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Sabbath Readings of the Law
Pentateuchal portion—Deut. 1:1-3:22
Prophetical portion—h. 1:1-27
Tisha b'Ab Readings of the Law,
Tuesday, July 25
Pentateuchal portion—Deut. 4:25-40, at morn-
ing services—Ex. 32:11-14; 34:1-10 at afternoon
services.
Prophetical portion--Jer. 8:13-8:23, at morn-
ing services—h. 55:6-56:8, at afternoon services.
succeeded in branding them as "illegal"
seekers for homes in the territory from
which their ancestors were driven and
which is to be kept as a barren desert if
this brave knight is to have his way. It
shall not be said in the Germany of the
Nazis that Jews from Poland and Ru-
mania and Hungary are to take the places
claimed by the declassed and degraded at
the hands of Hitler. Nay, it shall not
even be said that all of these degraded
are to find homes in Palestine, and if
brave knight Malcolm MacDonald is to
have it his way, the German Jews who
are storm-tossed in old and leaking boats
shall also be barred from entering the
land the Jews dare to build as Eretz
Israel.
In the long run, it is not the Jewish
people whom Knight MacDonald harms.
It is the British people that is humiliated.
When Britain learns the truth, MacDonald
will be compelled to shed the armor he
disgraces by his words and acts.
JR. SERVICE GROUP
PLANS ACTIVITIES
Even the excessive humidity of
the summer months does not put
a damper on the activities of the
Junior Section, Detroit Service
Group.
Under the chairmenship of Bud
Bietheld, Sadie Beth Klein and
Jerry Rosenzweig, the collection
committee is reorganizing and will
start active work in the early fall.
Members of the steering com-
mittee have been meeting to dis-
cuss plans for new activities for
the Junior Group to carry through
during the fall and winter months.
Campaigning in the Junior Di-
vision is still on. Money and slips
are received daily. The Junior
Division has raised $14,800 out of
a quota of $17,500, and expects to
pass the $15,000 mark before the
first fall meeting.
BROADCASTERS BAN
RACIAL PREJUDICE;
MAY BAR COUGHLIN
The
issue
of
Communism
that
arose
at
July 21, 1939
Ab 5, 5699 the convention of the American Youth
, CONCLUDED FROM PAM,/ ORM)
Congress recently inspired an editorial in
the New York Times under the heading on American public opinion.
The Unitarian Program
"Youth and the Communists," as follows: Scores Coughlin as "Compounder
In connection with the program for de-
of Stories"
Literal-minded people may find the reports
Speaking over the Mutual net-
mocracy inaugurated by the Unitarian
of proceeding. of the American Youth Con-
work
on
a
nation-wide hookup,
Fellowship for Social Justice, it is inter- gress puzzling. On Monday the congress voted
Elliott Roosevelt, head of the
esting to note that the projected plan to down ■ resolution to condemn communism Texas
State Radio network, as-
as "opposed to the principles of a belief in
fight against bigotry and for justice to all
sailed Father Coughlin as anti-
God, the inviolability of human rights, pri-
groups is not being limited to Unitarians.
Semitic and a "compounder of
vate ownership o f property and internal
stories." Although censorship in
The men at the head of the Unitarian
peace." Following this • group representing
form was intolerable to him,
Fellowship have invited spokesmen for , 14 of the 135 participating organizations any
Roosevelt said that it "might
all religious denominations to join in this walked out. On Tuesday the remaining dele- not be too high a price to pay
gates passed • substitute resolution support-
battle for decency. Under the projected
if it will help insulate us against
ing the basic freedoms, keeping the doors of
the anti-Semitic oratory of the
plan this will be a fight by Americans for
the congress open to all young people, re-
radio priest out in Royal Oak,
American ideals, against the injection of
gardless of race, creed, religion or political
The President's son as-
bigotry into the bloodstream of our de- label, whether Republican, Democratic, Social. Mich."
serted that as a compounder of
ist, Communist, Fascist or any other kind,"
mocracy. The Unitarians have earned the
stories Father Coughlin has few
but also denouncing "all forms of dictator.
gratitude of all lovers of liberty for in-
equals and that "despite the fact
regardless of whether they be Com-
that his own churchmen as well
stituting this program of action in de- ship,
munist, Fascist, Nazi or any other type."
as Jews have been relentlessly
fense of the American way of life.
Surprisingly, this resolution received sup-
persecuted in Germany, Cough-
Brave Malcolm MacDonald!
