
Britain Wares Reich
suspension of all Jewish immigra- Jew! Even when he thinks of get-
aistance
g
Washington correspondents as-
La Tribuna asserted that "anti, Congregation, Bnai Moshe Syne- s
There will signed to the State Department
tion into Palestine for a three- ting married he is required to
Efforts in behalf of refugees
Semitism
is
a
reactionary
or
con-
the
Jewish
Home
for.Aged,
Jewish
communities.
gogue.
month period, the Colonial Secre- consider the future of the Jewish
ogoe •in the 50-50 division are wondering why Secretary of from Germany and Austria will
servative policy for the applica- Jewish Children's Home, Jewish be
ity offices between State Hull allows the attendance be futile unless Germany allows
tary answered that there was no people and of the synagogue that
of nochan
community
tion of which the ordinary ad- Social Service Bureau, Jewish
ground for exceeding the special stands around the corner. He dare
at his press conferences of Nazi them to take their property and
and Baeck,
non-Zionists.
Dr. Leo
chief rabbi of newsmen who publicly insist that possessions with them, the Earl
restrictions imposed on Jewish not fall in love where he pleases Proceeds to Satisfy Judll• ministrative means at a state's Child Placement Bureau, Hebrew Zionists
disposal are sufficient." The pa- Free
Loan
Association
and The
the Berlin, who was named president Anti-Nazi American reporter, be of Plymouth, Parliamentary un-
immigration during the interim but must consider solemnly the
Jewish
Community
Center.
per alleges that "anti-Semitism
ment; New Czech Na-
period. Crossley asked further matter of his great grandson:
from those conferences der-secretary to the Foreign Of-
is applied in many so-called-..de- des
last of
five
are
agen-
of the the
new
organization,
An- excluded
whether, in case the situation did Shall the boy's spiritual destiny
tionalities Law
the organizations
Jewish Welfare
Fed-
nounced
creation
of the Reichs
. . . Kansas politicians explain fice, declared in the House of
mocracies," and cites Switzer-
not improve, the Colonial Secre- be in a church or shall he be a
Alf
Landon's
silence on the Rev. Lords during a debate on the
e g e d
eration and members of the De- in
Union
as a united
Jewish in
body
land a s an a alleged
tary would remember that this Jew dedicated to support the
a statement
published
the Gerald Winrod's Senatorial cam ; Evian conference. Revealing that
et op er
Jews exaarempnlo
fa- trod Community Fund.
remedy had been applied with mortgage that lies so heavily on Sheriff Offers Nazi Camp for Sale
Centralverein Zeitung,
paign
on
the
ground
that the for- the British government was con-
to Satisfy Judgment
mitted to hold public office. (Jews I This visit may be viewed in
good results by Viscount Herbert Adath Israel Congregation?
Meanwhile, it was learned mer presidential nominee doesn't sidering opening Rhodesia as well
YAPHANK, L. I. (WNS)— have been members of the Swiss
Samuel, High Commissioner of
,,,,." terms of it being a positive step that the United States Gov- want to damage the election as Kenya to refugees, Lord Plym-
Other people are allowed to Wanna buy a Nazi camp? Sheriff Parliament in recent y
Palestine from 1920 to 1925, and fall in love in accordance with the
Christian-Jewish relations.
ears' —The
ernment is trying, through dip- chances of his protege, State Sen- outh said, "I think it is quite
It also declares that 1
Sir John Robert Chancellor, High whisperings of their ardent Jacob S. Dreyer of Suffolk Coun- Editor.)
lomatic channels, to obtain the ator Payne Ratner, for the gov- obvious" that an already difficult
"nobody
dreams
of
doing
Jews
ty
is
offering
for
sale
Camp
Sieg-
Commissioner from 1928 to 1931. hearts.
release of the thousands of
ernorship . . Ratner is half- problem becomes immeasurably ,
fried after having seized it to any harm. One only wishes to,
At this D. L. Lipson, Independent
_Aims,
seat to trial?
