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ths view* expressed by the writers.
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By Milton M. Schayor
I More news about the Jewish crime
wave, which we were told by a Wash-
ington judge, was sweeping the coun-
try. The American Jewish commit-
tee has just completed a study. of
the inmates of the various penal in-
stitutions in New York State. The
Jews, we are told, represent 17 per
cent of the total population of the
state and during the last ten- years
the percentage of Jews in penal* in-
stitutions has not been more than-
10 per cent. So it seems, in this, as
in other things, some of us have talk-
ed loud, said things that were not
justified by facts. The reason a lit-
tle cavity in a tooth feels so big to
the tongue, is because the tongue is
givcn"fo exaggeration. We Jews are
especially apt to sin', in this regard.
It is one of the things well worth
watching,
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In a certain eWstern City there was
difference of opinion as to the best
way of conducting a hospital and Old
Folks Home. This difference of
opinion resulted in some resignations
from the hoard of the institution.
trial world was neatlY subdivided
into “oil king," “sugar king,” "wheat
king” and “railroad king.” Today the
name of Guggenheim is better known
in connection with aviation.
,lf the city of Minsk had a pub-
licity mun fn New York it. could not
have gotten more or better publicity
than it did during the past-weak as
the result of two incidents involving
native sons of Minsk. In the.first
place the White R'ussinrt metropolis
broke into print in connection with
the distribution of Conrad Hubert’s
(nee Chaim Herewith! $<1,000,000 es-
tate. Hubert, born m Minsk, came
here young and made a fortune
through his invention ' of the flash-
light. The second, Minsk to Ret a
place in the headlines was the com-
paratively youthful David ftartoff
who was numed president of the Ra-
dio Corporation of Arnerifa. Sar-
noff’s career reads like the typical
Horatibit Alger stosj At 15 he was
a messenger hoy and later hearing
the call‘of the sea-became a wiri-less
operator on m-e(in going vessels.
When radio came into the field of
Oi/.
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JEWS WHO KFTURN
Jn the current iHsuc'o.f The let’ll ft Mngii'/.ine, we find
a very infercHtinj? editorial. AV-e have fidiqiit-riljy written about
the number.-* *>f c on Vert.s in HunjMry win* htive accept ml (ibris-
tianity fur any iiumbers. i.i-i,e;i:-'iti - -souto peritajiM from ec-
nomie pressure-—a-ome for, the sitke of- .social prestige - and
some fjerhajJ.s because they \ycshml to leave l Ire. fiiith. At any
rate, Uu-y are returning 1" tie- fold. 'The following editorial
which \yc- reprint in full: / •
In Hungary',-•'><57 men, -1HI Women and UK ehildren who de-
parted from the faith to become Christians have returned to
the fold. ( )ii*- might nay to them : .*
“So you have Corfu- back. You went away in a time when it
was bard to be a Jew in your country, for the benefit <»f_y«tir
buainessea,-yo.ur professions, your social Comfort, you departed.
You exchanged your inheritance for the mess of jioftagc that
is in business and social success.
‘‘But yon were cheated, as you dest-rVcd l<> be; you sur-
rendered your inheritance but you did not get your mess of
pottage. - You wore still called Jews. You knell before the
now altar but your neighbors knew you as Jews and respected
you less for having sold your birthright
“Now you have conn- back to your'inheritance. But how
shall we think of you? Though your Dinner neighbors thought
of you as Jew’s, the Jew thinks of you as something less than
brothern; for you abandoned the inheritance,
“But we embrace you as the weak brother is embraced who
returns from aimless wanderings in which he sought in vain for
riches, only to find them at home.“—-Jewish Times.
