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EDITORIAL
A SABBATH IDYL.
/ly I.)A I //> tiUl.Dflrj«.
Random Thoughts
By CHAS. JOSEPH
• So Walter Hurt in dead. , I nm
very, very sorry indeed. His sister
wrote me u letter advising me of the
fact. Strange that I never met him,
yet I had more to rlo with making
him known to the Jews of America
than any^pther person. For several
years we kept up u rather interesting
correspondence. Perhaps it would
l.e more accurate to say that Walter
Hurt did mosfwif tjie writing. I
find thijt I have to do so much Writ-
ing in a "iM-ofcssionnl way than wheti
it conics to personal correspondence
I got rather tired. But Mr. Hurt
wrote wonderful interesting letters.
He had a fine literary and if I may
make tlie distinction, also n splon-
him1
did journalistic style that made
so easy a writer to read.
Of the several form# of literary expression, there is the Idyl
whose inward theme might he said to he: I’eae.e anti Content-
ment. Every form of fine literature, as we know, mirrors a mood
or a state of Wing of the human soul. Thus, when we ar.e in a
lyrical mood, we tend toward the ha Had • and when in u sub-
limated and .exalted mood we tend toward the ejire. I>ut when
we are in an utterly relaxed mood, or when we are in a Condi-
tion to crave,ult.-r relaxation, we are jjrone to write,.if we can
write at all, idyls. ,
We may picture ourselves in the misition' of a shepherd,b.v
the hillside, eoidently watching his beloved flock grazing the
green and-:abundant 'irtass, with a brooklet muttering peace
nearhy. (,)r we may picture to ourselves a scene ot reconciliation
between estranged friends, nr the scene of a mother nursing her
suckling babe, with the solt and Warrm love steadily flowing"
the eyes of the mother hi the babe, and from the eyes of the
babe to the mother -either of these will spell the moo<l for
idyl. An idyl expresses either the < ontentment of the. heart or
the deep yearning of the heart lor rontentnvnl. its inner sub-
ject is I'hHsy.
Ini our own literature we have produced but few idyls, for we
have had no time for them. Yet, the very few which we hav.e
nrodueddi like the Hook of Hath and the.Book ot Titbit, for
instance, are powerful and perfect", which would indicate that,'
though we were So uircu-mstaneed that We could not afford
the luxury of the idyl,' we have never‘'ceased longing for the
inward theme which it expresses—Peace. We havy been com-
pelled to lead a‘ra.tbcr busy life,<fortifying ouj-selves, justifying
ourselves, and defending ourselves on cver.v step. V\ p have
been compelled to pyoduee- mainly tin* things which we- felt
were indispensable to oijr very-existence* as a'people. We have
had to produce a Torah, not alone’for the Jewish people, but
-for all peoples, and we bad to prophecy the Kingdom of
Heaven, not alone for ourselves, but for all peoples. Wo were
driven to .this by our instinct lor self-preservation, for we’re^
convinced, inwardly,-that we could not survive' in.a hostile
world for very long, unless the-world ct'ako to he hostile to us.
