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Volume VI —No. 28
COr.UAIIJUS, OHIO, NOVI'.MBER 30, 1923
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WEIZMANN HANDS BALFOUR AMERICAN ZIONISTS'MEMORIAL
Miniature Statue by Louis Rosen¬ thal of Baltimore Depicts Jews' Debt to Balfour
EXPRESSES APPRECIATION TO AMERICAN ZIONISTS
COOLIDGE FOR STRICT
IMMIGRATION LIMIT
WASHINGTON, (J. T. A.).—Prcsi- (Ictit ("oolifiKC believes CoiiKress will ex¬ tend the prcsciU restrictive imtliiKratioii liiw at tlic expiration of the time limit lu'.st June MO. He favors restrittion anil is convinced lliat .1 majority of the memhcrs of the .Senate and House do.
The opposition to some provisions of the imini'j;ralion law is widespread, hut I not strou'^ eiionjj;li to compel a rcvi'^ion. 1
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Some Thoughts on|Two Vital Questions
I.    Intermarriage;  II. Wha^ Should We Expect of Our
RaLibis?
By AARON 'U- NEUSTADT
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LONDON, (J. T. A.). —The I'arl ot lialfour is tlie recipient today nf a miuialitrc statue, sculptured hy I.ouis Rosenthal of Jjaltiniore, at the direc¬ tion of the Zioni.sts of America, .scrv- inj? as a 'memorial for Lord Halfour'.s authorship of the British Government's declaration undertaking to help cstahlish the Jewish national, home in  Palestine.
Presentation of tlu; tiny statue was made by-Dr. Chaim Wei/mann, Presi¬ dent of the World Zionist Organi/.ation, Dr. M. D. Edcr, Joseph Cowen, and Paul Goodman,^leading English Zion¬ ists. The delegation included ,als6 Abraham Shai)iro representing the, Jew¬ ish-colonists of Palestine.
Dr. Weizmann expressed the venera¬ tion and gratitude of the Zionists of America for the author of the dcclar.i- tion which he said was a beacon of light amidst the Jewish sufferings during the war. The object of the declaration is being realized despite all obstacles. Dr. Weizmann said, and the progress made in Palestine is not only material. The Zioniiit leader instanced the Hebrew University of Jerusalem rts one of the spiritual purposes imderlying the Zionist work. Dr. Weizmann in conclusion ex¬ pressed the hope that Lord Balfour would open the University next June.
Visibly touched by Dr. Weizmann's utterances, LoVd Balfour 'expressed his appreciation to the American Zionists. He said he felt he had hardly done enough to deserve all that was said of him. He had not done a tenth of what the cause deserves. He said, "I am glad of the progress HiM .is being made in Palestine and particular'ljr of the spiritual impulse animating it. 1 'am disappointed with tlie opposition that
" considering' how much tlie Jews have given and are giving to the world and what they have received in return. De¬ spite the opposition, Zionism is a cause worthy of all true idealists."
Mr. Rosenthal's statuette, made en¬ tirely of gold and silver, stands 11 inches in height in the form of a me¬ morial shaft resting on its base and surmounted by a tiny statue of Lord Balfour. Besides the shaft itself, there are nine separate pieces of sculpture comprising the memorial, there being in all some 40 figures, included in the work of Mr. Rosenthal. The statue of Lord Balfour itself is 2J inches in lieight, the tallest of all the figures, none of the others being over an inch high. Figures representing Massacres and the Return of Peace from part of the base of the memorial which includes also Industry, Science, Luxury, Youth, Old Age and Poverty. ' On the shaft are two tablets, one bearing in English the inscription "To Arthur James Balfour from the Jews of the United States of America," the other tablet in Hebrew is the biblical quotation, "They shall beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning-hooks; nation shall not lift sword against nation, neither shall thcy learn war any more."
A man protesling ac/alnsl error is on llic wAy totvanis miiting him¬ self willi all men tliat believe in tniili. — C'mu.ylk.