Far some reason the more complicated, and may pos-
Let us consider the case of Ole enforce collection of the ;10,000 know where they ars.,__ „The jeswal
Conservative, declared that at
ps folltiwing last month * Eastern new spapers overlooked sibly be rendered quite insoluble
Lamps
this time when Jews are being Olson the Swede and Jabs Levy fine imposed on the German- are precisely dangerous for the
, it was led one of President Roosevelt'. unless the country of origin of
both
in
love
with
Mollie
McGuire
3)
CPLEASE
TURN
TO
PAGE
American Settlement League, Inc.,
persecuted in Germany it was the
when George L. Brandt, Amer- strongest anti-Fascist utterances refugees cooperates.
last time to enforce any such who from the beauty of her coun- operator of the camp, for violat-
ican consul, arrived here after Speaking at Pueblo, Col., FDR
The Bishop of Chichester urged
regulations. The Colonial Secre- tenance gives out dazzling flashes ing the state civil rights law.
studying the Jewish situation said: "We don't want and are not England and the dominions to
Dreyer is advertising the camp
tary made no answer to either of of a fine intelligence.
ear n. going to copy other forms of gov-
y
in ■ 11 pean% tisssao rf y Goefr mt h •
;
Ole„
looking
at
Mollie,
suffers
open
their doors to "industrious,
Conference of Local Organi- official
for sale once a week in local
these statements.
ernment ... Ours is good enough intelligent, able-bodied Germans"
In an effort to cope with the only the delicious pangs of love. newspapers in' execution of a
zations Called for
can
delegation
to
the
Evian
for
us."
who are compelled to flee from
continuing disorders in Palestine, If he has any doubts at all they judgment entered against the
refugee conference. Mr.
Sept. 11
the Reich, He bitterly assailed
OVER THERE
236 additional men have been re- have to do only with the question, league because of its failure to Detroit Publisher Hopes for Con-
Brandt's acti•ities are said to
the persecution of non-Aryans,
The
Nazis
have
extended
the
cruited from among the British Am I really deserving of a girl pay the fine. If the fine isn't paid
be linked to efforts to prevail
tinuation
of
Friendly
Rela-
so
divine
(she
is
really
next
to
The Detroit District of the upon Germany to allow emigres Aryan law to concentration camps declaring "such conduct must re-
in six weeks the camp will be sold.
police and these will proceed to
tions with Jews
Meanwhile, County Judge L. Bar-
Federation of Polish Jews in to take • part of their capital too . . . All of the hundreds of main a blot on the honor of the
Palestine as fast as possible, Col- the angels) as Mollie McGuire.
Ole's rapt eyes, looking into the ron Hill, who presided at the trial
America will convene a confer- with them. The German gov- Jews recently arrested are being German race." Lord Allen, a
onial Secretary Malcolm MacDon-
Vincent Giuliano, publisher of
ald told the House of Commons future, do not contemplate any of the six officials of the League, the Italian Tribune of America, ence of Polish-Jewish "landsman- ernment is-reported to be will- held in a camp at Buchfahrt, pro-German. warned Germany that
in describing the steps being menace to the destiny of the denied defense counsel's motion with offices at 2670 Gratiot Ave., schaften" and societies in this ing to free Jewish prisoners where only non-Atryans are sent if she continues the policy "she is
taken to improve the security Scandinavian race in his marriage for a new trial on the ground Detroit, has made an interesting , city to further its work for Jewry provided they obtain immigra- . . . Underlying Italy's sudden now pursuing regarding Jews and
situation. All requests being to Mollie McGuire. What does it that no additional evidence had statement in comment upon the ! in Poland. The conference will tion visas, but such visas can- anti-Semitic drive is a critical other refugees she will bring
about an impediment to that
be held on Sunday, Sept. 11.
made by the Palestine authori- matter to Ole that they may have been offered.
not be obtained unless the raw. bread shortage . . . Mussolini
promulgation of the race program
A special committee, headed by gees are permitted to take some hopes to divert public opinion peace we all desire to see estab-
ties in connection with the out- ten children all of whom may
At the same time. Justice Peter in Italy, Asked for a statement
turn
out
to
be
more
like
Irish-
from empty bread-baskets to an lished." Viscount Samuel, for-
rages are being complied with as
M. Daly in Supreme Court at by the editor of The Detroit Jew- Rabbi Max J. Wohlgelernter, is of their property with them.