' Hut how cplfld the world recede from its attitude of hostility
toward us? By being impregnated with our Torah and with our
“latter day” prophecies, by striving after a sense of justice and
equity, and even after the cnmhion brotherhood ideal. There-
fore we were busy promulgating these universal ideals, there-
fore we were busy in propagating .justice and equity to all
nations. We wanted them to let us live, and we knew that our
only chance lay in the world turning just and equitable and
humane. ■ ,
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But-at the same time, it. was necessary that we produce the
means of resisting the impact of the world from within. It was
urgent that we ourselves should not weaken and to ttyit end we
produced the Talmud and the Shulchan-Aruch. We have for-
tified ourselves in what is popularly known as the “legal mind”,
in gcholastisism and formalism. Obnoxious as these things ap-
pear to sonTh of us today, they spelled the mean of our preser-
vation in their own day. The upshot is, however, that between
preaching universalism to the world and weaving the net of
legal minutin for ourselves, we-have Jrjad fto chance, for .utter
relaxation, for that peace of mind, which, when we arc able
to write, we produce the idyl. Thpt is why the lu^lk of ohr liter-
ature contains hut very few idyls, really two: The Book of
Ruth and the Bosk of Tobit. ‘
But our home-life was not without an idylistic touch, end
particularly has the idyl clustered itself about the grand Jew-
ish theme which was, is, and let.’aJmjie -W»U !>e: Sabbath. Al-
ready in the early Friday afternoon one could perceive the
idylea creeping into Jewish Homes. At sunset the candles were
already blessed, the table arranged in a particular way, in the
Sabbath way, but the finishing touch to the idyl was given by
the man returning from the Sabbath-Eve service, when, on en-
tering home, would recite with a melody that suggested the
idyl, Sholom-Alecham, Peace be unto you, ye ministering an-
gels, angels from on high, emissaries of the Kinp Kings, May
your coming presage peace, (pay ye bless meNvith peace^ and
may your going out seal peace." -
Of course, it may be difficult for us today to catch the idylea
^ of the procedure, because we are out of touch tojlay with the
a condition that spells and craves utter relaxation. These things
fj -Aft only potent when they come with the setting. And minister-
IJfig angels will not come to a house on a Sabbath eve where
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It distresses me to tlilVik Hint lie
<1 rod with a fcclink of bitterness to
ward nomc of the Jewish writers of
the country. I think that lie also
felt that I had done him an injus-
tice. He was a man of extremely
broad sympathies and in my judg-
ment absolutely without prejudice
lie believed in the brotherhood of
man and tried to show jt in every
\yay possible. He had a great ail
miration for the Jewish people and
his approach to Jewish questions
were the most intelligent I have
known .from a Gentile standpoint.
He could discuss a question such
as Zionism in an"expert, fashion with
a clear understanding of every angle
of the situation.„ lie wrote on a
wrrtoty of Jewish matters and his ar-
ticles were always interesting arid
fyjjnd ready acceptance ojf the part
of the Jewish edityrs and‘their read-
ers.
lie wrote a hook considering Jewry
and Jewish life through..Gentile eyes:
It was a inosMinusuaf lTook and I am
glad to saytlrnt I had Cn'hsiderable
to d»V wit It getting it circulated,
had. great faith in the integrity of
Walter Hurf and realized that he was
the type of hian who, would make a
real sacrifice for an ideal. And !
felt deeply ovei'. wfmt to illy mind
Whs the, extremely unfair criticism
of a. Jewish' syndicatl'-writer who
insinuated that Mr. Hurt was about
to launch a new, magazine and ex-
pected the Jews to support; jri ot her
words,'tjiat Mr. Hurt "was selling his
opinions to the Jews HI so much
per, The words -were noj exactly
what I quote hut the substance of the
criticism is there. Mr. Ihjrt felt, so
angered and so badly over this aj
tack un the integrity of, his motives
that lie wiilukrew the entire plan of
publishing the magazine. It' trim to
have ’ been dedicated to the spread
of Irheralisni.aird goodwill.
lie was a motpber (if a famous
midwest literary group composed of
such outstanding figuresyt* General
Lew Wallace, author of “Hen Hur,”
and James Whituoinh' Riley. Mr.
Hurt was ait one time editor of- the
New -York “Morning Telegraph,”
when it was not merely a theatrical
and racing sheet. 1 valued the friend-
ship that developed between us and
my only regret is that' Hu- last year
or two of his 'life should have been
clouded by a misunderstanding. .But
I will say again in justice to the
memory of Walter Hurt that in n\y
.judgment In; never exploited the Jew-
ish .people- for gain; that he was a
man of "high ideals and if he had
been, a practical materialist he wpultj
have d.iod a lot richer than die was.
While I know nothing of his affairs
I’ll venture to say he die.d ns’ he
lived, u- very' poo.rdrinn.
i-Hdre's something our busy busi-
ness men muy read on . the run and
learn as they ,ri)n. It appeared in
It. C-. Forbes’ column in one of the
daily papers:
“I never could see why any rich
man should receive credit for giv-
ing money to charity after he
dies,” a wealthy man remarked.
