The Texas Jewish Herald (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 6, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 17, 1934 Page: 4 of 6
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I The Jewish Scene!
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By Samuel Roainger *
Confirmation ia a beautiful
ceremony, and no child who
participates in it can help, but
be indelibly, impressed by
Unfortunately, the ceremony
has received a wrong interpre-
tation, inasmuch as it is looked
upon not as an important mile-
stone, but as the final goal of
s the child’s religious education.
Needless to say, the smattering
of knowledge acquired by thy
child up to the period of adoles-
cence, easily escapes, unless re-
newed and augmented by con-
tinued study during the matur-
er yfeari of life. If we could de-
tse no better system of relig-
ious education than the one
which we copied from the Prot-
estant church, namely, the Sun-
day School, let us, at least,
come up to the standard of the
model Iwe imitate, apd. make
Sunday School instruction ex-
tend, as it is done among non-
Jews, from the cradle to the
grave.
* * *
We have three national or-
ganizations each of which
claims to be the authoritative
body to represent Jewry and
protect Jewish rights. Were
these three organizations to
work together harmoniously
they could, indeed, fornv the
strands of a threefold cord,
which, according to the Bibli-
cal writer, is not easily broken.
But, alas, each one persists in
saving Israel by-its particular
pet policy oy* theory, with the
result that the three represent
a house divided against itself.
True, outraged Jewish public
, opinion compelled these war-
ring organizations to cease giv-
ing the enemy aid and comfort
by airing their squhbbles in the
press, and to form a so-called
“Joint* Council” to meet one of
the greatest catastrophic* that
has befallen Jewry. Yet, while
nominally the three act in uni-
son, judging by the mail they
send out, their work shows civer
lapping, duplication and tripli-
cation. Unless our leaders will
iron .out their differences and
put up a solid front against the
tidal wave of anti.Sei%Itism
that threatens to overwhelm us.
we fear, there will be little of
Jewish rights left to defend,
either single or triunely.
* * • 'J
Medical men say that the
best way to ward off the rav-
' ages of disease is to build up
one’s power of resistance and
to keep up one’s health to its
maximum vigor. So also, the
most effective way to fight
nitl-Semitism, is to fortify our
' Jewish spirit and strengthen
our Jewish consciousness. As
the late lamented Louis Mar-
shall used to say, “Anti-Semit-
ism can best be fought by pro-
Semitism.” Let us build up our
religious life. Let us strength'
en our communical institutions.
Let us create a hoalthy Jewish
public opinion that will set its
aeal of sanction upon whatever
<• is commendable in the conduct
of the Jew, and censure and
condemn unseemly practices
that reflect on’the fair name of
our people. Let us be a living
and functioning body, and not
a dismembered and disjointed
people that is too yreak to live
end too weary to die.
« • *
'V
» Judaism is a tree of life to
them that lay hold of it and
make bf its observance a daily
practice. No religion is richer-in
poetic rites and ceremonies, in
iuspurjng symbolism* In time-
hgilowed customs and tradi-
tions, than ours. This- tree
yields, indeed, refreshing shade
and nourishing fruit to those
who cultivate, it. But those who
reduce Judaism to an attenuat-
ed deism, or even to a godless
humanism, and Confine its prac-
tice to a casual attendance at
the synagogue, to them Judaism
is not a tree of life but a dead
cult, which, while still exerting
a feeble sentimental attraction,
fails to thrill the heart and stir
the soul.
We need, a more virile and
corycrete Judaism than the
pale imitation that is bein
preached in our temples an
shuls. We need a Judaism that
ia a discipline, that makes de-
mands on .us, that finds ex-
pression not in conventions
but in convictions, not in pro-
fessions but practice. We need
a Judaism that will not merely
touch the intellect, but also stir
the heart and arouse our spirit
of devotion. Such a virile and
vital Judaism cannot be created
by magnificent temples and
munificent budgets, but by con.
trite and humble hearts that
stand in close communion with
God, the fountain of all emana-
tions that render life sublime
and divine.
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THE CALL
Far and near, the stream of prejudice
again doth flow,
Against our Jewish brethren, there is
a mightier foe.
In pain and anguish their hearts have
bled;
In prayer and hope their tears are
shed.
Prayers to God that relief might come.
Praising Him for what He has done—
Hoping their cries across the sea
Will flitter back to you and me,
Saying—
"Press our claim against the fder—
-With firm lips the Shofar blow
The ’Shma Yisroel’ let it ring on
high—
Keep faith with us who are doomed
to die.