•
Freedom of Speech
port from Communists, one of whom, Mr.
Gil Green of the Young Communist League,
stated that "communism does not stand for
dictatorship but for the greatest democracy,"
and pledged his organization against "all
forms of dictatorship." Mr. Green did not ex-
plain what is meant by the "dictatorship of
the proletariat" at the present moment, nor
In his warning that immigration to Pal-
estine will be completely cut off begin-
( ning Oct. 1, for a six-month period, due
to the large number of illegal immigrants
just how Joseph Stalin earns his living. How-
who are coming in at isolated spots on
the reconciliation of Russian commun-
the Palestine coast, Colonial Secretary ever,
ism with American notions of democracy is
Malcolm MacDonald made this statement: his worry, not num
Taken at their face value, the words of
"As many illegal immigrants are Jews
from Poland and Rumania, the movement the resolution are good words, regardless of
Mr. Green's attitudes. They acknowledge
threatens to some extent our effort to every one's right to talk. They
denounce forms
help refugees."
of government which make free discussion,
This is a most amazing declaration on in Youth Congresses or elsewhere, a crime.
If the young people, who will soon enough
the part of a member of a great Govern-
ment. It not only adds insult to injury. be middle-aged people, cling to these beliefs,
we can be easy in our minds.
It attempts to mislead world public opin-
We concur wholeheartedly in the view
ion. It seeks to paint a picture of saint-
liness of the British administrators who expressed in this editorial. The basic
principles
of freedom of speech, freedom
are shutting the doors of the Jewish
Homeland in the face of tens of thousands of assembly, freedom of worship must be
of unfortunates, including children for defended at all costs. As long as all ele-
whom homes were already created but ments of the population will stand, four-
who are deprived of the right to breathe square in defense of these ideals, there
will be nothing to fear from the destruc-
freely.
Instead of cooperating in the great ef- tive groups. But as soon as the right to
fort of "facilitating" the establishment of discuss an issue freely is prohibited, other
the Jewish National Home in Palestine— restrictions will follow inevitably and the
as pledged in the Balfour Declaration and I entire democratic structure will crumble.
the League of Nations Mandate—British The democratic ideals must be defended,
officials, through their perfidious spokes- and they can be protected only by mak-
man, Colonial Secretary MacDonald, seek ing our form of government a living in-
to give the impression that Jews are in- strumentality for liberty and justice.
terfering with a noble effort to help refu-
gees.
I No Place Here for Hatred
But Mr. MacDonald and his fellow
Governor Herbert H. Lehman of New
Britishers in the Chamberlain administra- York has placed strong emphasis in re-
tion know that the plight of the Polish cent addresses on the need for defending
and Rumanian Jews is as serious as that American democracy and on the fact that
of the German Jews, the only difference subversive movements have no place in
in their position being that the German this country. One of his most significant
Jews must leave at once whereas the Pol- statements is the address he delivered be-
ish and Rumanian Jews have the "privi- fore the New York State Department of
lege" of living and suffering in their pres- the United Spanish War Veterans in which
ent infernos.
he emphasized that "the spirit of demo-
What inconsistency—the Palestine Post cratic America will not tolerate" hat-
called is "perverted logic"—in Malcolm reds which dominate European countries.
MacDonald's argument! Just because He lauded immigrants who have come
some Polish and Rumanian Jews have here to escape religious or political per-
come to Palestine "illegally" (from the secution and declared that "in the free
Colonial Secretary's point of view), there- life of America, love for their adopted
fore even German Jews, whom he pre- country left no room in their hearts for
tends to be anxious to help, shall not be national, racial, religious or class hatred
able to enter!
and divisions."
First the Jewish people was penalized
This address was a stirring appeal
for the terrorism of the Arabs. Now the against tolerating here "the passions, the
Jewish people is being penalized because prejudices, the false theories and ideals
its oppressed and persecuted must find a which are making Europe an armed camp
haven of refuge!
and which have forced from their homes
We have before us a clipping of a countless thousands to wander homeless
cable sent to the New York Times by its through Europe." He continued:
correspondent in Bucharest, Rumania, on
Those who benefit from the blessings of
June 26, which reads:
democracy must not abuse the privileges of
BUCHAREST, Rumania, June 26. —There
were moving scenes at the port of Con.
stanza today when • small Rumanian steamer
left for Palestine.
