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THE JEWISH NEWS

1 April 17, 1942

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TO BE or NOT TO BE
... That Is the Jewish Question

By HELNRY MONTOR

izeivrtant department at a leading

American university: - "A large
number of Jewswant all the privi-
leges of being an American or an
Englishman, and at the same time
look upon themselves as eternal
members of the world Jewish com-
munity. Perhaps in the light of
repeated experience, the Jew is
playing safe in holding to this one
secure bond in a world of uncer-
tainty; but he does thereby alienate
himself from every people of the
world among whom he seeks refuge.
As long as he preserves his racial
and spiritual unity, he cannot hope
to have complete civil and personal
unity with non-Jews. 'Special mi-
norities' are suspected, not accept-
ed."
Another Midwestern teacher, Dr.
J. F. Brown, Professor of Psychol-
ogy at the University of Kansas, is
of the belief that "assimilation will
have to proceed from the side of
the Jews." He adds that "the
leaders (of Jewish and Gentile
groups) must realize how deep-
seated is the problem of anti-
Semitism and not rely too greatly
on an unwarranted trust in the es-
sential goodness of human nature
even in the democracies."

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Calendar of Events

April 17—Luncheon report meeting of Women's Division of Allied
Jewish Campaign. Speaker, Mrs. Jacob Ehrlich, formerly of Vienna.
April 20 — Address by Mrs. Archibald Silverman at meeting of Women's
Division of American Jewish Congress, at Masonic Temple.
April 21 — Special gifts meeting of Allied Jewish Campaign. Speaker:
William Rosenwald.

