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Foreword by Charles W. Eliot
America in disproportionately large
numbers. The population of Poland,
try—collating, confirming, making
available, a historical survey of the
Jews of America, “their part in the
ity. The English word charity really
fails to convey the central thought
of the word Zedakah used in the He-
brew, a word which might be render-
ed in English as righteousness. A Jew
now revealed, close following upon
his death. The statesman was engag-
ed in a broad historical study—de-
voting himself to what he came to
regard as a supreme duty to his coun-
of the commonwealth; for a score of
years he served the Harvard College
district in Congress; and throughout
shall estimate and approximate the
different “commonly recognized and
Henry Ford does not anywhere ap-
pear in the dignified exposition, Gov-
ernor McCall had much in mind the
lurid outbursts of that publicist.
In .opposition to the fulminations
of Mr. Ford, Governor McCall says:
with the accusation that the Jew can
be true to no country and is lacking
in the capacity of patriotism. I have
thought the best way of dealing with
New York, April 16 (J. T. A.) —
Dr. Jacob J. Golub, a Bostonian, has
accepted the position of medical di-
rector of the Beth Moses Hospital,
Brooklyn. This new position comes
very closely upon the heels of Dr.
Golub’s finishing his overseas work
with the Joint Distribution Commit-
tee in the capacity of director of the
medico-sanitary department for Vol-
hynia.
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prophet of the exile, Deutero-Isaiah.
The prophet proceeds to point out
what is an acceptable day to the
Lord, in the following words:
day he would ask for a record vote,
but admitted it would do no good,
saying “What can we do.” He also
stated “When Senator Wadsworth,
for example, from New York, a state
with such a large Hebrew population *
favors the Reed plan this shows the
sentiment of the Senate.”
Former Governor Samuel Walker
McCall of Massachusetts was a noble
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who is the niece of a Bishop, also em-
braced the Jewish faith.
Prof. Messenger ia now a member
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Endowment Fund for^the
Jewish Chautauqua Society
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■P Senator Walsh of Massachusetts,
hundred earnest pages.
Answering Henry Ford
, liberty-loving race.
“Now that it is proposed to close
our doors to the victims of tyranny
and the soldiers of liberty, we enter
upon a new phase by the repudiation
of an old policy.”
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only agecy working along these
lines in a dignified instruetive man- of the orthodox congregation, Shab
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was aimed chiefly, at the Jews who,
he asserted, have been emigrating to
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enthusiastically a Republican, critic
and opponent of methods prescribed
in the Leagueof Nations, he was co-
incidentally the outspeaking uphold-
er of President Wilson in many pol-
icies that partianship invited him to
condemn.
Within the recent years Governor
McCall was much urged by influen-
Christian Professor, Now
a Jew, Holds Seder
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By Dr. Emanuel Gamoran
(Dr. Gamoran, who has devoted
“The Jewish Chautauqua Society,”
Mr. Fleisher said yesterday, “was
founded thirty-one years ago by Dr;
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The aim of the Society,” he said,
“hab been the promotion of a popular
education movement for the spread
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the quota shall be apportioned to
the various racial groups in the ra-
tios that such groups bear to the en- 4 Berkowitz, in co-operation with Bish-
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the Assembly on Lake Chautauqua.
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A WEEXLY JOURNAL PEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE
of knowledge concerning Jews and
Judaism. It has operated in organize
ed and unorganized communities of
every State of the Union.
but , “Although its activities have been
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ical value of a Jewish education ia 3
the attitude to the practice of char-
c i year 1920. each nationality to be
p ', entitled to its ratio of this whole to-
l tal national origin. The statistics are
5 to be compiled by a joint board con-
g listing of the Secretaries of Labor,
ges State and Commerce, who shall an-
Mae nounce the result of their investiga-
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educated Jews hr the professions and
in large businesever since they at-
vekned to fuk American citizenship,
and partly to the recent immigration
of many Eastern European Jews in-
to the United States. This feeling has
been stimulated by an active propa-
ganda through the press, proceeding
from ignorant and narrow-minded
Christians—propaganda which has
been amply supplied with money for
printing and publishing purposes.”
