The Denver Jewish news., 1921-01-26
WeeklyLetter from New
York
A WEEK OF GUESTS IMPORTANT
CONVENTION WITH UNIMPORT-
ANT RESULTS JEWISH LABOR
CONDITIONS THEATRE FAIL
ING IN INTEREST.
BY Jewish News Service.

during the week prominent anu iii
portant guests-Dr. Schmarja Levine
Major James Rothschild, Chief Rabbi
Peretz Zewi Chayes of Vienna, the
former Grand Rabbi of Turkey Chain
Nahum and the Bundist Medem.
Every one of the foregoing guests
has been for years in Jewish public
life and is more or less prominent. All
interested in Jewish public life are ac.
quninted with their careers and all
American Jews have great respect for
them. They are men OF great ability,
and they have given their ability
for the Jewish people. They therefore
deserve the thanks of our people.
All of them have been received
warmly and in friendly manner by
the American people, in the press and
thru their representatives.
Each one of the guests has come to
us with an individual message and his
own peculiar idea of the most imme-
diate task for American Jewry. Our
guests have stated that much, to rep
Iesenrntives of the Jewish daily press
in New York.
There may be more than one opinion
about their proposed tasks. but there
can be but one opinion about our
guests. All are welcome to us, al!
have our sincere respect and we are
glad to receive them all.
Other guests have come to New
York Jewry this week. They were
delegates to che convention of the
United Synagog.
There were $50 delegates at that
convention. and many questions were
discussed. all of interest to present.
day Jewrv, and many resolutions We're
udopted, resolutions of n type tina.
would he adopted by every other jew
ish convention.
There was no new idea, no new
word. Everything in such matter Of
fact fashion. almost banai.
We expected that. of all others. this
convention of OrthodoX American
Jews would bring forth new idea
which might be classe1 as Jewish.
American. We thought it would bring
forth something great-minded ana
strong in an, american spirit. idealist
and really ,.uman-in accordance with
the Jewish spirit.
So we hoped and expected, but we
had another disappointment.
There is little of comfort in our
Jewish labor organizations. Mems
toilors are OH strike. Furriers have
lccn on strike and lost. In other jew
ish trades labor leaders lOOH for all
sorts of opportunities to avoid strikes.
and the situation arOuses strong critic
ism among the workers. Then the
wrath is poured out against the orgahi-
zation itself or some of the leaders.
The leaders are also dissatisfied with
the masses.
1t really is sad state of affairs
In the last few years Jewish labor or
caniZations have commenced to take
more active interest in Jewish nf-
fairs. 1t is sufficient 70 mention the
great work performed by the Jewish
labor unions for the war sufferers
And we thought that our workers Will
be brought more and more into purely
Jewish interests and activities. when
along came this crisis and destroyed
all our hopes.
There is n crisis in the Jewish the
acre, too.
No great actors have come to us
during this season-Kessler is dead
Adler is old ana Tomashefsky decay
ing. the last-named has not played a
creative part for many Years. OF the
Younger stars, Celia Adler has gone to
Philadelphia, Ben-Ami Is on the Eng
lish stage and Zatz has lost himself
in some comica, parts which give him
no opportunity for che display of his
talent.
All these losses might perhaps be
compensated by the genius of Schild-
kraut, who was with us during TINS
season. But is ill and cannot appear
now.
There are, neither Jewish actors nor
Jewish plays. There was really no
play during this season of the slight
est Importance. All We're cheap mel
odramas. light comedies, and second
hand productions.
1t is n sad state of affairs, and
tedious are the performances of the
Jewish theatre.
The New York Y. NJ. ii. A. is now
the holder of two amateur boxing
CHAMPIONSHIPS of the Metropolitan