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Volume VII —15
COLUMBUS, OHIO,,AUGUST 29, 1924
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Dr. Pool Discusses The Jewish Youth OfThis Country
WeU.Known Jewish Minister of
New York Declares American
Jewish Young Men Do Not
Aim High Enough
SAYS FINE WORD
FOR YOUNG JUDAEA
By DR. DAVID de SOLA POOL.
(In the following excerpts from an address delivered before tht: .sixteenth annual convention of Young Judaea, at New York, Dr. pool asserts the firm belief that, that organization has the poten¬ tial force to unite thc youth of -America and preserve them to Judaism. He seems to regard the Y. M. H. A as more in the nature of "recreational," as he expresses Jt, and thc other organizations as - •wanting in dynamic power.)
Yesterday I took a Sabbath walk on Broadway. I looked into the faces of the young" people I met, many of whom were Jewish. The faces usually did not satisfyme. They were often hard, often unsatisfied; often they were coarse.   Thc young boys and girls did
' not have in their faces the idealism which one looks for in the faces of yputh. Not only the sense of sight was offended, ,but also the sense oi hearing through", the ruthless vivisec¬ tion of the English language, the vul¬ gar and thc coarse voices. If this be truly the youth of America, this youth which has the fate of America in its hold, then the future is ominous. If this be truly typical of our Jewish youth, and tliose be the trustees of our Jewish future in America, then must take a new line of action in i ing the future.
~ . But our Jewish vouth is i. vonderful group. It has almost limitless poten¬ tialities... It has energy, it has activity,
strenuous in its frivolity, strenuous Its money-making, strenuous self-indulgence, strenuous in its sport, strenuous in its studies, strenuous even in its laziness. Our Jewish youth lead wearing lives. They wear them¬ selves out in the keen competition of
, their chosen aitns. They, live their purpose intensely, whatever be their purpose. The trouble often is that their aim is not high enough. Their ob¬ jective iS; not outside of self, their, is a self-centered one. It is for. this reason that I got the feeling yester¬ day that the characteristic of the face of our youth is a deep-lying dissat¬ isfaction,' an unsatisfied hunger, a groping-looking-for-something unknown I and unrecognized, a gnawing discontent] which makes even the fruits of turn bitter to the taste.
Then I thought of Young Judaea and of the difference of the youth that one meets at Young Judaea Conven¬ tions, and I felt comforted in th( thought that not all of our youth was thus groping for a high aim Young Judaea is an organization which mobilizes tho yout(!i for bigger and better things, which gives our youth an ideal outside of itself, and which can save it from that physical break¬ down, nervous breakdown, mental breakdown and Jewish breakdown, which comes to our successful business men and to our pleasure loving women not from the stress oi life, not from the energy with which we dive into I our tasks and shoulder our burdens, not  from the tenseness of  our work,]
.   but which comes from some unsatisfied] heart hunger, from   an   emptiness soul, from a need for some ideal bigger
.  than one's self, outside 6f  one's  self,
.   a noble urge to service.
If I halve any criticism to make of
Young Judaea, it is that it has not lived
up to its possibilities.    Young Judaea
(Concluded on page 4)
MacDonald .Government Refuses
to Intervene Against Compul.
sory Sunday Rest for
Greek Jews
LONDON.-(J. T. A.)-The Mac¬ Donald government has declined to in¬ tervene with the Greek government in the matter of the compulsory Sunday rest law recently passed by the Greek Parliament, by which the Jewish Com¬ mtinity in Greece is seriously affected.
