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Volume VI — No. 10
COT.UMBUS, OlWhimX.37, 1923
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LORD DOUGLAS'S SERIOUS CHARGES AGAINST IME JEWS
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Churchill and Killed
Kitchener
START FRENCH, SINN FEIN, BOLSHEVIST REVOLTS
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LONDON — (J. T. A.) The Earl of Balfonr wrote a false bulletin about the Battle of Jutland during the World War Sn that an international ring of Jewish .speculators could clean up on the New York and other stock exchanges, and • Winston Churchill, while Lord of the Admiralty, committed treason, in return for moneys paid him by Jews, according to charges made by Lord Alfred Doug¬ las, notorious as.sociate of OsCar Wilde, in his iibel suit against the London "Morning Post," now before court.
The "Post", whicli has an anti-Semi¬ tic history of its own, is being used by Douglas because it printed a letter from the editor of the "Jewish Guardian," in which the editor had declared ttiat Douglas's "Plain English" must no longer be a paying proposition if it was being forced to invent such "vile insults" against the Jews. •
Lord Douglas's counsel contended that the question whether the charges against the Jews made in "Plain Eng¬ lish" were rubbish was not the point. The issue. was solely,' he said, whether the statement in the Post letter meant that the charges were due not to Doug¬ las's belief in them but to selfish circula¬ tion reasons. If they were rubbish, he said, the Post itself made similar charges.
Among the charges against the Jews, which Douglas made in his paper, and which he reiterated at the trial, declar¬ ing that the Post had shared the same views, was that the Jews organized the French Revolution, the Belshevist Revo¬ lution, ¦ the. Sinn Fein movement—that they engineered the 'Versailles Treaty— that Wilson, Lloyd George and all of the world Jcadcrs were controlled by the , Jews, and the Jews had murdered Kitch- ncr. Kfe was killed by the Jews because -¦ii'lf',».^YaiS ,vt'it)Ji?H.l?fi. miglit prevent the '   Kussiah Revolution, he said.  '   ' '     ''
The chief witness for Douglas is Capt. Spencer of New York, who served in the British intelligence service during the war
TOTAL OF 220 SABBATH OBSERVERS ARE PLACED
NEW YORK (J. T. A.)—A total of 220 young men. and women have been placed during the last six months in po¬ sitions where thcy do not have to work on the Sabbath, as a result of the efforts of the Jewish Sabbath Alliance of America,' it is "announced.
The Alliance has also been actively en¬ gaged ill compiling a list of Sabbath- observing business firms of the city <>f New \6fkf'TJic Legal Department has been instrumental in obtaining the ac¬ quittal of 21 Sabbath observers whp were summoned for Sunday violations. Dr. Bernard Drachinan is president of the Association.
Progressing Despite - ' ,Great Depression
Jewish Immigration Flow Steady, Jewish    Labor Is , J   "   Prospering
A Model Hebrew Institute
By JENNlfe' IC. 2WICK
' The JcVvS of Pittsburgh aro cxtrcmCl:^ pleased with the frequent visits of latift- of many prominent Jewish social work-' ers to Pittsburgh to examine its Hcbrev;. Institute, which Seems to be gaining the reputation of being a pattern for such educational and communal institutions^ With so many of the centers of JeW'*,
Rogue. The Hebrew Institute of Pitts¬ burgh is a neighborhood center as well as,"a Jewish House of Learning, where the language of instruction is exclu¬ sively Hebrew.
Six other buildings in different ccn- tc/V'of the Pittsburgh population have been developed since the Institute was
CONCESSION APPLICANTS INCLUDE STANDARD OIL CO.
LEWIS IS I. I. B. B. SEC'Y
OF EXEC. COMMITTEE
Continues to Function in i^nti- Defamation League
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¦CHICAGO (J. T. A.)—Announce¬ ment has been made here of the appoint¬ ment of Leon L. Levi-is, of Chicago, as Secretary of the Executive Committee of the B'nai B'rith in place of the late A. B. Scclenfrcund.
