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JEWISH WESTERN BULLETIN
THURSDAY, MARCH 12, 1936
The Jewish Western Bulletin
Published Every Thursday by THE VANCOUVER JEWISH ADMINISTRATIVE COUNCIL
from the office of McBeath, Campbell & Smith Ltd. 326 West Pender Street, Vancouver, B.C.
BULLETIN COMMITTEE WILLIAM STEINER ..........................................................................Chairman
A Jewish Sect
Doomed to Extinction
The Karaites of Jerusalem May Not Long Endure
B. B. Goodfellows American Woman Is Entertain B'nai Honored In Palestine B'rith Members Jerusalem—Honor such
_ as has never been paid to any
living woman in modern Palestine was accorded recently to _ Miss Henrietta Szold, 75-year
The B. B. Goodfellows play- Zionist woman leader as the A u^r,4- 4.^ r,^^^ ^„„.!.. foremost leaders of Palestine
Champion Barney Ross Attends
vvx^^x^.vx oxx....^x...........................................................................—Opposite the R. Nissim Back synagogue m the Old tuicmusc xeaacrs oi x-aicHnue
BERNICE BROWN..............................................................................Editor City of Jerusalem, there is a high wall with a locked efertH RS.f R^i-fh ^.^h^l^ Jewry gathered at the Jewish
HARRY MUSIKANSKY....................................................Business Manager wooden door reached by Several steps from the crazily at a Stag dinner in thi inai^n Agency Building for a recep-
For advertising rates, phone Seymour 1909
ANTI SEMITISM IN ENGLAND
London of late, has been feeling its share of anti- ^^^^^t^^,^Ztte'^nl^
cobble-stoned square. The uninitiate pass it by with- dining room of the Hotel ^T^."'^^^^^?, 'i^'^^'l^^^y out a glance—probably, they think, the entrance to a Georgia last Saturday night. ^jr'^Lr .^^^J^l^Z'i' chatzer, a courtyard of dwellings. Yet to the initiate Theaffair was attended by an ^^gettlement ^ Pale!t ne has the locked door, opened but rlrely to the stranger, ZfTXn^l^eZTr^ ^n^nLrd^'f^^^^^^^^^
and representatives of practic. ^ new cc^ony,^wh.c^^^^^^^^
semitism^but with rather refreshing and reassuring Ghetto Laws Recentlv ^^^JT^r^"^ "^^^ FuUTfew™k:
results. the six or seven dwellings of ^jtlCttO LaWS KeCCntly m the city were on hand. presented her with an al-
Rififht onto the floor of the House of Commons the the Karaite sect of the Holy Repealled Bv Persia ChSmi^'of^he wor d ^um of photographs showing
^ ^ cident^lly a B. B. member out J^^vf ^/-^^ g-l'^^t^ been accomp-
Emulating of the Chicago Lodge, was the ^"^1^ Z^ll'I tf^'c^^l^r'
matter was recently taken, for frank and open discus- Land, sion. ..Mr. Thurtle, M.P., a labor man raised the issue. Twelve Centuries of History
ISTANBUL
Reports tell us that the British public was "shocked" Barely a religious quorum re- progressive methods of guest of honor of the evening. isaL Befzvi Pre^ of
by his revelations. mains to attend services in the^^^^^^ 1^^^' ^'^^'^■^''K Chairman, Saul J - '"^^^ President of
Particularly astonishing were English Fascist acti- underground house of worship^^^^f 3^'/^^^^^^^ on introducing th
vities in the Shoreditch dictrict. There pickets had wrth weird Midd^^^^^^^^^ set-^Shah of^ Per.a has is^sued |-d h m-^^^
been posted in front of Jewish shops bearing signs, ra?ai?e"s\a:rLth\^^^^^^^^^ h^^V P-tic^^^^^^^^^^^^^ cL'^thaTe
which read—"The Jews are in the shops and we are in give history and a literature of f ^^^^^^'^S ^o reports from Te- and glory reflected upon the Szold the gutter. Put the Jews in the gutter and the Eng- their own, their days are num-:!}5^" Jewish" race of his brilliant re-
lish4n into the shops," ^rorn ;^;^jonci^ bered^an. the, .a,^„ot U^^^j^^'^^^ Z ISL^l't^l^ 1^" in A" r a'.™a„." the fi.st
project in Miss
s name. Among certificate designat-
that so long as the civilized world permits thousands flZ\^^LT^.n^^'^lt^^^ g^^b they have had beaudfil ^ra^vdHnf case suit^ title conferred by the city Of able bodied men to go jobless and idle, envy will ^^^^^^^^J^^to wear fo'r generations, and ^^^enUv^^^^^^^^^ Slis?k^oJi\" D T^Tr*' always be rampant and the little band of Jews who diminished their number both P^''"?'* ^^^f ""^iT esteem was made by Manny ^'^^ ff.'^'^TvI'^ earn their living by honest toil will be the special butt in Jerusalem and in Cairo, their'^'^"f^y. *° Goldsmith; and an Honorary Vice-Mayor of Tel Aviv. .... ^--------.----i-.i^,, professions on a basis of equal- niembership into the Goodf el- -
of this envy. last remaining strongholds. j, . . - --—......----^^v,. ^ . «
The upshot of the discussion in the Commons was The Karaite creed has been a ilation! ^ ^ !.?yi_°5?\"/."^'^°^.^^l Mozart TnO Recital that Sir John Simon, Home Secretary, has promisied tenacious one. For close on to' to use the power of his office to prevent further out- twelve centuries these descend- f
They Say . •.
