Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1935-08-30

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A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER FOR THE JEWISH HOME
Volunn; XVri—No. 87
COT-CMBUS, OHIO, .M.'C.U.ST 30,  ty35
Per Year $3.00; Per Copy lOc,
Strictly Confidential
rlU-niTS FROM EVERYWHERE
Ilr rillNKAS J. DIRON
Robert L. Mellman Becomes
President of Columbus
Hebrew   School
New   Directors  Arc Chosen;  School
Will Reopen «n Tuesday,
September Srd
With
tlic clcrlioii >ciir,    The
Hcchschcr Says N, Y. Will Have
to Deal with Oversupply of
Jewish Professional Men
of <ifiiccrs for thc toniiiiK >ear, 'Ihc Cohimbus Hebrew School is rrady. to start acluitic?, and' Is lookiiijs' forward to the hlgKe"it year in the liisUiry of Ihe .School. Al a meeting held on Tiiestlay, August 27th, the (ollowiiig onicer.s ami mcmherb of thc Itonnl of Dirrrtors were .¦;elcctcd: A. Goldberg, Honorary President; J. Krakowit?, rx-oflicin Honorary Member;
Nazi-ScoopH
The eulogies on the grave of the late dowrx-rliaser "Prince" Alexis Mdvani, killed ill an automobile accident in Spain, forgot lo mention that Alexis supple¬ mented his income by working as a spe¬ cial Nazi intelligence agent in foreign coniitrles...lIi5 companion on his last ridp, naroness Von Thysscn, belongs to the German industrial family which fi¬ nanced Hitler during his climb to power ...Princess Catherine Radziwill, submit ting an article on thc Rothschilds to our mannging editor, reveals that her famous scries of articles on Hitlerisin in TJherty magazine, in which she charged one of the German Rothschilds with iwirticipat- ing in the movement which financed Hit¬ ler, were read and approved by a promi¬ nent member  of the  Rothschild  faniily
...In inner Nazi circles at Berlin Pola i
Negri,  who may be a has-been in  this '
country, but seemb to have enough S. A. |
for the N. S. A.  P. ofhcials, holds the
spotlight, ..She herself helps to spread
thc rnmor that Der Fuehrer has taken
the pl.ice of thc late Rudolph Valentino
in her heart...It ha.s been noticed that
Herr Hitler devotes much more attcn-
ti<jn to his attire than ever before and
that he misses t|uite a few cabinet meet¬ ings. . .The   near   future   will   tell   us
whether Pola Negri will become the oHi- ]
cial or even nnonicial first lady oC Nazi- land . . . Leni Ricfenstihl, the blond ac-1
tresis   of   ciuestitJiiable   Aryan   aiiceslr\,
who is said lo hold the dual jwsition of
director   of   Nazi   film   propaganda   and
.special lady friend of Der l-'uehrer, ib not
going to take thc intrusion of Pola lying
down...As  a  matter  of  fact  this   duel
might develop into u battle royale with
Frau   Goering,   wife   of   the   flamboyant
Prussian premier, joining in the scramble
for premiere feminine honors in Hitler- land. ..
'J. George Fredman The opening of the annual encampment
of   the   Jewibli   War   Veterans   of   thc
United States hi Saratoga Springs this^ "^i"-  A. W.  Robins, Dr. M. L. Good
week reminds us tliat it was J. George man, L. J. Seff, Harrj Winler, Bernard
NEW YORK (WNS)—Sooner or later New York City might have to deal with the problem of a prcpondefance of Jews in thc legal and medical profes¬ sions, August Hechschcr, 87-year-old philanthropist and the son of a Jewish' mother, declared 'on his retdrn from Europe aboard the German liner Furopa. .'\skcd whether he had .seen many of thc (iernian-Jewish refugees iu London, Mr. Heclischer countered with the question: "Now what is going to happen in New York? I think that we may have a problem like that of Germany right here. How many oE our doctors and judges are Jews? 'A very great pcrccnt.igc in i>ro- portion to thc population. A situation like this is bound to cause trouble. That is <inr problem of the future." Mr. llcclischer traveled on the German ship, he said, because he liked the service. His luiropean visit did not include Germany.