There were 450 Jewish refugees from
Austria and Czecho-Sloyaki• who were al-
lowed aboard, but 120 more were left behind
because of lack of accommodation. As the
ship left her moorings • number of the
latter sought to swim out to her despite the
efforts of the authorities and bystanders to
prevent them.
Twenty jumped into the water. Fourteen
were picked up by boats; the others drowned.
What is it that impels men and women
to risk their lives, to make uncertain voy-
ages on disease-ridden boats, to leave the
lands of their birth in order to settle in
Palestine—ille gally ? Surely it is not a
desire to be spiteful to an alleged altruis-
tic British plan to help the refugees!
Every person on earth who knows any-
thing at all about world conditions and
about the horrors that drive the Jewish
refugees to most dangerous means of pur-
suing life, knows that this is a race with
death, that the frantic attempts to enter
Palestine are the alternatives for suicide,
that the refugee plight is not limited to
Germany, that there are more than five
million men, women and children who
must find havens of refuge else they die
—and that for hundreds of thousands of
these members of a nation trapped, Pales-
tine is the only haven.
What a brave figure Mr. MacDonald
cuts in the present tragedy! He is a glor-
ious knight who defends the shores of
Palestine against the terrible monsters
called Polish and Russian Jews. He has
democracy. Those who are protected in
their liberties by our statutes must obey
those statutes, not only in the letter but in
the spirit. It is contemptible for ■ any o n e
who enjoys the benefits of democracy to seek
to undermine the principles and institutions
which •lone have made those benefits pos-
sible.
We can have no divided loyalty in this
country. That great American, Theodore
Roosevelt, eloquently cop d this truth
when he said:
"We can have no fifty-fifty allegiance in
this country. Either a man is an
• American
•
and nothing else, or he is not American at
all. We are akin by blood and descent to
most of the n•tion• of Europe; but we are
•
separate from all of them; we are • new and
distinct nation."
Our nation is more than • geographical
unit of • single government. Our nation is
composed of peoples of different stocks and
many religions, but w• are all united by an
intense love of liberty. We are a nation born
of a great ideal. That ideal can and will be
d for us and for our children and
our children's children only if we safeguard
uncompromisingly.
it militantly and
■
We who love America, we who love de-
mocracy and freedom and equality must dedi-
cate ourselves to • spirit of understanding, of
tolerance and good-will, of patriotism and,
above all
• things, to an unyielding love for
free America.
Every loyal American will endorse these
views. They are the sentiments of a great
American who knows the value of freedom
and is instrumental, in his own capacity
as governor of the Empire State in the
Union, in defending the highest principles
of this democracy. Only those who have
inherited the hates of Europe can pos-
sibly reject the ideals for American de
mocraci outlined by Governor Lehman.
PURELY COMMENTARY
By PHILIP SLOMOVITZ
(CONCLUDED FROM PACE
The Refugees--Myth and Reality
A movement in opposition to the admission of
refugees is gaining momentum in Australia and
New Zealand. An example of the type of senti-
ment created there is contained in the recent
pronouncement by Sir Frank Clarke, president
of the Legislative Council of Victoria, the Leftist
Australian State, who described the refugees as
follows: "Slinking rat-faced men under 5 feet
high and with a chest development of about
20 inches who work in 'backyard' factories for
50 cents a week and their keep."
This is, of course, not a fair portrait of the
unfortunates who are in search of havens of ref-
uge from oppression. The best answer is pro-
vided by the Jews who have settled in Palestine.
These "refugees" are in no sense different from
those who plead for opportunities to live else-
where. They have the same eyes, the same ears,
the same dimensions. The only difference is that
the Jewish communities are prepared to wel-
come them, and only the inhuman policy of the
British administration stands in the way of settl-
ing hundreds of thousands of them in a Jewish
environment; whereas other lands are brutal in
their refusals to welcome wholesome elements who
can make great contributions to them.
In Palestine Jews have provided proof of their
ability to create, and the pioneers have wrought
miracles in a forsaken country. An interesting
sketch recently appeared in the Hebrew labor
daily Darer of Jerusalem describing the mettle of
which Jewish builders of Zion are made. This
sketch, picturing everyday life in the port of
Tel Aviv, by Zvi Adler, under the title In the
Port . ", has been adapted into English for the
Zionist Review of London and we reprint it here
as an impressive bit of evidence in defense of the
men who are being maligned by the description
"slinking, rat-faced":
"Ps sun beam dome inttolerulas on 1he backs of toiling
dock lohorers, burdened math 'rent loada
7011110 love
not set learned how to curry tinny .ths; they on
pert hed on their neclon-suelt porkers mill not lust
long in the pool, for after ...Ong burdens for owo end
hours 11110 on. they will become dicey and loafed.
