A merica ffewislt Periodical Cotter
CLIFTON AVENUE - CINCINNATI 20, OHIO
April 19, I940
P urely Commentary
The Message of Passover
i n hi, "Jewish Theology" the late Dr. Kauf-
mann Kohler, who was president of Hebrew Union
Collegt, gave the following explanation of the
Passover message:
However burdensome the Passover minu-
es pecially in regard to the prohibition
tiae,
of leaven, became to the Jewish household,
edominant feature was always an
the p r
joy. In the darkest days of
ex uberance of
edievalism the synagogue and home re-
m
sounded with song and thanksgiving, and the
young imbibed the joy and comfort of their
elders through the beautiful symbols of the
feast and the richly adorned tale of the
deliverance (the Haggadah). The Passover
feast with its "night of divine watching" en-
dowed the Jew ever anew with endurance
during the dark night of medieval tyranny,
and with faith in "the keeper of Israel who
lumbereth not nor sleepeth." Moreover, as
s
the s pringtide of nature fills each creature
with joy and hope, so Israel's feast of redemp-
tion promises the great day of liberty to
those who still chafe under the yoke of
ppression. The modern Jew is beginning to
o
see in the reawakening of his religious and
social life in western lands the token of the
future liberation of all mankind. The Pass-
over feast brings him the clear and hopeful
message of freedom for humanity from all
bondage of body and spirit.
SINCERE HOLIDAY GREETINGS
By PHILIP SLOMOVITZ
CREAM OF MICHIGAN CAFE, INC.
ing—simply through hormone injections.
It reasons thusly:
"We have about 70,000,000 egg-laying hens
in Germany. If the hormone treatment be
applied only to those fowls, amounting to
About 10 per cent of the whole, which are
on large chicken farms, and if only eight
additional eggs each should result from this
treatment, the additional yield would be
56,000,000 eggs."
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Germany, with an egg shortage, has tackled
the problem scientifically and has hopes of
solving it to some extent w ith hormones.
Der SA Mann, weekly organ of the Nazi
Storm Troopers, says that Dr. Walter Koch,
a Professor in Veterinary Medicine at Munich
University, has found that by injections of
hormones hens are stimulated to lay eggs
even in Winter and at a rate as high as two
a day.
On the basis of this, the publication esti-
mates that Germany can have 56,000,000
dditional feed-
more eggs annually without a
Has Germany succeeded in regimenting her
hens to lay two eggs a day, or are the hens
rebelling against a shortage of food which must
affect them as it does their masters? Or, have
the Nazis turned to another oasis of plenty to
plunder it and to impoverish additional millions
of people?
Rations have been introduced in Denmark.
Norway is being plundered. The ideally-governed
Scandinavian countries are feeling the lash of
Hitlerism. In the present instance it is more
than a desire for "lebensraum". It is a frantic
search for food.
The more Germany swallows up, the sooner
she will crack under the strain. The end is near.
Even the hens must rebel against a government
that forces its people to subsist on constantly
decreasing rations.
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Passover—Tuesday, April 23-
Sunday, April 21, at 10 a. m.,
Congregation Bnai David will con- 30. Rosh Chodesh Iyar—Thursday,
duct a children's Seder to which
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all pupils of the religious school May
Lag B'Omer—Saturday, May
have been invited. The entire rit-
ual of a children's Seder has been 26. Rosh Chodcsh Sivan—Friday,
conducted every year on the Sun- June 7.
day preceeding Pesach. At this
Shevuoth — Wednesday, June
Seder, Rabbi J, S. Sperka pre- 12-13.
sides, but only pupils of the school
Rosh Chodesh Tammuz —
participate and conduct it. The Tuesday, July 23.
complete Seder, the foods, cere-
Rosh Chodesh Ab — Monday,
monies in detail, are presented August 5. ,
and the Hoggadah and its songs
Rosh Chodesh Ellul—Wednes -
recited,
day, September4.
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The Bnai David Sisterhood spon-
Rosh Hashonah — Thursday,
sors the religious school, prepared
the Seder and is host of the event. October 3.
Yom Kippur, Saturday, Octo-
ber 12.
Junior Welfare Group
All holidays begin at sundown
The Junior Welfare Group will
hold its next mteting Wednesday, of the preceding secular day.