International Good WiU Pact I Weizmann    Tells    Congress Urged at Williamstown    \   Work in Palestine "Only   i    Worthy Answer to Nazis"
WILLIAMSTOWN, MASS. (WNS) : 	
-,'\n mtcrnational agreement similar to   Nazis  Fostering  International  Wars
the Kellogg Pact, the signers of whicli would agicc to accotd full spiritual lib¬ erty tu their .subjects and permit "in¬ jured" niinoiities, to present their griev¬ ances to thc World Court, wa.s advocated by George N. Shuster, nian.iging editor of Tho Cniiinmnweal, Catholic weekly, in a paper nvid before the Williamstown litblitute of Human Relatione. Dnring a discussion of "what we can learn from Germany'' Mr. Shuster proposed that ihc Umltd Stales government take thc initiative in drawing up .such an inter¬ national agreement, etnphabiziii;v that it I wouUl serve thc cause of international peace as well as the causes nf personal and religious freedom, Contrasting the relatiuiiship between Catholics, prntes^ taiitb and Jews in Gernidiiy today with that of previous periods in Cicrman his- I tory,  thc Cathulic  editor  declared thLtt
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Race   Theory,   Stephen Wise Declares
THE WORLD'S WINDOW
"Millions for Tribute"
By Ludwig Lewiiohn
LUCIHRNF. (WNS—Palcor Agency) -"'Hie only worthy answer of the Jcw- ibli people to thc accusations against us in the Third Reich is decent, honest, free work in Ihc rebuilding of Palestine," Dr. Chaim Weizmann, outstanding world Jewish le'adcr and the man held mo.st ihnnian lives rcbpou'iihlc for Zionist political achieve- ^'^ tbat. Wt ments dnring almost three decades, told thc World 7-ionitit Congrcbb in.the first statement of his political and economic views   prebenled   to   the   Congress,   at
<TliiH ((iliiiiiii Ih voiurlKht i»,v tlip Kptph Artn I'riiCnrp SjtKliriito. R4>[iroiiiirlion in.ulitilo or III i>»rt MlrirlK forlildtlcn. An« inrHitKcmciit nil lliiq rn[i>rli:lit  i\lll  hf> |inifli'Ciiti>cl.)
The season of the appeals is coming. There will Ijc the United Jewish Apjical; there will be tho drive nf the Jewish Na¬ tional Fund for an additional half-million. W'e need tliis money in order to live The tiling is as elcmcnlary nnist stibtain onr inslitu- litiiis and group activities in order not to be outcubts frmn ourselves; wc must aid in the upbuilding oE Palestine (what- eve\ our specific ideology) hccause Palca-
B'nai B'rith HiUel Directors i'"'^J*;,"" "''•sf'^K'-<>"p^'""ft shoulder
To Hold Conference
goodly p.irt*' of the blame, for what has . Balfour Declaration but added that Jews
which a majnrily of delegates favor his , tijio is today the only place to which our election to the presidency of the World j pcrseruled brethren can go,' We must Zionist Organi/alinn.