Strive, and you shall not fail,
For there must be a God without
the pale.”
We-answer—
"Courage, Brethren!—you afar,
The tyrant’s hell—at best, a scar.
Your, claim to life aloft we bear;
With fervent lips an oath we swear
The Faith to keep, and the Shma
to hail,
For there is one God within, and
without the pale.”
—-Ben Goodman.
Pensacola, Fla.
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Boycott Strangling ;
German Trade
In an effort to help phvaiciansi Inilativ* in enforcing the boycott mo-
to prescribe substitutes for Gerw lotions ad aped et the convention of
nSan drugs and medicines, the the American Federation of Labor.
drugs and medicines,
Economic Bulletin begins with
its April issue the publication of
a regular feature entitled “How
to Prescribe Substitutes for
German Drugs,” which gives the
name of the German drug and
prescriptions containing i t s
equivalent in non-German drugs.
HUMANE ECHOES
By the Voice of the Voiceless
KINDNESS—
—is living our religion.
—criej out to the crudest to extend
the hand of pity.
:—is a dominant factor^ of civilization.
—helps the friendless and homeless—
• man or beast.
—shows strength.
—practiced becomes a habit.
”They have no voice o ask us
For the pity which they need;
With shame they cannot task us.
Howe'er their hearts may bleed.”
—Edgar A'. Guest
An outstanding example of this mil-
itant mood ia a communication re-
ceived by the League from the Bronx
Board of Business Agents of the
Building Trades, representing 90,000
organized workers in the various build
ing trades in that county. In passing,
it may be worthwhile to mention the
fact th»t practically ell the officer*
of this powerful labor organization
am non-Jews.
The letter by John K. Lapham, sec-
retary of the Board, follows:
"On behalf of Organized labor of
the Building Trades of Bronx County
which numbsr some 90,000 men, we
wish to inform you that since the in-
ception of the brutal Hitler regime in
Germany with its resultan persecution
Of the Jewish people, we have boycott-
ed . all German-made goods. We have
called this to the attention of the var-
ious department stores. It is with real
interest that we learn that the John
Wanamaker stores have joined the
ranks_of the bigger New York depart-
ment stores which are boycotting Nazi
goods.”
Every week should be
WEEK.”
“KINDNESS
Consider animals’ rights.
Build a permanent MEMORIAL:
a Welfare Building.
—o——
Remfember God commands us to be
kind.
——o—
In our social readjustment, it is not
so’much "why,” but "how?”
The humane societies of England
and Wales,, now have entry into every
school with their humane education
program.
It is Only a little over a hundred
years ago that the first society for the
prevention of cruelty to animals was
founded. Now laws exist in nearly
every country for the protection of
domestic animals and birds. The wild
ones are wards of thf national gov-
ernments. Only recently in this land
of ours has child labor in our mills
been given its death blow. There is
much more to be accomplished before
we can say:
”God’s in His Heaven;
All’s right with the world.
Again I ask is
humanely killed?
the meat you eat,
The extent of the havoc
wrought by the boycott in Ger-
many’s economic life is fully re-
lated in an Article entitled “Ger-
many’s Economic Crisis,” ap-
pearing in the April isue of the
Economic Bulletin, organ of the
Non-Sectarian Anti-Nazi League
to Champion Humaji Rights. Dr.
Schacht’s threat to retaliate by
closing the German market to
foreign products is viewed as “a
futile gesture,” since the lack of
foreign raw materials would in-
evitably result in “an immense
lowering of the Gertnan stand-
ard oT liVing and the shutting
down of the enormous German
export plants.”
An interesting sidelight on the
world-wide character of the boy-
cott is a request received by the
research department of the An-
ti-Nazi League from a large
fur-dyeing firm in Tientsin,
China, to recommend an Ameri-
can substitute for a German
dye. The letter follows:
“Up to the present we were
using the German dye-stuff ‘De-
fag’ for the necessities of our
dyeing factory in Tientsin. Be-
ing in solidarity with your
movement, we have decided to
stop using German products and
would request you to bring us
in touch with an American sup-
plier (with factory or other rep-
resentative,) who could satisfy
our requirements. Among the
articles- we are dyeing are mar-
mots, rabbits, lamb skins, kid
skins, various kinds of lamb
plates and kid plates and in gen
eral, each and every article of
Chinese furs and skins, dyeini
"/ would nots, enter dn my list of
friends,
Though graced with polished man-
ners and fine sense,
Yet wanting sensibility, the man
Who needlessly sets foot upon a
:j form”
—Cow per.