Mr, Lewis was born in Wisconsin, in 1888; educated in the public schools of Milwaukee, and at the University of Wisconsin, George Washington Uni¬ versity and the University of Chicago, from which latter imstitution he received the degree of Doctor of Jurisprudence in 1913.
He was first appointed as Secretary of the Anti-Defamation League in 1913, re¬ signing in 1917 to enlist as a private in the infantry of the U. S. Army. Upon his discharge from the army in 1910 after eighteen months' service in the American Expeditionary forces in France, during which he reached the rank of captain, he was reappointed as secretary of the League. Mr. Lewis will continue to ,act in that^ capacity.
GERHARDT HAUPTMANN > GOING TO PALESTINE
VIENNA (J. T..A.)—The J. T. A. representative learns that the novelist and dramatic critic, Felix Salten, a friend of the late Dr. Theodore Herzl, is leaving for Palestine, together with the great German writer, Gerhardt. Haupt- mann. On his return from Palestine, Mr. Salten will undertake it campaign on be¬ half of the Keren Hayesod in several countries.
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SETTLE IN LONDON
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VIENNA (J. T. A.)—The famous Socialist Dr. Friedrich Adler, son of Dr. Fictor Adler, the founder of the Austrian Social Democratic Party, is coming to London-in order to settle there permanently in his capacity as Secretary of the Socialist International. He has stated that be will consequently not stand any tnore as candidate for the Austrian Chamber..
In 1916, Dr. Fritz Adler killed the then Austrian Premier, Count Stuergh, as a protest against the war.
LONDON, (J. T. A.)—Considerable expansion in the economic and labor spheres is indicated in the report of the Palestine Administration ¦¦ for 1922, to¬ day issued.' The economic depression, notwith^taiiiting several important com¬ mercial enterprises, wcre launched and incorporated during the year, the report •shows. , The wide scale building' activ¬ ity resulted in {i decrease in unemploy¬ ment.
Attention is called to the fact that while !there has been much "political dis¬ cussion'? in Palestine during the year under review, there were no disturb¬ ances, the discussion being confined to constitutional questions.
^     Improvement Shown
Improvement is noted in the railw.ay and postal system, although it is indi¬ cated'that motor transport, which many passgngers prefer, has had a bad effect on the revenue of the government rail¬ ways.
iJIhd. Ame.rican J^JMJi^SgjCx'mBanv and' Standara,,On arc mentioned m the re¬ port, the former having opened a bank in Je'rusalem, while the latter applied for a concession for reclamation along the Dead Sea.
The report cites the census figures among Jewish workers, showing over 10,000 men and women organized. Of these, some 2,000 are organized in co¬ operative labor associations. Jewish workers' pay and conditions of labor arc shown to be much higher than those of Arab workers employed by Arab em¬ ployers. An abstract of the full report follows:
The principal event of the year under review was the' approval by the Council of the League of Nations of the British mandate for Palestine and the additional but.conditional agreement of France and Italy relating to their respective inter¬ ests in Syria.
Mention is made of the Palestine Or¬ der in Council decreeing the establish¬ ment of a Legislative Council, and of the order granting a formal commission to Sir Herbert Samuel as High Com¬ missioner for Palestine.
The "White Paper"
The British Government's White Pa¬ per interpreting the Balfour Declaration favoring the Jewish National Home and the resolution of the Council of the League of Nations excluding Trans¬ jordania from' Articles of the Palestine Mandate are also cited.
Measures taken in concert with the Zionist Organization in matters affecting the establishment of the Jewish National Home are covered in the report, which shows that while there had been much political discussion during the year, it was along constitutional lines, no dis¬ turbances occiirring any vvhere.
Government revenues for 1921 and 1922 amounted to £E2,312.2t3, as against an expenditure of iEl,881,108. The sur¬ plus, however, may not be retained by the government but is chargeable to any liability whith Palestine jnay owe. on ac¬ count of the Ottoman debt to be im¬ posed under the Turkish Treaty.