SERVILITY AND STATESMANSHIP
The Modern View
• • . e
I)r. (Ihuini Weizniann, the 'head of. the world k Xinnist organi-
zation,; has flow, after months of silence, seen fit to make public
a sthts-mont to the effect that the British giiV'-riimeTlt’s policy
in Palcsinii- has been in accord with the Man<l;tj<• entrusted to
it and satisfactory to the Zionist aims, Such a statement at this
time On 11,,- part of Dr. Wei'/mann is fully in keeping with his
past jmlicy from which it has ever been evident the -he con
reives of statesmanship in terms of Servility", This is already
the third time that Arab attacks upon the Jews, of Palestine
have occurred and In every instance Dr. Weizniann, instead
of Slating enijihaticaly to the British government that the Jews
cannot, and will not permit themselves to be made a mere tool
of British colonial ambitions; instead of telling the world that
Great Britain has failed to carry out her sacred pledge of pro-
tecting Jewish life and property in Palestine, has, with the
Servility of a mere flunkey, attempted to hush up the British
violation of pledges and promises and to hoodwink the indif-
ference and even the open hostility on the part of the British
officials in the Holy Land.
In direct contrast to Dr. Weizmann’s conduct, which shows
a* utter lack of statesmanship and intelligent leadership, stands
the action of three Englishmen, Llovd George. Lord Balfour
and General Smuts, three outstanding statesmen in all Kurojto,
who jointly wrote a letter to the London Times last week-say-
ing tftat they view with deep anxiety the’.present situation in
Palestine and frankly admitting that the British government
.has neglected to administer the affairs in Palestine according
to the letter and spirit of the. Balfour .Declaration and the
Mandate of the League of Nations. But, while it is highly
gratifying that these non-Jews who stand in the front rank
among European statesmen have come forward with such a
significant declaration, it hardly redounds to the credit of
Jewish leadership that such a declaration was not made by
those who have been entrusted with the role of Jewish spokes-
mnnship. The joint letter to the London, Times, on the basis
of’the British failure in the past to administer Palestine in ac-
cordance with the obligations which the Mandate entrusted to
the British government has placed -upon it, demands that the
pveeent commission of inquiry, which, is investigating the
events of last August and which is limited in its scope and
power, be supplemented by an authoritative commission that
shall be charged with the task of investigating the whole work-
ing of the Mandate and whose finding shall be tnken up by
the British government with the self-conscious duty of living
tip to the task to which the honor of the British nation is
pledged artd for which the Jews have made so many and great
sacrifices. • , ' ;*
The truth of the matter is that those who have been well-
informed concerning the affairs in Palestnie.have long known
the actuaPTacta in the case and that, while individuals have
from time to time protested aganist the hush-policy of the
Zionist organization, the Jewish public and the public in gen-
eral were not informed of the true conditions. The Zionist or-
ganization and Dr. Wafemann as the head of that organization
certainly knew the true stete of affairs, and one cannot help
feeling that they were deplorably derelict in their duty to their
owti people and to the world at large when they withheld and
wen suppressed the faeta from the public in order to curry
favor with the British government.
,1s concerned, Its
Then those who Had resigned deter-
mined to" start, another institution. | entertainment arid communication*
Thin was their right.' But In 8p- .Varnoff w>| already known nW one
pouting for aid they made statements of the pioneers. His earliest achieve-
which appeared in the public press merit was to bring together phono-
to- the effect that "Jews were starv- | graph manufacturer with those of
ing because they were unable to se- radio equipment wd'h- the resulting
cure ■ Kosher food.” This was ao pal-1 combination of radio and phonograph
paldy falsi-, that it was arkriowledg- in One cabinet. If. «li‘ He Who foil-
ed to he an exaggeration. Appar- to red the cstablishne at of high pow-
ently three mistakes \verc made. ' tf broadcasting stations in the lead
First, to have a purely Jewish matter ! ipg cities of the coobtryi Karnoff,
discussed in the daily press; sectmd, | t<>q, was the moving oilit behind the
fo make a state meat that in vestiga- > Karlin • Corporation' aripiisition of
lion would surely prove to he false; control of the Keith orpin i,mi amuse-
ment enterprises. In. his 20 years
as executive he has i-anied into ef-
fect the policies of tile directors of
his company with neatness and dis-
patch. Now aVpresident be is in a
position to tmvf others carry his pol-
icies into effect.
third, not to recognize thitt any or-
ganization founded on revenge, or
on any other purpose than to benefit
tin- people, the society is organized to
.-i.-rvv, is doomed to fail.