Other, bear the sacks ON pleb shoulders lightly. The
coal hew.. near .1..1 glees In protect their eyes.
1...kerchief. of. their mouths , and ulold drinking
oat..
Life Is no Idyll ,here there Is hard nork t11 be done.
lint they sing. there formerly lb. hod sighed. Little
. lifts his tot. In a chant. Another
Ind.. the ch..
goads on his commies: Come ton. altogether! Pinion
mks: 151nower w m porter nearlo g spectacle.?
Intl II Is TI1Ellt port. There are crones, a small
lighter low.. boats, mothers. Porters,
boalmeni
maw nothing
11. scene of softly
a fen smrstono. Nothing on complItated or 1.0 grand—
lin's shrine has become a clear-
ing house for questionable propa-
ganda which the Nazis make the
fullest use of. Most of Father
Coughlin's anti-Semitic views
have been taken up by the Nazis
and widely quoted in Germany,"
Roosevelt said.
Or 110 11011/11)1111r.
A W11111011011 111101,01. 1,11210. fit the 1,1111.tteeh
,ark.
A 110% 01111 perked-up ears goes by, shank 0 moment
to mulch, 0101
thlark.
The ships are I
led and unloaded f,fib melodic snug.
11 chomp accompaniment to toil, in this Jewish port.
That which has been possible in Palestine—
not only at the Tel Aviv port but also in the
agricultural colonies, in road-building activities,
FCC Decree Declared to Be
in factories—is also possible in Australia and in
"Ambiguous"
England and the United States. Given a chance,
WASHINGTON. (WNS)—Rep- the refugees will make great contributions to
resentatives of the radio indus- the countries offering them refuge. But the cards
try, testifying at a hearing on are stacked against them, and libels dominate
the Federal Communication Com- over truth.
mission's
recent
ruling
that
It is no wonder that the masses of the Jewish
broadcasters "shall render only people, as well as their leaders, are perplexed by
an international broadcast which the question, "Whence will come relief?"
will reflect the culture of this
•
country and which will promote A Story That Challenges the Conscience
international good-will,
under-
of
Mankind
standing and cooperation," criti-
Thousands of Jews are still on the high seas
cized the decree as "ambiguous"
and as a "form of censorship." in search of havens of refuge, but a heartless
world remains indifferent to suffering. Tens of
Urges Propaganda Be Met by thousands are clamoring to be admitted to Pales-
tine, but the administration set up by John Bull
Critical Appraisal
CHARLOTTESVILLE. (WNS) rejects them. Those who get into the land under
—Declaring that civil liberties the darkness of night are branded "illegal" immi-
are today fighting a losing battle grants. That the legality of Jewish settlement in
throughout the world, Bruce Palestine should be questioned in this tragic hour
Bliven, president and editor of is the height of international barbarism and cruel-
The New Republic, in an address ty. Dr. Stephen S. Wise put it well when he
before the Institute of Public *aid that no Jew goes to Palestine illegally, but
Affairs at the University of Vir- Jews are kept out of Palestine illegally.
In the meantime untold hardships are suffered
ginia, urged that problems aris-
ing out of irrational prejudices by the boatloads of men and women who must
find
homes somewhere and who risk everything
masquerading as intelligent judg-
ments be met by critical thought they nossess and their very lives to settle in Eretz
as the best protection against Israel. . The New York Times corespondent in
international propaganda of a Bucharest, Rumania, sent his paper a copy of a
subversive nature and as the letter written by a young Bukowina Jew who
surest bulwark of democracy entered Palestine "illegally" to his parents, de-
itself. "Our problem," said BIN- scribing the difficulties that are suffered by these
en, "is to train ourselves to immigrants, their want and starvation and the
recognize propaganda, and when constant state of panic into which they are being
thrown.
The letter reads:
we recognize it, to suspend judg-
ment until we can analyze its
purposes dispassionately."
"One group. consisting of Wood 40 young men ond
mom., left Onchares1 and ranted at Constanza Mu-
man.), ohere mere lodged In a tonna hotel. It was
saitl this timid 10,1 milt a fro hon., but me had In
moll to o days before mg nen embarked on Irh. 25,
at night.
