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Friday, October 14, 1938
The Jewish Western Bp^^^^ J ii^i^ I
Official Organ of the Vancouver. Jewish Admittistrniive Gouncil i | A JRIfill; %^jBrk^ M. W ■ Sf
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do not agiree withia word thiat yoii say—But I will defend to the death— your right to say it."—VOiLTAIBE. _
VANCOUVER, B.C., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1938
WE liEAy^
" Not what we give, but what we share. For the gift mthout,the giver is bare.'' Every year at this time when the 'Chest Drive' is lOii we writ? azticleis on ne(^d 6f th^ pdiof. To emphasiize our po^ lines, show pictures^ teU stories, slogans, write editorials, do[ everyr tMngthit is possible to briiig to your attention the plight of the homeless, the sick, the destitute, the needy. Every year we tell you the need is greater this year than last. This is true for every year the population is increasing. Therefore, poverty also increases. -To some of ypu this annual publicity touches your heart, brings to your attention your responsibiUty to a great communal need. To others, it is not necessary, they are philanthropist all the time. And to a few it means nothing. Therefore to everybody we say real charity is an act of kindness of the heart. It is man's humanity to man. Charity cannot be forced. It comes freely without thought of receiving any gain back. But what we do get is a feeling of jioy, of satisfaction, of contentment, knowing that we have responded to the call of our brothers and sisters in distress. We woul4 ask ypu to please consider this seriously. Do as your conscious fiirects, then you know that you will have no regrets.
Strictly Confidential - -
Tidbits from Everywherie
By PHXNEAS J. BIBON
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We wonder whether any of the German troops that marched into Siideteniand know that once the Jews of the Czech province Bohemia
fought for the German ernperors. The ancient Jewish cemetery and the famous. _4Jltneuschui in Prague are silent witnesses to this. ... iJn
the cemetery the oldest grave is said to date from :S96, A and. there, too, is the tombstonie of Baron .Treu-burg, who received a patent of nobility in the. J4th century for brav-. ery in war... Another g^rave there Ss that, of: Otto Bitter, major-general in Count Pappenheim's forces during the Thirty Years' War. . . . In
the Altneuschul hangs a red banner which Emperor Karl IV dedicated on the occasion of. the deliverance of Prague during the . Thirty Years' 'Wa^.^...... Inithe.j^ of the. city..
against the Swedes a heroic part-v^^as played by Jewish soldiers. ... That
synagogue is also Jndentifled. ^wtitb. the famous Rabbi Loew, the creator of the Golem. . . . According to legend that synagogue, which dates from the 13th century, was built with"stones w;hich the Jews, had carried with'them from Jerusalem after the destruction of the "Temple. . . , There was a time when Pragjlie was the capital of European Jewry in leadership and scholarship. . . . The
city still boasts ah old building. in the tower of which is a large clock on which the hours are inscribed in Hebrew letters, ..... This building
was once the Prajgue? Ghetto city hall, having been bliilt'in 1528 by Morde-cai Meisel. . ; . The-tower was added as a distinction for the:services of the Jews during,.tiie^seige; by the Swedes, the Jews iii'-';those days having been fprbl^deh to have towers on their synagoj^es . . ,
Facing the Altlijeuscnul';^' a large bronze statue, ^of;Mo3es^;;'^hich belongs to the city/6tf^^^^tjg»^. . .
FOREIGN
Just beforef- Mi^^ Rome for the niom^ntQUS'-four-man powwow he received all sorts of delegations that came to wish him luck. . , A Jewish delegation, was refused admittance to .11 Puce's presence. . . . There would have been no Kol Nidre services in French a.nd British synagogues in the event of war, . . . Thei chief rabbinates of France and England had issued'orders to close ah synagogues after sunset to preserve power if war should'be declared. . . . Did the dictators, we wonder, realize that they: were a;dtingin acbbrd-ance with Jewish; tradition when they decided upon the preservation of peace during that holy period between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kip-pur? . i .While Jewish officials arife being fired in Italy, in the British crown colony of Aden the secretary of' the Italian consulate, Armando Nassim, who is treasurer of the Jewish community, has been named act-' ing Italian consul. . . . The catch is that he is a British subject. . . .In order to prevent the Nazis from desecrating abandoned synagogues in small Jewish communities that have been liquidated.
s.tarted his appeasement policy. . . .