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Nat ionni
Tin- Hebrew
Orphans
Home, in Yonkers, N. Y.,;isan Or-
• -j»hey have taken
thdiihx' iuhtl'twibh.'
At their
two
a most encouraging action,,.. At t
last rt-gulu^nleiiting they elected
new im-rrinm* to their board, -Vw-"»
J, 1 fowling und John V. McAvoy.
These two gentlemen are JuSticeB of
the Supreme Court of New York and
both are professing Gatholies, They
have for many years been deeply in-
terested ip the home and its prob-
lems and have shown n very evident
desire to be of service. It is an ex-
cellent piece of work. They will
learn more about the Jews, and the
members of the board will learn that
the Catholics of today arc as a class
tolerant, generous and, as a rule,
good citizens. We can’t say more
than that about the Jews.
■ ■'
The number of opportunities for
men to distinguish themselves are
unlimited, home comes to some in
youth and others wait until their hair
hegirts to show gray or .white. How-
ard Simon, who is a nephew of,Dr.
Sal ing Si mon, of Denver, Colorado,
lias broken into the big league in art.
He is only tWenty-six years old and
is just getting started, yet his work
■bus been* collected■}oh both sides of
the Atlantic, not only by individuals,
but by art galleries und museums.
His latest commission was to make
wood engravings for a new transla-
tion of The op; hr Geu tiers,’ works.
These pictures for spirit and excel-
lence of execution have rarely been
excelled. We compliment Mr. How-
ard Simon <in his .contribution to art
and Iris service to Hie group.
♦
Mr. Samuel E. Kohn, of Denver,
Colorado; is .the type of business man
who is generally admired; He is the
bead of a large furniture company
and has been active in his trade or-
gKniz.ntiort. He ^Os just been elected
president of the furniture dealers of
the United States, which position i*
a very responsible one, and it is re-
garded as a distinct honor to achieve
it. This gentleman, without effort
on his part., seems to have the faculty
of collecting presidencies of. organi-
zations the wuy other men eollort
golf sticks, stories or books. He has
just completed a must successful year
of -'resident of the Communltv
Chest, ns well an pl-Asident of tIn-
Green Gables fniuntry- Gliib, as well
as president of Temple Emanuel. He
will remain president of Temple
Emanuel, The Other jobs will be
passed <m While he puts the furni-
ture dealers over the top, This roan
is a real executive.
A lawyer Who is not a politician.
fitdteZman. of Yefornier is generally
unknown outside of tin legal and ju-
VictOr [dielal circles. Not however, Max
JEWS IN THE NEWS
By Bernard Portal
Political orneles say that once a
politician, even of the first magni-
tude, hus retired only n mirnele or n
national crisis can bring him hark
again into the political limelight.
Some men have romi- back, however,
without cither a miracle or u na-
tional crisis. The latest addition to
this group of comebacks is Simon
Guggenheim, United States senntor
from Colorado from 190.7 to 1913.
This week the moribund Republican
party in Now York State appointed
n committee to revivify the G. O. P.
and one of the committee was Simon
Guggenheim. ,As a politician; even
lie will admit, he was just another
senator. Posterity will not know him
us a politician. His fame will rather
be as a businessman and commerical
pioneer. With his brothers he was
among the early entrepenceura to
will Tit; mii pi ihi t'i i mil linn 11in
ak will perhaps become a biography
Max {). Steuer. The diminutive
J). Kl-encr. In some ways Steuer is
a politician, lie is aid to he an im-
portant fuctor in local Democratic
circles, , But as fur openly tuking
Drilitie.nl sides the cagey Steuer
knows better. When uhd if some-
one enterprise writer delves into the
important criminal and divorce easefi
in New York during the Inst .decade
he will be surprised to find that his
hook Will.