"The next night ne changed our shlp and 101 the
new one or found not fem. than 700 Jr01.111 eini-
arunth front Poland. MIlhoul any Incident ourshlp
• rrIted al CornIth (Greece), Owee me ftere 1.1,1 10
slop for a neek. After lenfing consIllt on lbe night
of March 10 me had our flnotratastnophe.
"Et cry
non sleeping smuttily when . 00111. to the
negligent-, of Ihe captain. our 11111p strunded 11/1 a rook.
Signals asking for helpere Immediately nut out
as th• muter flooded the body of the ship. Half a mile
LONDON. (WNS)—In order
to compete on better terms with
Germany and Italy in the "war
of words and nerves" now being
waged by press and radio, the
British government will spend
more than £300.000 in building
up its propaganda machine.
THE JEW'S INSURANCE POLICY
(CONCLUDED FROM PACE ONE)
rabbi, my grandfather, seated in
his Talith and Tephilin , the
mourning of the lamentations
impressed on his patriarchal ap-
pearance, was absorbed in the
Midrash of the Lamentations. To
him came Naphtali, enraged with
conduct of the Chassidim and
carrying in his hands the stickers
which had been thrown at him,
and the hairs which had been
Plucked from his beard. Even in
his great excitement Naphtali was
awed by the majestic figure of
the rabbi and he stood motion-
less at the door until the rabbi
looked up.
"I have come to complain of
the conduct of the 'r'shoim',"
cried Naphtali, in tones of ex-
citement. "See, holy rabbi, what
the r'shoim (the wicked ones)
have done to me!" and he ex-
hibited the signs of hie mistreat-
ment, the stickers and hair torn
front his beard.
small house had burned among
the rest. This had left him penni-
less, without any means of mak-
ing a living. When he told me
that him loss was only 1,000
gulden, I told him that I could
recompense him for his loss. I
then inquired as to other losers
in the disaster. I learned to my
sorrow that Moishe Chaim, a
very much respected and chari-
table member of the community,
had lost his house, valued at
50,000 gulden. I was very sorry,
for I knew that beside his loss
Moishe Chaim was oppressed by
many debts. Even as I thought
the matter my, Shamos an-
nounced that Moishe Chaim was
at the door. He entered, and at
of
the sight of his smiling face I
thought that the news I had
heard could not be. true.
"'Moishe Chaim,' I said, 'I
heard that you had suffered a
great loss. I am glad that it is
not true.'
"'It is true that I have loot
"Whom do you call the not only my house but my ex-
pensive
furniture also,' said the
r'ahoim?" asked the rabbi, delib-
erately. "It is not allowed to man.
"'Then how is it that you are
apply evil names to Jews."
smiling while Meier, whose small
"Why, the Chassidim! They house cost only 1,000 gulden, is
are really r'shoim, for on the bewailing his lot?'
day of the great Jewish disaster
" 'Because,' whispered Moishe
t hey do not engage in mourning
Chaim in the ear of the rabbi,
and grief but rather in childish 'because I possess
an insurance
pranks!"
policy for 70,000 gulden, with
"You know what the Talmud this money I will pay my debts
gays," spoke the rabbi slowly and and build a new house and buy
meditatively. " 'Judge every man new furniture to replace the
with an eye to the justification old, but Meier, who has no in-
of his actions.'"
surance policy, must really be
"But what justification can unhappy even though his loss is
here be in such conduct—making only 1,000 gulden.'"
a holiday of the day of the tem-
After the rabbi had finished,
ple's destruction?"
Naphtali asked him, "Why, rab-
"Sit down, Naphtali," com- bi, have you told me this story?"
manded the rabbi, "and listen And the rabbi explained as MI-
o • story." Naphtali seated him- lows:
self and the rabbi began as fol.
"Tisha b'Ab is the day of the
own:
destruction of the holy temple
"Once when I was rabbi of with all its furniture, as it is re-
the tow n of L—, there came to lated by the prophet Jeremiah,
me an honest member of the 'There is gone forth from the
community. named Meier, who daughter of Zion all her :mien-
bewailed his z lot with tears and dor. the magnificent things
bitterness , great fire had bra- which have been in the days of
ken out .on the street and his old.' But the Chassidim believe
•
Is Named Director
of Cornell's Hillel
from our 1■11111 MIS MI uninhabited Island
meager. ftere 1. 0111101.11 there.
and
the pas-
"aloe neth morning another ship come to our rescue:
m
.
thol ship oas Out...ling some hundred s of
Inechmsltastkia, oho completely filled the amt ll
memo.r. Theseunfortunate people had been an the
herke,
hod
had
to
tight
itillt
illness
and
sea for 140101
mere full of term.. Besides, they bud no more food
on boon!.
