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THE JEWISH NEWS

`Germany's Stepchildren'

Prof. Liptzin's Book Views
Inhuman Nazi Attitudes

New Volume Is Compilation of Interesting Biographies and
Deals with Assimilation and Conversion—An Indictment
of Germany's Ingratitude to Jews

Jews frequently have been referred • to as the "stepchildren"
of some countries to whose cultures they have rendered great
service. The. inhuman German attitudes of the past two decades
indicate that the country now.
dominated by the Nazis is, more hating everything Jewish and
than any other, guilty of such by becoming the forerunners of
display of. ingratitude.
Nazism. A second group consists
Prof. Solomon Liptzin's "Ger- of those who, having tried to
many's Stepchildren," just pub- give themselves to German cul-
ture and been spurned, even-
tually rediscovered their Jewish-
ness, finding in it values for
civilization to the expression of
Which they devoted themselves
thereafter. A third group suc-
ceeded in creating a synthesis of
their Jewishriess and their Ger-
manism.
Prof. Liptzin's book leads one
to wonder whether the difficulty
was not that German Jewry,
like German Christendom, gaVe
a false formulation to the prob-
lem of cultural duality. They
put the-question of cultural ad-
justment in the spirit of the
bargain • counter, namely, how
much, or how little, of a man's
Jewish life must be given up in
order to attain integration with-
PROF. SOLOMON LIPTZIN
in the culture of the majority?
lished by the Jewish Publication Their tragedy was that the ma-
Society of America, provides jority's demands could never be
adequate proof of this conten- satisfied. Even outright conver-
sion plus vociferous repudiation
tion.
Not only have Jewish writers of one's Jewishness failed to
and other eminent figures been win acceptance in the ranks of
abused and disinherited, but the German cultural elite.
many of them had been com-
Speaks With Authority
pelled to abandon Judaism in
Prof. Liptlin has a right to
order to gain their rightful speak with authority on German
place in society. Some were cultural history. Since 1923, he
driven to suicide.
has been teaching German lit-
. Interesting Biographies
erature in the College of the
Prof. Liptzin's book is a com- City of New York, where he is
pilation of interesting biogra- now chairman of his depart-
phies. In the section "The End ment. He has written several
of Emancipation;" he deals with books and numerous articles on
Jacob Wasserman; with two fig- every phase of his subject and
ures whom he lists as "Jewish his work has been hailed as pos-
Aryans"—Otto Weininger and sessing every scholarly requisite.
Arthur Trebitsch; with two The reader will find the volume
"marginal Jews"—Ernst Toiler entertaining as well as stirring.
and Franz Werfel—and the late
Stefan Zweig.
Rabbi Glazer to Speak
There is a section, "From As-
Before
PTA at Brady
similation to Nationalism," which
describes the careers of Heinrich
Rabbi B. Benedict Glazer of
Heine, Berthold Suerbach, Moses
Hess, Theodor Herzl, Arthur Temple Beth El will be guest
Schnitzler, Walter Rathenau, and speaker at the Brady School Par-
ent-Teacher Association's month-
Theodor Lessing.
"The Renaissance of a People" ly meeting, Tuesday, 7:30 p.r,He
includes sketches of Gustav Lan- will speak on "Our Hope for- -
dauer, Richard Beer-Hofmann, Peace and Good Will in Tomor-
Martin Buber and the pan-hu- row's World."
Mrs. Harold Shapero is presi-
manists—Max Brod, Erich Kah-
dent of the Brady Parent-Teach-
ler, Arnold Zweig.
er Association.
Period of Conversions
The period of the salons and
of conversion is covered in the Student from Venezuela
section "From Emancipation to Enters Yeshiva College
Baptism" and deals with Rahel
Varnhagen, Ludwig Boerne, and
NEW YORK — The arrival of
the "Jewish-Christians" Karl the first student from Venezuela
Beck, Moritz Hartmann, Joel and the pending admission of five
Jacoby, David Koreff.
students from Mexico to Yeshiva
Cultural quality is by no and Yeshiva College, and a
means a new phenomenon in pledge of further cooperation
Jewish history. All diaspora and interest in the problems of
communities, from the days of Latin American Jewry, was an-
Moses in Egypt down to our nounced by Dr. Samuel Belkin,
own, have faced the necessity of president.
•
living in the midst of the cul-
tures of their respective coun-
tries while desiring to retain
their essential Jewishness. It is
obvious that a minority cannot,
even if it insists upon it, long
stand out against a majority and
lead a completely separate ex-
istence. It must adjust itself • to
the culture of the majority and
make peace with it.
The smaller and more scattered
the minority, the sooner the ad-
justment has to be made. The
Jews of Germany during the
past 150 years are a case in
point. Theirs has been the his-
tory of a search for a balance
between Germanism and Jew-
ishness. The fate. of German
Jewry's effort at participation in
German culture is, therefore, of
surpassing interest to every
Jewish diaspora community.
Fall Into Three Groups
The people whom Prof. tipt-
zin discusses fall into three
groups. There are those who
succumbed to German culture
so completely as to turn their
backs on their Jewishness. In
Stores
some instances, they ended by

Sells $500,000 Stay Away From
Winter Resorts,
In War Bonds Jews Are Urged

Harry Grossman, chairman' of
the bond drive of Knollwood
Jewish Federations and Com-
Country Club, announced this munity Councils throughout the
country were urged by the Na-
tional Community Relations Ad-
visory Council to make a wide-
spread distribution of a letter re-
questing civilians to stay away
from such winter resorts as Miami
Beach, Hot Springs, Lake Placid,
Atlantic City, Asheville and San-
ta Monica, all of which are being
used by the Army and Navy as
redistribution and rehabilitation
centers.
In the announcement, David
Sher, chairman of the NCRAC,
said that the request is being
made by the six national civic
protective member agencies of
the NCRAC in conjunction with
the Army and Navy Committee
of the National Jewish Welfare
Board.
The letter said that civilians
"must not go to winter resorts
being used by the Army and
HARRY C. DAVIDSON
Navy to care for the wounded"
week that his committee is aim-
ing to exceed the mark of $5,000,
000 set in the 5th War Loan. At
that time, Mr. Grossman pointed
out, the original goal of $1,000,
000 was exceeded five-fold.
Harry C. Davidson is one of
a number of Knollwood bond
salesmen who have exceeded the
individual $500,000 mark.
An announcement regarding
Knollwood's successes in the 6th
War Loan will be made next
week.

France Reinstates
14 Jewish Generals

PARIS, (JTA)—Fourteen Jew-
ish generals have been returned
to their posts in the French
Army, the Ministry of War an-
nounced. The officers were oust-
ed after the adoption of the
Vichy anti-Jewish laws.
Those reinstated are: Albert
Bauman, • Armand Aaron Bloch,
Emile Gabriele Bloch, Pierre
Boris, Jacob Elghezi, Ruben Job,
Pierre Eliezer Lazard, Leopold
Levy, Lucien Mayer Levy, Rene
Nathan Levy, Ramond Elie Na-
quet-La Roque, Leon Rhdims, Al-
phonse Weiler and Gustave
Worms.

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where there •is already over-
crowding and high prices, and
pointed out the resentment on the
part of the wounded soldiers
"against those civilians who have,
flocked to these resorts and
whose holiday mood contrasts so
vividly with the recent harrow-
ing experiences • of the meg who
have returned."

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