The general economic depression did not affect adversely Palestinian trade to an appreciable extent. Imports and ex¬ ports inc^-cased, altliough values had fallen. Continuous expansion is. noted in internal commerce. Twenty new companies were incorporated while there were, neither bankruptcies nor compul¬ sory liquidations of established firms.
Country-wide building activity resulted in the absence of considerable unem¬ ployment. The agricultural recovery, too, was satisfactory. The area of cul¬ tivation had been increased. Tobacco- growing is ¦ making rapid strides and the last orange season was unusually profitable.  '
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ish learning in Europe wipcd'out, said'^^first founded, through the initiative .of ono social worker in Pittsburgh recently;^K.-ibbi A. R', Ashinsky and Mr. Louis L it is a matter of gratification that Amer-jy^^rdron, in Novejinber 1910. They are all ican Centers such as the Pittsburgh He-1 similarly beautiful buildings, on a brew Institute are being developed. 'tshi'aller  scale, of course,  but  in  some
"Before the light of Eli was cxtin-Jrespects even better equipped than the guished,  the  light of  Samuel  was  al-^ii pjitcnt building.
ready kindled in the Tcmpje" says Scrip-, '''y\^c HebrcW education begins with ture. Providence is at work now as in ;,ffic iiyc-ycar 6ld tot in the kindergarten, the ancient days. ';. .-'^b\'¥. is taught to sing and play in He-
Thc Pittsburgh Hebrew. Institute, im-'>,brew, acquiring a vocabulary of sonic posing, beautiful, two-story brick and j fliur hundred words through the medium concrete structure, built,along the bestl£f play and self-expression in the happy and most modern lines of school archi-jKtiiiospherc of the kindergarten. It ex- tecture, equipped with all modern im-,i teruls to the teaching of Hebrew, proper, provements, many of which the averagejV" ^hc modern Ivrith BTvrith, in the ele- public .schools, even in the large cities,j.incitlary classes, and to the teaching of do not have. There are ten large airy' th(*',iBible, the Rabbinical commentaries, classrooms, ventilated by a special vcn-¦ flistpry. Selections of the Talmud, Mid- tilating system; a kindergarten which isjtiittiic Lherature in the upper classes a "happy-hunting ground", for the ior-,!\'h6 curriculum is divided to extend tunate little children who find their way
there; a game-room in charge of a play- director, provided with every conceiva¬ ble game and device, to while away the time happily while waiting for classes; a playground enclosed with beautiful shade.
oVjer'-a period of seven years of instruc¬ tion. - The subjects are all taught ac- "cojl-Vlrng to the departmental' system of 'instirtfction, that is, the indivit'ual child receives its instruction in the various sub|<icts   daily,   each   teacher   covering
trees, replete with playground and gym-f bnly one subject.   An interesting feature
nastic ajipaptus"; \Vhich is a center of interest |o.all .children of the congested nei'gllTOl'lioo'd; Jew and non-Jew alike, during the day, and'' often filled with thousands of adults'.'and childrenl" both within the grounds aild on the'adjacent streets. Free biblical movie's are flashed upon the walls of.the building on warm' summer evenings. There is also a medi*- cal clinic equipped both for einergencies
is a'special service group, consisting of ,unusi(alfy brilliant pupils who have po- ^tenlialities of rendering special service 'to their community and their people i'.^omc' ,day. These children are carefully ¦J?r,niipecl and given special attention and -.;a're. There' is also a post-graduate de- partmbiit iri which Talmud is taught. [,ln order to 'encourage the students td '^tOntinue with, (their  study of  Hebrew
NAT'L FARM SCHOOL FUND REACHES $600,000
DOYLESTOWN, PA. (J. T. A.)— The Jubilee Fund of the National Farm School which has been renamed the Joseph Krauskopf Memorial Fund has now reached the sum of $000,000.
