October 18, 1940
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Sabbath Chol Hamoed Succoth Readings of
the Torah
Pentateuchal portion—Ex. 33:12-34;26; Num. 29:
17-25.
Prophetical portion—Ezek. 38:18-39:16.
Shemini Azereth Readings of the Torah,
Thursday, Oct. 24
Pentateuchal portions—Deut. 14:22-16-17; Num.
29:35-30-1.
Prophetical portion—I Kings 8:54-66.
Simchas Torah Readings of the Law, Friday,
Oct. 25
Pentateuchal portion—Deut. 33:1-34:12; Gen,
1:12-3; Num. 29:45-30:1.
Prophetical portion—Joshua 1.
OCTOBER 18, 1940
TISHRI 16, 5701
The Frail Succah Survives
Throughout the century, the frail Suc-
cah has been a symbol of a great spiritual
ideal which survived the onslaught of
barbarism and the elements of the jungle.
The Succah is a symbol not only of the
deep-rooted Hebraic teachings, : but also
of thoSe forces which have emerged- as
offshoots of the great religious force that
emanated from Jewish ranks.
This 8ticcah continues to survive. Syna-
gogues and churches may fall, whole com-
munities will be destroyed, entire nations
are temporarily uprooted, but they will
rise up again, as long as they adhere to
the law of Justice and Righteousness.
It is a small but in the midst of many
civilizations. It is a mere tent in the midst
of a jungle. But the spirit of it is strong.
It is a spirit that calls for courage and
self-respect. It will emerge when the pres-
ent attack upon many millions of inno-
cents is over. When this outburst of ter-
rorism is stopped the world will see the
dawn of a new era of freedom.
May this Succah, no matter how weak
its structure, never abandon its foundation
of strength and uncompromising adher-
ence to the principles of humanity.
A Pro-Nazi Quotes a Nazi
The new method of attack upon Jews
resorted to by anti-Semites is to question
our patriotism. And while doing that,
these charming supporters of the Hitler
idea oppose conscription, oppose the Pres-
ident's plans for rearmament and seek to
give comfort to the Nazis.
Dr. Jacob Thorkelson of Montana, who
still holds a seat in Congress, is one of
them. He does not like the Jews, he does
not like the President, he is opposed to
conscription. But he does like certain
people, and he picks for his friends the
bosom friends of Adolph Hitler. He has
not chosen Hitler himself, because he
knows the weakness of the Hitler idea in
this country and is cognizant of the fact
that the American people will repudiate
anyone who defends Hitler. However, in
one of his customary extensions of re-
marks in the Congressional Record he
quoted none other than Jacques Doriot,
the French Streicher.
Jacques Doriot is the person who was
selected by Hitler to be his spokesman
in France in putting into effect a violent
anti-Jewish program. Anyone who quotes
Doriot and endorses what he says might
just as well endorse the words of Hitler
.himself, of Streicher, of Goebbels, of Goer-
ing, of Quisling, of Seyss-Inquart. Thor-
kelson does that. In making use of the
wisdom of Doriot, Thorkelson spoke of
conscription and unburdened himself of
the following piece of stupidity: "Are we
conscripting an army to be transported to
Africa or India to battle a unified Europe
and Islam in the Sudan, Egypt, Arabia,
Iraq, and Palestine in an attempt to es-
Tidbits from Everywhere
tablish the contemplated kingdom of
By PHINEAS J. BIRON
David, with Jerusalem as the capital?
ESCAPE ARTIST
Let us not be fooled, for, as fantastic as FOREIGN AFFAIRS
this may seem, it is the ultimate goal of
Last week we had a private
Is it true that the Rumanian
the British-Israel World Federation, the government stopped the resident chat with Lion Feuchtwanger, the
Anglo-Saxon Federation, and other inter- correspondents of the New York reports of whose death, you may
Associated Press and In- remember, we never did believe
nationalistic organizations, which are now Times,
ternational News Service from . . . Feuchtwanger told us about
interrelated and dominated by those who functioning because they were the impossible situation he was
sit in the grand orient lodges, and who Jews, and therefore subject to in even before he landed in a
are also in control of world gold and in- the anti-Semitic laws which to- concentration camp in France ...
day prevent JeWs from being When he went to a public cafe
ternational credit."
the authorities told him that for-
newspapermen in Rumania?
The informed person will shake his
eigners should have enough tact
Prof. Gustave Meyer, who calls not to exhibit themselves . . .
head upon reading this and will wonder himself
"America's Scientific As-
he kept away they sent po-
whether Thorkelson, like Joseph McWil- trologer," predicted in August When
licemen to tell him that foreign-
a
psy-
that
there
was
trouble
ahead
for
liams, is not really in need of
ers should have enough tact not
Neville Chamberlain and the King to snub French life, and should
chopathic test.
of England . . . Events proved
freely with Frenchmen . . .
Think of it! The United States will him quite correct, with the resig- mix
Incidentally, Feuchtwanger fin-
send the conscripted men to Egypt and nation of the former Prime Min- ished the third volume of his
Iraq to set up a kingdom of David! Glory ister and the bombing of Buck- Josephus trilogy, and managed to
send the manuscript of it from
be! What power these Jews have! They ingham Palace.