of
attorney is the sort of man who rel-
ishes Unpopular cases.. He has a way
of winning them and winning them
conclusively. His assumption of the
defense of Magisirate Vitale which
got Steuer into the headlines after
an alisiince of sonn time is a ease in
point. It may be that lie will not dis-
entangle the magistrate frpm his pres-
ent difficulties hut if anyone can get
Vitale out of his mess Steuer is the
man.
Some men seek the headlines and
some men are sought out by the
headlines. Of tlie latter is Col. Mi-
chael Priedsnm, president of. B. Alt-
man A .Co., , merchants pur excefl
Jenee, civic Worker of a pationtil re-
put and ii philunthropist with vision.
Hi- seldom talks for publication as
mii-h but In bis capacity as president
of the Fifth Avenue Association, the
watch-ilogs of Amerira’s-famous shop
ping Pen ter, lie has just made a state-
ment whirl; is so different from the
usual prontmeiameutos of civic lead
ears that it wus inevitable that he
get into the headlines. In Colonel
Friedmans’ opinion, New York’s phe-
nomenal growth u)»y be cheeked Un-
less adequate and practical traffic
relief is forthcoming. And he that
speaks for a district that houses 92.-
0(MMJ00,01)9 q{ the nation’s retail
trade.
Jewish real estate men are no rari-
ties. And wealthy Jewish real es-
tate men are plentiful, too. Even
philanthropic Jewish realtors are
known. Yet Aaron, Robinowitz of
New York, one of the founders of
the Wotrd’s first Real Estate Ex-
change, of which he is president, was
easily boosted into the headlines thik
week. As a member pt the Stiitc
Housing Board under whose auspices
modern tenements will be built on
the lower East Side, Aaron Rnhino-
witz is more than a mere real estate
man, lie is a social Worker in real
estate, lie is ii revolutionist, in some
senses of the term. Tho man en-
trusted with the task of rehahitating
the shabby, dangerous and ancient
tenements of evil repute on the East
Side is carrying out a house revolu-
tion. What New York has been talk-*
ing about for many years Rabino-
witz in. co-operation with Lieutenant
Governor Lehman, is carrying to frui-
tion. The plans for the first block
of mdflej houses have been completed
and construction will start at once.
Future generations of East Slders
will thank Kabinowits.—<Copyrighted
by the Jewish Telegraphic Agency,
Inc., 1930.)
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TEL AVIV MEAT SITUATION
PRODUCTIVE OF TROUBLE
Tel Aviv.—*(JTA)—The meat sit-
uation here is now causing trouble
and the gravity of the trouble is
growing more serious each day.
Trouble Is brewing between the
buhetenv who refuse to slaughter
anywhere but
----— ~j"-, —- -r—------ — —|—, at the temporary
realize the value of Alaska and the I abattoir in Tel Aviv and those who
economic value Of our northern em- are bringing in meat from outaide.
of inquiry
hM been
poee in view, that of whitewashing the conduct of the murder-
ous Arabs and the aiding and abetting of their British accom-
plices. But whatever the verdict may be of the investigation
committee as regards the responsibility for the events of last
August, the British government cannot but remain guilty in the
eyes of the world of gross mal-administration in Palestine and
of unpardonable -failure to fulfill her pledges and promises,
Aa far as the present com- whole fulfillment was madte imperative by her own natfonal
I, its procedure, now that the. honor and the expectations of the world. And in this guilt Dr.
. it quite apparent that we must Weixmann and his organization have no little share, becauee
investigation. The whole pro-jpf the fact that thev have So long maintained a miserable
is government to- policy in which servility was the motive power and took the
■ m
m
Mi
Where do they get the time? Here
is Vladimir Jauotlnaky, the enfant
He is, I believe, the manager of an
insurance company in Palestine. Be-
sides, he Is the leader of the militant
Zionists, and t,hat is a job in itself.