Dr. Weizmann's address, considered crucial Eor his political fate at this Con¬ gress, declared that the British govern¬ ment had not "pusilively" interyjreted the
happened buice. "If they had manifested one-tenth oF the desire to respect and bust^iin one another whiLh now animates thcni,"   he   said,'  "the  genius  uf  Adolf
Robert L. Mellman
t IXCIXXATI, OHIO-Ever> con. cci\ablc bub.tcci o[ Jcwibli student in tcrcst will hf discussed at a c<iiifcrcnce! Hitler would have cx]>endcd itscii on in- of .ill ten Dircctur.s of the B'nai B'nlh , tcri<.)r dcLOialiiig." The Icbsun is not so lliiki Foundalioiis tu be lickl !n Mar-' dilVu-nlt to grasp, and it may be oi con- Tnis\ille, Ind., Sept. 1 and r>. Alfred j siderable value to the Unite<l States. M. Cuheii, president of B'nai B'rith and j The Jewish viewpoint on the le»bont. to htad of the Hillel Foundation Commis-' he learned from the Gennan situation Sinn, will deliver the welcuining atldresb. \ were uulhiied by R.ibbi Morris S: (Jreetingb   uilL  be  given  b>   Di.   1.   M.   l,a/:<iion of Raltlmore who made an ap-
Robert L. Mellnian, Prcbidcnt of thc Bii.'ird; Dr. Samuel S. Dan/igcr, First Vice Pre-, dent: Bud L. Vice Prchiduiit; David Third Vice President, Dr. B. W. Abram¬ son, Chairman, Buard of Fdueation; Hari'i Beckman, Trcaburer, and Harry .Schwartz, .Secretary; other members of the boaid are as follows: J. K. Born- btcin, Bernard Feitlinger, .\dolph Gol¬ denberg, Simon Handler, D. Kanter, A.
Knbinow, Secretary of the Order and of
thc ,Comniis.sion. Variuub   Hillel   1-nuiidati'uii   Hirectors Moser   Second'will   present   the   fnllouing   subjects   fur L.   Durschnitt,
peal for Christians and Jews In stand tugelhei in a crisis similar to that oE Na^i Germany. "Thc great ideals that we hold in common," hc said, "no matter
must nut forget that "F'jifjland gave us the opportunity to assnine our inisbion in Palestine "
In nihcr parts of his speech. Dr. Weiz- ni ini deplored the di.spropurtion between urban and rural ticltlenicnt in l^alcsline; fippO'.cd the "artificial cleavage of West¬ ern Palestine (Transjordan) from East¬ ern Palestine" and urged the extension oi   Jewi.sh   ^ottlenu-nt   into   Transjurdan
provide the extra :J!jOO,000 for earth on which to colonize thc children from Ger¬ many who niiisl—who wusf be saved. It isn't easy lu raise the sums .involved. We all have sorely diminished incomes'; wc all h.tve personal and private burdens and rC'iKMisibilitic'!. Nevcrllieleb.s we bhall and must raise the money. Wc can not, literally to save our s{iuls, do otherwise. But I have often thought that it could be made easier and that at the same time we tould raibe mure. Why?    How?
The director of the Jewish charities oi a great metropolis Lomplaincd to me as follows: "Our needs 'are far, far greater than ever.    Bui  wc have been
jeneral discussion: "'The Jewish Student  bow wc may differ as to their interpre- and    N'or-.itional   Guidance,"   by   Rabbi' tation—thc ideas arc thc nnporlaiu thing.