Friends of the late Dr. Krauskopf are availing themselves, according to the Farm School authorities, of the oppor¬ tunity "to contribute to his memory" also by donations to the "Flower and Fruit Fund" of the school, which was founded by the last will of Dr. Kraus¬ kopf.
The donations are turned over to the National Farm School to be invested and the income is devoted to distributfon of fruits and flowers to the needy sick.
Temple Stone of "Wailing Wall" Brought to New York
Will Enter Into the Making of
the New Synagogue House
on W. 68th St.
BLDG. TO HOUSf: JEWISH INSTITUTE OF RELIGION
and periodic examination  of eye,. ear,S.'Uti'r gvaduatiort, the Institute offers free nose  and  throat  by   skilled   5peciaIists':;i;«holarships to,the University of Pitts- Who serve the institute gratis, a libraTy, full of good
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AT FIRST SIGHT
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(Being the Story of a Gotham Girl Who Joined the "Kevuzah" at Merhavia)
By ELIAS M. EPSTEIN Special Jerusalem Correspondent
". . . and as you tell me there is a demand for first class .stenographers in Palestine. I have no doubt I shall soon find a suitable post."
Hard upon, the letter to her friend came the writer lierself. She had now been a week in the Land of Israel, which she spent in Jerusalem where she found an excellent Government position await¬ ing her. She was to begin on the first of next month and meanwhile was see¬ ing the sights. She was pleased with everything. Jeru-salem was really quite modern. Automobiles and public motor-busses conveyed you from end to end of the city; the shops had every¬ thing you wanted milliners and dress¬ makers (with taste) abounded; there were dances and concerts and tea gar¬ dens ; even accoinmodation with bath¬ room could be found. Her fear of be¬ ing "buried alive" in old Jerusalem van¬ ished, and after a ball given by an Eng¬ lish Club she confessed she was having a giddy time. ¦
Now, before settling down to work, she proposed lo visit one or two colonies and.I suggested the new colMlies in the "Emek," The journey north, through the: hills of Judea and S^fnaria was pleasant but did not excite I her. She was not impressed by„the Ar^b town of Nablus or the primitive village of Jenin, and she asked whether the Jewish set¬ tlements were of the sanie type. I tried to explain what the. colonies, thp life of the farm, the tilling of the soil, meant to us as a people; I dwelt on ,the ideal of the Haluzim'.s return to the land; I spoke of how they wve free and how through them our nation 'was finding its freedom. Biit my words found no lis¬ tener in the New York girl. Lwas talk¬ ing to one who did not understand. When she began to hum a fox-trot tune I gave up my explanations. In silence the car pushed ahead towards the Valley of Jezreel.
It was in Afuleh that the ^[onderful thing ihappened. The chauffeur pulled up for benzine or water, and I, to whom the scene was familiar, did nc| trouble to leave the car. The smalt railway station, the shanty opposite ¦where you could liaye Arabic coffee or! leave a scythe or a bag of fruit to jie called for; heaps of oranges gleamiug in t}ie'
NEW YORK —A stone from the ruins of the Temple of Jerusalem and formerly a part of the famous "Wail¬ ing Wall" grooved and furrowed, as legend would have it, by the tears of Jews bewailing the destruction of the Temple, has completed its journey from the Biblical capital to New York, where it will enter into the making of the New Synagogi'le House now being erected in West fiSth Street near Central Park by the federated Central and Free Syna¬ gogues which are under th'e religious leadership of Rabbi Stephen S. Wise.
.\ special place will be hollowed out in one of the foundational walls to re¬ ceive the stone, so as to make it a part of the foundation' of the structure. The stone will be marked by a metal plate bearing an appropriate  inscription.
Rabbi Stephen S. Wise, while visiting
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liright sun and very cheap; in the fields beyond Jewish, haymakers singing as they worked.