"No greater thing could come to our land today than a revival of the spirit of religion—a revival that would ^sweep throngs the homes of the nation and stir the hearts of men and women of all faiths to a reassertion of their belief in God and their dedication to his will for themselves and for their world. I doubt if there is any problem—social, political or economic that would not melt away before the fire of such a spiritual a-wakening." — President Franklin D. Roosevelt in his Brotherhood Day Address.
breaks of hooliganism-and that wUl be a help-but anfs of A„a„ the Me^^^^^^^^^
not a cure. tenets which cleaved them a-
- way from the main body of .
THE VIEWPOINT OF DAVID DE SOLA POOL J,^;^-, ''t^^p^^ IS
"Some of the most urgent problems facing us are as those who saw little faith or broad as mankind, and nothing less than the mobiliza- J" tion of all the human and religious forces ot the coun- ^ury; and apparently placed lit-try will suffice to battle with them successfully," says tie value in the charity of the Rabbi Pool, leader of the Spanish Portuguese Syna- casuistic rabbis, gogue of New York in a short, vital article to the Chafed at Rabbis American Hebrew. ^ ^ Nearly twelve hundred years
Crime, for instance, on the march as it is today, oij ago a large number of Jews of the menace of dictatorship, or the threat of war Rabbi Mesopotamia and adjacent Pool sees as issues so "gigantic" "penetrating" and lands chafed at the teachings "challenging" that Protestant Catholic and Jew must LVpr:tt"^^ jX grapple with them together if their rehgious claims a manner which they
are to continue to hold the respect of men and to be considered repugnant to the related to .the urgent needs of men."..... Written.Law as exemplified in
In shorV"We are all one in our exposure to moral} the Pentateuch. The latter, e^^ls and in our social and moral responsibiUty and ^S.flt^ptWrol't b^ad- ^ independence. ^ , , . , . . ening; for the Bible contained
These are heartemng words which come from the all that the Jew might want JEWISH TENANTS MUST pen of the distinguished Rabbi. They tell us some= for the religious regulation of MOVE thing, which in troubled moments many of us have his life. Nothing in the con- /p^g 3^^^^ Aryan landlords started to doubt, that we Jews really are part and temporary system of mankind ^^ave undertaken a sweeping parcel of the fabric of humanity. That until man- tty^^rrrL'cLTg'e^h^ .^^°"t H
kind sets about putting his affairs to rights, we Jews,
meaning or the purpose of the ti!!!fJftc; ^ ^ ^^^^
who are but a tiny fraction of mankind, can do but Book. q^^/ ^-^ hundred Jewish
little for our affairs. Anan and his followers had.tenants in the Friedenau, Tem-
moved to Jerusalem soon after pelhof and Wilmersdorf dis-the establishment of their sect, tricts of Berlin have already and they became outlawed a- received notice to leave their mong the outcast Jewry. The houses before 1st of April and latter, who saw no reason why no new Jewish tenants are ac-they should be persecuted be- cepted by the landlords, cause of others, took the Kara-
red upon him. The Champion Tk% >-n ^ in his response showed that he PlayS Xo CapaCltV
was deeply moved and made a * ^
marvelous impression on the J~l0llSe crowd with his most genial The Mozart Trio presented a personality and sincerity. Art recital last Tuesday night in Winch, combination trainer the Aztec Room of the Hotel and manager, was at the Georgia to a large audience, champ s side. Mr. Robert The trio, composed of Abram Kemp represented the Jewish Charkow and Marvin Darrach, Western Bulletin and Hal violinists, and Clifford Laidler, Straight Represented the Sun. pianist, presented a variety pro-• Tommy Burns, former Heavy- gram including the works of weight Champion of the world, Qluck, Bortz, Vecsey, JVlozart, was an invited guest and was Schubert and a special arrange-introduced. Brief addresses ment of Kol Nidre by Gustav were made by President Sam Saenger which was cordially
Hyman and Chairman of '^Z'^^^ * it""^ a/?*'^' • ,/ , , . ,, ^ Miss Annabelle McKenzie,
Membership, Harold Freeman, well-known Mezzo-Soprano, A very highly entertaining pro- the assisting artist on the program followed with Joe Miller gram, offered several delightful acting as master of ceremonies, "umber. The evening wound up with an t • . 1. i-j i. cards -an^^ftmrnmA^Re ^.u^Jt^X^j^Sl "sfcuto Patricia and Connaught rooms, day .