The request for friendly representa¬ tions to the Greek Government was iri.ide by Mr. Lucien Wolf, secretary of the Joint Foreign Committee, reprc- -¦ienting the Board of Jewish Pcputi( and the Anglo-Jewish Association, who] asked that the Jews in Greece be given the possibility of observing Saturday thc Sabbath. The reply of the British Foreign Office to the request was that the British Government do not consider this question a matter for intervention is of a purely domestic natun
Adolph Kraus, Pres. of th^ Independent Order of B'nai ^yh Makes a Statement on t)ie Mexico Proposition
Declilres That Investigation by Anjt^can Jewish Organizations Will
Justify BeUef That Mexico Will JBe a Good Haven of Refuge
— I. O. B. B. Representadves Have Been in Close
Touch With Conditions There
CHICAGO (J. T. A.)—Adolph Kraus, President of the Independent Order of B'hai B'rith, thc only Jewish organizatiortl active in Mexico, commented today i
'.i.r.w been placed in charge of a branch W   of   the   Order   which   has   been
[¦^jdiied in Mexico City.' At present he is ;{ Jaurez, Mexico, studying the condi
thc statement of thc Mexican Presi-+if.>iis at  that  point.    He  will  be  per-
Jewish  Hospital  in  New  York Enlarged WiU Be Dedicated
NEW YORK.-The Hospital for Joint Diseases, which will be the best hospital in the world especially devoted' to the lame, will be dedicated on Oc¬ tober Sth 9fter considerable enlargement. ^ The equipment of t^e hospital, which has a capacity of 376 beds and facili, ties for treating 1500 patients daily,] costs $2,000,000. The hospital was es¬ tablished in 1906 and since tiieii it has. given treatment to 126,253 patients. The] number of treatments given in tho last month is 19,472. The hospital is a tained by the Federation for the Sup-i port of Jewish Philanthropic Societies in New York.
World Zionists Plan More Activities In Palestine, Says Report
$2,000,000 Minimum Budget for
Keren Hayesod Is Adopted for
Next Year-Figures Adopted
Represent Bare Minimum
Needs
HOPE THAT K. H. DRIVES WILL MAKE FAR GREATER SUMS AVAILABLE SOON
NEW YORK —Planning increased colonization — both urban and rural
well as sanitation and educational work, the Greater Actions Committee pf the World Zionist Organization
sessions in London adopted a
budget of $2,932,485 for the
constructive   activities   of   the
Keren Hayesod in Palestine for the next
jyear, beginning. .wth_ Rosh Hashonah,
emphasized that it represented the bare minimum needs for the year and that Keren Hayesod campaigns through¬ out the world, but particularly in the United States, were expected to make considerable more money available so that the work could be expanded in pro¬ portion to the greatly increased immi¬ gration which has been going on for the past few months and to make possible the increase of the present flow of Jew¬ ish pioneers to Palestine.
Agriculture, the basis of Kerert Hayesod work in Palestine, receives $605,150, almost one-third of the total budget. This includes funds for vthe maintenance and extensioh of the 43 agricultural colonics financed by the Keren Hayesod during the past three I ].years and for the widening of the. work of the Agricultural Experiment Station^ under the direction of tlie noted' agronomist, Prof. Otto Warburg, which has rendered notable service agricultural development of the country.
Education, another of the basic Zion- |iist activities in Palestine, receives 920, which includes support for the 120 schools of thc Fund; for thie Chemical laboratory of the Hebrew University, one of the first departments of the Uni¬ versity to functron; and for the Tech¬ nical Institution on Mount Cai-mcl, where training in engineering and in the trades is given. Medical work carried on by Hadassah is alloted $159,250.
Other divisions of the budget include grants to labor groups, in the shape of loans for tools and machinery, etc., $136,500; immigration —assisting pio¬ neers iii coming to Palestine and secur¬ ing employment when they arrive in the country, $131,950; workmen's settle¬ ments, $36,500; additional funds for the Mortgage Dank, which provides long¬ time loans for the construction oi houses, $45,500; Palestine Electric Cor¬ poration, the famous Rwtenberg Plan! for the electrification of Palestine harnessing the; Jordan River. $54,600 (The Corporation's first-power plants are already providing electricity to th< cities of Jaffa and Tel-Aviv and it has begun constructipn of a power house at Haifa, Palestine's other port) i loans fpr public works which provide em¬ ployment for many immigrants, upon their arrival. $30,400; the Palestine Land Development Company, which the sale ahd development of private I land in Palestine. $22,750; the National Library at Jerusalem, which will be tlie LiJSrary of the Hebrew University the leading Jewish library in the world, $10,920.