III la.st week's issue of tlie CViluo.Mc 1,1: we published a letter {I'om a Mr. ITeiii-y K. Leonard, (a non--jcw), of San iM-anciscb who has for
USpdrtmCnt rounded        '.seventeen ycar.s been married to il-Jewish ^\()nlan born in Russia.    In
For Hebrew Music By i Arts Institute of N.Y.i
Meyer   Posner   Will    Supervise
Work  of  New  Department,
Says Report
RABBI   HEADS  NEAR  EAST DRIVE
SALT LAKE CITY, (J. T. A.) —Rabbi Adolph Steiner of Temple B'nai Israel was elected chairman and campaign di¬ rector for the State of Utah by the general comml^ttee of the Near East Relief at a meeting in the. Chamber of Commercei
"Dr. Steiner is the man for this job," said Dr. George E. Oavies, representing the Salt Lake Ministerial Association. "It is a big undertaking to get $50,000 from Utah at this time, but we know the Rabbi is big enough for the job. His spirit is,right and he stands .well in the community. We will, every one of us Clergymen, stand right behind him and we cannot fail."
Among other members on the committee are Heber J. Grant, president 'pf the Mor¬ mon Church, Rt. Rev. Joseph H. Glass, Roman Catholic Bishop for Utah, Governor Chas. R. Mabey, former Gov. Simon Bamberger, and Bishop A.'W. Moulton of the Episco¬ pal Church in Utah.
NEW YORK. —For the nr.st time in any secular sclipol, the Master Institute \ oi  United  Arts of New York has an¬ nounced the founding of a department devoted to Hebrew sacred ^J.usic.
The depaitmcnt is to be under Alcyer Po.siier, one of the greatest present au¬ thorities on this subject. Mr. Posner is a graduate of the Guildhall, London, and has com])Oscd much music based on the traditional Hebrew music and in¬ cluding an opera "King David." In London, Mr. Posner, as director and conductor of some of the Icadmg Jew¬ ish choral societies made efforts to pie- servc and spread the Jewish music. lie was also director of the choir at the Great Synagogue. Since coming to America, he has continued his work in these fields and with his Jewish choruses has given programs in Carnegie Hall and elsewhere of all Jewish music whicli have awakened a new interest and appreciation in expression. He is di¬ rector of the Synagogue Chorus Alli¬ ance of the Workmen's Circle and of the choirs of the Kol-Israel Synagogue antl Ohab-Zedek Synagogue.
The work in tlie Hebrew Departments has been plannisd for cantors, choir¬ masters, organists and composers as well as lovers of mu§ic who wish to gain'a greater knowledge of this music. The courses, will include a complete, ^jtjaly^^iji, o?-tiftrfe?-jaiiirl-oi-t;ilritHtlrsi^^^^^ ner of interpretation. The outside in¬ fluences on Hebrew music will te studied and a history of Hebrew music showing its influence on the develop¬ ment of music.
In speaking of Hebrew music, Mr. Posner' said, "The time has really come for greater appreciation "of Hebrew music, as well among musicians as music-lovers. Heretofore there has been no opportunity for a theoretical and appreciative study of this music. By tradition cantors have followed the term of apprenticeship. But now I be¬ lieve there should be. a true school de¬ voted to this teaching of the Hebrew liturgy and secular music, not' only for the Jew but for the general public.
"The great part which music has played in the Hebrew religion cannot be overestimated.' The constant mention of it in the Scriptures, in all Hebrew writings, shows that religion has been interwoven with it. The early writings show us that the Temple in Jerusalem had choruses of not less than 100 voices, accompanied by orchestras of violins, oboes and trumpets. The rev¬ erence shown to music is revealed iii the fact that special modes are assigned to special days, aiid that there are cer¬ tain modes never sung except on High Holidays. To the student of Hebrew music there is a vast field of research, for much ¦ is still unexplored and each new study provides new discoveries.
"Even today iri modern times, we find a strong influence of Hebriew invisic on secular writings. Sorhe of the most re¬ nowned songs today sung by concert artist, arc traceable to Hebrew influence. The artistic expression of the Hebrew peoples has a world-wide appeal and deserves a consecrated 'study not only on the part of cantor and organists, but also .ynong those who wish to trace the beginning of music aiid art in religion."
EINSTEIN   FLEES  TO  HOL¬ LAND
BERLIN, (J. T. A.).—Menacing let¬ ters froni .iiiti-Semiics received by Prof. Albert Einstein, of theory of relativity fame since his return from Russia several days ago have convinced the scientist of the advisability of leav¬ ing Germany'for Holland.
The letters contained dear ilitima- tion.s that attempts w'olild be inadc.iipon his life.