soon as physically possible, he men? His eager vision sees only Jamaica granted a stay in execu- ish Chronicle, Mr. Giuliano said: in charge of the conference, which • Registration of all Jews in Ger- anti-Jewish crusade . . . One of mer High Commissioner for Pales-
will conclude with a mass meeting many, including babies of three the principal reasons why Baron tine and now chairman of the
emphasized, adding that the build- a vista of happiness which he is tion of the sentence on the six
"Italy has always been a coun-
ing of roads in difficult territory sure will carry him and Mollie all convicted officials on the ground try without prejudices against in the evening. All local groups months or older, was ordered by Louis Rothschild, head of the Council for German Jewry, de-
to assure fast dispatch of armed the way to the golden wedding.
that there may be a doubt as to races or creeds, and I cannot con- o f Polish-Jewish extraction are the ministry of interior in a de- Austrian branch of the family, clared, according to Palcor News
Not
so
Abe.
lie
looks
at
Mollie:
the legality of their indictment. ceive the reason for any change being invited to select delegates cree providing for fingerprinting was jailed by the Nazis was his Agency, that Jews and Arabs must
forces is going forward rapidly.
"Oh, her eyes are like lights from
to the meeting.
and photographing of the entire refusal to turn over to the Nazis both make sacrifices if the Pales-
now. The number of Jews in
the stars and her face is a re-
1,000 Enlisted for Defense
The Detroit conference is being population by October 1. Al- the iron and steel works at Os- tine problem is to be solved.
Italy is very small, and they have
New
Czech
Nationalities
Statute
flection
of
sunrise
and
her
soul
is
JERUSALEM (W N S • Palcor
been considered always the best called in accordance with a reso- though every resident must ob- trau, in northern Czechoslovakia. Halt Pressure on British Firms
Provides G tees for Jews
Agency)—The Palestine govern- nothing less than God Himself.
Germany has agreed to stop
lution adopted it the 30th anni-
an identification card at a . . . These works are the biggest
PRAGUE. (WNS)—Protection patriots. They occupy brilliant versary convention of the Fed- tain
ment was requested to increase With her I shall be happy 120
cost of three marks, Ji ws are re- in Europe next to Krupp's and exerting pressure on British firms
positions in the army, in the navy,
the arming of the Yishuv in a years and even after that our for Jews and other non-Nazi mi- in the diplomatic field, in the eration of Polish Jews in Ameri- quired to get a special card, are engaged in making arms for dealing with Germany to dismiss
resolution of the Council of the happiness shall continue amid the norities in the Sudeten (Nazi) educational field and in the Fas- ca, recently held in Asbury Park, which they must show on demand defending Czechoslovakia against their Jewish employes as a result
Histadruth (Jewish Federation of interstellar spaces where paradise areas of Czechoslovakia is pro- cist party. What has happened N. J. Such meetings will- be held to any official at any time When- Germany . . : Palestine may get of representations by the British
vided in the draft of the Czecho-
Labor). The enlistment of vol- lies."
in all principal cities in the
an armament plant of its own, Board of Trade, Oliver Stanley,
But in a moment Abe falls out slovak government's new nation- between the Italian Jews and the United States. Philip Imber, sec- ever they meet a policeman, Nazi if Philip D. Block, American steel president of the Board of Trade,
unteers for the assistance of iso-
party official or other functionary
Italian government I do not know.
lated settlements in response to of his rhapsody and his happiness alities statute just made public
was
retary
of
the
Detroit
district,
they must voluntarily identify tycoon, goes through with his re- told the House of Commons in
"Being as far away, I have no
the appeal issued by the Yishuv gets devoured by ethnic, religious here. The statute declares that facts on which I can base a judg- a delegate at the convention.