Also he is the editor of a journal,
published In Paris. And lectures con-
stantly.
Now, my private sleuth informs me
that Horace Liveright will soon pub-
lish a hook titled; “Judge and Fool,”
written by Altulena.
And Altalena, if you must know is
Vladimir Jahotnsky, H ■
The Odd Badass
One of the favorite diversions of
this department la philosophizing on
the perversity Ur "cussedness’ of na-
ture, uk revealed in the tendency of
things to turn but just as you plan-
ned them--riot! I have another case
to report this week, and it comes to
me frnm David Freedman* author of
Mendel, Inc., Id which Alexander
Garr, who rlmne in Potash and Perl-
mutter, is HtarringJHBRIBI
Writes Freedman: In ray brief ca-
reer ax n writer, I’ve learned to be
surprised at nothing. In my own
ease, I've turned out to he exactly
what 1 was not intended for. As a
child, I won all tlie spelling contests
and excelled in. grammar, So that now
1 write dinh-et stories with misspelled
words umT broken English. In early
yiTitr, i avoided every form of physi-
cal training and am now five feet,
nine, eligible for the police force, a
fair brixi-r and good bowler. Having
resolved never to marry, T am now
the father of three sons. I resolved
further to become all actor, and Id
and. Iieliuld, I ain a writer.”
Arient Alexander Carr
And by the way, Alexander Garr,
of 1’otusb and Perlmutter fame, who,
da I have said is playing the stellar
role in Mendel, Inc., recently filed a
petition in hankruptry, giving his as-
sets as something under $1000.
Where Garr made his mistake was
in playing the part of* Mr. Potash.
Had he ready lived the part, he would
probably be the head of a successful
eloak and suit business by now.
An Old Hotel
There arc sermons jn stones and
running brooks, it has'been pointed
out. To which we add, there is ro-
mance in rcstuurants and hotels.
,11 you happen to be a very ortho-
doir rabbi, for instance, ,the chances
are that when you come to New York
you will stop at the Broadway Cen-
tral Hotel. The hotel is today owned
by the Manischewitzes, matzoth mak-
ers . . . and its eating facilities are
100 peri cent kosher, Which explains
why it is the favorite hostelry of the
aultra-orthodox.
But go back a couple of decades,
and the Bmadway Central Hotel was
one of the leading inns of the big
city. It was there by the way that
the noted Jim Fisk was murdered.
How He Became Trotsky
Incidentally, Leoh Trotzky, then
known as Bronstein, is suid to have
stopped there in the days prior to the
war. And thereby hangs a talc. In
charge of the kosher meals there was
Herman Trotzky, and it is said that
while -the future Communist leader
had many trefu ideas, he liked Trot-
zky's kosher food.
Well, anyway, when news of the
Russian revolution broke, Leon firan-
U-in left for Russia. En route, he
was stopped at Hatifa'x by the Brit-
ish, who inquired his name. Fearful
that if he gave his correct name, he
would not be permitted to go, be
gave the name of his favorite restau-
ranU-ur and it lias been Leon Trotzky
Since.
A Little Boy of Fifty
They are tolling a good one about
n recent trip that Arch Solwyn, noted
Jewish theatrical producer made to
London recently to sign up the Grif-
fiths.
These grifflts are a father and
son, the pator being'71 yeursold
and the son’s age,50.
Selwyn offered them • a big sum
if they would come to America. The
father demurred. He was afraid of
Crossing the ocean, he said.
"Look here,” Selwyn cried, “what
the devil is the mrittcr with you? I’m
offering you more money than you
have ever heard of before, I think
you're foolish, darn it.”
By way of parenthesis, let me say
that Mr. Selwyn used instead of
“darn,” a slightly harsher term, the
third letter of which is "m.”