'Trion there the ship took the direction Of Paindine
and on the tits) night ite hod the Chan, 10 land 000
...ins, 1110.015 tt0111101, eltildren and old people. AI 5
,,mini or 11101 10 interrupt the landing
o'clock In the ttttt
operat10111, and our 1 11111 returned to the open sea nIll
Ina beak the next efettleig to land
the Intention of
the rest of the passengenk
ham
"Re uppnotched the shore In the dark. The coploin
slopped and the boats ,,ere Itonered. tl thot tttttmend
he ft bole sea 1/0111111* 11 innthatted. The can.. cove
orders In meigh omit. owl O. ship 1.4 to the sea
agoln al the grownd possible speed. The 1.01111t
folionedIn motor bouts a n d opened machine-anti
lire on.. but nathi not rapture us.
lottolred • people mere still on booed the ship
,,ill neither older nor prothsions und IA Ithont any pos-
sibility Of a port... the nowt ucoin. The captain
decided 10 return to tine.. A terrible dune broke out
and for even dn. our tools food mug dry breml 0 (1 1 ,
no ,,per
"%1 hen t,e urrit nl in Greece the eoptain bought fowl.
inwttlicient tiolutlity for the passengers. wo
but
Vie
me 111111 10 1111) 11,1111,10011 nilhtour 1100 11101110.
remained in a Creek 'tort for ten days NMI C011111111 10111
men ncre changed.
"The rte. contain ref.VII to lake us In Pale-Wine,
app Ihnl ashen or merited In the neighborhood of type.
Ate hod to hire a soiling ship. AI a distance of 0,e
toll. front Palestine 4( 01 entignsnts swot on board that
rattling ship, oltere they ,t re limited like sanlines. I 0-
fortunately the contention. signals urn. not glen that
night. Only the next night, In indescribable difficulties,
0110 II 1011111111, effect rti, lout the passengers n ere leas
, lu„nl Inernge, half-starnol and some co en ulthout
clothes.
In the tnesittlinte the remaining 210 passeogers nem
uniting Mutant the 4110011Ct for the ref„,,of tl,r tattling
ship. when It tante bath the, all men) on loord It, but
too landing 0101 poss.. on thot night.
"The next night 811 possengero %fere Innolts1 lost the
of hooting su-
sigma that a lllll ounced the terra
den]) entstol and the e.t.a ship ons
re obliged
t or take to wit. Mil the steamer hnd gone anti or urn
left in that owl..., minus. water or food.
attempt to land the next night failed. so 1100
lentil. det1111.11 tO 01111 the Syrian coast for prof Iths.
'This trip took 10 hours. P,,n the Stn. 14111 ,4 tfe
got our prof isiOns and otter three 110t* ‘tt. 1.11 ‘ 1.11 11
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A more touching story of human hardships is
yet to be told. It is common knowledge. Britain
knows it. The United States government knows
it. France knows it. It is common knowledge in
that are ruled by dictators. But the conscience
the democracies as well as the governments
of the world apparently remains unmoved. A
hard-hearted world refuses to become sympathetic.
•
A Comment on the "Food" Item
The Commentator's good friend, Osias Zwerdl-
ing of Ann Arbor, was the first of a number of
readers to comment on our item on "Food" in
last week's column. Mr. Zwerdling writes:
"It might interest you to learn what the in-
telligent non-Jew thinks. Last spring, Rabbi Ber-
nard Heller, several Jewish students, Mrs. Zwerd-
ling and I were guests at a dinner given by the
First Methodist Episcopal Church of Ann Arbor
where several hundred- non-Jews were present,
and all were served broiled fish. It was not on
Friday. I leave all comments to you."
Mr. Zwerdling (he is deservedly one of Michi-
gan's most revered Jewish leaders), has written his
own commentary. A Christian church has shown
the kind of respect for Jewish guests which Jews
themselves have on occasions failed to show to
themselves and their traditions.
Only one other comment is in order: Self-re-
spect begets respect. Self-respect should dictate
to Jews not to abuse their own traditions.