themselves as Jews and must refer ported plan of establishing such reply to Major it. A. Proctor,
committee is progressing satisfac- and social problems. He scarcely all nationalities shall have the ment, but I wish to state that I
Plans for next year's activities to the number of their card in a factory there . . . "Hosteling" Conservative M. P., who had
torily. Nearly 1,000 youths have dares think of his own happiness same rights and emphasizes that do not approve of any movement of local Polish Jews in behalf of all correspondence and indicate through Europe is providing a called the Board's attention to the
race religion and language are
thus far been enrolled. Thou- at all
temporary shelter for many young activities of the German govern-
(TURN TO EDITORIAL PAOE)
Oh, he thinks, what will my not grounds for designating per- against any race, creed or color, the 3,000,000 poverty-stricken
sands of workers and youths are
Get man and Austrian Jewish ref- ment. "In response to our rep-
and I believe that the hope of Jews in Poland will be discussed
marrying
Mollie
McGuire
mean
to
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daily and nightly guarding • the
ttgees . .. The first Nazi paper resentatives, German representa.
at
the
conference.
The
national
every
man
in
this
20th
century
Yishuv, valiantly repelling attack- the destiny of the Jewish people?
has appeared in England ... It's tives agreed to impress control
should be to see brotherly love office of the Federation will trans-
ers, says the resolution. "All at- His father long ago warned him
called the Deutsche Zeitung and boards that steps must be taken
mit
suggestions
for
the
active
established
among
all
races.
To
tempts to break the bounds of re- that an intermarrying Jew was
is circulated largely among Ger- to avoid interference with the
such an aim, Jews and Gentiles participation of the respective
sponsible Yishuv conduct are re- like a man who pulled the corner.!
(PLEASE TURN TO PAGE 1)
(PLEASE TURN To PAGE ID
"Iandsmanschaften"
in
this
work.
should
contribute
in
equal
part."
(TURN TO EDITORIAL PAGE)
Colonial Secretary Sees No pro-Nazi and anti-Semite, the first
man on record to seek nomination
Need for Special
for the United States Senate on
Jewish Corps
a platform of hatred for the Jews,
CHRISTIANS VISIT
WITH JEWS AUG 8
Falling in Love
Strictly
Confidential
IN N. Y. FOR SALE
Giuliano Comments
On the Italian Issue
WILL PLAN RELIEF
FOR POLISH JEWRY
ANNUAL TISHA.
EXPECT 5 5 000 JRS.
PARLEY 25 YEARS OF LITERARY EFFORT J. N. F. COLLECTION
. W. V.
WORKS OF RABBI SOLOMON GURONCHIK
CULMINATES IN PUBLICATION OF
19 YEAR OLD GENIUS OF PALESTINE,
7 VOLUMES OF LEGENDS OF JEWS
BEING LAUDED BY GREAT SCHOLARS
(PLEASE TURN TO PAGE 3)
AT J
1 Veterans' Sons and Dough-
tern to Hold First National
Con venti
To Be Conducted in Syna-
gogues During Services
Sunday Morning
THE LUNATIC
A Tisha b'Ab Folk Tale
The annual appeal for the Jew-
By SIDNEY J. JACOBS
ish National Fund conducted tra-
Five thousand members of the
ditionally
on Tisha b'Ab will be
Prof. Louis Ginzburg's Monumental Work Recognized as
The
pious
inhabitants
of the was a small, shriveled man, with
made during services this Sunday
Sons and Daughters of the J. W.