Loyal From the Start
How the Jew supported Washing-
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our wars with all the fervor of
does not give charity. He practices .
righteousness. This is significant in ?i
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Washington, April 17 (J. T. A.)-
The Senate late today, by a majority
vote, adopted 2% of the 1890 census
as the quota for immigration from
the time the bill may become law un-
til July 1st, 1927, at the expiration
of which period, the Reed national
origins plan, passed yesterday, will
go into effect. Under this basis the
total number of immigrants admissi-
ble per year will be about 162,000.
or a reduction from the present law
of over one-half.
The final vote today, adopting 2%
of 1890, came after a very peculiar
parliamentary situation had arisen.
The first vote taken was on Senator
Willis’ amendment to reduce the
quota under the present bill to 1%
of 1910, instead of two per cent as
repotted by the Committee. This re-
duction was in accordance with Mon-
the New York Evening World
yesterday. N
The editorial continues:) “In his
this and similar charges was to point
to what individual Jews had done
and from that to derive the charac-
teristics applicable to the race as a
whole. This process is more rational
than to have recourse to the imagina-
tion and produce from it some race
trait by which all its members are to
be judged. When a fault is shown by
a Jew it is because he is a Jew; in
the case of other men the race is not
mentioned. For example, if a Jew is
charged with treason the indictment
is made to lie against the whole race;
but in the case of Benedict Arnold
he is not imputed to the English race,
and certainly not as a representative.
Not the least of the wrongs inflict-
ed upon the Jew is that he is judged
as^one of a mass and not as an indi-
vidual.” .
Joined in the McCall work—cru-
sading vigor in his spirit—is Har-
vard’s great leader, President Em-
eritus Charles W. Eliot—just now
being acclaimed for the marvelous in-
tellectual career that still shines so
brilliantly at a ninetieth birthday.
His contribution is an enthusiastic
“Foreword”, in which, hailing the
author’s service as fine citizenship,
he appeals that the Governor • be
widely hearkened to by the thinking
people of the United States, “particu-
larly by those who are in the habit
of trying to take an active part in
the formation of a wise public opin-
ion.” President Eliot does not mince
his words. “A wave of anti-Semitic
feeling,” he avers, “has lately passed
over the American people, due part-
ly to the striking success of well-
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5 • his high activities he was distinguish-
E ed in independence. Consistently and
mon and desired him to try in every
way he could to raise money.’ And
again: ‘Salomon, the broker, came,
and I asked him to leave no stone un-
turned to find out money and the
means by which we can obtain it.’
“It was learned after his death
that for the ery important service
he rendered as Paymaster General
of the French army and navy in
America he would not accept any
compehsation, and that he also re-
ceived no compensation for the sup-
port that he induced the Spanish
sovereign to give, and indeed that
service itself was a secret. But this
was by no means all.
Generosity Without Recompense
“The members of the Continental
Congress at Philadelphia,” Governor
McCall records, “were many of them
far from their'homes and unable to
get remittances of money. They were
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percentage basis may be adopted,
■ lion not later than March 4th, 1926.
The. only material change in this _________ . .— ----------------------_
amendment, as passed, is making the by Senator Sterling of South Dakota
gunt scheme effective in 1927 instead of of an amendment asking that the
a: 1926, as previously provided. , . Commissioner of Immigration, in op-
2 By yesterday’s vote on this plan portioning the quotas, both under
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illustration of a humantistic' Jewish
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tire population of their country of
origin.
day’s Republican caucus decision,
and was passed by a big majority.
