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JEW IB H W B S TlS BN B UL L E T I H
Friday, November an: i^^q
The Jewish Western Bulletin
Published Every Thursday by . VANCOUVEB JEWISH ADMINU^TRATIVE COnNCII.
from the office of The Jewish Western Bulletin 342 West Pender Street, Vancouver, B.C. BULLETIN COMMITTEE
WILLIAM STEINER—-—-__---~~——------------..-Chairman
BERNICE BROWN-_____-------—.---------------------------------Editor
MORRIS BELKIN__________________^_________________________________Associate Editor
HARRY MUSIKANSKY-. CELIA FREEDMAN
..Business Manager
Seymour 1909
..Executive-Secretary
AFTER TEE FBAY
•'The tumult and Tiflie figihting" has died down with the close of the 1936 elections in the land of our lustjy, husky neighbors to the south. It was of exceeding concern to us to see a Jewish iissue raise its head and threaten to take ugly proportions during the election period. Such tactics are a contradiction in terms to the philosophy of a democracy. Alas! in this the Jews were not blameless. As Al Segal points oult this week, individuals stood up to speak for all Jews who in some ciasea seemed barely to have discovered that they were Jews. There is little honor to any man in a democratic country who, because of party partiality (and we certam]|y do not question his righ such paifldality) promises to influence the free vote of minority people in favor of the party which he prefers. *
Well, it is all over now, all over—except the reverberations of the powerful voice in wjhich the people of a great naition spoke. For the Jew in any laud there are results of especial interest as a result of the eledaons which bear uecorfdlng. First of all, it is a pleasure to rejpbrt that the Ch^ in our neighboring
State of WiashSn^n went down to so dismal a failure at the hands of the electorate that it is useless to record the Christian Party poii. It is not usetess, Ihowev^r, that Jewish com-
munities are fuUy cog;mzant of this to keep a steady e^e on such activities of the Christian Bart^
Two of the largest stiates of the United States saw fit to re-elect Jews to guide the ship of state. Governor Herbert. Lehman of New York State achieved his third consecutSve two-year term, <}ovemor Henry Homeir of Illinois, his isecpnd consecutive term.
It was the Shiechter brothers of New York who first put NZBA to a trial in ia fight wl^chNIBA losrt. Sttange to relatie sixteen members (>f llie family of these Shechter brothers admitted that they cast votes for Boosevelt.
Leon Sacks^^^^o^ attorney, will be
the only new Je^wtish member of the 70th ^^C^ elected on a
Democraitdc tickeito the House of Representatives.
It is with regret that we report the defeat of Flomice Prag E&hn of Calif ornia, the first and only Jewess in the United States to serve in Congress. Hers haa been an exceedingly long- and splendid record of public service, dating from 1925 when she succeeded her distinguished husband, Julius Kahn, in Congress. It is of interest to note that Jefferson Peyser, who recently visited Vancouv-er as Grand President of District No. 4, B'nai B'rith Loidge, hais been re-elected to the State Assembly of Califpjima.
Rabbi ZIotnik's First Lecture Sunday Night
On Sunday evening, Nov. 22, the Schara Tzedek Congregation will inaugurate the series of lectures for the season to be given by Rabbi J. L. Zlotnlk.
As on previous years the lectures will be given to the public at large and will take place at the Community Centre on every Sunday evening at 8:15 o'clock.
As an introduction t© the whole series of lectures for the season, Rabbi Zlotnik wil give on the comings Sunday, an evaluation of the state of human society the world over at the present day, and the place of the Jew in it.
Abraham Charkow wil be heard in selections for the violin.
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^r^gfeawwffi^^ their affairs. This official,
a bachelor, aged sixty-two, on being urged to marry, said to his aide: "Very '??dU, find me a isuitable bride." The next day the aide brought to him a girl twelve years old. When the official protested that she was far too yonng, the aide answered: "Oh, that's all right; by the time you make up your mind to marry, shell te'at feast th^
*'Time's reference to "Je\idsh speculators" who had bought up the leases on houses near Mrs. Simpson's residence has aroused great indignation. Why should "Time" take the trouble to call these speculators "Jewish"? As ff any alert real-estate operator •would forego the opportimity to increase his profits by taking advantage of the popular interest in the lady who may some day be Queen of England)! "•Time" should avoid these references. They only create irritation, and do no good to "Time" or the public morale.