YOU SHOUU) KNOW
In the October 3rd issue of Father Coughlin's magazine. Social Justice, one Ben Marcin replies to Phil Slo-movitz's: article on the "Protocols of the Elders of Zion". . . . Marcin's nielaiige is so full of downright lies and misinformation thiat it would be difficult to equal it, but here's one fable he cites as fact that indicates the nature of the entire article. . . ^ Marcin speaks of "Dr. Ehrenpreis, at one time chief rabbi of Swed^en, later banished from Soviet Russia, who became disgusted with the cruelty of the Jews and joined the Greek Orthodox Church." . . .
Dr. .Marcus Ehrenpreis :is still chief rabbi of Sweden, and is one of the greatest Jewish scholars in Eur-, ope. ... In the same issue of Spcisd' Justice cash ;prize8 .are, offered for the beist .ansv/ers to the questions' "Why will there always be Ja Jewish-Christian question?" and "Why is Father Coughlin not an anti-Semite?" .... Four plays scheduled to open tljiis faU on Broadway have had to be rewritten as a result of Hitler's triumph, Jn Europe. . . . One of the best Anlerican hews camera men is on his way from Czechoslovakia with 25,000 feet of film showing Sudeten Germans In anti-Hitler demonstrations. . . .He's also.bringing shots of those Austrian Jewish refugees marooned oh a Da:nube tugboat. ... A ■new song to be published shortly begins: ''Now that Hitler, the belit-tler, is thru, I'll be waitin', in Sudeten, for you:" . . .The German-American Bund would have given anything not to have had to call off its meeting in Union City, .N.J., because that's where the Bund was b6Tn.j 1 : The rough stuff you read about concerning Unibn City ..was pttlled ' bff; by Czechs, who are more anti-Nazi than any Jew. ^. . ., One, Czech jfibbed. Fritz kuhn in the face with a ligh't^: ed .cigar. ...
Is
aMeed to Give?
It was a major triumph for the Yiddish cinema when Alexander Ols-hanetsky was persuaded io join the forces responsible for The Cantor's Son* The film is a symphony of synchonization, with camera and music blended by silver chords.
Reported to be the most expensive of Jewish films to date, this Cambie presentation is its own evidence that not only money, but care and effort, were behind this production.
In the title role is the famous cantor and radio star, Moishe Oysher, who photographs no less well than he sings. His voice and Olshanetsky's music are a very happy combination. Excellent comedy support is given by Judah Bleich, who's known to the Broadway stage. ,... ;
The stoiy is about a young lad who 'ruiis'iaway'^ from with a troupe of traveling actors.. Eventually they come to~ America, where things.go badly with the growing lad until he meets a benefactor, a girl who helps him to fame and fortune. There is a slender love s.to with the usual complications, but the music is by far and awaiy the most ihiportant part of the picture.
The Cantor's Son will be shown at Cambie Theatre, Wednesd|ay, Oct 19.
U.S. WARNS ITALY NOT TO DISCRIMINATE
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J. I. KOFPMAN, ' ; I ' '
1765 West 13th-Ave. | Vancouver, B.C. I
Gan you postpone showing Cantor's Son about two weeks. Business has been very good and are anxious to hold same over for one more week. • Flejase wire cojlecit.
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help thinkinig of those grown children, the young lonely men and women, too, who stiir^re homeless, still wander the streets -'to and fro, hungry and shivering, and nowhere to go.' Their cry is WORK, WORK, WORK, but so many times there is none. Must we desert them? They need clothes, they need food, they need' shelter,. their needs are so often desperate, and we MUST see them through until work can be found. Yes, there are so many sad and weary. Witness the -following little drama, it is just one in many, many ...