“If ho holds on to it until he dies
—and he certainly can’t' take it
with him tt »h> 'should he he
lauded? Of c< utsc, to leave money
for worthy purposes is better than
not leaving iinjryxcept for selfish
ends; hut it doesn’t strike me us
the best way to handle money.
"A real man, interested in
clubs or eating houses or whatever
they choose to term them do not ad-
mit Jews which of course is nothing
to he surprised lit because they are
mm-cly running true to form to the
lancer university clubs in the world
outsides Fraternities, I understand,
have fi<i pJSce in 1’rlncetofi and ettao
if. they exist the probabilities fcre
that the same anti-Jewish, feeling
would reveal itself in that direction
as it does elsewhere. I read some
interesting correspondence of for-
mer I’residont Faiim-e, of Brown, on
this subject. Dr Faunce, I happen
to know, is a liberal-minded man;
with great faith in God and the Con-
situlion of the Unite# States. The
worthy ex-Prexy believes in peace so
long as.it dnasn't annoy the Gentile
students at Brown" University. But
w hen Jewish students thought *of es-
Ishhsliing a fraternity of some kind
at Brown the president threw up his
hands and thought it might create ill
feeling! Then uskyd a gentleman,
"Why don’t' thb Ghrislians admit
Jews Hi their Tiaternities?” Vjlell.
hemmed and hawcl 'Dr.' Brown, you
•see it’s Hus way. you’re right but
you know, well, the hoys SOjne day
will learn to be more tolerant and
then perhaps everything will he fine,
nice weather we’re having, think you
not? Are Jewish Imys “comfortable”
at Princeton? My C orrespondent be-
lievea that in nio t Cases they are
very unrdiiifortahle socially. And
after all is said und slime, dear read-
er, there is sorin thing -a boy must
tiring home from college in addition
to a piece of parchment to. better fit
‘ ’...... ‘ ‘ What
himself f-
say you’
or the larger5 life.
•shamed to repeat it; and yet it.
seems necessary to repeat it. now and
here, in thia land of Israel where I
am resting on my own little piece
of land in tho midst of my people.
Israel is coming home. He sits at last
under his own vine and his own fig
tree—ostensible on his own land—
and yet in what binnll numbers, how
few are the happy dwellers and the
happy figs and vines, and how enor-
mous is the pressure from without of
souls starved for lund and home!
Evidently what we need is more land,
land first and last, and all other
things will be added unto us. Iaind
is the everlasting horn of plenty
from which all blessings flow.
Keren Kayemeth Le-YiRrael, the
Hebrew name of the Jewish Nation-
al Fund, meani “the Eternal Horn
of Israel”. This public or state land
of the Jewish pcoplo in PalesUne
which can be leesed on hereditary
leases hut never sole' outright, com-
prises today only 1.26 per cent of-all
the land of Paestine. and the land
privately owned by Jews in Pules-
tiner>which may conceivably he sold
and which muy be exploited-for pri-
vate gain and speculation, comprises
only .'1.75 per cent more. In our ow.a
land of which the nations have said
to us, "(Jo forth and build your na-
tion’s home," where there is still
much land-to he bohght and where
practically all land that we own or
shall own must be bought and paid
for, we have yet so little und we
Understand so vaguely that this land
is our bread our reality.