, Miss Eva Leon,- the sister of Mrs. Richard Cottheil, has been ill, but it is good to note that she is rapidly recovering her health and strength. Miss Leon is the founder and head of the "Her Tamid" Fund on behalf of the children of Palestine. But her greatest contribution to Jewish life lies in Jher pioneer role before the War in creating a nursing unit which laid the foundations for Hadassah's activity in the nursing field. It was Miss Leon who raised the'money required for the first niurses who went to Palestine, through the assistance of friends in Chicago. For many years Miss Leon was one of the most effective wo:*ien advocates of the Zionist cause, and she has won a high place in the annals of Zionism.
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Rabbi Herman Vogelstein of Breslau,^ Germany, author with Herman Rieger of a history of the Jews in Rome, is visiting this country. He is the brother of the late Ludwig Vogelstein, and a scholar and Rabbi of the iiighest repute. The "Liberal" movement in German Judaism, however, is apparently more like our American conservative movement; the entire struc-tiure of European Judaism differs from our own. Rabbi Vogelstein says that the synagogues in Germany are proving their worth as never before.
"The Brothers Ashkenezi" by I. J. Singer is magnificent. It is one of the finest Jewish novels I have ever read. "Yoshe Kalb" or "The Sinner" as Mamrice Samuel called it, was in its own way, an extraordinary achievement, but this new work is even finer. At the end of the story, the people of Lodz appreciate the fact that everything they have built has been built ^'upon sand". Here lies the tragedy of the Jew hi Galuth. We build only on sand—oiu: fortimes, our reputations, our hopes. Nothing endures. The communities of Europe have come and gone, gone and come again. All that â– endures is Israel, the people. Let us hope that in Zion we are building upon an impregnable foundation.
MADAGASCAR -r- The French-owned island of Madagascar, in the Indian Ocean, was proposed as the site of a Jewish colony by French newspapers in 1935. One paper quoted a former cabinet minister as saying that Madagascar could easily absorb 125,000 Jews. Perhaps—but there is still only a minyan of Jews there.
SYRIA—Early in 1934 it was reported from Paris and Beirut that the French government had agreed to permit 50,000 East Eiuropean Jews to settle in Syria. This report was followed by others that wealthy Jews, had acquired large stretches of land. in Ssrria. But these stories too were 'slightly exaggerated."
If we add up the total nmnber of Jews these suggested Jewish Utopias were supposed to accommodate the, number comes to about 6,000,000, or almost a third of the entire Jewish population of the world. * There have, of course, been a nmnber of practical Jevsrish colonization, projects fathered by responsible Jewish organizations. In this'category are settlement plans in Cyprus, Brazil,,
uay, South was also talk^
ere has alsoi '^'^ ...:witl4^aJes
emigrate if gratiori tJo
various lands in South America, to the United States, South Africa, China and Birobidjan, while some thousands have foimd more or less tt«mporary refuge in European countries.
All these proposals—serious and fantastic alike—stem from the anxiety to find homes for the crushed Jews of Eastern Europe and Germany. But, since the Jews have noc yet made full use of available facilities in Palestine, why should irresponsible, persons distract attention, create commotion and arouse baseless hopes with projects that are but the imaginings of Luftmenschen?
Palestine, today the principal country of Jewish immigration, has room
for a least himdreds of thousands cf Jews, but world Jewry gives less than $3,000,000 a year to promote settlement there. To talk of Angola, Ecuador, etc., as if they were Jewish Utopias is absurd, if not malignant, when it is common knowledge that the compassion of wealthy Jews for their stricken brethren is not yet so acute as to lead them to make enough sacrifices to take full advantage of the available haven of refuge. It would require many times $3,000,000 to settle Jews in some of the places suggested, even if these proposals were based on fact.