Later Senator Harrison of Mississip-
pi, still intent on substituting the
1890 census, offered an amendment
to that effect, which was passed by a
vote of 47 to 32. In this way the Sen-
ate adopted the 1890 census. How-
ever, the situation thus resulting call-
ed for only a 1% quota, and Sena-
tor Wadsworth of New York,, ap-
parently thinking 1% of 1890 as go-
ing too far, thereupon, offered an
amendment to increase the percen-
tage to 2%, which was passed by a
vote of 56 to 23,,
Senator Sterling’s racial group ap-
portionment plan, which will have the
effect of practically cutting off Jew-
ish immigration, and is so intended,
did not come up for a vote today,
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might select as characteristic of Jew- 34
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. speech in favor of the measure, the
author expansively announced as one
of its positive improvements on the
past: ‘This country will no lopger be
the asylum of the oppressed of the
world.’
“To old-fashioned Americans this
promise was more shocking than in-
spirng. This means, among other
things, that any foreigner, inspired
by the spirit of liberty, and compro-
mised with the powers that be in his
own country by a militant desire for
‘self-determination’ and threatened
with prison or the gallows or the fir-
ing squad, shall no longer find an
asylum in the land* that has boasted
for a century that our gates are ajar
for the victims of despotism.
“There was a revolution in the
Germany of '48, and the leaders and
participants found asylum here, en-
riching our citizenship with some of
the best blood that has ever been
shed on American, battlefields. After
the Irish rebellion of ’98 and ’48
there was a veritable flood of Irish
patriots to our shores, and these and
their descendants have served us in
E figure in American citizenship. Three
Re- times he was chosen chief magistrate
Bh Tided to besetting friends, “ I am de-
E voting myself to patriotic work,
—z which I feel, has larger call upon my
I duty than legislative service.”
L. What that “patriotic work” was. is
' t the entire Senate carried out the de-
| g cision of the Republican caucus. The
5 . Deniocrats failed to make any ma-
M terial opposition to this plan, most
2 Democrats supporting it, and the
s0 overwhelming sentiment in favor is
28 shown by the fact that not a single
Fe Senator even asked for a roll call,
5885 the vote being taken vocally.
56 - This plan is even more discrimina-
tory aaginst South and East Euro-
88 peans, including Jews and Italians,
than the Johnson 1890 census as it ing his amendment, frankly admitted
E reduces the ratio of these national!- to the J. T. A. correspondent that it
Boston, April 17 (J. T. A.)—A
number of Jewish students at Har-
vard University will observe the
Seder nights at the home of Prof.
Harry K. Messenger of Harvard.
Professor Messenger, who teaches
Latin and Greek at the University,
is a scholar of Hebrew and the Tal-
mud, and after touring around the
world and observing the life of var-
ious nations and their religions, em-
braced the Jewish faith. His wife,
but Sterling stated tonight that he is
as determined as ever to push this
amendment and will present it for a
vote tomorrow. He reiterated that
Senator Reed of Pennsylvania had
approved the amendment-and prom-
ised to support it; although when
asked about this tonight, Reed was
non-committal and declined to indi-
cate his position.
By a late unanimous decision tak-
en by the Senate today, just prior to
adjournment, debate tomorrow has
been restricted for each Senator to
ten minutes on each amendment. The
friends of immigration may benefit
by the inability of Sterling and other
supporters of the racial group plan
to speak at length because of this
limitation; on the other hand the de-
bate restriction may have just the
opposite effect and cripple an effec-
tive attack by immigration friends.
Senator Walsh of Massachusetts
and Senators Copeland and Colt seem
to have awakened to the terrible
danger to the Jews inherent in this
proposal, and are preparing to op-
pose it vigorously when it comes up.
The opposition to extreme restric-
tion in the Senate is very weak. Sen-
ator Copeland succeeded in muster-
ing only eight votes for his amend-
ment, voted upon today, to retain the
present 3% of 1910 quota.