”Justice, Mercy and Kindness, a
trinity of attributes that is givens un-
to all mankind.”—Theo- D. Meyer.
Kindness makes us know that God
is not far away.
National Jewish
Youth Day To Be
Observed in May
• • y .. .
The Jewish youth of the United
States and Canada are to have an
important role in raising funds to help
their comrades of Germany, in cooper-
ation with the United Jewish Appeal.
Large numbers of Jewish young men
and women are being mobilized in
many cities by the Junior Division of
the Junior Distribution Committeee,
of which Pauline Baerwald is chairman
and Ralph A. Habas, secretary, and
the plan of oganization contemplates
their participation in hundreds of local
fund-raising drives for German Jewish
relief throughout America. ,
Participating in the effort of the
Junior Division of the Joint Distribu-
tion Committee are a number of lead-
ing Jewish organizations, including the'
National Council -of Jewish Juniors,
the A. Z. A. of the B’nai B’rith, the
National Federation of Young Folks
Temple Leagues, Young People’s
League of the United Synagogue of
America, the Collegiate Branch of the
Union of Orthodox Jewish Congrega-
tions, numerous Y. M. and Y. W. H.
A.’s and Jewish college fraternities. In
addition, a general appeal is being is-
ued to young men and women un-
affiliated with Jewish organizations to
participate. ' .
The Junior Division of the Joint
Distribution Committee was organized
shortly after the visit to Germany last
year of Rabbi Jonah B. Wise to as-
certain the extent of the disaster that
had been visited upon the Jews df the
Reich because of the advent of the
present regime and the best methods of
extending eid.Shortly thereafter, the
Junior Division launched a national
appeal to the Jewish youth of this
country to demonstrate their sympathy
with and desire to help the thousands'
of Jewish young men and women in
Germany whose hopes for the future
had been blasted by the decreet for-
bidding them to follow professional
careers there.
The Junior Division of the Joint
Distribution Committee will continue
its campaign among the pupils . of
hundreds of Jewish religious schools
of the country, which has already add-
ed several thousand dollars to the
funds raised by the major organization
for German Jewish relief.
Chairmen of locol Junior Divisions
of the Joint Distribution Committee
organized already are: Boston, Leo
Gold; Pittsburgh, Lois Hollander;
New York, Carlos L. Israels; Balti-
more, Kaufman Katz; Cleveland, Mar-
garet Moss; Indianapolis, Dorothy
Schlesinger; Cincinnati, Elsa Strauss;
Philadelphia, Edwin Wolf, 2nd,;
Toronto, Saul Becuson; Paterson, N.
J., Harry Bomstein; Rochester, Ruth
Adler; Allentown, Pa. Bernard Frank
Worcester, Mass., J. Harvey Gordon;
Syracuse, N. Y. Dorothy Brown;
Scranton, Pa. Mortimer Rosenthal;
Danbury, Con., Isadora Feinson.
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eing
and
Big Stores Joining
Boycott Campaign
The prodigious strides made by the
anti-Nazi boycott movement in the
past few weeks among the nation’s
largest retailers are not only being
maintained hut are assuming the pro-1
portions of a stampede.
The officers of the Non-Sectarian
Anti-Nazi League to Champion Hu-
man Rights, of which Samuel Unter-
myer is presidejft^'Tfre being flooded
with messages npm Marge establish-
meats and chain stores in ^11 parts of
the country informing the League that
they have severed their business rela-
tions with Nazi Germany.
Typical of this Good of mewagea ia
the following communication from the
Kresge Department Store ia Newark,
N. J., one of the moat outstanding
department stores in the East. The let-
ter addressed to Ezekiel Rabinowitz,
Secretary of the League, and signed by
A. .Schindel, vice-president of the
store, reads as follows:
"In reply to your telegram with ref
erence to our attitude regarding the
purchase of Nazi-made merchandise,
this store haa not made any purchases
from Germany since the Hitler re-
gime.”
Signs ere steadily multiplying that
organized labor docs not intend to re-
main only a passive xupporter of die
strugggle against the sinister 'forces of
renascent barbarism in Germany, hut
th«t important gro^pe an taking the
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