We make a great to-do over dec-
larations and resolutions, and these
indeed are our charters; hut a char-
ter without land is !ike a decoration
conferred upot) u dead hero. It may
be glorious but it is useless. And so
when the Jewish National Fund ac-
quires a greai stretch of new land
as an A’rrMny horn of plenty for
the Jewish people, whose increase
It seems incredible, yet here it is
black on white, -A lawyer in Balti-
more sends me a iiqu int of an article
he has written oil the subject of re-
ligious liberty and .tolerance.in Mary-
land. Unless if i a misprint I read
that until the yent U.i27 no dew could
pc married in Maryland unless in a
Christian churcly! L kbat true or do
I misread the statement? If it is true
then Maryland lawmakers should
have travelled a hit during the past
hundred- years and broadened their
minds. The same writer asserts that
“Maryland, in spite of the boasts
of its governor and both United
States .Senators during the 11)28
campaign, has us little religious free-
dom today as it had in 1058, when
under the provisi ns of the so-called
'Edict of Toleration,’ it niade ready,
to hong ’V*e Jew Doctor Lunihrozo
because he denied the divinity Blas-
phemy Act in the Maryland Criminal
Code” of 11)24 ha a similar religious
proscription, except that the penalty
of hanging and confiscation of.goods
is reduced to six months imprison-
ment iir $10t> fine in- both.
Now just "IfTrifle get this matter
clear—in my mipii. Am I to under-
stand that if I deny Ui£ divinity of
Jesus in Baltimore then I can be
sent to prison for six months and
fined $100? If this is true then what
Maryland needs is to have a cam-
paign for Religious Liberty. For a
time I used toUhittk that Tennessee
carried off the medal for intolerance
and-they had to send Baltimore’s fa-
vorite son of i he sunpapers, Henry
Mencken, to tell the world that aw-
ful people.lived there. What I simp-
ly can’t understand is how the same
stale cam cunt a in. such a law .as I
huvmqWoted *aWd H. L. Mcnsken at
the same time. That Baltimore ‘‘Sun’’
crowd seem-to he normal-minded hu-
mans. They have Frank Kent, and
for a'time that high-brow Bolshevist
Hendrik Van Loon wrote for them
and so,many otluTT broadminded men.
And they can continue 'to publish
those papers with a clear conscience
and hAving these liberal hill-billy laws
on the statute hooks. ,
This is certainly a civilized age
we5 are living in. After reading
iabout Maryland I discovered thnt
over halj the population of York
County, Pa,-, believe in witches: that
means some .75 thousand educated,
presumably normal men and wo-
men. Yes, dear children of the dark-
ness, we believe in witchcraft. That
settles It. The next time someone
tells me that the Statute of Liberty
was seen in Wall Street playing the
stock market I shall believe it. Real-
ly for a time I thought wc were
growing intelligent hut that was ap-
AN OMISSION
In last week’s Hear Id an article
wee publiehed under the heading
“The Problem of Jewish Education”
Through an oversight the pame of
the author, Daniel Harrison of San
Antonio v/aa omitted.
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ZIONIST REVISIONISTS
DIVIDED ON PROGRAM
TO BE FOLLOWED
LEOPOLD STERN. PIONEER
JEWELER AND B’NAI
B’RITH LEADER, DIES
Establish in London Society to Pro-
tect Jowisb Rights in Paiostino.
Vienna,— (JTA)—The 70 dele-
gates representing various Zionist
Revisionist groups in the Zionist con-
stituencies in Kuropedn countries are
divided on the question of what pro-
gram the League of Zionist Revision-
ists is. to adopt to make its opposition-
al policies effective.
In the discussion which developed
at their third annual conference in
session here, following the political
report of- Vladimir Jahotinaky, two
tendencies were manifest. Spokes-
men for the extreme wing within
Zionist Revision ism urged the adop-
tion of a program of an economic and
political actidn independent of the
Zionist Executive, while spokesmen
for the moderate group were oppos-
ed (o such action. Vladimir Jab-
otinsky,. leader of the movement,
urged a middle bourse. According to
his proposal, Palestine Jews and the
Zionist Revisionists arc^to seek the
realization of un economic and po-
litical progrum, which would not,
nonetheless, interfere with the pre-
rogative of the Zionist Executive.