The old mnn Griffith was in a
fury. "See here,” Mr. Selwyn, “I
won't.have you using such language
in front of my boy!”
Hip. Hip, Said tha Tailor
We Jews have a rather excellent
record in the publistic profession,
but, as far as I’know, we nave never
yet produced the champion heavy-
weight of the world. But if we
haven’t let not our spirits droop, for
we have at least produced the tailot
to his pugilistic excellency, the right
honorable Jack Dempsey.
meet
own
tailor. Dempsey, it appears had
been going to tailors for years, and
never got any satisfaction, until
somebody recommended Arthur
Cohen.
When Jack .came ip, Arthur gave
Dempsey a onre-over which would
have done credit to tho Life Exten-
sion Institute.
And hip, hip, hooray, he found the
cause of Jack’s, trouble. It Was due
to Dempsey’s right hin. And the dis-
covery- was largely due to the fact
that Cohep had frequently seen
Dempsey in action! He had noted
that Dempsey wee very fond of that
left hook. The result is that Derip-
sey’s left hip is one and one-half
inches bigegr than bis right hip. So
Arthur proceeded to tailor accord-
ingly. •
Horses, Balls and Bears
Benjamin Block knows hie horses.
When yon recall that the famed steed
Monricn was sponsored by Block you
will agree with me.
But Block knows his bulls and
bears too. In fact, you see Block is
rather zoological after a fashion—
the Well Street fashion.
the recent hectic days of
-both the King of
iiuiiwihuii; ucat tv i/umpovys
If you haven't met him yet,
Brother Arthur Cohen, Jack’s
Well, we’re moving along. Time
was when the only place for a Jew
seeking diplomatic appointment was
Turkey. Then Rabbi Kornfeld of
Columbus, Ohio, broke the spell by
an appointment to Persia. That was
not so bad. because after all it was
an Oriental post and our government
probably felt that the rabbi would
get along fine with his new neigh-
bors. After that there were a cou-
ple of scattered South American
poet*, I think Louis Kaufmann of
Pennsylvania received one of them.
I heard a lot about Jews who were
going to be appointed to Italy, Ger-
many, and a few other important
places because I knew that it
couldn’t and wouldn’t be and it isn’t.
However, I hear that the Boston
banker, A. C. Ratshesky has been
nominated as minister to Czechoslo-
vakia by President Hoover. That
promises to be an interesting mission
because no . one ever knows what’s
going to happen in such a country.
I think that Thomas Masuryk did
more, to make it a place on tin- map
than any other individual. By the
way, I forgot to mention Harry Gug-
genheim, who is now in Cuba. For
h time it seemed that he might huve
a high hurdle to clear in getting his
appointment confirmed but he came
through with flying colors. Which
wus to be expected, being a flyer. I
have heard of Mr. Ratshesky for
many yedrs and if reputation means
anything he’s like to do a mighty
good job in the Balkans.
A Jewish young woman in Pitts-
burgh, Miss Sophia Levin, has been
presented with a gold medal by the
National Red Cross organization in
Washington, in recognition of 14
years of service in .the American Red
Cross, It was Miss Levjn who origi-
nated the Annual Red Cross Roll Call
in Pittsburgh and which later on was
adopted throughput the entire coun-
try. In fact this young woman was
called to Washington to place it in
practical operation. Red Cross offi-
cials were eager to pay high tribute
to the remarkable work done by Miss
Levin in Red Cross work during and
after the war. I have known So
phi* Leyln for many years and she
IS a woman of unusual executive
ability and a natural leader. She has
been instrumental in conducting a
great many campaigns to raise funds
for communal welfare purposes. The
medal awarded Miss Leyin bears four
service stripes and is said to be the
only one awarded in Pittsburgh.