There was a rattle of cart and horses, and a voice hailed me. Reins in hand, standing up in his rude wagon, the owner of the voice looked the picture nf health. Bronzed face, broad chest and strong ars; his shirt open and the shirt-sleeves rolled, up to the elbows allowing his hard muscles; farmer's breeches and leggings; and a smile that showed content and happiness. He looked like the figure in the Jewish Na¬ tional Fund's Golden Book Certificate. He had j'ust brought in the daily supply of milk from Merhavia, for Afuleh is llio station for that "kevuzah," and he was taking back supplies. We engaged in conversation. He gave me news of the farm (they had killed a cow the previous day and that was an event in Merhavia), and I told him of the Jittle- tatilc of politics as it was understood in Jerusalem. I did' not notice that the girl had approached us.
"Won't you introduce me?" she whis¬ pered.
"Certainly -^ but you don't speak He¬ brew, do you?" However, I offered to interpret.   ..
She asked the young farmer ever' so many questions and' he was amused at licr ignorance of the life in the colonies, but he seemed very keen on interesting her.   , ¦
¦ "The Kevuzah is a cooperative group," he explained. "We don't own the land. It belongs to the Jewish people and it is leased to us by the Jewish National Fund. We are forty-six "souls, all told. Some look after the dairy, others attend to the crops and the fruit plantations. Those eucalyptus trees alongside the railway line,were planted by us."
"And have you any girls, too, among you?" she asked,
"Of course! What farm is complete without girls?" he answered.    I
He had not meant it as a compliment —it was a plain statement of fact,—but she blushed at his straightforward glance and frank smile.
"Why not pay u? a visit ?" he asked.
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framed in words the questipn in her
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'CiVil,;S.ecrctary""6f'tj-in Majidatfe Gov--, tni tlaVi:'^t'^^'ldttiiie;V.S^-r&p%c-7^^ curred in the transportation of the stone. For months it appeared to have been lost in transit. After a long and diligent search, however, it was retraced and safely brought to its destination.
The building which is to contain the stone from King Solomon's Temple will house the Jevvish Institute of Religion established by Rabbi Wise last year. The Institute is now conducting its first Sum¬ mer School at 3i) West C8th Street. On the teaching staff of the school is the noted English schol.ir. Rev. Dr, R. Travers Herford, who arrived from London last week. He is the head of the Dr. Williams Library of that city and has gained an international reputa¬ tion by his studies of Jewish Talmudic literature. Dr. Herford is one of the few Christian scholars who enjoy that distinction. He has won especial rec¬ ognition by his book called "Pharisa¬ ism" in which he proves that Pliarisaisiii was not the religion of the letter it is customarily assumed to have been.
Upon his arrival. Dr. Herford was greeted at an informal gathering of Jewish and Christian scholars. In the latter part of the week a luncheon in honor of the distinguished visitor will be given in one of the hotels of the city. Leaders of thought and teachers repre¬ senting various denominations will at¬ tend the luncheon. Rabbi Wise, who is now summering at Lake Placid, N. Y., will return to the city to officially wel¬ come Dr. Herford.
The lectures of the eminent scholar, given every morning from 9 to 11, are attracting, lay listeners in addition to those registered at the Summer School.
COUNCIL JEWISH
WOMEN PLANS CAREERSFOR DEAF
Mrs. Sidney M. Stern of Philadel¬ phia Reports Progress Among the Unfortunate
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MANY CITIES ASSIST IN
WORK FOR THE DEAF
One of the activities of the National Council of Jewish Women which has made remarkable progress during the past three years is its work among the deaf throughout the country. Mrs. Sid¬ ney M. Stern, of Philadelphia, National Cliairman of the Committee on Deaf, has announced that an increasing num¬ ber of Council Sections are entering this field and are promoting programs on their own initiative or in cooperation with existing institutions. The program that has been forwarded by the Council Sections include such service as the fol¬ lowing :
An effort to make a thorough survey of the deaf in the local communities; to establish a relationship with existing in¬ stitutions for the deaf; to render per¬ sonal service; to provide classes in lip- reading and also night classes for the foreign born deaf. A group of religious activities have always been stressed, in¬ cluding religious instruction; religious services, a special Seder during Pass¬ over, and a special edition of the prayer- book.
