Evening star., 1919-03-22
JERUSALEMDR0PS
FEUDS TO MOURN
All Now United in PRAYER.
Lament for Slain GaIician
Brethren.
"TE-KE.0O" AGAIN ::EARD
BY MARION wEINSTEIN.

BY MARION WEINSTEIN
JERUSALEM. February 10 (by
maiD. - TIE -ke-oo - Te-ke-oo,' the
notes ring out. poignant. pitiful
| Te-ke-oo.' Once again the rams
horn sounds Israel's woe in the streets
| of Jerusalem. Once again it resounds
in the hoary riffs of the "Wailing
| Wall" remnant of Hell. w glory.
! symbol of Hebrew fa,l. Piercing.
clear. it heralds a mighty surge of
| grief For from the gloom of a hun
J dred souls cry is wrung. uncanny
in the smiling sunshine. The Jews
of Jerusalem have come to mourn, to
| pray They have brought to their
| f1ction, the fresh page in their long
,, tragedy-the slaughter of their
brethren in free Galicia.
The bearded elders in their faded
kaftans bend and sway over their
huge tones. Their ca arlocks brush the
yellowfng leaves of prayer. Apart on
the cobbled street sit shawled women.
scar heshless. resting their quivering
forms against a native hut. Their
younger sisters, o.d-young women.
press the temple ruin. Now they
fondle the stones and now they clutch
them in despair. choking dry sobs.
Beyond. girl is weeping. She has
lived through Russian poGrom.
Talmud Torah Boys Awed.
There is a lull in the vail. For a
moment the mass of motley headgear
skull caps, turbans fezes-ceases to
sway. But only for a moment. And
now the little Talmud Torah boys
come from their schools. tiny replicas.
with their side curls and long. coats.
of their elders. They file in under
their rabbits eye, look of awe on
their pale faces
Jerusalem has forgotten it's squab-
bles. In this hour OF prayer and
mourning before their Maker all Jews
are brothers. Sephardim join Ash
kanaZim. Here is a Georgian, tower
ing above his ghetto-stunted kinsmen.
And beside him a Yemenite. yellow.
bead-eyed. willy. chants his psalm as
his ancestors have done for centu-
ries in Arabia. The radical too. has
been stirred by his peoples sorrow,
in the shadow of the "Wailing Wall"
as he stands erect, smooth h-shaven. a
walking stick in the crook of his
arm.
Jewish Soldiers .'S' Call.
"A dole dole" wretched bundle
of rags whimpers through the crowd.
Between two sputtering candles
against the wall a khaki-clad soldier
from the Jewish battalion pauses to
read the call to this prayer that was
posted for days in the streets Of the
Holy City, in Hebrew and in Yiddish:
Terrible reports come to US. one
after the other. from Galicia. Enc
mics of Israel shed Jewish blood like
water. Hundreds Of Jewish victims
have been murdered amid all sorts
of atrocities. Countless innocents.
men. women and children. our peo-
in Lemberg alone one hundred and
eight. butchered and burned, were
buried in one grave. Scores of scrolls
of the law have been destroyed, and
such outraRes were committed as in
the day of the destruction Of the tenn
in deadly terror.
Summoned to Temple Ruin.
"Our elders, therefore, have met and
decided that the whole community
men. women and children-should re-
assemble Tuesday at s O'Clock, Arabic
time, at the Temple Ruin. to read the
psalms and blow the shofar that the
Lord above may take pity upon our
brethren"
"lbrahim. Ibrahim"' shrill cry
strikes the air. From the roof of her
stone hut a swarthy Arab woman
calls her son. who has somehow been
caught in the wailing. swaying multi-
tude. "Ibrahim.''
The Jewish soldier rescues the re-
luctant Ibrahim just as score of
British Tommies appear in the wake
of Moslem guide.
Here you have the Jews Wailing
WALL" he recites in sing-song. The
upper stones were built in the time OF
the Romans, but the lower blocks
belonged to Solomon's Temple. Here
the Jews come every Friday to wall"
The Jewish soldier has recognized 4
fellow Jew in an American Red Cross
doctor, standing thoughtfully at the
edge of the praying crowd.
Americans Meet at Wall.
From what part Of the states are
you?" he whispers eager.y. I'm from
Philly. ] thought you might be. too"
Down the stony steps leading to
the wailing ] place new figures sr,e are are ever
Torah children are leaving with their
rabbi The weeping girl leans against
the Arab. hut now her eyes half
closed, her lips trembling. The old
young women still cling to the wall
as if the God whose ear they seek
were in it's very stones.
"a dole. dole" The beggar renews
her quest.
The sun sinks lower and lower. but
still they come, old and young, the
Jews OF Jerusalem. The praying
forms never weary. Ever their cry
ripUs ahoye the noise of the cifv q
century old cry. The. statesmen of
their people, marking the bloody rec
ord Of 'Galicia. ask again for a Jewish
nation in the world councils !. But
they. the Jews of Jerusalem. remem-
Der they are children of Israel, and
ask only of their Father pity for their
helpless brethren, the eternal victims,
even in the dawn of peace.
Especial Dinner Dance
at the Wardman Park Hotel Saturday,
March 22. pm. Reserve tables now.