Manrlc-c Pekarsky, Cornell, "The Prob-, lein u£ Campus Radicalism,'* by Dr. Max Kadusliiii, Wisconsin; "Personnel Serv¬ ice on a Campus," hy Rabbi Martin Weiti,   XurthwcblcT n;   "Propaganda
The dignity of hunian life, thc sense of coinpasbiun. the ideal uf peace, these things do not hear denominational labels. They are the pillars on which Christi¬ anity and Judaibin arc built.    We can
(where Jewish immigratiun is now for- ' forced to reduce our budget. Tile rca- buldL'ii) ; asserted that Jewish work in | son is simply this: it is always the same Pjilc-tinc was bringing benefits to the people who give, the same small minority Arab population; <leclarcd that the Jews | and they cannot naturally give as much ni Palesline have "a mission for thc en- as Ihey did in former years." Here i<? tire Orient"; proposed a jKilicy of close the crux of thc matter. Incredible and cooperation with the Alabs; and de- | incomprehensible ab it seems to me there clai ed that agricultural colonization in I arc Jews, thousands and thousands oE Palestine "rcllcrt.s a synthesis between ¦ Jews, who do not give for Jewish pur- Marxism and Judaism." Ab "a prolebt' poses. They live as Jews; they die as against persecution of the Jewish people Jews; the number of actual crypto-Jews
Fredinaii  of   Jersey   City,  a   i>ast  com- niandcr-iivchicf, who fathered the anli- Nd-;i Iwycolt in this country . . . Fred¬ man, a lawyer by profesbioii, is one of those quiet, determined personalities who will   sacrifice   everything   for   an   ideal witliuut any ado . . . He's a practical organizer and if, as wc hear, thc Jewish Veterans are looking for a new national conmiaiider-in-chief hc is  in uur judg¬ ment the nio.st lugical candidate , , . The job of commander-in-chief of the Jewish War Vctcrails is no .sinecure at this time, so if  Brother George refuses to serve, draft    him,    brotliers-in-arms,    and,    if necessary, order him not to refuse , . . I'ersunal Governor   Harold   HolFman   of  New Jersey is going to be in the. headlines during the month of September and the subject will be of special interest to you, my friends .. . Dr. Chaim Weizmann will •¦ he the new president of the World Zion- *ist Organization when the Zionist Con¬ gress closes at Lucerne...Kforns Roth¬ enberg, before sailing for the Congress, told a gathering of twenty people that hc will definitely reject the presidency of tlic Zionist Organization of America at the next convention . . . Meyer W. Weis¬ gal,  former Z. O.  A. '"cochleflfer and present   theatrical   producer,   is   now  a guest  of   Professor  Max  Rcinhardt  at Leopold - kronschtoss, Salzburg Rein¬ hardt, Franz  Wcrfel,  Kurt  Weill and Weisgal are completing final production plans for "Thc Road of Promise," schc<l- tilcd to open in New York not later than Pecember    15.... One   of   our   newly- hatched imitators whispers "the secret" that  Samuel  Margoshes, editor of Thc Day, is on his way to Europe...For Ihe information of uur young confrere let it be known that Dr. Margoshes is vaca¬ tioning in the White Mountains, trying to get rid of his chronic liay fever... And, by the way, young man, wc don't like your sentence which says "President Koobuvelt wasn't the first chief executive of the Unite<l States to rely upon Jews" . . . It's that kind of talk that gets us in Dutch not only with our foes but also with our friends...
Rngerafana
One of the last people to talk to the
late   lamented   Will   Rogers   before  he
crashed to hxh deatli was Israel Goldstein,
mayor  of  Juneau,   the  capital  city  of
' Alaska...Will Rugers was a very close
friend of Dr. Stephen S. Wise, whom he
visited every time he came to New York
... Rogers   donated   considerable  money
to' Gustave   Hartnian's   Israel   Orptian
Asylum, although Will never advertised
his contributions...One of the comments
of Will Rogers that never saw print re-
(CoHtinued vn page 2)
J. Kobacker, Hairy Masser, Luiiis Mell-1 Illinois, Xalional Director, "Social Wel¬ fare Projectb," by Rabbi Samuel Cook, ' Alabama; "Promoting Better Undcr- Sidomon, Aaron M. Neustadt, and Abe .\. Wolman. Ivreeyoh Representatives on the  Board include Mrs. S-  Brief, Mrs.
Ihc Universities," by  Dr. A. L. Sachar, j l^'arn the lesson from Xazi Germany that,
when ibbUes are at stake, Christians and Jews niiibt join haiidb to oppose the common fop. There cart be no real peace in the wurld over the dcid bcidy of Ger-
standing <m the  Campus/'  by  Dr.  Ber-1
naid   Heller,   Michigan;   and   "Making]"'^'^ Clirisiiaiiity and Judaism."  Christi-
Traditional     Services     Attractive," " by , anity must also join with Jews in coun
in Germany," Dr. Weizmann proposed to the Congresb, at the 'close of his ad¬ dress, that tbe Congress observe a half
in America is small; yet they .support no Jewish purpose and lend their aid to no Jewish cause.    Some of them are hard
day silence in the form of a complete ' and sclfibh and sensual people, in whom
A. Self, Mrs. S. Handler and Mrs. B. Bender. Rabbi M. Hirschpruiig, Rabbi L. Greenwald, and Rabbi,N, Zelizer com¬ prise the ex-officio members of the Board.