POGROMISTS SENTIENCE ALTENHAUSEN JEWS
TO HANGING
Later "Commute Sentence," but
Mercilessly Beat and Rob
Them
MUNICH, (J. T. A.).—Two Jewish families in the village of Altenhausen near Coburg were sentenced to be hung by a "military court" improvised by a band of thirty armed Hitler soldiers. Coburg is the inobilization center of Hitler and Erhardt. , The Jews finally had.their sentences "commuted" by their assailants, the affair ending in the mer¬ ciless beating of the victims, after be¬ ing separated from all their possessions; including money and valuables, in addi¬ tion to having their homes completely deniolished.
this letter he broaches several Vila! (|itestions which confront us as jews today. One is the cjncstio,! of interiiiarriage; another is the culpability of some of onr so-called s])ii itual leaders.   ':
AkS Old as tb'^ Jewish People
The intcrniarriage question is" as old as the Jewish people and our leaders and teachers for thousand of jears haVc strugglecj to solve it. Readers of the Bible will recall t'lat tho wlia of Isaac, the patriarch, was a strong opponent of intenntrriage. .She warned her son Esau against it and according to Jcwi?^^ tradition she told lahim that'if he married a non-Hebrew she wou'j? die pfeiuatui;ely of grief. EsaU married a non-Hebrew, ueverthclc^fS, thus bri'iiging much sorrow, upon his aged mother's head. Moses according lo Scripture wooed and was wedded to Zippoi'ah, — the daugh'tir of a high priest of an alien faith. King David inarried out of the foI.<.l; the same is true of his son Solo¬ mon and of most of the latter's Successors. In fact the Bible and Jewish history abound in narrative^ of intermarriage.
Marriage Outside of the jFaith
I'oday wc know that memberSi of some of our mdst distinguished families as well as Jews of liiediot^e standing have married outside of the faith. Amojig others we can ijterc cite Max Nordau, the famous publicist and psychologist; Mary'Antin of "Pi-omiscd Land" fame'; Israel Zangwill, the celebrated a^'iflipr and playwright, and Samuel yntcnnyer one of America's gfejflestMa^vycrs. Just a few weeks ago the granddaughter of one of Ame(li6|a*s Israel's most noble sons, the late Jacob H. Schiff, was wedded ti?'a-non-Jew, and by an Episcopalian minister.   The question is indeed ¦^'sprious one.
A Terriop Scoiirge
It occurs to us that if the J§\vs as a people have a distinct con¬ tribution to make to the cultural' Jffogre^s and civilization of humanity, intermarriage is a terrible scourgc^'fdr.it saps-the'strength and powers of the race and alienates from ilgtnultitudes who' might in their own lives or through the lives of their fBflldferi.npt dnly achieve great things but also reflect honor on tlieir pc^l^r-
We feel that :—..i|jLf.i-
re<liih!acalh"*53Ss^tTi^' interests of Israel as well as humanitv. In the first place it is an ex pression of irreverence and disloyalty^ to the spiritual teachings and hoary traditions of our nation. (We \believe that Israel w a nation, but an international one — one whose mission is spiritual, cultural, and ethical and not political. All individual^members of this nation owe allegiance only to tliat cotmtry under whose flag they are living.) Sec¬ ondly, intermarriage symptomizes a disrespect for Israel as the veteran race of history — a race which has throughout the ages struggled inter¬ mittently for a place under the sun and for its self-preservation,as a
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Reform Rabbis to Open New School to Train Jewish Teachers
Reform   Institution  to   Open   in
NeviT York City, on Monday,
November 5
NEW yORK.—A .school for teachers, under'the joint auspices of the Hebrew Union College of Cincinnati" and the New York Association of Reform Rab¬ bis, for the purpose of training yoiing men and women for Sunday and reli¬ gious school work, will be opened in New York the first week in November. Sessions will be held on Monday, Tues¬ day, Wednesday and Thursday evenings and the school will be located in the vestry rooms of Temple Emanu-EI, Forty-third and Fifth avenue.
Official opening of the school will takQ place on Monday, Nov. 5. A "special program of exercises has been arranged for the occasion. Dr. Julian Morgen¬ stern, president of Hebrew Union Col¬ lege, will be the principal speaker' and there will also be addresses by Dr. Samuel Schulman, chairman of the committee which has charge of the school; Daniel P. Hays, chairman of the New York executive committee of the Union of American Hebrew Con¬ gregations, and other members of the organization.
Curriculum
The school, in charge of Abraham N. Franzblau of the department of educa¬ tion of the City College of New York, will be known as the Hebrew Union College Sifiool for Teachers and-wjl}
Expulsion of Jews As Jews Is Denied By Ger man Authorities
The Deportations Were Unjusti¬ fied Polish Government Insists Firmly
POLAND THREATENS
TO RETALIATE SHORTLY
BERLIN, (J. T. A.). —Denial that expulsion of Jevvs froiii Bavaria has' anything to do with their citizenship or faith is, made by the German atithoritics in connection with the recent .protest Iby the Polish Goveminent against the de¬ portations of Polish citizens of the Jew¬ ish faith.