One of Greatest Contributions to Jewish
morning in all local synagogues. village, hidden in a little-travers- a short, neat beard and tired ,
V., the junior auxiliary of the
Scholarship
by
an
American
Jew
Rabbi Joshua S. Sperka, chair- ed corner of the Pale of Settle- brown eyes. For many years. pre-
His Father Is in Detroit to Secure Funds for Publication
Jewish War Veterans and the only
man of the synagogue committee ment in the great empire of ma- vious to his misfortune, he had
of "Talmud;" Young Genius' Scholarship
Jewish youth patriotic organiza-
of the Jewish National Fund tushka Russia, had become rec- been the local tailor, a painstak-
in
the
American
Jewish
commu-
The
50th
anniversary
of
the
Lauded by Prof. Louis Ginsburg
tion in the country, will converge formation of the Jewish Publica- nity and has become recognized Council of Detroit; has issued the onciled to having in their midst ing, quiet worker, whose bespec-
a madman, one whom it had pleas-
on Detroit from every part of tion Society of America, to be as one of the outstanding Tal- following appeal to presidents of ed the Holy One, Blessed be He, tacled, hawk-nosed face, bending
I
am
convinced
that
students
of
all local synagogues:
over the embryo of a kaftan, had
Rabbi Abraham Guronchik of
the Mishna and Talmud will the country for their first national celebrated throughout the coun- mudic authorities in this coun-
to take from the world of the been familiar sight in the village. ,
"Tisha
b'Ab,
the
sad
anniver-
Jerusalem is in Detroit to ask for greatly benefit by his work. I
convention to be held simultane- try this fall, coincides with the try. But his "Legends of the nary of the destruction of the sane to cast hits the many- Reb Chaim, near-sighted, modest, -
a fund for the publication of an earnestly urge all lovers of Jew-
ously with the 43rd annual .na• completion of one of the greatest Jews" are a contribution to Jew- Temple in Jerusalem, presents an shadowed realm of the senseless. unobtrusive, was one of the in-
important Talmudical study by ish learning to do their utmost
At first the unfortunate lunatic dividuals in a group who are
ish learning everywhere and are opportunity to us to do something
tional encampment of the Jewish
in
furthering
the
work
under-
perhaps the most important single construitive for the upbuilding had been a terrifying novelty in taken for granted like the 613
his 19-year-old son, Rabbi Solo.
War Veterans of the U. S., in De-
the little hamlet, where life as a duties of a pious man. He was re-
literary Jewish creation to the of our Homeland. •
mon Guronchik, also of Palestine. taken by this great Talmudist." troit, Sept. 2 to 5, it was an-
The mere fact that Prof. Gins-
credit of an American Jew. "On Saturday night, Aug. 6, rule proceeded with monotonous garded as moderately learned in
One of the most interesting en-
nounced here this week by Sam-
The latest volume to the series and Sunday morning, Aug. 7, prosaicness. But after the morbid the Law and possessed an excel-
dorsements of this forthcoming burg, who seldom gives endorse- uel J. Lave, general chairman of
ment,
for books, has written so
of seven is the index book to the your congregation will eagerly attraction that insanity holds for lent memory for retaining choice
work comes from Dr. Louis Gins-
the
convention
committee.
-
strong
a
statement
is
sufficient
in
Legends.
It was compiled by Dr. respond to your appeal for the the sane had worn off, he had be- quotations from the Scriptures.
burg, who is recognized as the
Organized two years ago in the
Boaz Cohen and serves as the Jewish National Fund, our peo- come an accepted institution, like
outstanding Talmudist in Amer- dication that the youth is a great East on an experimental basis,
Reb Chaim lived with his shrew-
authority
on
the
Talmud.
in
ad-
guide to the complete collection. pie's agency for redeeming the the drippings from the Sabbath ish, buxom wife, Hannah, the
ica and one of the leading Tal-
some of the , outstanding the Sons and Daughters of JWV,
candles
or
the
creaking
wooden
The
fifth
and
sixth
volumes
con-
land
in
Eretz
Israel.
mudists in the world. Dr. Gins- dition,
daughter
of Reb 'Levi Baer, and
Jewish scholars in the world have has enjoyed a phenomenal
"In view of the present tragic bridge that straddled the near-by their sole offspring, a girl named
thin the notes to the first four
burg, who is professor of Talmud recognized him as a genius who growth. The junior auxiliary now
stream.
examples
of
great
plight
of
our
people
everywhere,
books
and
are
at the Jewish Theological Semi-
Leah. She had been observed by
has units attached to a majority
For a short time, the village critical neighbors ever since the
research and erudition. The first with Eretz Israel the only hope
nary of America, states in his en- surpasses all living scholars in his of the J. W. V. Posts. All mem-
of the Talmud.