Exten.s've  plans  for the operation of the School are being organized, and with  *'""^    ''»"*1    publicity ;    intcr-Foundalioii
Rabbi  Morris Kertzer,  Illinois.
Seminars will be held on thc fol1o\iing subjects: psychiatric problems among Jewish students; morality on thc campus; the student loan fund; student govern¬ ment uf the Foundation; Hillel publica-
thc above group of entlnisiabtic workers at the helm, the success of Thc Cohim¬ hus Hebrew Schu:)! is assured. All the Board asks is the cooperation and friendly assistance of the entire com¬ munity in hehiing tu put over its pro¬ gram for thc School.
Thc newly-chosen hoard of directors announce that thc Talmud Torah will reopen on Tuesday, September Ilrd, on which date all children must he regis- .tcre<l. The buar<l uf education for the coming year is comprised of the follow¬ ing: Dr. R. W. Ahram.son, chairman; Kabbi M. Hirschsprung, Rabbi L. J. Greenwald, Rabbi Nathan Zelizer, Rabbi Samuel M. f^iup, Albert ScbiiT, Alfred Jt Kobacker, A. W. Robins, Leon J. Seff, and Aaron M. Neustadt.
The newly coiistitutnl House Com¬ mittee ib comprised of thc following: A. Goldberg, chairman. PTarry Beckman, J. K. Bunisteiii, and Mrs. Samuel Brief. The Budget Committee consists of Bud L. Moser, chairman; Robert L. Mellman, David L. Durschnitt, Dr. Samuel S. Dan¬ ziger, Dr. B, W. Abramson, A, J. Ko¬ backer, A, Goldberg, Jacob Krakowitz, A. A. Wolman, Edwin J. Schanfarber, Harry Schwart?, and Albert ScIiifF. >
From present indications the Hehrcw School of Columbus wil have a very successful and prosperous year- "AU the new  ofilicers  express  keen  optimism.
Infants' Home of Ohio
I..ast week the following contributions were receive<I for which the officers and board members are very grateful: Bean- bags from Grandma I.oeh; baby buggy and play pen from Mr, D. H. Shustef' man.
projects; the speakers' bureau; credit courses and their operation; u^tng a Hillcl training after graduation,.
In a<ldition to fho.se named above, thc fulluwing will participate in the confer¬ ence: Dr. Lot J. Levinger, Director of the Hillel Research Bureau; and Rabbis Harry Kaplan, uf Ohio State, Abram Goodman of Texas, and Ephraim ImscIi- off of Penn-State, the three newly-ap- luinted  Hillel Directors.
-.Ubpension "of all its activities uicluding
public   sessions   and   private   committee
meetings. Persistent rumors that Dr. Stephen S.