I am in receipt of the followin'*
letter from Jacob Bernstein, of Prov-
idegee, R. I., who hastens to correct
the impression that Rabbi Gup of
that city was the first, and only
rabbi to occupy a Methodist pulpit in
He wants the world
the state. He wants the world of
Jewry to kqow that New England
Isn’t behind in “good-will” relations
between Jew and Gentile. He men-
tions that Rabbi Hurry Levy of Bos-
ton was the pioneer in tlie good-will
movement. I am glad to hear that.
I knew Rabbi Levjr when he was a
youngster in Wheeling, W. Va, And
from what I hear he has created
commanding position for himself and
hie congregation in Boston. But / “who in
there is another, belonging to the nnd i
younger generation, and a former
Pittsburgher, so Mr. Bernstein la*
forms me, hM occupied the pulpit in
nearly every Protestant cnurch in
. -Mjggljli isMo
Rhode Island. His name is Morton
Goldberg. He it now located in Fall
irg.
River, Mass. I am always glad to
find space to note these practical evi-
dences of the good-will that axist#
srgymen and
particularly In
good-wi!
between our own cler
those of other faiths, par..^w».? ...
smaller cities, where the influence of
an exchange of pulpits is of a great
deal of practical value.
In justice to those of the Zionist
group who believe as does the writer
of the letter just received from Phil-
adelphia I must find space for its
publication. He says:
(1) Dr. Magnca was appointed
at the head of the Hebrew UnWer-
sity to bound the institution to
observe neutrality concerning po-
litical tendencies. The speech of
Dr. Magnes infringes on such neu-
trality- and as head of the Univer-
sity may involve it in party dis-
putes thus endangering its devel-
opment.
(2) If Dr. Magnes were not at
the head of the University his
statement might have passed Un-
noticed.
(3) The danger lay in the wide
publicity it received and accepted
by those who do not clearly under-
stand the Zionist movement.
*4) He wronged the Zionists by
making it appear that they were
animated -by ill will toward Arab
interests, j
Space prevents fiJl publication of
the letter but the ‘writer mentions
that the Zionists endeavor to gain the
good-will of the Arab but that hM
been made more difficult by Magnes’
statement; he further thinks that
Magnes’ statement was inopportune,
and finally hi- thinks the Zionists
have been moat tolerant in not ask-
ing for Dr. Magnes ’resignation, and
says that better men are available,
notably Einstein and Bergson.
I would like to know what Ein-
stein would do as the head of a He-
brew University that is to be one of
the inspirational sources for Judaism
and Jewish culture. , Einstein is
merely a Jew racially if we may use
such a term. He doesn’t believe in
Judaism, he doesn’t believe in a God
such as most Jews do. If we art to
have a university to teach sciegce
Einstein might do. - But then I al-
ways believed that the Hebrew Uni-
versity had a different purpose in
mind. Without for a moment con-
sidering the issues in question l dif-
fer with my correspondent to the ex-
tent that if he travelled the world
over he’d have a hard time finding
any Jew to fill the place of Dr.'Ja-
duh L. Magnes as Cna
Hebrew University.
For the past two weeks I have been
looking at a book that was sent to
the by the publisher, L. M. Stein, of
Chicago. Its’ really one of the most
beautiful books that has come Into
my possession in a long while. The
title puzzled me, “Thirty-five Saints
and Emil Armfn.” I fylt like asking,
tinncellor of the—
— , . the devil are the saints?"
to the nqd in heavens* name Who is “Emit
Monarch of the Bulls, William C. Du-
rant, did their trading through Block.
Block has been called the "com-
mission man to the courageous.”
probably no broker in the history of
the exchange has handled greater op-
erations than he. He hails from Chi-
cago and for years was one of the
big figures in the wheat pit there.
He has a reputation for being one
of the most straigh ‘
the exchange and that perhaps ac-
counts for the fact that so many of
the big speculators rely on him. He
a. .a man juBt past the half century-
mark, and radiates an impression of
competence and integrity.