The Sterling plan is the only big
important remaining point left to be
voted upon by the Senate for final
disposition of the immigration bill,
except an amendment of Senator
Simmons of North Carolina to give
agricultural laborers a preference of
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wall defined” racial groups within
ever nationality; in other words,
—weapon—against—Anti-Semitism—and
to honor the memory of its founder,
the late Rev. Dr. Henry Berkowitz,
Rabbi-emeritus of Rodeph Sholom
Congregation of Philadelphia, a
group of prominent Jews throughout
the country are formulating plans for
a national campaign to raise an en-
dowment fund of $300,000 for the
Jewish Chautauqua Society.
To inaugurate' the nation-wide ef-
fort, the Jews of Philadelphia will be
asked to contribute $75,000 to the
fund, it has been announced by Ar-
thur A. Fleisher, acting chairman of
the committee which will conduct the
campaign. Creation of the Endow-
ment Fund will enable the Society to
expand its work to meet the demand
for the facilities which it has thus
far been able to furnish only to a
limited extent.
development of our history and their
■established title to all the rights of
citizenship.” Results of his research
-—scope extending from Colonial era
—are embodied in a volume of three
many years to the study of Jewish
education, is author of a book, call-
ed “Changing Conceptions in Jewish
Education,” which the MacMillan
Company is publishing. He is educa-
tional director of the Union of Amer-
ican Hebrew Congregations and in
this capacity is aiding in the formu-
lation of a uniform curriculum for
religious education in Jewish schools
of America. His book is divided into
two sections, one, devoted to Jewish
education in Russia and Poland, and
the'/ other to principles of the Jewish
curriculum in America. In the sec-
ond part of his study he divides Jew-
ish educational values into humanis-
tic and survival values. The Jewish
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No Longer an Asylum
for the Oppressed
New Yokr, April 16 (J. T. A.)-
“The Johnson Bill whih has passed
the House is frankly and modestly
intended as an improvement on tradi-
tional Americanism,” was the ironic
remark of the leading . editorial in
The Senate is expected to vote to-
day upon the plan of immigration to
be in effect ■until 1927 when the na-
tional origins plan goes into opera-
tion. The Republican caucus decided,
as already reported, upon a reduc-
tion to 1% of 1910, but Senator
Reed stated to the J. T. A. corres-
pondent, after the Senate adjourn-
ment that there was a possibility of
a still more drastic decision, in fav-
or of the 1890 census during this
three year interim.
< A new and overshadowing devel-
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i America on Eve of Closing
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A. Washington, April 17 (Special
Despatch to Jewish Telegraphic
E- Agency)—The Senate, without a
Tecord vote, late yesterday passed
ppl Senator Reed’s national origins
a .amendment in its latest modified
Mg form, as introduced by Reed yester-
eg day. The amendment now provides
Bly y that commencing July 1t, 1927, im-
migration shall be limited to 150,000
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“ tionality admissible to be based on
gog the national origin of the entire pop-
g2 ulation of the United States in the
Up1-’
I made no secret of his appreciation of
r? / A the honor thus indicated; but he stood
| firmly against the suggestion though
it came from potent sources. “For
Etet the present,” he is said to have con-
tions, of doing a favor to the recip-
ient. Zedakah is not merely a volun-
tary matter depending on the kind-
ness, of one’s heart, a deed which one
who is,not kind may abstain from do-
ing. A Jew must give Zedakah. It is
his duty to be righteous, and right-
eousness must express itself, not only
negatively, in not doing wrong, but
in the kind of social respohsibility
which makes the poverty of one’s
neighbor a sacred duty for consid-
eration by every Israelite. In Hebrew
Zedakah may be further associated
with the Use of various forms, of the
root of the word in other connections.
Thus Zadaek, Righteousness, is de-
clared to be the foundation of God’s
throne. God himself is righteous. God
will deliver him from evil who does
righteousness.' There are many such
references throughout the various
books of the Bible all of which tend
to emphasize the main thought, the
duty, not only the appeal to emotions,
but the intellectual duty to do acts
of Zadakah.