WibC, president of the American Jewish
Congress, would be barred from making
any attacks on the Nazi Government of
Germany by thc World Zionist Congress
were blasted sens^itionally-when Dr. Wise', for Jewish purposes arc frightened Jews, household" and to attempt in every way jiiiinsclf delivered an anti-German ad-; No, this is no parado.^. They have thc possible to "remove irritating factors in dress that surpassed in vigorousncss and | terror of persecution in their bones; they Jewish life. I emotional appeal any previous speech he  desire to be inconspicuous;  they desire
Thc Institute was thrown into a tern-  ims made on this subject.    Denying ru¬ mors that hc had been prevented from
teracting the anti-Semitic propaganda wliich "issues forth fioin Berlin to all parts of the world," he added. Rabbi Lazaron albo urged Jews to "clean our
there is no hope. - But they arc not all hard or soulless people. Many of them are kindly people. Why do they not give? How can they be made to give? Is- there anything wc can do to multiply at least an hundredfold thc nuniber of, those who give? Thousandi of Jews who do not give
T. I. Sisterhood Board to Be Entertained Wednesday
Mrs. Herman Katz, i'M> E. Main St., prcbident of thc Tifereth Israel Sr. Sis-j that
porary furore when Mrs. Schirmacher- Oncken, a Gennan woman who is thc mother oE a pioneer Nazi and thc sister nf Prof, William Oncken, professor of Italian at die New Jersey College for Women, attempted to explain In an ex¬ temporaneous talk from the iloor "why such astounding things happen now in Germany." Speaking during thc general discussion that followed that presentation of papers on the subject of "what we can learn from Germany," Mrs. Schir- inacher-Onckcn dcfen<[cJ the Third Reich and its iiersecution of Jews, Catholics and dissident Protestants on the ground 'Germans    prefer    inside   slavcry
to be amusingly  enough, conspicuously inconspicuous. I know a reasonably pros-
speaking because he might attack the i perous merchant. Hc says, standing Nazi regime, Dr. Wise declared that if I proudly in his handsome shop: "I'm an the situation had not been discussed by [American; I give only for non-sectarian the Zionist Congress it would have had  causes."   The poor man is in a frenzy
Hachntwifl Orchim Society
Donations were received recently from the following: Sam Meizlish, $10; Saul Ruben, tTi; Jos, Modes, *5; N, B. Co¬ hen, $1.
Mrs. M. Eizman, 513 E. Fulton St.. was appointed chairman for the annual dimicr to be held on Nov. 17th.
terhood will entertain the olTiccrb and hoard nicmber.s at a 1 o'clock hinchcon at her home on Wednesday afternoon, Sept. 4th. Thc first lK>ard meeting of the year will be held following the lun¬ cheon.
Chairmen of the various committees will present a tentative program of ac¬ tivities for the cuniiiig season and plans for an intensive membership drive to be¬ gin immediately will be discussed.
Ezras Noshim Sodety
During the summer nionths the Ezras Nobh'.m Society held its regular meet¬ ings on the third Wednebda> of the m^nth, but will resume the regular meet¬ ing dates during the fall and winter sea-; son on thc third Sunday of each month. Thc next meeting, is scheduled for Sun¬ day, Sept. Ijth, at the Agudath Achim synagogue.
The Society will conduct a rummage sale sumetinie <luring the month of Xiivember. In the meantime, anyone wishing to contribute to this sale, will please call Mrs. A. Goldberg. FA. 0919; Mrs. I. Pier, FA, 3870; or Mrs. S. M. ICrleii.  FA. 737!).
Ahavaa Sholem Women to Meet
Ahavas Sholem Sisterhood will hold its regular nieeting nn Sunday, Sept. 1st, at '2:3ii p. m.. in the social hall of the congregation.
Rummage Sale
from a government titat is willing to rescue them from outside slavery of the Entente." She blamed everything that happened in Germany ou thc Treaty of Versailles and said that "if Protestants, Catholics and Jews had been real Chris¬ tians and Jews, never such things like now happen would be possible. I lived :!0 years in Germany before, during and after the War. I know that most oi thc Protestant ministers preached a bour¬ geois Christianity, imagining tliemselvcs tu be men of property in the religious bplierc, and helping nobody to accept the salvation of Jesus Christ, Iiaving never experienced salvation themselves. And Catholics used their power upon Catholic German souls to make politics and to use in selfish aims the Catholic Ceiitcr party. And Jews, being not at home in Ger¬ many, didn't hold themselves in the back¬ ground but reinforced their complex of <.elf-importance through newspapers which wrote in a time of that against German i deas. And now Protestants, Catholics and Jews have to endure the cfTcct:* of these causes."
Stone Moves Law Offices
The Ladies Free Loan Society is con¬ ducting a rummage sale on South Par- buiib Av. Anyuiie wishing to make con- trihutinns to this sale will please phone GA. '.ms or FA. 07t»4.