•
Admonishing Dictators in Rhyme
The ancient Prophetic warning to a dictator of
old, "Mene, Mene, Tekel Upharsin", ("you have
been weighed in the balance and found wanting")
finds an echo in a modern bit of verse. Writing
under the heading "Mene, Mene, Tekel!" in This
Week, Ada Jackson's warning for a dictator in
rhyme follows:
Listen Hitler. There were others—
When your puff-ball hour is done
Men shall name you with them, saying
Pride was there, but roots were none;
Vanity swol'n to a mountain,
Arrogance that leapt the sun;
Forwardness that built on quicksand;
Vaunting schemes, doomed as begun—
A dusty tale, a bitter tale;
And told of many another one;
God's Hand wrote its end along
A palace wall in Babylon;
There was, likewise, Alexander,
Attila the bloody Ilun;
Hannibal and murdered Caesar;
Philip of Spain, Napoleon—
These warnings never grow stale, because there
are always aspirants to dictatorships who need to
be admonished of their inevitable fate.
Wagner-Rogers Bill
Doomed to Failure
WASHINGTON. (WNS)-
The Society of Friends (Quak-
ers) were said to be making
desperate efforts to rally sup-
port for the admission of
20,000 refugee children from
Germany, in spite of the fact
that sponsors of the Wagner-
Rogers bill have admitted the
bill cannot pass at this session
of Congress. Both the House
and Senate Immigration Com-
mittees are against the bill
and it is conceded that ex-
clusionist forces have the up-
per hand. Representative Car-
oline O'Day of New York said
that while there is an over-
whelming amount of sympa-
thy for the bill outside of
Congress, there Is very little
support to be obtained in the
House and Senate. She con-
demned the attitude of those
members of Congress who al-
lowed the unemployment prob-
lem in the United States to
deter them from approving a
measure designed to aid suf-
fering children of Germany
and Austria. It was believed
that the bill would never
emerge from the House corn-
mittee unless the Senate
passes it first.
in the promises of the prophets,
and right after Tisha b'Ab they
celebrate Shabbos Nachamu, the
Sabbath of Comfort, by reading
the prophecies, 'Comfort ye,
comfort ye; my people, said the
Lord, break forth in song, ye
ruins of Jerusalem arise, arise
for thy light is come, it shall
break forth as the morning
dawn, instead that thou was for-
saken and hated. will I render
thee an excellency and an ever-
lasting joy.'
"Thus the Chassidim possess
an insurance policy and expect
instead of the old Temple. a new
one in time to come. 'Greater
shall be the glory of the latter
house than the former, said the
Lord. 'Awake, awake, 0 Zion
ONE,
Jewish student centers main.
tained at American colleges and
universities by Bnai Brith, was
announced here this week by
Henry Monsky, president of Bnai
Brith and chairman of the Na-
tional Hillel Commission. Rabbi
Polish succeeds Rabbi Ephraim
Fischoff, who resigned to accept
a call to the pulpit of Templ e
Beth Miriam, Long Branch, N. J.
A graduate of the Hebrew
Union College in the class of
1934, Rabbi Polish has been
spiritual leader of Temple Judah,
Cedar Rapids, Ia., since his or-
dination. lie was the founder of
the • state-wide Jewish teachers'
organization in Iowa and of the
Cedar Rapids branch of the Na-
tional Conference of Christians
and Jews. A member of the edu-
cational commission of the Union
of American Hebrew Congrega.
tions, he has just completed a
syllabus on Jewish history which
will be published by the Union.
During his student days in
Cincinnati, he was associate ed-
itor of the Hebrew Union Col-
lege Hebrew Monthly, a national
vice president of Young Judaea
and founder of the League of
Jewish Youth. Rabbi Polish is the
son-in-law of A. II. Friedland,
director of the Bureau of Jewish
Education of Cleveland, superin-
tendent of the Hebrew schools
of Cleveland and one of the
greatest Hebrew educators of his
time.
KUHN IS ARRESTED
FOR DRUNKENNESS
(CONCLUDF:I/ Flt051 PACE
ONEI
told him. 'You can't use that
kind of language here.'
"'I don't have to keep quiet,'
Kuhn replied. 'If you knew who
I am you wouldn't tell me what
I have to do.'
"Plasae told him, 'I don't care
who you are, if you don't abide
by the laws and ordinances of
this place you'll have to suffer
the consequences.' So he took
Kuhn back to the station house
again.