According to the information given the Jewish .Telegraphic Agency, 1373 Polish citizens are now registered in Miinich. One hundred and sixty-nine additioiial arrivals were eiitered ^during September and October. The expul¬ sions, it is said, involved only 45 families claiming Polish citizenship, but in no case was the citizenship or faith of the deportees the determining factor.
A strict investigation of. the. expul- sioiis everywhere is claimed by the au¬ thorities to have revealed that the de-' portees had committed, "serious breaches of th^ econpmic regulations" and that the grounds on which the undesirables are expelled are recognized iii interna¬ tional law.
The authorities also claim that the constds of the countries concerned as well as the Munich Committee of East European Jews were given opportunities to discuss. each case and that the de¬ portation decree was withdrawn in sev¬ eral cases following such discussion.
Henrietta Szold Leaves For Palestine On December 1st
President  and  Founder of Ha¬ dassah l\flovement Will Spend Three Months in Holy Land
HAS CREATED INTEREST
AMONG NEW GROUPS
WARSAW, (J. T. A.). —The Ger¬ man Government's claim that the ex¬ pulsions of Polish citizens from Bavaria are justifiable in international, law is stoutly denied by the oilicial Gaseta VVarssawskg, yA\ic\\ insists that unless the deportations arc stopped Poland will retaliate by expelling German citizens.
NEW YORK.—Miss Henrietta Szold, President and founder of Hadassah, andone of the pioneers in the Zionist movement in the United States, will leave at the end of November for Pales; tine, where she is planning to spend three mbiiths in the interests of the Governing Board of the Hadassah Hos pitals in Palestine, and as a representa¬ tive oi Hadassah, the Women's Zionist Organization,
Last April, Miss Szold returned from three years spent in Palestine, where she acted as co-director of the Ha^sah Medical Organization, and developed the Nurses Training School in Jerusalem During Miss Szold's stay in Anierica, she has worked out a plan for Infant Welfare work in the Holy Land, vvhich provides for the establishment of infant 'Stations for mothers and babies, to be made possible by the recent gift of $10,000 of Mry and Mrs. Nathan Straus for Infant Welfare work, and a similar sum Which Hadassah expects to raise for this purpose. ..
Through Miss , S'zold's efforts, the agreement between the Joint Distribu tion Committee, the Keren Hayesod and Hadassah, on behalf of the Hadassah Medical Organization, reached fruition. Since the formation of the Governing Board of the Hadassah Hospitals in Palestine, through which this agreement is carried out. Miss Szold has acted as Secretary, Because of her intimate knowledge of Palestinian conditions, and her life-long, work as a Ziotiist, Miss Szold has created interest in various activities in Palestine among new groups, and has given to Hadassah a wealth of new ideas and material from which it will be able to draw inspira' tion until her return.
COOLIDGE REJECTS MARSHALUSPLEATO ADMIT DEP^ORTEES
President   Declines    to    Issue
Blanket Order, Repeats Promise
To Consider Hardship Cas^s
MARSHALL ACTIVE    ,
IN WASHINGTON
WASHINGTON,  (J. T. A.).-Presi¬ dent Cooiidge refused ill lii.s confciencc with  l.ouis  Marshall   today  to  issue a lilaiikcl order admitting all  immigrants detained  oii  account  of   the  exhausted j.Rli.ssian quota, biit reiterated the proin- 1 ise alrcafly made by Secretary of Labor ¦Davis,to tlie Amorrcaii Jewi.sh Congress I delegation   to   admit   e.xtieme   hardship leases,   the   Jewish  Telegraphic  Agency I correspondent'learned   from   a   person authorized to speak, for  the  President. Each case appealed to the Labor Depart¬ ment   will' be   considered   on   its   own merits.       : .
Mr. Marshall conferred with Presi¬ dent Cooiidge twice. IJe spent a half j hour about noon, and dmcrgcd hurriedly, j apparently perturbed., He flatly refused to make any statement of his interview .to newspapermen who tried to intercept him.    He proceeded to the Labor Dc-
lical literJiture, music and pedagogy.
A regular course will cover a period of two years, of two sessions weejcly, leading to a certificate qualifying the holder thereof as a teacher for religious and Siinday schools. Students will, however, be etiablcd to complete, their studies in one year by pursuing courses four evenings per week. The regular courses are grouped into two divisions held on alternate evenings.