The development, of trade and indus¬ try, which occupies but a minor part of the Zionist program, owing to the pol¬ icy of leaving, this field to private initia¬ tive, receives $40,950 in the new budget.
dent, General Calles, concerning the pos¬ sibilities    of    Jewish    emigration Mexico.
"For three years past," said Mr. KrauS, the B'nai B'rith has been in close touch with the Mexican situation and has, taken such steps to' ameliorate condl- as the progress of events in that country made necessary or desirable.   *»
preliminary to any work in Mexico.
ir First Vice-President, Mr. Archibald] Marx of New Orleans, and Rabbi Mar¬ tin A. Zielonka, of El Paso, Texas, botli^ of whom have visited Mexico times, went there, investigated condi-;;! tions, and provided temporory agencies; to assist stranded immigrants. Latelj Rabbi Zielonka an« Dr. Leff of El Pas j| made another survey of condition|| there. Many an immigrant who toda$'| is prospering in Mexico owes his start ^j the moral and financial support tei^! dered to him by th'e Order.
"Representatives of the Order in thV Texan border towns have personally iii- tcrviewed hundreds of Jewish emigrants
impressed upon them the folly of any attempt to evade our immigration ia.vi, ahd have given them financial aid ointil they could become self-supporting "ih,! Mexico. In this work we have had tiie support and help of the Mexican Gov¬ ernment and our own Department tf} Labor.
'At Vcra.,Cruz, where most of tlie immigrants to .Mexico disembark, a t^M- resentative df the Order, Mr. J. wl-i
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where an liiimigrant was without funds',' helped him to get into contact with his] relatives in America if he had any, and{ if not, advanced him funds for his mediate assistance.   Mr. Weinberger hasl
liancntly in Mexico City after Scptei*. t^\ 1st. . He is a man who has had ¦¦•i^ost 20 years of experience in various] iVrts of Mexico. So far, I believe, the iniai B'rith is the only Jewish organiza- aon which lias done any work in| Mexico.
; "There is a point that should not be jBsscd without comment. According to die report. General Calles speaks of a 82,000,000 fund to .establish indi Jnd agricultural colonies. So far _. attcr is concerned, investigations of the lyUlricultural possibilities give little] ¦" j>rqmise of the success of such ventures iEor quite sometime to come. Indus- fries, of the type suggested, do not exist at present, and their establishment can come only slowly and largely as a result] of.private initiative. I very much fear,: thcrefpre, that thousands of refugees' may be induced by thc publicity given to thc interview to come to Mexico be¬ fore favorable conditions can be created .to take care of them. There is no X ish problem in  Mexico today.
Hakoah Match Arouses FootbaU
Excitement Among Jetvish
Children «f Poland
WARSAW, (Jewish Telegraphic Agency). The match between Viennese Jewish s.port soci Hakoah," and the Polish students sport society, "Polonia," which ended in
victory for thc Hakoah, has aroused
tremendous interest in football among] thc Jewish cheder children and youths, Warsaw and the provinces.
One Jewish boy, Reuben Milcjkow- sky of Troki, district of Wilna, was so overwhelmed by the new craze that he lost his mind. With motions imitating various moves in the game, he keeps on saying "Must defeat Hakoah."
