Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-05-26
RUTH .TABLEAUX AND
ADDRESS ON ZioNfSM
Before Norwich Sooieties-Dr. George
Cohen of Hartford Speaks for Return
to Palestine.

Nonen OF hartford speaks Tor Return
to Palestine.
An inspiring address by DR.. George
Cohen, Phi. D., of Hartford and the
presentation of tahleaux upon the
Biblical story of Ruth were given on
Sunday evening before g. crowded
house at the Colonial theatre under
Order Sons of Zion, the Jewish Bible
school and the United Zionist clubs.
The address, given in both Hebrew
and English. was upon the subject of
scientific Zionism and proved paFticu-
larry interesting during the hour in
which DR.. Cohen spoke. He was in-
troduced by Charles NJ. Gordon, chair
man of the education committee of the
camp.
Seven Factions.
DR.. Cohen pointed out seven Jewish
factions, all trying to solve the Jewish
problem. OF these he described first
the orthodox Jew, who maintains that
the Je wis everlasting, indestructible,
and that no power on earth will van
quish him, and salvation and restora-
ton will only come from God. The
reformed Jews argue that we are hap
py here in America. We have Our
temple and our rabbi, Why should we
worry for the Jews in Russia and Rou-
mania? twenty-five years ago they
even decided to omit all prayers which
relate to Palestine and Zion and pro-
claimed that the United States is
Palestine and Washington is Jerusa-
lem.
Another faction is the assimilation
ist who says assimilate, amalgamate
in other words, cease to be Jews ard
there will be no Jewish problem, Such
a proposal was never made to any
other nation, to cease to be themselves.
Then there is the socialist who tries
! to solve the problem by having the
| Jew to accept his doctrine, but that is
too long to wait. 1t might be all right
! in the long run. and it might not be,
and why should you wait for an ex-
pertinent?
There is also the territorialist, who
says take your Uganda which is offer
| ed by Great Britain or the territory
| that was offered by Jacob H. Schiff in
| this country. The territorialist idea
was expouuded by Israel Zangwill, and
after advocating it for II years he has
| just announced that territorialism is
! bankrupt. And Jacob Sehiff had to
give up his Galveston bureau for the
same reason.
1t has remained for the Zionist to
offer and give the only correct solu-
| ton of the problem, and that is &C
quire legally again the land that for
merly belonged to us in Palestine
made sacred by our blood and hallow-
| more dream, it is a reality. There
are Al prosperous colonies that have
grown up in the past 20 years ali
| through the work of concentration.
Colonies Self Supporting.
Among other things that DR.. Cohen
| said was that if we didn't have the
| pauper Jewish population who go there
| to die, there would have been no need
| for shipping fGodstuffs to Palestine be-
cause the colonists are well to do and
able to take care of themselves if the
war should last three years.
He was loudly applauded as he closed
his stirring address.
Ruth TabIeaux.
The Ruth tabIeaux were under the
| direction of Herman Alofsin, I'd, assist
| ed by Miss Lena Shereshevsky and
| Miss Fannie Levine. They were ad-
| mlrably carried out and We're given in
appropriate costume and stage setting
| for the several scenes, so that the
| BIBLICAL story of Ruth was given in a
very clear and impressive manner
| Scythes and sicl<les loaned by the
| Eaton Chase company and bundles of
| straw by Fire Chief Howard L. STAN
ton were of use in the stage settings
| The music was by Sweets orchestra
and the hall was decorated with Zion
| ist flags and banners.
| The characters were taken as fol-
lows:
Boaz, Abraham Levine; Ruth, Miss
Fannie Levine; Orpah, Miss Eva Gold
! berg; Naomi. Miss Gussie Siegal;
! cleaners, Miss Rose Goldberg, Miss
Bessie Shereshevsky, Miss Dora
| Crumb: reapers. Max Hertz, Henry
A symbolical tableau of the Jewish
national fund picturing leaf of the
golden book of the Jewish national
fund was presented by Miss Dinah
Kadesh, Paul Schwartz, Benjamin Ben
dett and Henry Levine.
Jewish NafionaI E,pJ
At the conclusion of the tableaux,
Israel Cohen gave description of the
work for the Jewish National fund and
| what has been accomplished so far
| He spoke as follows:
Tonight we are honoring at the same
time the most ancient and the most
modern institutions expressive of Jew
ish national life-Shabouth, the fes-
tival of the first fruits Of the land,
and the Jewish national fund, the
Zionist institution whose purpose it is
to regain for the Jewish people that
ancient soil of the first fruits of our
history, our religion and our national
ideals
The Jewish national fund is a fund
raised by the Jewish people for the
Jewish people. Its chief object is to
acquire land in Palestine and its vi
cinity, which land becomes the per-
manent and inalienable property of the
Jewish people. The land bought by
the Jewish national fund cannot be
sold. 1t belongs to the Jewish people
to you and me-forever. 1t may be
and is leased to Jewish farmers and
to Jewish institutions, but it is own
ed by the whole Jewish people.
Although founded by the Zionist
congress as late as 1901, the Jewish
national fund now amounts to nearly
$1,000 900. Twenty five per cent. of
this is held in reserve for emergencies.
The rest is to be devoted to the pur-
chase of land in Palestine, and to its
cultivation.
The Jewish national fund has ac-
quired many tracts of fertile land in
Palestine. On this land there are
workmen's agricultural colonies; farm
schools for men and women; the ag-
ricultural experiment station; groves
of olive and other fruit trees, and also
workmen's dwellings, which have been
built by the Jewish national fund with
a fund especially raised for the pur-
pose; the Bezalel Art school and other
schools and institutions are built upon
national fund land.
The Jewish national fund is raised
entirely by voluntary offerings from
the Jewish people. 1t is the peoples