Mrs. M. Eizman and Mrs. M. Good¬ man are in charge of the Sale.
Rrn J. .Stone has removed hi^k law offices to Suite oil, Spahr Building, lo¬ cated at 50 E. Broad St.
Mc. Stone ts the prcsi<knt of the Co¬ lumbus Zionist District, and a member uf the Advibury Board of llm B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundation, He is also a member of the American Bar Association, the Ohio Slate Bar AbbOclation, and thc Lawyers' Club.
the effect of miniinizing the gravity of the problem. After a fiery indictment of Germany as a breeder of "warfare agaiubt civilization," Dr. Wise also criti¬ cized German Jews who "were willing to abandon their national identity for the sake of emancipation."
During thc coursc of his speech, Dr, Weizmann said: "There is a natural im¬ pulse to give expression to the painful feeling which every Jew experiences in reading of thc daily occurrences against our brethren in Germany. But we know that the only worthy answer of thc Jew¬ ish people to the abysmal accusations made against us in the Third Reich is decent, honest, free work in Palestine. No power in tlie world can hinder this work. The position of the British gov¬ ernment was designed to facilitate us, but it has chosen thc neutrality of dual¬ ism within the framework of thc League of Nations Mandate. The Balfour Dec¬ laration was a positive declaration, but Great Britain did little in this direction. Thc Parliament that is now prcfposed for Palestine is a direct effect of the theories of dualism (referring to Great Britain's contention that it lias mutual obligations to both Jews and Arabs in Palestine). The establishment of a Legislative Coun¬ cil at this time would be most unpropi- tioiis when Palestine enjoys peace and progress, developments that are the fruit of our efforts.
"The inauguration of a Legislative Council can only conduce to a political btruggle. By upsetting the balance, die inaiidatory power will be assuming a heavier responsibility. The creation of a stable civilization in Palestine is our greatest contribution to the peace of the world, now that the Mediterranean is again as it was'at the beginning of civi- li.£ation, the battlefield of humanity. We proudly accept the task which fate has placc<l upon us. Hut despite our sliarp- est criticism of the mandatory govern¬ ment, the Jewish people must not forget that it was England that gave us the (Continued on page 4)
of propitiatory fear. His true self, would like to whimper: "I'm not a Jew in any sense that can give offense to anyone; I'm an American; mitgcjanijen, injtge- hangcw will not apply to mc! Did you ever see me go to shut or my children to thc Talmud Torah or my name on any Jewish list of the supporters of any Jewish cause? Don't notice mc, dear Goyim, or notice only that I am not what I ami" Poor abject creature 1 And he does not see that he insults not only himself but also the Gentiles. For any Gentile who could be made to under¬ stand the man's propitiatory terror and self-contempt would find him, by strictly Gent ile-American standards, a terribly pitiful creature. He has no self-respect; hc lias no gallantry of spirit. He is thoroughly and pervasively frightened and no one can be as hard and cruel as a scared man.
Of this psychology which I have de¬ scribed there are many variations. There is thc quite distinguished elderly lady who talks proudly of her Spanish (she means Sephardic) ancestry and spends all her strength and will leave her for¬ tune for humanitarian (carefully non- Jewish) causes; there is the wealthy and gifted scholar who has spent himself ex- elusively for thc Negro brethren in order to prove to his subconscious that he is a white man; there is the millionaire or almost millionaire playwright who sup' ports Communism and Is anti-Jewish, i.e. who is so shell-shocked by fear of perse¬ cution as what hc is, tliat hc will rather invite persecution in an alien guise if only this alien guise will apparently lump hini with non-Jews.
.'Ml these types and many variations and sub-variations do us' infinite harm, of course, in the eyes of all decent and self- respecting gentiles, But that is quite a minor matter, except from the angle tliat these fleeing Jews accomplish precisely what they seek to avoid. •
If wc could take from these men and
women their craven fear we could har-
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