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THE TEXAS JEWISH HERALD
Published Weekly by
THE HERALD PRINTING COMPANY
EDGAR GOLDBERG. Editor and Publisher
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Foreign—$2.60 per Year
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Entered as second-class matter at the Postoffice at Houston, Texas, under the
, act of March 8, 1871).
By Samuel Rosinger
Our present form of religious organization, the
congregational, is divisive and, therefore, inherently
defective. The individual congregations represent so
many disjointed members of the body of Israel that
cannot perform their proper functions, unless they
enter into a strong union and close ico-operation.
Individual* congregations must be brought together
in a community-wide federation. Such a federation
would make for economy and efficiency of admin-
istration, and lend a voice to the synagogue in the
council of the community that no individual congre-
gation, be it ever so prominent, could possibly com-
mand. Such a federation of synagogues would co-
ordinate the philanthropic work and cultural activ-
ities of the congregations, eliminate the waste of
over-lapping and the misplaced zeal of competition,
and would resolve chaos into order and confusion
into planned co-operation-
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Surelytfhe interests that unite us are of more vital
importance than the differences that separate us.
Our theological differences.ought to be fully satisfied
by maintaining separate houses for worship, and
ought never to lead us to stressing denominationaiism
to a degree whereby the very existence of Judaism
might be endangered. For, let us bear in mind, that
the preservation of Judaism depends not on the
magnificence of our temples and synagogues, nor on
the eloquence or scholarship of qur rabbis, but on
the efficiency of the religious school, which imbues
the -growing generation with the spirit of Judaism.
Hence, if naught else, the paramount importance and
urgency of Jewish education ought to move us to
combine our efforts in a strong federation. Fpr, sure-
ly, Jewish education is not a congregational concern,
but a community need for which ample and adequate
provision must be made by the whole commdnity.
Congregational religious schools, whether Orthodox
or Reformed, are notoriously inefficient, and, at best,
impart to the children a smattering of knowledge
which is not assimilated by *them, and which leaves
them eVen before they have left the school behind.
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What a pity that we imitate denominationaiism,
the chief weakness of the ProtestaTTt church, and fail
to adopt the centralization of the Catholic church,
at least, in that modified form which would effect
unity without uniformity; in our midst. Also the ex-
treme stress which the Catholic church places upon
the religious school, and the sacrifice it brings in
maintaining its thorough system Of educators, should
teach us a vital lesson in taking ohe’s religion serious-
ly and being willing to pay for it in material means
and personal service, and, above all, in zeal and de-
votion. -
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I plead for the organization of Synagogue Councils
in every community where there are two or more
congregations. Our religious condition is too pre-
carious to permit us the luxury of an individualism
run riot, and of a. factionalism that jeopardizes the
very future of Judaism. If religion is, indeed, the
binding tie that we claim it to be, we must feel its
strands entwined around our hearts, and make its
preservation and propagation as vital concern in our
lives as the material pursuit of our existence, to
which we dedicate such intense energy and concen-
trated application.
HUMANE ECHOES
By the Voice of the Voiceltsf
KINDNESS—
—notices the fall of the wounded
sparrow.
*—conquers many enemies.
—parts the curtain of despair.
—makes the tail of the dog wag.
"It is but yesterday, remember, that
the Church has been able to prevent
man from injury to one another—the
time for animals is only just coming.”
Dr. Francis H. Rowley of Boston,
Mass., is making an international ap-
peal through the magazine, Our Dumb
Animals, against the pollution of the
waterways of the world, thereby help-
ing the millions of wild fowl. His
appeal is primarily against dumping
into the streams and sea the residue
from oil. Many of the birds oil-soaked
die from cold and hunger or perish
from drowning. It is a pitiful fate, for
they cannot take flight.
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Protest not only against the evil in-
fluences of many motion pictures upon
the young, but especially against the
ill-treatment of animals in the produc-
tion of films.
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’We, too, may need in time, some-
one to plead for us, the same as the
harmless^ speechless and defenseless
anitrials and birds.’’-^-Theo. D. Meyer.
Kindness to animals is more impor-
tant to the hitman than to the animals.
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Humane education builds character.
It teaches the rights of others.
In our gallery of great Humani-
tarians, I bow in reverence before the
image of George .T. Angell, the
founder and editor of "Our Dumb
Animals," for forty-one years.
25 Years Ago
News items ftom Herald files
Compiled by>
DAN SCHER
Ocjober L5, 1909
LOCAL
Miss Rosie Gordon, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Sol Gordon, has return-
ed from New York.
Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Dannenbaum
have lei t for a month’s vacation in
Eastern points',
Mr. Abe' Wagner, who has been
vacationing in New York, is en route
home-.
Mr. Joe Cohen arrived home from
New York where he purchased a large
stock of merchandise for his establish-
ment. "
Albert P. Friedlander, our baseball
enthusiast, is feeling rather blue over
the results of the National Pennant.
The engagement of Miss Sophie
Leon to Mr. Abe Sampson of Galves-
ton has been announced.
The B’rith Millah of the new ar-
rived son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Daily,
took place Sunday, October 10.“
Mrv Morris Greenberg left Tuesday,
October 12, for New Orleat^, La., to
be gone several days.
STATE
Galveston.—Mrs. Dave E. Wolf left
Monday, October 11, for Bryan, Texas,
where she will visit for a few weeks.
Hallettsville.—Mr. Henry Landa is
the -guest of Mr. and Mrs. J. Landa
in Houston.
