Evening star., 1923-09-30
be made to become one of the grea,est
art centers in this country.
President Coolidge Ext0ls Jewish
Cfti1enshfp.


art centers in this country.
President Coolidge ExtOls Jewish
Cftisenshfp.
According to all indications President
! Coolidge intends to continue In the
! policy of religious tolerance and broad
cessor in the White House. the late
President Harding. Like his predeces-
| sor President Calvin Coolidge trans
mitted for publication to the editors OF
the Jewish Forum New Years mes
sage addressed to the Jews of America.
| Herman Conheim, national treasurer
of the Palestine Foundation Fund. gave
| out the text of a letter written a year
| ago by President, then Vice President,
Coolidge, indorsing the Jewish move
national homeland The full text of the
| letter is as follows:
~ have read with much interest what
you tell me Of the efforts made to raise
| Philadelpha's share of the Palestine
Foundation Fund.
Throughout thousands Of years the
Jewish people have preserved sense
of nationality amid disintegrating tnf1u-
| their own. They have contributed to
the economic success of every country
of which they have been a part and at
| all times they have been earnest sup
| porters of the cause of liberty.
THE proposed plan furnished to the
Jewish people an opportunity to devote
these great qualities to the rebuilding
and preservation of their own homeland
and In their own sphere, and feel sure
| that the people of Philadelphia will not
| fail to give that earnest and substantial
aid which will be necessary II 1t Is to
meet with a full measure Of success
Congress- Of Orthodox jews Sends
blessings to President Coolidge.
1 Agudath Israel. a world organiza-
| tion of orthodox Jews, recently in con-
| gress in Vienna, Austria, adoped a
resolution conveying its blessings and
hope of successful administration to
President Coolidge. While expressing
gratitude over the fact that America
has served as q refuge for large num-
ber of Jews, the congress also asked the
President of the United States to use
, his influence for liberalization Of the
| immigration laws.
| The assembly also protested the per-
| secution of the Jewish religion in Rus
sia, adopting 4 resolution urging the
soviet to modify its attitude on the
| subject.
A commission consisting of rabbis Of
worldwide renown was selected to be
J sent to the United States for the pur-
| pose of Strengthening of the Jewish
religion among such sections Of the
Jews in this country where 1t had been
weekend.
ZangyyiII to Address Jewish Congress.
1t is now definitely established that
Jewish patriot, will be the chief speaker
at the American Jewish Congress, to
! assemble in Boston October IA.
The American Jewish Congress, for
which preparations have been made for
some months past, will convene for the
purpose of celebrating on the world
situation of the Jewish people. The
appearance of Israel Zangwill will add
further attraction to the sessions Of the
congress. No greater authority than
| Israel Zangwill on the Jewish question
is there anywhere to be found, and his
message is awaited with the greatest
eagerness on the part of thousands Of
Jews in this country.
return to Judaism Of Celebrated
Polish Dancer.
, The story of how a love affair was
--ponSble for the reconversion to
, . .as,sm of a celebrated Polish dancer
and distinguished musician is told in
| the cables Of the Jewish Telegraphic
Agency. Nine. Schmolz, one of the
most prominent of Polish dancers, who
| some time ago renounced Judaism, re-
turned to the Jewish faith. Nine.
! Schmolz, il Is announced, will shortly
| be married to Bronislaw Shutk, well
known in the Polish musical world and
former director of the Warsaw opera
VINO also was an apostate. Shutk, 1t is
| said, will embrace the Jewish faith,
which he had renounced some years ago.
The reconversion on the part of the
! two Polish artists to the faith they had
! formerly renounced is not at all sur
| prising to those who are at all familiar
| with the pre-war conditions which OBJ
| tained In Russia and Poland. Under the
! old political dispensation in those coun-
| tries it was quite impossible for a Jew
persisting in his Jewishness to aim for
| recognition in the artistic world. This
! led to mass conversion of Some of the
| most talented Jewish men and women.
, Soon after the revolution in Russia,
when the restraint of religious prejudice
was relaxed. it became a commonplace
! to read of men and women whom
necessity had compelled to abandon
! their faith returning to their old re-