April 24, at 8:30 p. m., at the
home of Miss Jenette Shorr, 7621 1,000,000 Cases of Citrus Ex-
petted from Tel Aviv
LaSalle Blvd. Mrs. Anna Gold-
berg, president of the North Wood-
It is hoped that before the end
ward Branch of the Jewish Wona-
en's European Welfare Organiza- of the present citrus shipping
lion. will speak, a report of the season in mid-April a total of
games party of April 14 will be 1,000,000 cases of citrus fruit
given, and plans for the next af- will have been cleared through
fair will be made. Tel Aviv port. By the end of
Attendance for members is man- the third week in February about
datory. Those interested in join- 560,000 cases had been exported
lag a charitable organization with from Tel Aviv.
y definite social program may call
Toleration is good for all or
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saintly women Jews have been redeemed from
Egypt. The Jewish woman is our protecting angel
whom God has given us in our n arrow Galuth.
With her big and loving heart and self-sacrifice
she protected us in our infancy. With her warm
soul she encouraged us not to forsake our people
when we grew prosperous. The Jewish Mother
binds us to our family, to our people. She has
implanted in our hearts a yearning for Eretz
Israel which is deeply rooted in the heart of
every Jew, no m atter what his own status may
(Continued on page 12)
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PASSOVER GREETINGS . . .
The Nazi invasion of Denmark recalls to mind
a very interesting story about the late Georg
Brandes, the great Danish-Jewish literary critic
This brief explanation of our Festival of who was considered the outstanding authority on
Freedom is applicable today, as it has been Shakespeare. Brandes related that as a child,
throughout the centuries, although it will be when he took his daily walks with his nurse, he
more difficult to accept it in lands that are had epithets hurled at him, and he was con-
strewn with graves and suffering as a result of stantly called "Jew! Jew!" by children they met
the revival of that spirit of oppression which on the way. He asked his nurse the meaning of
seeks to crush all semblances of freedom among the word, but she, being Christian and rather
men. But because this is so in German-controlled perturbed that she may offend the boy, evaded
territories, the true message of Passover must the question. One day, when they returned home,
be made ever more real in lands of freedom. It little Georg asked his mother: "What is a Jew?"
is left to us, who enjoy liberty and the right His mother laughingly lifted the boy to a
to worship as we please; who are blessed with
the privilege of being able to aid the anfortu- mirror and said: "Here is a Jew." Brandes
said that he never .recovered from the shock.
nates of the earth with our material possesssions— The revelation that he was a Jew came
it is left to us to inspire those who are being
physically and spiritually and to make ttso suddenly, especially since the term "Jew"
crushed
the Passover message live again. If we permit was used as an epithet by other children.
While the Scandinavian countries have been
despair to enter the hearts of our brethren, then
we merely encourage anarchy and destruction. known as the freest on the European continent,
Passover spells hope and joy and courage. It this story reveals that they, too, were not com-
calls for a revival and strengthening of all these pletely free of anti-Semitism. The Brandes story
three elements that are vitally necessary for the has an important lesson for Jewish parents, who
survival of Israel and our mission of peace and should realize that it is better to prepare their
justice for all mankind. sons and daughters with knowledge of Jewish
facts rather than that they should have to meet
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with shocks in later life as a result of ignorance.
The German Method—Is It Working?
It will be recalled that Georg Brandes was
Germany has the world puzzled. A "blitzkrieg"
which was for a time a "sitzkrieg" was suddenly among
eminent under
Jews who
were refused
tance the
to Russia
the Czars
because admit-
they
transformed again into a new wave of speedy were Jewish. Brandes at that time gave the
invasions of neutral countries. Are the Nazis so famous retort that he wondered whether Chris-
strong that they are able to spread their troops tian Russia would have admitted Christ had he
thin over vast territories, or are they desperate come back to life to seek entrance to the land of
in their search of provisions?
the Czarist emperors.
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This question must be asked in the light of
many occurrences, and the answer to this ques-
Teaching Children Generosity
tion will clarify the issue of whether Germany
Prof. Boris Schatz's sculptural work, "The Jew-
is actually a power ruled by master minds, or ish Mother," purchased for the Jewish Community
whether they are becoming so desperate that they Center by the Allen Family, has an interesting
must do something to keep their people alive.
lesson for children and an important message to
A report dating back nearly 16 months may parents. The late Prof. Schatz himself, back in
throw some light on the present situation. Under 1904, when he carved this magnificent work, gave it
date of Jan. 2, 1939, the Associated Press re- the following explanation:
leased the following story from Berlin:
"The rabbis have taught that because of our
Children's Seder at Congre-
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Passover Holidays be-
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well known Rev. S.
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of the Seder Services
which will be conduct-
ed in the traditional
Orthodox manner.
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