Hitler's idea of the perfect France to the United States, di-
let themselves be persecuted in order to
must be Gertrude Ederle, rectly to Chief Librarian Mac-
be able to conquer the world! They even woman
because she swam the English Leish of the Library of Congress
use as an ally the Anglo-Saxon Federa- Channel, wisecracks G. R
His next book will be a novel
tion—and if Thorkelson means that shin- Another Broadway wag startled with Queen Esther as its hero-
ine . . . The story of his thrill-
ing order which boasts of William J. Cam- his friends the other day with ing
escape from Nazi-occupied
the positive prediction that Hit-
eron as the spiritual guide, then he would ler will never invade Switzerland France will shortly be syndicated
have the gullible believe that anti-Sem- . . . "He's got to leave one coun- in a serial that will appear in
ites, too, are part of the scheme to drag try where he can hold a peace newspapers throughout the coun-
America to the far-away Arabian coun- conference," was the prophet's try.
. . . The world, pre-
tries for the purpose of setting up a king- explanation
dicts Walter Winchell, will never CORRECTION
dom with Jerusalem as the capital. Cairo belong to the Axis—because each
and Alexanderia and all the other capitols member of the Axis thinks the Notwithstanding complaints, we
of the old world fade into insignificance, world belongs to him . . . And still insist that it was the voice
Winchell's latest Mefoofsky story of Senator Bridges which asked
and all bow down to Jerusalem!
concerns the neighbor who asked that silly question about the
What a myth! Yes, as Thorkelson Mr. M. what he thought of the Rothschild money at the debate
Berlin-Rome-Toyko line up between the Senator and Secre-
himself says, what a fantasy! What a new
. . . Mefoofsky, it seems, replied: tary Ickes . . . We were not at
mix-up in the mind of that brilliant sur- "All I know is, when business the
broadcast, and it is quite
geon who rose to a Congressional seat, is good you don't take in new possible that a member of the
partners."
but who could not fool his constituents
audience did raise the question
• . . But, then, either Senator
twice, since the wise men of Montana LISTEN HERE
Bridges repeated it and brought
have seen fit to call him back home!
Exemption of married men it to the attention of Ickes (which
Well—Doriot and Streicher and Goeb- from military service isn't a mod- could hardly be considered ap-
bels have a pal ! Doriot, not yet as well ern development, you may want propriate), or the audience mem-
had exactly the same voice
known as the Nazis who have set him to know . . . One of the statutes ber
as the senator . • . If the latter
promulgated
by
Moses
and
re-
up in power in France, was apparently corded in the Book of Deuteron- was the case, we are glad to
the safest name to quote in the Congres- omy reads: "When a man hath apologize to the Senator.
sional Record. But that won't last long. taken a new wife, he shall not
The libels, whether against our national go out to war . . . but he shall ABOUT PEOPLE
Signora Margherita Sarfatti,
administration on the conscription ques- be free at home one year."
An interesting art exhibit now who was Musolini's right hand
tion or against the Jews for their desire
on in New York is that of until Il Duce adopted the Aryan
to see a small part of the great earth going
the Educational ,Alliance, all for- theory, is now an exile in Mon-
set aside as a home for millions of un- mer East Side boys, who include tevideo.
fortunate people, will be forgotten.
such distinguished figures as Eng-
It took the application of the
land's Jacob Epstein, two of
paragraph to the French
Come to think of it, however, history whose sculptures braved submar- Aryan
entertainment world to reveal to
may record with pride actual participa- ine-infested seas for the exhibit, us that Danielle Darrieux, star
tion by the United States in the creation of and Chaim Gross, famed sculptor of "Mayerling," is one of ours
wood . . . Among the paint- . . . You'll be happy to know
something akin to a "kingdom of David." in
ers represented are Peter Blume, that at this writing she's ex-
When this war is over, with Great Bri- Carnegie Prize winner of a cou- pected to reach the U. S. soon.
tain as the victor and the Arabs and Jews ple of seasons ago, Elias New-
Congratulations to Lucienne
cemented in a bond of friendship, the man, the Palestinian painter, and Boyer, French chanteuse and no
relation to Charles, on the re-
decent people in the world—those whom Louis Ribak.
of her husband, Jacques
Although
David
Ben
Gurion,
Thorkelson would not quote—will strive Palestine leader now in this coun- lease
Pils, from a French concentra-
for the establishment of what we have try, is very anxious for the Pal- tion camp.
been calling a Jewish National Home. It estine Pavilion exhibit to be main- Did you know that Joseph Hoff-
will be one of the symptoms of the re- tained as a permanent exhibit man, the famous piano virtuoso,
storation of sanity in this world. It will somewhere in this country, the is also an inventor, and that one
entire exhibit is going on the of his highly technical creations
be a signal of the arrival of a day of auction
block.
is a new type of oil burner?
brotherhood and good will, and of the
abandonment of meanness and hatred—
even the hatred that confuses poor Doc-
tor Thorkelson. When that day comes, THE GENERAL THAT HITLER FEARS MOST bi BRESSLER
it will be said that the encouragement
the United States gave to Great Britain
helped to defeat the Nazi forces and to
recreate a sense of sanity. History will
then say that the United States was in-
directly responsible for the upbuilding of
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that these great United States had a share
in bringing to realization the Prophecy
of the breaking up of swords into plow-
shares and of giving a home to the home-
less. There will be no Thorkelson then
to mock the glory of America, because a
better day is coming for Israel and for
the world at large.
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Good News
There is encouraging news from Europe.
In Norway, students have destroyed
anti-Semitic signs, in defiance of Nazi
orders.
In Yugoslavia, teachers have protested
against the enforcement of decrees limit-
ing the number of Jewish students.
Here is glaring evidence that all de-
cency is not dead in Europe.
Every instance of this sort merely au-
gurs the approach of a better day for
mankind.
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