This duty is emphasized in the
many books • the Bible. The Israe-
lites are commanded to help the poor
man in accordance with his need.
The Ammonites and the Moabites
are never to come into the commun-
ity of Israel because they failed th
meet the Israelites with bread and
water when the latter escaped from
the bondage of Egypt. In taking off
the produce of the fields, all fallen
sheaves or forgotten sheaves as well
as those growing at the corners of the
field, must be left for the poor and
the stranger. Most interesting is the
fact that the injunction applies to
the stranger as well. Such a warm
appeal as is made for the stranger
in the Pentateuch, representative of
the outlook' of a people during an-
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emplified in fascinating narrative,
summary of that service quoted by
McCall from one whom he knew at
Washington intimately — President
Cleveland — whose tribute was:
“Though the Jews were almost negli-
gible in the count of citizens at the
time of the Revolution, they con-
tributed generously of their means,
and that feature of their service,
splendid though it be, was not their
greatest. They gave help in adminis-
tration, they did effective fighting.”
Extraordinary is the story of
Haym Salomon, a young Polish Jew,
liberally educated, comrade at home
of his famous fighting countrymen,
Pulaski and Kosciusko, who came
over the sea at the very start of the
Revolution.
McCall waxes enthusiastic over
the young Pole. References like these
he finds in the forgotten diaries of
Robert Morris: “‘I sent for Salo-
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principles vf J uduism in 111 e univer-
sities and colleges of the country
from one coast to the other has been
particularly noteworthy. During the
summer of 1923, the Chautauqua
Society’s University lecturers gave
courses in 24 colleges.-
“The foremost Jewish scholars in
America, under the auspices of the
Society, discussed the Jew and Juda-
ism from every legitimate angle, and
held open forums for the benefit of
instructors and thousands of stu-
dents who, in the main, are responsi-
ble for the formation of American
public opinion. During the coming
Rummer, our work will have to be ex-
panded. We have already received
more requests from colleges that we
give them lecturers than we can ful-
fil. Many colleges are planning to
give credits to stuednts who attend
these lectures.
“We must combat the tide of anti-
Semitism that is sweeping the coun-
try. We must not allow the Jews to
be regarded as the cause of the
world’s unrest, nor should we permit
the impression to continue that there
is such a thing as a ‘Jewish Peril.’
We must point to Jewish contribu-
tions to civilization. This, the Jewish
Chautauqua Society has done and
will .continue to do. The Society is the
Democrat, one of the few senators
• opposing drastic legislation, was not
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taken. When informed he stated that four Jews have been coming to every manifold in every direction along
if an opportunity presented itselfto- (Continued on page 8) these general lines, the Society’s pro-
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cient days when all strangers were
looked upon with suspicion, can still
be a source of instruction to many
“Americanization” workers today.
That Zedakah is a duty and not a
matter of choice to the individual is
the result of the idea that the goods
of the world belong to all alike since
they are all God’s. The land belongs
to God. “And the land shall not be
sold in perpetutty, fer the land is-
Mine; for ye are strangers and set-
tions with Mu,” Thu--Levites,—thu—
strangers, the fatherless, and the
widow must all be considered. They
must be given a “tenth” of one’s
possessions. It is thetr right to re-
ceive that, not a special kindness on
the part of the giver. The reward for
Zedakah is larger. Long life, riches,
happiness are the lot of him who ful-
fills his duty. The many expressions
of the Bible on the subject may per-
haps be best represented by the fol-
lowing quotation from the great
in recognition of its force as a gram for the popularization of the
thou cover him.
And that thou hide not thyself 8
from thine own flesh? •
Then shall they light break forth
as the morning.
And thy righteousness shall go 93
before thee, ‘
The Glory of the Lord shall be thy
reward.
Then shall they light break forth, as
the morning
And thy righteousness shall go be- 4
fore thee.
The Gory of the Lord shall be thy .
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