Wharton.—Miss Rae Levine is in
Houston, where she is the guest of
Mr. and Mrs. A. Cohen.
Eagle Lake.—Mrs. B. H. Dally and
family were visiting Mr. and Mrs. J.
Landa and family of Houston, for a
few days.
Ludwig Vogelstein,
Lay Leader of Re-
form Judaism, Dies
New York (WNS)—Ludwig Vog-
elstein, prime mover in the building
up of the Union of American .He-
brew Congregations and international-
ly known both as an industrialist and
an exponent of Reform Judaism, is
dead here at the age of 63. A native
of Germany, Mr. Vogelstein Was a
leader of that wing of American Jew-
ry which believed in the efficacy olf
philanthropy and education rather than
mass protest and national action -to
solve Jewish problems and qieet the
dangers of anti-Semitism. Elected
chairman of the Union of American
Hebrew Congregations in 1925, he had
devoted himself wholeheartedly to «o
tending the influence of Reform Juda-
ism in this country and Abroad. He
was a member of the board of gov-
ernors of the World Union for Pro-
gressive Judaism and actively identi-
fied with the work of the Hebrew
Union College, the Federation for the
Support of Jewish Philanthropic So-
cieties olf New York and the National
Council for Jewish Education. He
helped devise the plan for pensioning
aged rabbis. Mr. Vogelstein was a re-
tiring person and seldom quoted on
any subject’but he was an outspoken
opponent of Zionism. His philan-
thropies were many and varied but his
modesty prevented his generosity from
becoming widely known. Until Temple
BethjEI merged with Temple Emanu-
E1 he was president of the former con-
gregation. In the business world he
was an acknowledged authority on
meals, serving as chairman of the
board of the American Metal Com-
pany. On his sixtieth b>rChday the
Unoin of American Hebrew Congre-
gations presented him with a gold
Ibving cup, probably the only public
recognition of his efforts which he per-
mitted.
eliminated the famous
for this production by Felix Hendela-
sohn-Bartholdy and replaced it by
music composed by a full-blooded
Aryan named Neuck. Even the VoeOri-
sche Beobachter, chief Nasi organ, ad-
mitted 1 that without Mendelssohn's
music "Midsummer Night’s Dream"
was worthless as a musical spectacle.
Paris Says Hitler
Has Semi-Jewish
Girl Friend
Pasvolsky Named
To Gov’mnt Post
Washington, D. C. (WNS)—An-
nouncement is made here that Presi-
dent Roosevelt has appointed Leo Pas-
volsky, writer and economist, as eco-
nomist of the Bureau of Foreign and
Domestic Commerce. Since 1922 Mr.
Pasvolsky has been on the staff of
the Brookings Institution. His duties
will - consist of studies in connection
with foreign trade relations and the
analysis tff material to be 'furnished by
the Department of Commerce to var-
ious government bureaus drafting reci-
procal trade treaties.
Jews and Negroes
Plan Action on
“Harlem’s Hitler”
New York (WNS)—While the
newly organized Merchants Asociation
of Harlem was laying plans^/to take
legal action, in cooperation with re-
sponsible Negro organizations, against
Abdul Hamid, Harlem’s "black Hit-
ler,” and his anti-Semitic boycott rack-
et against Jewish merchants, Hamid
announced the creation of the Na-
tional Black League of America, a sort
of Negro Nazi party .whose members
will Wear green shirts. While nothing
definite has yet been decided in the
way of counter-action against Hamid s
agitation, the Jewfsh merchants ex-
pressed themselves as ready to work
with responsible Negro leaders to drive
Hamid out of Harlem. Some mutually
agreeable system of arbitration will be
worked out at a series of conferences
to be held between Negro and Jewish
leaders.
Meanwhile Hamid has extended his
boycott to Jewish-owned stores em-
ploying Negroes who refuse to join his
Negro Industrial Cierical Alliatjce, and
pay him a regular ,fee. Hispid has
warned Jewish employers of such
Negroes that they will be boycotted
unless they discharge Negro help un-
willing to sign up with Hamid’s out-
fit. Their racket is s^id to be netting
Hamid $10,000 a month because many
of the Jewish storekeepers yield to
Hamid’s pressure and Negro workers-,
join his outfit rather than risk trouble.
League To Fight
Anti-Semitism Plans
Fight on Nazism
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Paris (WNS)—Plans for coordinat-
ing world-wide efforts to combate Nazi
anti-Semi its nV are being drafted by the
International League Against Anti-
Semitism which is holding a congress
here. Delegates from England, France,
Egypt, Switzerland, Czechoslovakia and
Belgium are conferring on details. The
Congress intends to cooperate with all
existing anti-Nazi groups and to
strengcfyyl their activities and extend
them on a world-wide scale.
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Change Music For
Shakespeare Play
Berlin (WNS) — Presentation of
Shakespeare’s "Midsummer Night’s
Dream” at a local theatre has been a
1 complete failure because the producer
Vs
Paris (WNS)—The Paris boule-
vards are echoing to a choice bit of
gossip that Jinks Adolf Hitler to the
beautiful 23*year-old actress, Leni Rief-
enstahl, who is half Jewish. Accord-
ing to returning travellers from Berlin
Der . Fuehrer is often seen in the com-
pany of Fraulein Riefenstahl who is
understood to be a person of impor-
tance in the film industry despite her
Jewish "taint.” It is said that on the
eve of the opening of one of the films
she produced she was in Nuremberg
with Hitler attending, the Nazi Party
congress but returned to Berlin in
time to be at the premiere becausa
Hitlfer sent her in his own plane.
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