The central point in the political
discussion was the idea recently ad-
vanced by Col. Josiah Wedgwood,
British labor M. P., in his book, “The
Seventh Dominion.” Col. Wedgwood
advocates5that Great Britain and the
Zionists enter at this time ihlog-iJ
and whose value'shall revert foreveH'understanding that"at’ th’e expiratlotf
in tVm I.itviuh sml u;iw>ti thnt . c a l i»c ____:______s „ .1 c it. . r* _ i__
............. ... his
fellow-beings, should get u lot of
kick out of, doing worthwhile
thing, while he is alive. Not only j JUVently "juaPa "flMh i'n"\he'"pam ~is ^ wealth of the dis>
tl»Ot, but if he is a business man • „hall continue to believe in San-\.pourfd. ,nto the Horn—Ki
who had capacity enough to make Clsua, and Billy Sunday. We
n lot of money, the chances are , lllll({h Ht f„oliih notiomi of the
that he could use his brains ad- Hottentots. Well, after reading the
yuntngeo.isty in guiding the spend- t daily newspaper, we surely don’t
"ir, [hi‘ n,'Vn<1,y;. - ... , , ,1 possess a sense of humor if wc ban
I hen he added this, which should anybody. else without first
laughing at ourselves.
v ' ------------ -
than men already
interest more
wealthy: ,
“Some of the comment that
greeted one of my first rather
huge rubliely-announccd tflfta
amused me. " It seemed to cause
to the Jewish peuple, nnd when that
piece of land is the most valuuble
and the most promising in all Pales-
tine, then chore should be not only
dancing und rejoicing in the values of
Esdraeion and of Sharon but also
mass meetings und great festivities
and Zionist speeches and the waving
of- bUie and white banners in "New
York and Warsaw and' all the great
cities where JeWs converge in many
dtfl'pre.rt- tongues.
The Jewish National Fund has now
acquired 22,000 dunams ,(5,600
"acres) of the land of Haifa Bay,
which added to 11,000 dunams previ-
ously owned by it, makes of otlr J.
N. F. the chief landlord of this gold-
en gateway between the East and
the West. Haifa has been compared
with San Francisco. It also is a
golden gate from one world to an-
other.
Picture it with me: A long ridge
of mountains runs to its south, tlie
boundary between Samaria and Gali-
lee; and ends in the forest-clad prom-
ontory of Mount^ Carmel elbowing
out into the Medrlerranean Sda. In
the crotch of Carmel’s northerri slope
and down to the sea-shore at its feet
sprawls "the awkward, fast-growing
city of Haifa. Whatever this city may
be close at hand. In parts beaOtiful,
in parts indifferent, in parts hideous,
from afar it is like all Palestinian
■cities a shining white pearl of love-
liness. Then comes the cufvc, one
might say the silver horn, of the
sandy bay with the blue sea ia its
breast, and at its northern point, far
off in the opal distance lies the Arab
town of Acco, that beckons to ad-
venture and repays n journey with
strange nooks find inner courts and
wave-washed ruins of great antiquity
and charm and oriental glamor. The
sandy hay is fringed with dreamy
date-palms. Beyond that is the green
fertitity of Kishon’s valley,-and again
beyond that the encircling waves of
mountains that roll down on the wide
plain of Esdradron. (
Stand on the top of Mount Carmel
and gaze over sea and bay. That
is where Eiijtm stood and the Bible
tells of it and refrains from descrip-
tion. So shall I', from now on. I
shall quote- more modern prophets
who speak of Haifa as the future
outlet of Mosul oil, as the great port
of Asia Minor, as the future Cali-
fornia of Syria and Palestine. And
at its-.feet in the silver .horn. shall
rest Jewish fields and villages, Jew-
ish towns and parks; and all this
wealth and this increase in value
shall enrich not the individuals that
dwell there in peace and sufficiency
but the Jewish public of Palestine
through the increase in ground rent
that reverts to the Jewish National
Fund.
Gold comes from the bowels of
earth and to the earth it shall re-
turn. Transportable wealth—money
' lossessea.
eren—of
Israel from all the corners of the
earth, as it used to be sent to the
coffeife of the Temple that jitood oh
the earth of Jerusalem, it shall agair*
become vital 'and creative in the
earth of Palestine, the earth of
some astonishment, first, that I
should give away such an amount,
und. second, that the purpose was
so sensible. The fact is that I have
always given away money since I
first began to have any to spare.