On a cold bleak morning, even the office felt a bit chilly, a tall slender woman with refined, though unusually - pale features, timidly stepped in. Gathering her courage together with some effort she began: "I have two small children," she faltered, "a son twenty years of age and a daughter nearly nineteen years. My husband has always been a hard worker and a good provider but for some months he has been quite ill and cannot work. What are we to do? My daughter Ann is a bright and willing girl, and tries all day to find employment. But you know, nowadays a girl must dress well. Evil influences have certainly overtaken us." She sighed. "Joe, as fine a boy as one could meet—and ambitious too—is being held imprisoned by the imigration authorities.. He tried to get across to the United States to friends who promised him work. We didn't know. He just disappeared." A sob and a pause. The tale continued. "My two younger kiddies are going to school and with winter coruing on how shall I clothe them?" The story ended in a flood of tear^. ' A .visit to the home revealed a
humble yet tidy and neat abode. There were marks of better days top. ..In the corner of the living room stood the upright piano. "The last of our fond possessions," she explained, "and it really would not bring much," she apologetically added. The man was in bed and too ill to talk much. Nerves and worry had got the better of him. After thorough medical examination he was found to be suffering from a neglected bronchial trouble. A year of good medical care and supervision would be needed, the doctor had said. The needs were apparent. Medicine, butter, milk, eggs, and fuel were supplied to recuperate a very much rundown condition. Suitable' clothing: for Ann and some temporary work for a start. A letter to the Immigration offices brought Joe home to his family relieved of anxiety. Twenty-five dollars started Joe on a little plan to help himself, for Joe was ambitious, had learned a trade and knew what to do with a little money and encouragement. "Ann and: i are going to join a Jewish young people's group," he said one day, "I think we have been keeping too much to ourselves; we ought to mix more. Mother has joined the self-help group and is making some beautiful things for the home. She is looking brighter," he added. Warm ciothing and shoes had been supplied to the two youngsters, serious little children who had learned all. too soon what the keen pinch of poverty was. There is so much more to tell, but why go on? 'Need we now ask If there is a'need to give? '
THE JEWISH FAMILY FARE BUREAU IS THE LARGES BENEFICIARY OF THE JEWIS" COMMUNITY CHEST. '
Tragedy of Tiberias
Points Ne^ed for Arming
21 Jews Massacred; Tragedy Could Have Been
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REPLY
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State Theatre Co. AViimiipeg, Man.;
Sorry, arrangements all made. Impossible t^ change them. Ship as ordered. Ijliist not be here later than October itth. . ' i , - -
J. I. KOFFMAN
AGAINST II.S. JEWS Nazis Allow330 Jewish
Doctors and 100 Dentists
to Practice in Vienna
Washington, d.c. (wns) —in
one of the sharpest notes delivered by thie United States in recent years to a foreign government on the subject of anti-Jewish laws in Europe, the' State Department' formally; warn-l ed Italy that discrimination against Jews in Italy who are American citizens might re'sult in retaliatory measures' against Italian citizens in this country. The text of the note, which was presented to Italian Foreign Minister Count Ciano, was m&de pul> lie here by the State Department. After reviewing the anti-Jewish decrees in Italy and commenting on the treatment of Italian citizens in the United States, the note said:
"My government believes therefore that upon further consideration the Jews from neighrl Italian government will decide that
boring towns are themselves dismantling the synagogues and selling the wood and metal. .. . Anti-dictator plays are verboten in England these days. . . , And despite England's" vaunted freedom of the press there hasn't been a single cartoon offensive to Hitler published-in any English newspaper since .Wdvtjmber
American citizens lawfully residing in Italy will not be discriminated against on account of race or creed and that they will not be subjected to provisions of the nature of those embodied in the decree-laws in ques-iid'n.";' Some 200 American'Jews in Italy are subject .to the regulations providing for the expulsion of for-
19, 1937, when Chamberlain .first eign Jews;by,Marxsh 12th, 1939;
Patients to be Only the Full-I Blooded and Part Jews \
. VIENNA (WNS)—Only 330 Jewish
physicians and 100' Jewish dentistsj will be allowed to practice in Vienhaj after October 1st when the decree' purging the medical and- dental pro-; fessibns of non-Aryans comes infoj force. Publication of regulations forj enforcing the decree reveal that ihj small towns and fual areas no Jew-j ish doctors or dentists will beper-mitted to practice' although a small number be allowed to practice ini Linz and Graz, which have substan-j tial Jewish populations. Although the list of Jewish physicians and] dentists is believed adequate for the' protection of the health of the Jewish population, they are not expected to be able to-eama living in view of the impoverishrotmt of the' Jewish-cpmmunity : and . the fact that they; must limit their patients to full-' >blooded"and par Jews. Only in'
CZECHS THANK
FOREIGN JEWS
PRAGUE (WNS)—A formal communique thanking the foreign Jews who offered themselves as. volunteers for the Czech army during the war crisis was published here by the Czech ministry of war. The communique declares that "the government will never forget this friendly act on the part of the Jews." •
emergencies may Jewish doctors treat Aryans and vice yersal By classifications the 330 Jewish doctors are divided as follows: 150 general practitioners; 100 specialists; 56 for the Rothschild Hospital, Vienna's only Jewish hospital; 6Jfor-the Old People's Home; 5 fo^ Jewish schobis; and 5 for problems. relating to child welfare.
