Evening star., 1923-11-04
NEWS OF THE JEWISH WORLD
BY RABBI ACOB S. MINKIN

tation which Is not enualed bv anv
othtr Hebrew poet. His verse has
oeen translated into many languages
ana everywhere received the highest
praise. BY many European critics.
among them Maxim Gorky, the great
RUSSIAN writer, Biaiik has been hailed
as the greatest living poet
non1 IN aadition to his being u great
poet, II. y. Bialik has also mani
tested business ability of no mean
order, having conceived and estab-
Ilshed n Hebrew publishing enter
prise which, besides adding many
valuable contributions to Hebrew
literature, has also been OF consider
able profit to him.
Originally of Odessa, Russia, Bia-
lIk moved TO Berlin soon after the
utloh, where he carried on his
! hterary and business enterprise: but
on account of the existing conditions
tnere he has decided to make palns-
tine his permanent home
Inc Late steinmetz ON the Jewish
Problem.
We need the Jew in the ,rixa5
race OF America because of his in
tciiect, said the wizard electrician
OF schenectady when interviewed on
sne Jewish problem. There used to
pe an ldea, he continued that the
Jew as race was physically coward
~ ana crafty. People forgot Maca-
beus and that the Jews were among
inc nrst mercenary soldiers. History
SNAKES It's head at the idea of the
| the only people who fought over and
over again with Rome. kept fghtiney
VA Jerusalem was destroyed and
lne! were scattered. The Jews never
surrendered. They fought and fought
The only way they could beat the
Jew was to destroy the place they
iousht for In the face of these
Ihlngs you could not say that the
triotic." u"
With a few swift. vigorous strokes
tne genius of the leaping spark
sketched the history of the Jew
rnroagh IN uei, the middle ages. time of
by the line Of greatest resistance.
IN our present time the Jew should
make as good an American as any
Stner, Stn;nndt, II ne els is treated right" said
the ability. and his average intelii.
gence Is very high"
Jew Elected to Vice Chanceliorship
of Melbourne University.
One Of the highest distinctions in
,he schoiastic world of Australia has
peen conferred upon Sir John Monash
sy his election as vice chancellor OF
the University of Melbourne,
olr John has had a distinguished
career as general of the United Aus
tralian forces, both in the GalIipolt
peninsula and later In Flanders. The
brilliant action which formed the
closing scene of the campaign. in
which the Australian unit took a
conspicuous ana brave part, were due
to the clever strategy of GEN Sir
John Monash, whose successful tao
tics helped considerably to bring
about the debacle of the German
army. Sir John is not only an af1iIi.
nifty of Melbourne. but takes also an
active part in all Jewish activities.
ana when the occasion demands rem
resents his coreligionists before tho
state authorities.
Finance Minister Of Iraq n Jew.
The hostility of the Arab to tho
Jews of Palestine does not seem to
be extended to the Jews of Bagdad.
or else so many OF them would not
be intrusted with 80 many important
positions or state. In the report Of
the high Commissioner on the ad-
ministratton OF Iraq. just published
by the English colonial office, a spe-
ciai paragraph dealing with tho
formation of the first provisional
Haskail. the minister of finance, as
q leading representative of the Jew
tsh community OF Bagdad, stating
the universal esteem and respect in
which he Is held. He had been a
member Of the Turkish Chamber OF
Commerce since the constitution of
1908 and had also occupied the post
or president of the finance COM
mittee.
Though at present small. the Jew
ish community. of Bagdad was at
one time of great power and intiu-
ence. When, In the middle ages,
Islam was In flower the Jews OF
Bagdad exercised great power and
nlled many important positions of
state. In later years persecution
compelled many of the most infiuen-
tial Jewish families of Bagdad to
seek an asylum elsewhere. Some of
the most distinguished Jews of In
dta. famous for. their wealth and
philanthropy, are descendants of the
original Jewish settlers of Bagdad.