“You have to learn how to give
just as you have to learn how to
make money. That is vjty it la
important as I see it, that men
who are making headway in the
world should realize early that
the best plan ia to start giving as
soon As there is any surprise avail-
able for giving.
“You learn jty practice. If you
begin early to give, end increaee
the amounta as fortune favore
you, you are not likely to make
bad blunders when you have large
■urns to spare.”
A college t>oy home on a holiday
writes me concerning aocial discrim-
ination at Princeton. He aays that
THE EVERLASTING
HORN OF PLENTY
By Jenie E: Sampler
(In her characteristically de-
lightful mood, Miss Sampter writes
of her first, impression on learn-
ing the news of the new land pur-'
chase on the Haifa Bay, most im-
portant- territory for Palestine’s
future, recently acquired by the
Jewish National Fund—Editor).
Land is reality. If it is love that
makes the world go round, yet un-
less there (*cre this earth to go round
there could be no love. Here we
stand, on chrth, though our heads be
in heaven. Motherland, Fatherland,
wars treaties, agreements, ail are
based on land. Wnat is raw material
but land? What is oil, thst igniter
of nations, but the potential- fTre in
land? Bread le land. The Jewa,
that landless nation of realists, has
growth and regeneration. ■
-Copyriirht 1D2K by The Jewish Telegraphic
Agency, Inc.
MRS. MOSKOWITZ TO RETIRE
FROM STATE GOVERNMENT
New, York.—^(JTA)—Contrary to
the expectation income circles, Mrs.
Henry Moskowitz who was consider-
ed Governor Smith’s closest advisor,
will not (tonrtinue as a confidential
advisor to his successor in office,
Franklin D. RoosevenL
Governor Smith Mas been quoted
as having said to Mr. Roosevelt that
he never had made an important,
move in his four administrations
without first consulting Mrs. Mosko-
witz. Neither Mrs. Moskowitz nor
her husband, Dr. Henry Moskowitz
has held any salaried office during
the administrations of Governor
Smith, although It <1 understood Mrs.
of the 25-year period of the Pales-
tine Mandate, Palestine, as the Jew-
ish FJatienal Home, is to assume the
status of a dominion within the Brit-
ish Empire. The result of such an
understanding would be that Great
Britain would find it more to her in-
terest to facilitate the Zionist efforts
for the establishment of the Jewish
National Home and that thq Zion-
ists nnd Great Britain would be more
definitely committed to a joint pol-
icy cqpeerning Palestine.
Conversations between leaders of
the Zionist Revisionists and promi-
nent Englishmen were said to have
been held recently concerning this
matter.
The proposal was officially pre-
scnted*to the Zionist Revisionist con-
ference in a report submitted by Dr.
Wolfgang von Weisl, German Jewish
writer. Dr. von Weisl cited the rea-
sons for the acceptance by the Zion-
ists of the "Seventh Dominion” idea.
He advised, however, to postpone
definite action until “official Eng-
lish proposals are forthcoming.” In
the meantime, he staled, Revisionists
would do woli to propagate the idea
by the establishment of “Seventh
Dominion Leagues.”
In the ^discussion which developed
on this point, it was brought out that
the concensus of.opinion was against'
the adoption of a resolution accept-
ing the "Seventh Dominion” policy.
It appeared likely that tho'confer-
ence will adopt a resolution stating
'merely that the "Seventh Dominion”
idea is in> no conflict with the idea
of a Jewish state in Palestine and
Will wekome the efforts of Col.
Wedgw^d.
That the Zionist Revisionists have
established in London a "Society for
the Protection of Jewish. Rights in
Palestine was announced by Mr.
Jabotinsky in'his political report. A
similar society under the name
Sechutenu.(our right) is in existence
in Jerusalem, he stated.
The reasons why anti-Zionist ten-
dencies grow in the Palestine admin-
istration lie in the circumstance that
Palestine Jewry offers no resistance.