-^ESfcUSALiBM. jXWNS>r-pThe. «rigka^, sacre of twenty-one'' Jews in Tihe-rias cpjiid. haV^^ averted if there had been suiflcient Jews iind^r arms, Moshe Shertok, head of the political department of the Jewish Agency, said in renewing the plea of the Jewish commuiiity. to permit a greater measure of self-defense. ''It is useless to. wasjte virords in condemnation- of • the: irifant niurdetfers whose acts speak for themselves," Mr. Shertok declarisd.; 'But ^it ia exB^spera,t-ing that biitraiiges of such unspeaLk-able hprripr.must occur before there can' be driven .^hdme the^'justice of the Jewish demand for aidditibnal l^rmitig.'' ^^.^i'- ^ .
'''Thrfee months have passed since we-r^ubmitted p^^ in this re-
i^pecfc;,^^ fli^^^th^; were rejected. i:«iter their validiity was partially ad-naitted,, but bwijng to unpardonable procra,ptination these; prpppsals have notjyeta. been; impieni<§nted.. We Vslc-. ticiilarly .urged the foitopltipn of .additional, .mpbile , liight guards, '.'also cpuhter-ambush patrols, which have proved the mpst,.effective means of ^preventing- aihd . repelling attsick^; The .single Jewish night patrol operating^^ in the "Tiberias region met the ba,nd as it was .returning and inflicted severe punishment on it. If more patrons had been in existence, they,'might .have surprised the band as it approached Tiberiks and prevented the .massacre. This outrage, is a teiirible' price to pay to arouse the awa,rene.ss of the authorities that the measures yeq^^ by the Agency are justified.''
The startling: effert;ii^^ the government of rthe: massacre- at Kiriath Shmuel was reflected in the visit to Tiberias of i.CommanderTin-Chief R. H, Haining, and also of Policer Chief Alan Saunders, together with the District Commissioner fori Galilee. Tiberias and the entire region was in deep mourning that cbmmunibat-
ed itself to every Jew in Palestin The murder pf the children .and th burning of them after 'they' h been killed reminded jthe Yishuv the most,shocking,outrages .of 1929.
NAZIS6RAB
BANKING H«
BERLIN (WNS)—A Jewish banking house that.played an Important role in the development of Germany's heavy industries in the Ruhr before and after the World War and was one of the principal financial backers of the fampus Krupp works, passed into Aryan control when Simon Hirschland Bank was taken over by the recently .organized. Burkhardt & Co. . • The ; Hirschland,,, B£^n^^ ^as' foundedi,lj^,;l8t41f. . , ,, , .,
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The first real Jewish picture ever made.. the greatest synagogue scenes ever fihned.
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The magic voice that thrills thousands from altar
Supported by .
JUDCFH ABABBANEL FLOBENOE WEISS IVnCBLAEaL BOSENBEBa ZSADOBE COSEEB
JUBAH BI.EICH
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