Vhe'Mexkrn sMVof^h^b;r7e¦;^haVh'' *"1''''' \r''^"« '^^' "'f'
such a problem tomorrow, migration has thus far been small, and is being gradually absorbed. A too hasty increase in the immigration might very .easily create a difficult situation both fori ;those who, are arriving and for thosfc' .Vyho are already established. ' "Investigation by American Jewish or- .Sanizations interested in the Mexican situation will of course be materially isisted now that the sympathetic co-oij- 'eration-of. the Mexican Government i; ;;A<c'iiL^t::,i5^o^Jiioped that the re ilts of such an iinFi^frgatl6ir^Ht'-JU»;«. us all in the belief that a country has been found in which the persecuted among our people can find a haven of safety.
J. D.C. Appropriates $400,000 for Coloni¬ zation Work in Crimea
Russian Jewish Leader Criticizes Former Policy bf Delivering Control of Funds and In¬ fluence   to   Jewish Communists
WARN AGAINiST THE
REPETITION'OF  GRAVE MISTAKES MADE RECENTLY
Jewish World ReUef FundToBeCeated At Carlsbad Meet
Delegates Representing 22 Coun¬ tries   and   75   Organizations from America, Europe and Asia Present
The Jewish Field of Honor
By DR. BENJAMIN JABLONS
(Concluded  from  last  week)
And also in the Jezreel one sees what American Jews can do as farmers in Palestine- For here the American Zion Commonwealth colony, Balfouria, a real outstanding accomplishment, is situated, .^nd in Balfouria, I came upon two American Jews, Jacob Komsky of Ar¬ kansas, and Moses Saletzki of Easton, Pa., recent arrivals in Palestine, whose experiences, were I a writer, would make a choice theme for a great Jewish [epic.    .
Epic Figures
Komsky has a splendid farni. He has been in Palestine but seven months, yet nowhere in the country did I see such well kept fields, such scientific - farm management and such excellent crops. Komsky has already made good, yet months ago he was a storekeeper in a small town in Arkansas, who did some farming on the side. But how he has struggled during those mpnths 1 It easy task. I wondered at the I overalls he was wearing. They ' 'made from the sacks in which his seeds were shipped from America. That's Komsky for youl And his neighbor Saletzki 1 Saletzki sold his dry-goods store and came to Balfouria with his seven children. He's been there five months. For a while the- family, was forced to live on bread and tea. not a murmur from one of them, not even from, the smallest tots. Now things are breaking right for Komsky. knowing more about the busi¬ ness of farming, helped his neighbor through the hard, bitter, early days. He built him a barn and also a playground for the Saletzki children. They haven' (orgottcn how to play despite their struggles.
The Jewish medical work in Palestine absolutely above praise.   No country
I tiie world lias anything that excels and I make this statement is a phy¬ sician who has examined medical wqrk in practically every country. Hadassah's work stands as one of the most impor¬ tant concrete accomplishments in Pales-^ tine. And this marvellous Jewish medi¬ cal work, which treats all the popula¬
tion, irrespective of creed, has been one of the most important factors in paci¬ fying the Arabs.   In Hebron Hadassah absolutely, won  over   the  Arabs, great a trust  have  thc Arabs  ii Jewish doctors that they no longer go to   the   Christian  missionary  hospital: Their beds are always empty, but the Jewish hospitals always have a waiting! list.    In the Arab villages the Jewish doctors   are   sought  after,  always  get the preference over native doctors.  The' nursing—most of the nurses are native Jewish girls, graduates of the Hadassah Nurses' School-is Uie peer of any in
nists Stop 1
CARLSBAD  (J. T.   A.)-rOver one hundred delegates  from America, rope and  Asia, representing 75 Jewish philanthropic and.social organization
present at. thc first meeting of thc Jewish World Relief Conference which was opened here yesterday at 8 p. m. American Jewry! is represented at the conference by two^j delegations: Thc American Jewish Con¬ gress and the Hias. The delegation of the American Jewish Congress consists of Judge Hugo Pam of Chicago, Judge William D. Lewis of Philadelphia, Max D. Steuer of New York and Dr. A. M.j Rongy, expert on immigration problems ] and Mr. William Topkis. The Hias is' represented by Mr. Benjamin.