Four-Month Semesters      .      '
The school year will be divided into four-moiith semesters, the first starting from October through January and the second from February through May, closing exercises being held in June. Classes will be in session at the school from 7:30 f. m.; until 9:55 p. m. In¬ struction periods, will last ,45 minutes. There will be a total of 12 instruction periods per school week, six in each diyisioh.
Registration for the classes will be¬ gin on Monday, October 15, and will continue daily until!the opening of the school on the evening of Nov. 5. Ap- plications are to be made at the school's headquarters, 1520 Broadway. Al¬ though the school is. primarily for those desiring to prepare for the teaching pro-' fession, extensipii courses will also be available to atiy persoii who is anxious t6 obtain a knowledge of the cultural phases of Jewish affairs.
Poland Demands Satisfaction for Her Jewish Citizens
WARSAW, (J. T. A.).—Indemnity for damages sustained during the anti- Jewish rioting in Berlin' last week by Jewish citizens of Poland, is being de¬ manded by the Polish government. Poland's diplomatic representatives in Berlin, Munich, Brcslau atid other' places have been instructed to demand, satisfaction for past grievances and safeguards for the life and property of Polish citizens in Germany.
The expulsion of Polish citizens from German soil has also been made a sub¬ ject of the representations, the Warsaw government threatening to institute sim¬ ilar repressions on Polish soil against German citizens in the absence of ade¬ quate assurances.
Refugee Problem at Roumanian- Soviet Parley
BUCHAREST, (J. T. A.).-^Th^ Roumanian Cabinet decided last night to commence negotiations for a com¬ mercial treaty with Soviet Russia. It is understood that attention will he paid to the qtiestion of the several thousand refugees frotti Ru'ssia in Bessarabia and other parts of Roumania, Most of these refugees are Jews.
partmcnt where he was closeted with .A.ssislant Secretary Carl White, having failed to find Secretary Davis in his office. Within a short time he returned to the White House in company of Mr. \Vliite, both of whom were admitted to the President.
Upon emerging this time !Mr. Mar¬ shall told repoiters he had appealed to the President for the admission of 700 detained aliens On bond for a sufficient period to enable Congress to pass legis¬ lation allowing them to remain perma¬ nently.
From surface' appearances it seems Mr. Marshall's visit made a consider¬ able impression and it is evident the Labor Department officials have been in,- structed to admit' as niany as consistency under law possibly, allows,- 1. ;. ¦ ¦< 1 ,: .';,,^ekiiwhiler.'..the .policy regarding ,^»fep
were allowed to enter 'late today on nine months' bond'under an order by Assistant Secre.tary' White, who ap¬ proved, the favorable recommendations of the appeal board.
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Hitler-Ludendorff Putch Directed Against "Jewish Gbvernment"
MUNICH, (J. T.,A.).—The so-called Nationalist revolution in Bavaria which vvas ended 'SO abruptly, was directed "simply and solely against the Jewish GovernaiEHt of Berlin," according to the Fascist leader Hitler's chief officer, wJio - addressed the crowd assembled outside the brewery house where the short¬ lived putch was planned. Following the reading of ; the insurrectionary procla¬ mation, Hitler's chief of staff explained that what was aimed by the Fascisti revolution ,was the destruction of the "Jevvish Government."
It is undierstood that several anti- Jewish decrees had been prepared by the Hitlerists and that if not for its miscarriage the "revolution" would have witnessed unprecedented acts of repres- .sion against the Jewish citizens of Ger¬ many.  . ¦
BERNSTEIN'S CASE AGAINST    FORD REMOVED TO FEDERAL COURT
$115,834.74 of Ford's  Money Still Attached
NEW YORK, (J. T. A.).—'in¬ quiries have been made as to the ttatus of my suit for libel against   Henry   Ford  and  The
.Dearborn independent," Her¬ man   Bernstein,  editor   of   the
' Jewish Tribuiie said. "As is known, cajh of Mr. Ford amounting to $115,834.74 has been attached' and has never £ieiBn released.
"I am informed by my attor¬ ney, Mr. Samuel Untermyer, that before the time to answer
. my complaint expired, Mr. Ford and The Dearborn Independent removed, the case from the State Court to the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, on the theory that the de¬ fendants are non-residents of the stati> of New York. The petition for removal was filed on October 31. The record must be filed in the United States Court by November 30 and the ans'wers of the de¬ fendant are due thirty days thereafter."