Fifty per cent of-the infringements
of Jewish1 rights by the Palestine
government could be improved by
legal action brought" in the English
courts, he stated. It is highly neces-
sary to provide Palestine Jewry with
the political facilities to defend its
rights, he declared. After all, the
Zionism of the Diaspora tz merely
moral, while Palestine Jewry suffers
physically. ’ The influence of the
Zionist Executive ia nil, and often
it is a negative influence, since the
Executive, he asserted, has abandon-
ed in principle the doctrine of fight-
ing for rights. Revisionism finds it
incumbent upon itself to complete
what the Zionist Executive fails to
do. The recent incidents at the Wail-
ing Wall resulted in the issuance of
another unfortunate White Paper,
which it is feared will lead to new
trouble.
The Zionist RevisionisttARust take
upon themselves the task of prepar-
ing the ground, through an extensive
educational campaign, to influence
British public opinion and the Brit-
ish parties for a change in the Pal-
estine policy. Tho Zionist Executive
will still have the monopoly on the
Eionist
getting ia lacking. But .would it not be worth while Jewish studentship not admiUed to
for the idyl? We *re no longer bound
foot by the motive* of |eU*prc**rvRtion which have
ll eoul ■ expression with which other
Um “eating clubs,” ■
know what I think about it. I have
naver been a Princeton student and
expect to for obvious TMaons.
- - *
Moskowitz was urged to accept ap-
always thanked The Lord “who brings pointment in the state aervice.
forth bread out of the earth.” And Mrs. Moskowitz’s withdrawal from
^ -m i.
the air/ No matter how productive. W*Y her poaition as vice-chair-
I can loam from mam- Th
Prtoooto. ahunnl thorn boon
._____ ____ ctive,
how aolf-sustaining in other landa
(uch comuni ties may be, they will al-
ways be called parasite*—feederz
upon atrai
Thia is
so often
man Of the Democratic National
Committee in charge of publicity.
She will retain for hem own use
•o trite, haa the office# on the aeventb floor of
one ia aimoat No. SSI Madhwm Avenue, Now York.
foreign policy of the Zionist move-
ment, Mr. Jabotinsky jtated.
A presidium of five was elected
consisting of Messrs. Richard Licht-
heim, Brutzkus, Soskin, Feller and
Dt. von Weisl. An interesting inci-
dent occdrred when message of
greetings from the Zionist Executive
of London was read. In it the Exec-
utive urged the delegates to the Zion-
ist Revisionist conference to remain
true to “Zionist discipline and Zion-
ist idealism.
Commenting upon the message, the
chairman, Richard Lichtheim, who
was formerly a member of the Zion-
ist Executive, declared that he must
reject this reference to Zionist dis-
cipline. He charged that the recent
seiaion of the Zionist General Coun-
cil, when the Jewish Agency agr<
msnt was ratified,,violated Zion
discipline, ignoring the decisions
the Zionist Congress.
I* Vladimir Jabotinsky and Dr. Wolf-
von Warn
New York, Dec. 31—(JTA)—
Leopold Stern, founder of the firm
Stern Brothers A Company, New
York, doe of the pioneer commercial
diamond-cutting firms in this city
and honorary vice-president of the ■
Montefiore Hospital, died on Satur-
day “at-the age of 80.
Tho funeral was held Monday
morning frotp Temple Emanu-El
Burial was in the family mausoleum
in Beth-EI Cemetery. Dr. Samuel
Schulman, rabbi of Temple Emanu.El
officiated. The honorary pallbearers
were Chief Justice Benjamin M.
Cardoza of the Court of Appeal*;
August Oppenheimer, Charles Straus,
William N. Rosendate, S. G. Rosen-
baum, Samuel Sachs, Samuel Krid-
el, William Goldman, Otto Wormser
and Harry .Latter.
Mr. Stern was born in Monzingen,
Germany, on April 19, 1848, where
he received'his education. He came
to this country in 1863,and was fol-
lowed the next year by-other mem-
bers of the family, who joined him
in Philadelphia, where they were en-
gaged in the manufacture of jewelry
for eight years. In 1871 he came
to New-York City and, with his fath-
er, Nathan, -‘and a brother Isidctr,
opened the firm of Stern Brothers
& Co.