Tne hulls and bears are his busi-
ness, but horses, ah horses, they are
his joy! * I
Odds and Ends
And speaking about prize fighters,
do you know that Rattling Levinsky,
famed fistic artigt of yesterday, tho
ex-light heavyweight champion de-
votes himself to selling an exerciser
and seems to be making <a go of it,
if one may judge by appearances.
And speaking about something else,
do you know that the new hfHMM
New Yorker, which ia nearing com-
pletion, is being erected by a gentle-
man of the Jewish persuasion, who
made his initial fortune in the dress
goods business. The new inn will be
43 Stories tall, and will be the second
largest in the country.
And also while we are do-you-
knowing, that there is said to be a
restaurant in Philadelphia, next to
the cemetery, where, repose the re-
mains of Benjamin Franklin, which
features a kosher meal, despite the
fact that the chef and the waiter are
said to have been with this restau-
rant almost a half century.
Do Yoa Know—
— That a new novel by David Pin-
ski will soon be published?
—That Nathan Ausubel it doing
a translation of one of Sholom
Asch’s latest tomes?
—That Nat Dorfmah, press agent
for Eddie Cantor, is doing the dia-
logue for a work by the famous Max
Reinhart?
—That Eddie himself is supposed
to be collaboratting with S. N. Behr-
man on a Play?
—Thkt Octavius Roy* Cohen, .fam-
ed Saturday, Evening Post writer of
darky stories, was once an dnsuccesa-
ful lawyer?
—That Montagua Glaaa ia also an
xl satellite?
But these questions are
satisfactorily answered by J. Z. Ja-
cobson, the writer of this monograph
on one of the most unsusual "modern-
ists” in Chicago’s art colony. And
permit me to interrupt myself long
enough to say that J. Z. Jacobson can
write! And Mr. Stein^an print I And
Mr. Armin can paint! Really "thfee
of a' kind.” I can understand bow
these three men find themaelvea
united in one book. Kindred souls if
I know souls. Well, I want to aay so
much about Arming’ unusual art and
Jacobson’s unilkual writing and
Stein’s printing that I am tongue-tied
and pdn-tied. But it looks as if the
purpose of the monograph was to
spot-light Emil Armin and this Jew-
ish artist deserves it. I suppose the
term "modernist’ ’belongs to “Arty”
conversation, but to me Emil Armin
is just HIMSELF when he palnta and
sculps. I imagine he Is not much
concerned with what the world names
the type of work lie produce*—
“modernists” will probably do for
want of nothing more expreuive. ’
This immigrant Jewish boy had
what the late Elbert Hubbard would
call the “urge.” Mr. Jacobao* elab-
orates this so beautifully:
“All of us seek something in life
though many of us know not what.
It beats around us ITke an angry
sea and much of the tint Is even the
best and wisest and strongest of
ns are content if happily w* may
find an inland of safety and peace.
But the Storm la not only on the *
outside. Inside us, too, is fermen-
tation. Inside of some of us thera
is an urge, a call, a driving fotee
which is implacable, a command-
ing voice which must be obeyed.
Out unon the uncharted e«M of
the spirit it rets the chasm few
a-satllng, into the crackling heat
of the battles of the intellect It
forces them to go.”
There you have’a revealing flaeh
... df the spirit of one of ths “chosen
the die- few,’ ’the irresponsible,
tice, Idealistic .
who suffered an____
the clutches of the
self t0 b* fre€ to •*wp#“
:
t* ’
aS-
«&;
?$F,
-legal t ,
—That the heat pigs .ill____Hi
were raised by the Jewish farmers in
the noted colony of Tol-Chai, since
liquidated? . . -....F' '
fateftfAp/yfi ii?
-That there if A «<
i New York'
' Jewish week-
If you want a beautiful
that you will prize if you are a
of beautiful things,
Saints and Rmil Armin” ...
to you. If you are not Incll
way but want a “gift bee
some one eke will apprecln
earn such n purpose i
train is still comic
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