Over $200,000,000 is annually being spent by Jews throughout the world fori social and relief work. The purpose ofl the conference is to unite all the Jewish relief organizations into some kind, of   federation  in order to avoid
dHDlSirtiap..flfi5jLon4:aPl *»¦ «"> % ' work on ala?gc'^atfaTnor«rtSa;j^i-«i^,
Jewish organizations belonging parties and shades of opinion accepted the call-to deliberate on a more efficient and um'ted action of relief work to be carried  on  in  the  future.
The Zionists are represented by] Messrs. Ussishkin, Motzkin, Dr. Chajs, chief Rabbi of Vienna, Deputy Isaac] Gruenbaum, Dr. Thon; The Agudas Israel by Mr.. Pappenheim of Vienna; The Jewish Socialists by Dr. Silberfarb, formerly Minister of Jewish Affairs in the Ukraine, Leon Chazonvitch; Voelkis party by Messrs. N. Prylutzky. member of the Polish Parliament and Mr. Effroykin. Thc Independent Order Bnai Brith has a numerous delegation at the Conference with delegates from 10 countries. The Sphardic Jews are also represented.
An interesting and new feature of this Jewish gathering is the fact that in iti are representatives of Jewish Kahillahs in Warsaw, Vienna, Berlin; Hamburg, Vilna, the Unions of the Jewish Com¬ munities in Italy' Bohemia, Bukowina, the Vaad Teunii of Palestine, the Jewish] Natioi^jL.,5oim.cil? of Poland, Lithuania, and Bohemia, tlie Zionist Organization, the Independent Order Bnai Brith and
Jewish Republic for Purpose
of Attracting Again American
Jewish ReUef Funds
RIGA (J. T. A.)—The sum of $100,000 for the purpose of starting on Jewish colonization work in the Crimea ippropriated by the American Jew¬ ish Joint Distribution Committee, it was revealed today to the correspondent of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency by i prominent Jewish communal worker, who arrived here from Moscow. This allotment of'the Joint Distribution Com¬ mittee is to be used on the realization of the colonization plans which were worked out and submitted by Dr. Jos¬ eph Rosen, representative of the J. D. Soviet Russia. This is to be an experiment and if it succeeds it is be¬ lieved that American Jewish orgahiza- will launch a drive in the United States for the purpose of financing tHe Jewish colonization work in the Crimea
1 a larger s<iale.
When asked by the correspondent how Jewish public opinion in Russia looks ~ at this project, the informant of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency stated that Jewish Communistic circles in Russia very favorably disposed towards this plan, while Jewish communal workers of longer standing are rather skeptical with regard to its practicibility. Jewish circles in Russia agree that with the prevailingeconomic crisis in Russia, the inability of Jews in Russia to find a livelihood   in   the   cities,   the   Jewisii
'back-to.land", movement,is a-dire.tcory'
the world;   Malaria  although it is still j ^ ,„„„^„ „f j,,,;^,, Economic Organi
found ia.some of the colonies, has been practically conquered, as a result of this superb Jewish medical service and the draining of the swamps.
If it weren't for the Effendis dnd the propaganda they spread, the Arabs would get along splendidly with the Jews The Arabs are very friendly, their children even greet you with "Shalom" as you walk along the street. They realize that the coming of the Jews means increased prosperity and] better living conditions for them and but] for the attempts of the Effendis to stir Up bad feeling, everything would be har¬ monious. The aggressive attitude of the Chaluzim, who remind one of our own Western pioneers. Has had considerable to do with this changed attitude.