In the city of Baltimore, under the auspices of the local Council Section, classes in lip-reading have been insti¬ tuted. T^is remarkable service to these unfortunate men and women has been the source of joy and happiness to many. The Cincinnati Section has been offering the same opportunity for its deaf and at present two classes for adults have been established. The Dayton, Ohio, Section has made very frequent surveys in the local community and^has advised un¬ fortunate men and women to avail them¬ selves of the benefits offered by the local League of the Hard of Hearing. In Hartford, Conn., the local committee on deaf has arranged for an annual outing''
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DRUNKEN CZAR CAUSED KITCHENER'S DEATH, - SAYS RASPUTIN'S AIDE
NEW YORK (J. T. A.)-New light on the death of Lord Kitchener is thrown by the memoirs written by Aaron Sem- inowitch, secret;ary of Riasputin, the monk, who exerted an overpowering in¬ fluence on the late Czair's family.
According to excerpts of the meinoirs printed in the Jewish Morning Journal yesterday, Rasputin told ¦ Seminowitch that the Czar was the only one to get word from England that Kitchener was bound for Russia.
The Czar, however, admitted to Ras¬ putin that he had drunk excessively shortly after the receipt of the secret message and as a result had spoken too much, conveying the news of Kitchener's prospective arrival to his friend Voyu- koff, who in turn passed it on to the German spy, Prince Adranikoff. The Germans thereupon laid in wait for the ship and sank it, Seminowitch says.
dn7«;d^?»r-ifi^deaf 'chiidr'eri.'' During" Passover there was a special Seder to which they were invited. The Hartford Section carries on its work in coopera¬ tion with the American School for the Deaf in that city. In Indianapolis, Ind., the women of the Section lend their aid to the State Institute in tbeir community. There are 3 Jewish children at this State home who have received all possible courtesies on all occasions. It also as¬ sisted in securing a scholarship for an unfortunate boy to the National School' at Washington, D. C.
The Kansas City, Mo. Section has realized the great need for preventive work and so it has limited its efforts to work among those whose hearing is slightly impaired. In this way it hopes ' to avoid the intensification of its prob¬ lem among its people. Similar preven¬ tive work is sponsored by the - Little Rock Section, which distributed pamph¬ lets in the public schools.
The members of the National Council of Jewish Women have realized the evi¬ dent need for educational work on ques¬ tions affecting the deaf and accordingly propaganda literature has been dis¬ tributed throughout the United States and Canada, urging educational pro¬ grams. The Minneapolis Section ar¬ ranges for frequent speakers in coopera¬ tion with the Minneapolis League for Hard of Hearing. During tho coming year it will increase the scope of its Section's activities '^by rendering per¬ sonal service in cooperation with its local institutions. About 35 children re- cciv'c religious instruction in the New York Talmud Torahs through ^subsidy granted by the New York Section. The New York City Committee his been de¬ voting its activities to the Jewish chil¬ dren in one of the public schools. The Philadelphia Section had 118 individuals attending a recent Seder. It also pro¬ vides classes for the deaf in the night schools, distributes leaflets on the care of the ears ih public schools, Americani¬ zation classes and Saturday afternoons religious meeting. |
B'NAI B'RITH DISTRICTS IN PALESTINE AND POLAND
CHICAGO (J. T. A.)—B'nai B'rith Lodges in Poland which prior to the war were under the jurisdiction of Austrian and German districts, have now become part of the new District Grand Lodge No. 13. Authorization for the formation of the new district grand lodge has re¬ cently been given by the Executive Com¬ mittee of the Order., , The Executive Committee also has un¬ der advisement the formation of an ad¬ ditional district'in the Near East to in¬ clude ,B'nai B'rith Lodges located in Pal¬ estine, Syria ind Egypt,    '
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