CALENDAR FOR THE WEEK
Friday, March 13, 1936—
6:00 p.m.—Schara Tzedek Congregation. ^ , ,
8:00 p.m.—Beth Israel Congregation. Rabbi Cass will {tes as their scapegoats and lost
preach.
Saturday, March 14, 1936—
9:00 a.m.—Schara Tzedek Congregation. 9:00 a.m.Beth Israel Congregation. Sunday, March 15, 1936—
9:30 a.m.—Beth Israel Sunday School. 8:00 p.m.—A. Z. A. Meeting. 8:15 p.m.—Rabbi Zlotnik Lecture. 9:00 p.m.—Pioneer Women Social Evening. Monday, March 16, 1936—
8:00 p.m.—Poale Zeiri Zion. 8:00 p.m.—Burrard Conservative Women. 8:00 p.m.—Beth Israel Congregation Meeting. Tuesday, March 17, 1936—
8:00 p.m.—B. B. Ladies Auxiliary. 8:00 p.m.—Samuel Lodge B'nai B'rith. Wednesday, March 18, 1936—
2:00 p.m.—Beth Israel Sisterhood.
Lecture Sunday
little opportunity, it is feared, DaKKi 'Zir^tnth- Tr% to impeach them before first, *vaE>Dl Z/lOtUlK lO
the Crusading Christians and r second, the Moslem authorities. ^ . , Emigration among the Kara- 9"^ °? ^ interesting
ites followed; they went to ^5"?^^^'' .1,^^^^.^'^*°'"^ Cairo and to other parts of 5"^/^"^,^lI be discussed by North Africa, though Jerusa- J^^^^.^ J'^J^^*"^^.^" week-lem remained their religious, ly lecture at 8:15, Sunday even-national and communal centre. W'^.* the Community Centre. Slowly, too, they were forced Zlotnik will discuss the
into seclusion, into practicing ^edrah of the week and cur-their faith by stealth and se- fent events in Yiddish, preced-crecy, and, during the bitter- ^he English lecture.
ly fanatic Arab times, they -
built a subterranean synagogue . rqME AS refuge to escape their torm'entors,
much as the Crypto-Jews of A considerable number of
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Thursday, March 19, 1936—
8:00 p.m.—British Israel. Endorsed Affairs—
March 18—B'nai B'rith Auxiliary Dance. March 22—Goldie Myerson Meeting.
Monday, March 23-viata"—in Italian.
Tuesday, March 24-in English.
Wed. Mat., Mar. 25-
-"La Tra-
Spain, Portugal and Persia. A German Jewish students, male colony of them flourished for and female, have now found re-some hundreds of years in fuge in the Italian Universi-South Russia, where there are ties.
still several thousand, but their The Italian Government has record of recent times is not also been instrumental in se-a brilliant one. curing facilities for the German
„, , . ^ , Jewish students to obtain mon-
Slowly Dying Out f^^^ ^^^-^ p^.^^^s in Ger-
Annoiif F,V«t WppIt , Ar u ua -1 » 1 Gradually the Karaites are many for their upkeep in Italy,
/appear nrSt WeeK Tuesday, March 24—"Aida"— dying out, so that only eight Signor Mario Levy, the Jew-
or nine families remain in jgh editor of the important Fas-
.....,________ "Martha" Jerusalem and but a handful cist Organ "The Regime Fas-
in English. (Followed by r^7°* cista" has been singled out for
illet Divertissements) ^o you may well stand the honor.
----------- ------------, ^ and muse sorrowfully in front , The Government has iust
here of the San Carlo Grand Wed. Eve., Mar. 25-'Xohen- of that wooden door in a blank created h?m a Knight of the
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San Carlo Opera Will >ear First Week In March
Six nights of Grand Opera are in store for music lovers of Vancouver with the appearance
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Opera Company, March 23 to grin"—in German. 28 inclusive. The productions Thursday, Mar. 26—" will be given at the Strand tore"—in Italian.
Carlo' Peroni, a veteran in ^"^^^y- ^^^^^^^^ 27-
wall which stands as a symbol Order of the Crown of Italy. II Trova- for so much—and so little. In
the world of operatic conduct-
hauser"—in German.
this materialistic age the pas- ' "Tann ^'"^ ^ religious credo, fruit English and German are the " of a dominant and urgent sin- most popular "foreign" lan-cerity of so long ago, needs guages taught in schools of
ing, has been musical director Sat. Mat., Mar. 28—"Madam more attention than a wistful Soviet Russia, of the company for fifteen Butterfly"—in English; Hizi thought of its past glory; it Except those, perhaps, who years. He offers Vancouver a Koyke. requires a national lament perceive the melancholy re-
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