"We had to lock Kuhn up at
1:30 o'clock this morning to
cool off. Shortly after 5 o'clock
the others in the party asked
about bail and we asked them
how much they could scrape up.
They had $54 and we took that.
It's nominal bail, for profanity
and drunkenness."
Chief Templeman said that al-
though Kuhn had talked with his
companions in German, he had
sworn at the officer in English,
relapsing into German only when
he was back in the police station
and had lost his temper over his
arrest.
"It was good English, in dic-
tion, anyway," the chief added.
"It got him into ,the lock-up
for four hours."
Nazi Propaganda Scored
NEW YORK.—L. M. Birkhead,
national director of the Friends
of Democracy, made public a
letter to Secretary Cordell Hull
urging that the State Depart-
ment demand of the German
Ambassador an immediate sus-
pension of propaganda reaching
this country from Germany.
Mr. Birkhead complained of an
increasing dissemination in the
United States of the publica-
tions of official German propa-
ganda organizations such as the
Fichte Bund and the World
Service. He asked the State De-
partment to investigate.
Among the pamphlets that Mr.
Birkhead cites are reprints of
Hitler speeches, laudatory char-
acter studies of leaders in Ger-
many and an unfavorable com-
parison of the democratic sys-
tem of government with the Nazi
system by Joseph Goebbels,
propaganda minister.
Complete 10 Years of Bellefaire
Children's Home Life in Cottages
When trustees, directors and
local representatives of the Jew-
ish Orphan Home in Cleveland
assemble for their 71st annual
meeting on July 22 and 23, they
will celebrate 10 years of resi-
dence in Bellefaire's cottage
home.
children, when they are in a Po -
sition to contribute.
Maurice A. Enggass of De-
troit is a member of the govern-
ing board of Bellefaire.
Sees Russo-British
Treaty as Present
Hope of the World
The Jewish Orphan Home was
founded in 1868 by Bnai Brith.
Its first wards were chiefly Civil
War orphans. It has rendered 71
years of child care service to
the territory comprising Districts
2 and 6 of the Bnai Brith, cov- Threat of Alliaisce Between Hit-
ler and Stalin Discussed by
ering' 16 states of the Middle
West. The Home is maintained
by individual subscriptions, a per
capita allocation from each Bnai
Brith member's dues, Federation
and Welfare Fund allocations, in-
come from endowments, and by
remittances from relatives of the
Put on thy beautiful garments,
0 Jerusalem. They also believe
Emil Ludwig
"Hitler would get along better
with Stalin than with Chamber -
lain. One can only hope that
Stalin would refuse if the Fueh-
rer, in a moment of pressure ,
should apply to him for aid. To
me, the possibility of Russo-
German coalition is a constant
and horrible eight. A Russo-Brit -
ish alliance, although sure to be
only temporary at best, would
stave off a Soviet liaison with
Germany. Because of this, and—
since there is no chance of revo-
lution in Germany in time to
Prevent war— because it is the
last slender means of averting
a general European conflict, alli-
ance of Britain and Russia Is
the immediate hope of the
world."
This is the conclusion reached
by Emil Ludwig in his interestin g,
article, "Stalin vs. Chamberlain ,
in the Aug. 1 issue of Look
Magazine, now on the news -
the tradition of the Talmud that
on the very day of the destruc-
tion of Jerusalem was born the
Messiah, the redeemer, which is
indicated by the fact that
the
9th day of Ab coincides every
year with the first day of Pass-
over, hence the day of the de-
struction with the day of the re-
deeming of the Jewish people.
Therefore, they can allow them-
selves a little sport on Tisha
b'Ab. But you, Naphtali, and
Your associates who do not be-
lieve in any redemption, do not
expect to hear the voice which
brings good tidings to Zion. You
have no insurance policy, you stands.
must lie on the earth bewailing
the eternal 'Churban'. For you
there is only Tisha b'Ab and no
Shabbos Nachamu."
Naphtali arose and walked out.
To the people who were anxiously
awaiting the results of his com- vion T
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se
nh idn e gf a U
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n a idtae month's
r2ve1w7aat,,School
my
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plaints to the rabbi, he exclaimed
with tears in his voice: "The
Chassidim threw thorns at my
ing Sunday, Aug. 20.
body; the rabbi has thrown them
Sessions will be resumed Mon"
at my heart,"
day morning, Aug. 21.
Hebrew Schools'
Vacation Starts