Tel-Aviv Miracle City
Everywhere in the new suburbs springing up around the old cities and in the colonies, the houses reflect s modern influence. Tel-Aviv, that miracU city, reminded me at once of a Long Island town. It is all bustle and speed. And what a thrill one gets when he real¬ izes that here everything is Jewish, even to the policemen who direct traflic at the busy corners. Industrial life is not keeping pace with the agricultural, naturally, for Palestine is essentially an agricultural country and the efforts the Keren Hayesod and other agencies are directed more, toward tlie agricul¬ tural development of the country. But] many industries are thriving: There is,; (Concluded on page 4)
zations of Eajftgfn Europe.
The ineeting was opened by Dr. Lcoj Motzkin, who submitted a report of tlie activities of the Jewish World Relief] Conference during the past four years,] liich time 21,000,000 francs were ex¬ pended for .relief purposes. "The main task which the Conference is confronted
Ith," thc speaker said, "is to find ways, and means with which relief work for Russian Jewry and to organize the relief for the Jewish straiulcd refugees." Dr. Motzkin urgea the conference to make a special appeat American Jewry not to discontinue efforts for the purpose of saving the Jews of Russia in that distressful mo-| when help is urgently needed, morc| than
Mr. Gekri, representative of the Inter¬ national Red Cross, greeted the confer¬ ence in behalf of his organization and] stated that the Red Cross attaches much importance to its contact with the work f the Jewish World Relief Conference. I He praised the work accomplished and promised further co-operation of| the Red Cross.
Representatives of the Czecho-Slova¬ kian Ministry of the Interior and of]
Czecho-Slovakian Ministry Social Work welcomed the gates. Dr. Rongy in behalf of the American Jewish Congress, David Yellin, on behalf of' the Vaad Leumi, Dr. Samson Rosenbaum. former¬ ly Minister of Jewish Affairs in Lithu¬ ania on behalf of East European Jewry
tlie  Jews  to   facilitate  tliis  movement " would be of the greatest benefit to Rus- Jews.   Fear is however expressed that thc grave mistake committed pre¬ viously should not be repeated again> in ;w reconstruction activities.- Amer- Jcwish   public   opinion,   my   in¬ formant claims is unaware of the abUse of the funds of the J. D. C. committed by the Idgeskom.   No one who is fa¬ miliar with the situation in Russia would deny that the J D. C. representatives there needed the good will and coop¬ eration of the Idgeskom; it is claimed however, fhat they could have obtained this good will with comparatively less financial sacrifices, and that there was need for putting at the disposal of the Jewish, Communists millions of dol¬ lars   which   have   been   used   by   the Idgeskom to strengthen the prestige and political  machinery of the Jfewish  sec- OT of the Russian Communist Party. Tlie American Jews do not know that e    millions    collected    ftom    Jews throughout the United States have been used by Jewish  Communists, to rrush Jewish life, to destroy the religious snd national values which had existed in the Jewish community of Russia.    The J. D. C. representatives in Soviet Russia . have offeiided' the' policy on which the work in all tlie other European coun-  -
where J. D. C. funds had been so instrumental in reconstructing Jewish !Conomic life, was carried on.
Russian Jews criticize bitterly the J. D. C. representatives in Russia for hav¬ ing  surrendered  to  the  Jewish   Com- social workers millions of dol¬ lars of the relief funds, without obtain¬ ing from them any concessions.   With the liquidation of the J, D. C. the ma- :hinery of the Idgeskom   and   of  the Jewish Communist party in  Russia is broken down to a great extent.   Jewish communist circles are very anxious that n Jews should start new activ¬ ities in Russia, in view of the advan¬ tages   they   expected by them.   While n-communistic Jewish circles cannot iphasize strongly enough the need for helping the Russian Jew in his attempt settle on the land they point out tlie necessity fhat nothing should be under¬ taken by American Jewry unless it will secure the administration  of whatever funds will be put at the disposal of this plan by its own representatives. Mr. Smydovitz, first assistant secre- (Concluded on page i>
greeted the Conference. Many tele¬ grams and cables were received and read in Czecho-Slovakian, EngUsh, French, German and Yiddish, Pr. Leo Motzkm was elected President of the Conference.