four volumes are the text proper for the exiled and unfortunate of had gained a questionable promi- day when she had been sprung,
dorsement of Rabbi Guronchik's knowledge
Chief Rabbi Herzog of Pales- bers of the Sons and Daughters
of the legends compiled by Prof. our race, it becomes our duty,to nence among the few other com- closing forever the womb of her
works:
of J. W. V. are outfitted in natty
Ginsberg. redeem more and more land to munities with which it had inter- mother as if to preclude the corn-
"Judging by the hitherto pub- tine is among those who have blue and white uniforms. Many
commended Rabbi Guronchik's
Thus, an effort of more than settle thereon our persecuted course. Its inhabitants who car- ing of others who would dispute
lished works of Rabbi Solomon works. The late Chaim Nachman units have their own bands and
26 years is concluded with the ap- brethren.
ried their pack-wares to the vol- her autonomy. They saw her now,
Guronchik; I may well say that I Bialik lauded him as a Talmudic fife and drum corps.
"I urge you to continue your lages within a conservative radius the quarreling, possessive child
pearance
of the final volume. Un-
consider him one of the greatest genius when he was 13 years old.
Principal business on the
lit
now,
the
Bible
and
the
"His-
custom
of
making
a
collection
and
became centers of interest and become a wildly beautiful maiden
phenomena in the field of Tal-
agenda
of
the
convention
will
be
DR. LOUIS GINZBURG
Besides, his works are already
tory of the Jews" by Greets appeal for the Jewish National were asked to relate, before gos- of 16. The neighbors had turned
mudic studies. About two years
of throughout the the election of national officers,
during
one
of
the
Tisha
ranked
first
among
the
best
sellers
Fund
sipy housewives and common away, disgustedly, saying that
achievements
in
Ameri-
ago, at the age of 17, he pub- being spoken great
Dub-
literary
significance to the launching of a national
lished a commentary on a sec- world as of
lication and the beginning of a can Jewry: the appearance of the Published by the Jewish Publics- b'Ab services. For our people's ne'er-do-wells in the inns, the more appropriately she should
scholarship.
lion
Society,
with
Dnbnow's
"His-
sake,
see
to
it
that
you
do
your
story of "their" lunatic. But the have been named Lilith.
tion of Maimonides' Code, which Jewish
Rabbi Abraham Guronchik, his membership campaign. Charles C. seventh and final volume of Dr. tory of the Jews in Russia and utmost."
would have been of great credit to
inherent dullness of the village
Her pions father regretted the
in Detroit Eisenstein of Newark, chairman ,Louis Ginzburg's "Legends of Poland" running a close third.
An
appeal
in
behalf
of
the
Jew-
a renowned Talmudist at the age father. can be reached
. J. I%
Wohlgelern- of the J. W. V. committee direct- the Jews," published by this so- It is reasonable to expect that the ish •National Fund, on the occa- soon absorbed` this unexpected fact that there would be' no son
Rabbi M
event and life resumed its leisure- to say the kaddish for his soul
of 70. At present he is engaged through
ing
the
Sons
and
Daughters
of
ciety.
ter. A committee of rabbis and
in the publication of a 'Talmud' laymen is at work assisting him J. W. V., is planning to have a
As professor of Talmud at the "Legends of the Jews" will hence- slim of Tisha b'Ab, will be made ly ritual-laden course.
after his passing. He disapproved
The lunatic was Reb Chaim of the actions -of his pagan daturh-
that is • commentary in the style
representative of the Junier sox - Jewish Theological Ceminary of forth form one of the most val. over Altman's Jewish Hoar on
in
the
gathering
of
the
necessary
al- ued collections produced by this station WMBC, from 8:30 to 9:30 ben Reb Yitshak Zeev (may his ter, who, like 'hit wife; treated
of the Talmud upon the sixth Or-
iliary
address
the
Jewish
War
America,
Dr.
Ginsburg
has
p. m. this Saturday night.
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der of the Mishna. I have care- funds for the publication of the Veterans Convention.
ready made a place for himself
memory be for a blessing!)• He
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fully studied his commentary' and "Talmud."
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