The time has come to stop chasing mirages. If there are territories where substantial numbers of German and East European refugees can be settled with some practical hope of permanent existence, public opinion should know about them. But constant nrniors of settlement projects m this or that part of the world are not only confusing but positively dangerous. Why should not interested Jewish organizations create a coordinated comanission of experts to inv
BOOK SHELF
Robert Nathan's new story "The Enchanted Voyage" is doubtless enjoying considerable popularity, and it deserves it. Mr. Nathan gives noiur-ishment to the large public which he has gathered to liimself during these recent years, particularly through his tale of the depression, "One More Spring." Mr. Peckett, Sarah, his wife, Mary, the Dentist, the Calf, and other personalities in "The Enchanted Voyage" are enchanting characters, and they maintain the aristocratic line which Mr. Nathan has called into being through the power of imagination and fantasy. Moreover, there are strong overtones and undertones of meaning which are not lost upon the discerning reader. Mr. Nathan still believes that the world needs compassion; he takes up the cudgels on behalf of the himable and underprivileged in his own unique way. It cannot be said that Mr. Nathan's art is robust; it is not fragile or anaemic, but it Is surely not athletic. I was reading a mystery story: "Harvard Has a Homicide" in the "Atlantic," and caiiie' across a ime concerning an old gentleman asked
The latest addition to Vancouver's smart new fumitnre storts is tlje Standard Parniture Co., at 1272^ OrwiviUo Street;. wMcli held thsir official oBenlOK this week. Operating on completely mod am premises with latest modernistic styling toth In merclianaiM and fixtures this new firm offers a complete and up-to-date line of every branch of furniture. The Standard Pumltnre Co. offers iti natrons every type of convenience in planning and purchasing. Most complete lines of living-room, bedroom and kitchen ftailBljlMB are carried, as ^11 aa rugs, radios and electrical appliances. Special departments include a Trade-in. Mail Order. Home DecoraSng,
to remain with a young" girl for a moment: "The spirit of rguardlng frightened ladies had not died in him," This line seemed to me entirely typical of Mr. Nathan though It was written by Timothy Puller. Y^, Mr. Nathan's style has undeniable merits, and above all it has extraordinary originality. No one in this country writes like Mr. Nathan. The chief question, however, is whether Mr. Nathan is making progress as a literary artist. Is he attaining mastery, or merely repeating himself? Are his stories, like,the flight of Mr. Peckett, attempts to escape from the realities of the moment? The class-struggle, the quest for security, the blood and fire of revolution, are not lost upon Robert Nathan, but he distils them into a liquid of rare brew. The "tough-minded" among us may rebel, but the "tender-minded' may be edified. Mr. Nathan has made a place for himself in American letters, but "The Enchanted Voyage'^ makes us wonder whether he has made it Ample and consequential. Ours may be a counsel and criticism seeking perfection, but I hope it is not irrelevant or amiss.
—^Babbi Lonis I. NcrniiiaiL
Bingo an4 Bridge at Ce&U^
PLAIN TALK
(ColliiiMifd from P.-iflc I)
CALENDAR FOR WEEK
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20:
6:00 pjn.—Congregation Schara Tzedek. 8:00 p.m.—Congregation Beth Israel,
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21:......
9:00 a.m.—Congregation Schara Tzedek. 9:00 aJn.—Congregation Beth Israel. SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 22:
3:15 pjn.—Rabbi Ziotnik Lecture. 8:15 pjn.~A.Z.A.—Jr. Auxiliary B3.—Bingo Night. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26:
8:15 pjn.—Jewjifih Youth Federation Board Meeting. An invitation is hereby extended to all youzig people in the community to attend a Tea Danoe of the ^Seattle Junior Council at the Mayflower Hotel i^Simduy, Novemher 22, from 4 to 8 pjn.
called Jewish. So lefty their characters that they have stood high above any barb of anti-Semitism that might be cast. Anti-Semitism (if any) has stood abashed in the presence of their righteousness.
It seems to me that the Cincinnati Jews have set a bright example for Jews in pohtics. They have never considered that Jews as Jews have any claims on political favor. Their utterances as Jews (except in the recent instance) have been given only to Jewish causes; their voices in politics have been the outgivings of citizens zealous for civic virtue.
This is the worthy part a Jew may play in politics. He becomes a ludicrous figure when he is seen serving as attendant to Candidate Glutz to dress him up as a friend of Jews. He reminds me of some of our rabbis at Passover time when they give the indorsement of pesachdik to horseradish, milk and cheese.
Since (when this is read) the time for political propaganda will be over, I may safely say that I voted for Roosevelt. I voted for him because I feel kin to his social idealism. This kinship brought to him the vote of many another Jew. Jews were conscious of that kinship the more when they heard the president quoting (in the Madison Square Garden speech) their prophet . . . "What doth the Lord thy God require but to deal justly" . . .
I felt victorious to hear our prophet's words applauded tremendously in a political meeting. Our own ideals seemed inarching iii the hearts of men;
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