edited by Isacque Graeber and
Steuart' Henderson Britt.
gard the Jews as a race but as a create a self-imposed restoration of-
a spiritual ghetto."
The only conclusion on which
"population."
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all seem to agree is: Jews are.
What they are, how they shall con-
A SELF-IMPOSED GHETTO
THE BRAND OF CAIN
tinue toT, live, what readjustments
Messrs. Graeber and Britt are to
"Jews in a Gentile World" is as
must be 'made by the world or by
fascinating for the unconsciously be felicitated on perhaps the most
them in order to ameliorate their
unhappy fate are . issues to which
humorous as for the purposefully rounded picture of the Jewish prob-
there are as many replies as there
serious pages that it contains from lem that has been forthcoming in
are observers.
eminent authorities. Melville Ja- many years.
"Jews in a Gentile
The fundamental from which
Assistant Professor of An- World" is nct a polite exchange of
cobs,
each of the contributors to this
(Continued from Page 3)
thropology at the University of can't and pleasantries. Christian
unusually illuminating review of
Washington, takes direct issue with and Jewish scholars describe the
anti-Semitism starts is that the
MARITIME TRAINING — In world has dealt unkindly with the
his colleague: "Nothing physically problem as they see it. If some of
. order to further the growth of Jew and that for the 'sake of hu-
distinctive is known of the ancient the observations are unpleasant, at
Palestine merchant shipping, train- manity itself as well as in the in-
Hebrew-speaking Palestinians." As least they present honest points of
ing for young men is given through terest of the Jew there must be a
far as he is concerned, it is socio- view - cogently stated. It is to be
the Palestine Seafaring society, revision in his status. Of the non-
environmental factors which cause regretted, however, that nowhere
Hapoel maritime sections and the Jewish contributors to the volume,
"characteristically Jewish behavior in the book does there appear a.
Sea Scouts: Some 400 members re- the majority are of the belief that
forthright, unsublimated defense of
of some Jews."
ceived their first maritime training the Jew must repair his ways, that
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An unusually courageous contri- the right cf the Jew to continue
in these organizations, which were he must forget his aspirations for
buticn is made by Dr 'Ring Free- living as a Jew, regardless of how
subsidized by the Jewish Agency an individual group destiny and IS THE JEW DISTINCTIVE?
unpleasant that may be to the
during the past fiscal year in the become an indistinguishable part
The hopeless dilemma in which man, Professor of Psychology at Christian. Zionism is dealt with
sum of $25,000. They were thus able of the stream of world history.
the Jew finds himself is accentu- the University of Tampa, who pro- cavalierly by a few of the writers,
vides an excellent summation of
to enlarge their activities, and to
The majority of the Jewish ated by . Dr. Carleton Coon, Assist- the nature of anti-Semitism from who obviously know nothing of it
preserve their marine equipment.
contributors feel approximately ant Professor of Anthropology at the Jewish point of view. He in theory or practice. Except for
JEWISH PALESTINE--The Jew-
the same way, although they Harvard, according to whom there charges the Catholic Church gen- one very fine study of a typical
ish population of Palestine, with place more emphasis on the re- would seem little likelihood of the erally with the maintenance of the Jewish community by Dr. Samuel
more than 500,000 today, represents
sponsibility of the world to re- Jew "Passing" in this world since— sources of anti-Semitism. He pro- Koenig, there is no description of
32 per cent of the total as Compared I dress the wrongs it has done to contrary to Boas et al--the Jew is
pes a formula for the "uncondi- the internal life of the Jews as
with 11 per cent in 1922, and 4.5 per the Jews. That the Jew has a an indelibly distinctive type. Other tioning" of anti-Semitism. He in- they live it today in America. Most
cent in 1882. Palestine today has by I right to maintain his culture un- contributors to this volume who sists that "there can be no logical of the book is in the realm of
are Jews hurry to insist that Dr .1
far the highest Jewish percentage I impaired, to demand that the
or for that matter ethical doubt theory.
in the world. As against the 32 per spiral of ,civilization should rise Coon is all wrong. After studying concerning the absolute propriety
One thing is certain: the Jew
the
racial
pattern
of
modern
Euro-
cent Jewish proportion in Palfs-1 upward for a better understand-
of maintaining a distinctively Jew- who reads "Jews in a Gentile
pean
Jews,
he
asserts
that
"Jews,
tine, the figure for Poland is 9 per ing of and tolerance toward the
World" is likely to ask himself
as geographical subgroups, have ish tradition among Jews wherever whether he alone, of all the peoples
cent, Lithuania 7 per cent, the uniqueness of each group is ad-
they may happen to live." But
more
in
common
anthropometrically
United States 3.6 per cent, Rou-
mitted by virtually none of the
that Jewish "ethno- of the earth, is forever doomed to
than do the non-Jewish popula- even he says
mania 5 per cent, and the USSR author's of "Jews in a Gentile
centrism may serve in our day only wear the brand of Cain.
tions
c/
the
countries
in
which
they
2 per cent. In a recent statement, World."
(Copyright, 1942, by Independent
live." Regardless of all the other to cut off the Jew frcm the intel-
Dr. Walter C. Lowdermilk, assist-
Jewish Press Service, Inc.)
The questions raised in this sig- I anthropologists who have been vio- lectual stream of the times and to
ant chief of the Soil Conservation
-
study o liberal
1 mficant
1
lently
saying—especially
since
Hit-
Service of the United States De- )
opinion of the Jewish problem are ler—that Jews are non-distinctive,
partment of Agriculture, estimated
I
nsists that there is a
insists
that Palestine could absorb 2,000,000 of vital importance in relation to Pro f.
Jews. 'throw light on the attitudes that
" type." According to him,
I Jews -may expect in the application
OATH —Anew settlement has of the Atlantic Charter and assn- it is marked by a "combination of
a relatively wide head and narrow
been inaugurated in Palestine, on elateoc
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d d ents to their own po-
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Cleaning!
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olives here, not only for domestic the only hope vouchsafed them vexity of profile and tip depres-
Special Week of April 20
consumption. but for the manu- even by their most tolerant friends . sion."
facture of soap and its allied in- is the elimination of those charac- fTo the many labels attached to
dustries. Olive growing is indigen- teristics of intellectual, religious
Jews to identify them, Prof. Coon
ous to the soil of Palestine, and and spiritual life which have dif- '
the production of olives on a large
them from the rest of adds a new one. He does not re-
scale
effect
scale will have a favorable of
the the world.
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on the absorptive capacity
country.
DR. FRIEDRICH'S VIEW
POTATOES-7.581 tons of pots -
VERY SPECIAL! FINE
toes have been harvested in Pales- One cf the few Christian con-
fine in the last season, as compar- tributors prepared to admit the
right of the Jews to self-perpetua-
ed with 2,918 tons which had been
tion is Dr. Carl Friedrich, Profes-
produced previously. Since the pro-
sor of Government at Harvard, who
gram to make Palestine self-suffi-
refers to anti-Semitism as "the
cient with respect to its food re-
most bleant outward manifesta-
quirements envisages the increase tion of the decadence of western
of the areas engaged in mixed
culture:" It is curious, however,
farming. the news of an increase
should sustain his - convic-
that
Noted for its generous proportions—
in the porduction of this staple tion by a quotation from Herman
its comfortable, spring-filled seat—its
is most encouraging.
R,auschning, the Nazi-follower who
long-wearing damask or tapestry covers
JEWISH LABOR—In January, abandoned the tenents of Hitierism
in rose, blue, beige, gold or green. A
1933, there were 200,000 Jews in when he discovered that he too
Palestine, with a - working popula- would be hurt.
special value at Robinson's, now!
tion of 70,000, or one-third. In
That Dr. Friedrich cannot be
1941, with a Jewish population of relied upon by any Jewish group
500,000, the working population was for support of its convictions is
Convenient
46 per cent, an increase in the last borne out by his dismissal of
Terms
nine years of 230 per cent. With Zionism as a "problematical" so-
Palestine's industry and agriculture
lution, to which be adds that as-
Available!
being geared to the war effort similation "is the kind of solu-
against the ArlS, the shortage of tion so popular with shallow
labor has become Inost serious.
minds--that of gainsaying the
More men and women are needed
problem."
to work on the farms and in the
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It is the final conclusion of Dr.
factories. The program of voca-
tional training undertaken by the Friedrich which, demands least self-
Jewish Agency in the last fiscal immolation from the Jews. In
year involved the expenditure of terms of the American way of life,
the solution that seems sensible is
$24,964.
MILK PRODUCTION The Eco- that "of recognizing the Jews as
nomic Research Institute of the one among many diverse peoples,
Jewish Agency, maintained by and as one among diverse' re-
funds of the Keren Hayeod, has ligions." He adds that "anyone
reported a gratifying increase in who cherishes the richness of cul-
the quantity of milk produced in tural life cannot but hope that
Palestine. In 1937 83.2 per cent of the identity of the Jewish people
Has attached pillow-back and
will' 'hot be lost. Their sensitivity
all :production wails marketed, but
amounting al-
hair filling. Brocatelle or tap-
since that time the ratio of pro- toward moral issues,
genius, constitutes
covers: beige, blue,
estry
: duc4on, to sales has decreased to most to moral

Disappearance would seem to be
the price of, survival for the Jews.
That is not a paradox but the basic
theme of a group of foremost Amer-
ican psychologists, anthropologists,
historians and sociologists who con-
tributed their views on the prob-
lem of anti-Semitism to "Jews in a
Gentile World" (Macmillan Co.),

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