The Denver Jewish news., 1922-09-27
WeeklyLetter from New
York
ARE THERE NOT ENOUGH JOIN.
ERi'?-"SEMlCHA" FROM THE
POPE A SAD SEQUEL THE
OLD TROUBLE.
BY GERsHoN AGKONsKY

Jewish New York is to have a uni
que Join Week beginning September
14ti. Jewish youths will be asked 10
enroll in classes and clubs devoted to
Jewish education. These classes and
clubs Will be conducted in different
ncighborioods within easy reach Of all
who can Ike persuaded to join. The
idea III admirable. Thes, classes. one
hopes. will not replace existing ac-
tivities OF the kind of the Young Ju,lca,
the League Of Jewish Youth and 9TH
ers ARE carrying OH. 1t should be pos
sible to arrange In the neighborhoOds
where these clubs are located to have
| them made the centres OF Intensified
Jewish education. The desire to
Join" something or other ipeing NJ
strong ns 1t is. in the juvenile as well
as the adult. there should be no ,l..arth
Of ''joiners.' II anything. nn overflow
might he feared. the directors being mn
able r. cope with the large numbers Of
applicants The pains the imitiators
are taking to convince the public that
thaA l<tukuc
is right in launching the campaign. ap
pear. on the whole. gratuitous. There
h something wrong. roo. with the zap
peal" An attempt hnx been made to
marshall the opinions Of Jewish judges
that criminal tendencies among Jews
nrr due principally to lack OF relig-
ious training
Even II true. It IL hardly p0ssible
to conceive Of an etiuca iional move
ment as crime deterrent. The ap-
peal of the TOrah. Of our history and
of our national needs ought to suffice
for the recrnitiag Of az many Join.
ers" as can le reasonably cOl,ed with.
Ten Jewish theological students"
uo1asaeN, wh1 had expressed u -vsesire1
TO meet the head OF the Roman Cath
ollie Church. had little or no difficul-
ty in having their wish gratifietl, the
Pope's ways being democratic" This
is the story told by Mr. Joshua Gold
berg who says he arranged to briag
the future rabbis before the Pontiff.
And the story runs:
with little or no ceremony. Mr.
Goldberg and the ten young men Of
his party were ushered into the pres
rnce of Plus NJ. He received them
with n smile. Mr.. Goldberg said. and.
after .bestowing upon them his bless
ing in Latin. he talked with them in
Hebrew for twenty minutes"
1t is pity tor mercy the young
men 80 signally blessed are doomed,
by heartless reporter. tn inglorious
anonymity. The Jewish congregations
to whom these mem will minister some
day would doubtlessly Ike glad to know
that the rabbis have received sem
iclla'' among others, from the Pontiff.
Does not this story remind. you Of
the tale of the very pious old Jewish
woman who. startled her family. sur
rounding her bedside. by expressing a
wish to receive communion Of the
Priest ..becausc who knows. that that
will not be Of some help in the other
world?"
That Winthrop (Mass). incident was
closed rather suddenly. not too soon
perhaps considering the dramatic
personnel hut 1t all ended stormily
enough tn please all the managers of
all the exclusive hotels and club of all
WinthrOps. II ended i'm II rOw--a plain.
unmittignted row. Of the Winthrop re-
pOrts-which need not hereafter ex-
cite our credluiity-are to be believed.
Mrs Kanns( k-a-n-n. mind you. and not
Kahn. KOhn or COheno denied she had
been excluded from the Cliff House on
the grou.id of her religion. She denied
it in letter she wrote to the Pres- !
dent of the Winthrop Y. NJ. II. ~.
who had sworn dire vengeance on the
Cliff House management and who was
responsible for calling the meeting to
protect Mrs. Kann's rejection. The
president opened the protest meeting.
with the reading of Mrs Kann's let
ter The president was accused OF
omitting substantial parts of the letter.
And the meeting was adjourned. ratl-
er noisily. we are told. and the CHI
House can do as it pleases.
-Four meat dealers were summoned
to Morrisania Court last Friday by
Assemhlyman Samuel Dicstcin. who
charged them With violation of the
law relative to the sale of Kosher
and non Kosher meats. Magistrate
Douras adjourned the hearing to Sep
tember 25th suggesting that Mr.. Dick
stein place the matter before CHER
City Magistrate McAdoo to determine