Leopold, Stern was credited with
introducing diamond cutting on a
commercial basis here. .
While on a visit to Texas Mr.
Steru met Miss Evu Sterne. They
were married in 1880. at Jefferson,
Texas. Mr. Stern was active in
many charitable and civic undertkk-
mgs in New Ydrk up to the time of
her death on April 29, 1927/
Mr. Stern found time, particularly
in the last 25 years, during whiah
his two sons becamd associated with
him ia business, to assist many re-
ligious and business (ft-ganizations in
their work. He also took part in
several political campaigns.
As a Republican elector he cast
his.vote in the Electoral College for
McKinley in 1900, and for Taft in
1908 and 1912. In 1913 he was ap-
pointed a member of the Commis-
sion to revise the state banking laws.
For a quarter ofa century he was
a director of the Montefiore Hospital.
He also had been a vice-president and
an honorary vice-president. For 23
years he on the board of Belle-
vue and Allied Hospitals. He also
was a director of the United Hos-
pital Fund. *
Mr. Stern in 188V was elected
president of the Jetvelers Board of
Trade, holding the office for sever-
al years. He was a director of the
Jewelers Security Alliance since its
organization. At his death .he also
was a director of the Market and
Fulton Bank and. the Maiden Lane
Savings Bank.
Mr. Stern was trustee for many
years of Temple Beth-Ej, now con-
solidated with Temple Emanii-El, and
was a large contributor to its work.
His fraternal distinctions included
the past mastership of Mount Nebc-
Musonic Lodge and the presidency
of -Manhattan Lodge, Independent.
OrSer B’Nai B’ri-th.
Philanthropic agencies of many
kinds' benefited by his liberality.
He was a member of the Board of
Trade and Transportation Bankers
Club, Republican Club, Automobile
Club of America, Merchants Associ-
ation and Fifth Avenue Merchants
Association.
—--o----
WHAT MAKES ONE A GOOD JEW?
iSirr _ ,- -,
There has been some debating here
as to the propriety of keeping Jewish
business houses open on Rosh Has- .
honuh and Yom Kippur. Would you
please advise us Whether a man can
he considered a good Jew if he keeps
his business house open on those days
and goes to services.
.. ‘ J. A. Marks.
. - Boise, Idaho.
This question was pussed on to
recognized authorities in Reform,
ConsiVvative and Orthodox Judaism,
und they replied as follows:
Rabbi Pavirf Philipson of Cincin-
nati: “Reform Judaism has no other
standard to determine who is a ‘good,
Jew’ than the apitDal to the individual
sense of responsibility to the com-
munity On this latter count I should
say that i4ie neglect to close the busi-
ness'house on these two days shows
u lack of appreciation of that respon-
sibility. The man who keeps his
business open and.attends divine ser-
vice., is a compromiser and com-
promise is poor religion . . . .”
Rabbi Solomon Goldman of Cleve-
land : “I should rather speak of a
loyal Jew than qj a good Jew. I
would consider a Jew who keeps hih
business open on Rqsh Tlashonah and
Yom Kippur one coWutting an act
of disloyalty to his ]Wple. I can-
not conce ve that even in an indus-
trialized civilization a man’s busi-
ness would be ruined or even suffer
to any considerable extent by clos-
ing these days. I rather suspect that
the Jewish business man refrains
from closing on these high holydays
because he hesitates to appear be-
fore the world as a Jew. It should
also be remembered that suoh public
violation of the three holiest days of
the Jewish year will reflect unfavor-
ably on the entire Jewish community.
The non-Jew, who is not unaware of
the importance of these holydaye,
will be promoted to murmur, ’The
Jew is ready to barter that t£hich it
most sacred for the sake qf gain’,”
Rabbi I. M. Kowalaky of Brooklyn,
N. Y.; “According to the Orthodox
viewpoint which ie derived from the
Talmud, Halmonidee and the Shut-,
chan Aruch, the fact that a Jew i
of fie* von WeUlweri
£ cKmeelter'
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