Evening star., 1923-12-02
News of the Jewish World
BY RABBI JACOB S. MINKIN

Orthodox Jews of the world over
are going to demonstrate their
strength by the formation OF q
world organization. The initial step
In this direction
Orthodox Jews has already been
Of the World taken at the Con-
to Unite. gress OF Orthodox
Jews recently held
in Vienna. Over five hundred elected
representatives Of the vast masses of
orthodox Jews throughout the world
were assembled there. From Cairo to
Kishineff. from Berlin. Bagdad, Lon
don, Dublin, wherever traditional
Judaism is in vogue, delegates were
sent to this congress-. An assembly
such as the world has never seen. the
greatest spiritual leaders whose
names will live for generations, that
grand old man. the Jewish saint and
mystic, Chofez Chain; that greatest
of Talmudists, Chain Ozer Grosdin-
sky; the all powerful Chassidim MAS.
ter of Ger to mention but few or
the hundreds Of rabbinical represent
atives who were present. All came To-
gether for one purpose-the Strength
ening OF traditional Judaism which
through the war and other agencies
had been weakened.
The message which this assembly
sent forth to the world was one OF
peace, of the hope that the persecu-
ton and suffering Of the. the Jewish est.h
may come to an end. One saw In the
Vienna congress the four great con-
ceptions of modern orthodox Jewish
thought. The western Europeans who
strive to combine twentieth century
culture with ancient. Jewish ideals
the Polish -Galician Chassidic stream
disciples of the Baal Shem Tob: the
Lithuanian school OF thought In
which study is supreme, ideas con.
solidated by the wilma "a Gs1n, sian. ann ;nn
school. the endeavor to bring ortho-
dox Jewish thought into everyday
life of Jewry, through the commu-
nifty. These four completely differ
resented at the congress. Each sent
it's best to this assembly, and all four
the assembly had to consolidate into
one great common achievement. Ihe
prejudice of centuries, the barriers
Of generations. all broke down In the
face OF the common task, the reconse-
Grafton of Jewry as Gods people.
with the common watchward, The
Almighty. Israel and His law are
one"
A fiery protest went from the con-
gress to soviet Russia to cease re-
ligious persecution. The soviet gov
ernment was appealed to to put an
end to this anti-religious movement.
so shameful and repugnant TO the
spirit and dignity of humanity. An
achievement, the Importance OF
which cannot be foretold now. was
the creation of an international rab.
binical council. composed OF nifty OF
the highest spiritual leaders of the
Jewish people: Many tasks will be
set these leaders of Isreal, tasks
which have perhaps been waiting
years for solution and which no other
body of men was more capable OF
handling.
The report that the family of the
late Wertheim has given to Harvard
University the sum of one hundred
thousand dollars
Jewish for the establish
Philanthropy. ment of q research
fellowship for the
betterment of Industrial understa nd
ing has created considerable satisfac-
ton in Jewish circles. Jews have al
ways given largely and literally to
whatever cause appealed to them,
without discrimination of faith or
was made possible by the Roths.
childs, who bought the shares and
presented them to the British govern
ment. A Jew. Hahn Solomon, financed
was danger of the. struggle fol-. in.
dependence collapsing for want OF
money. Contrary to what is written
in histories. II was the Jewish
treasurer of King Ferdinand and
Isabella who advanced the funds
funds to Columbus to enable him
to make the voyage which resulted
in the discovery OF America.
Jewish money has even sometimes
helped to build Christian churches.
building OF the Kaiser Wilhelm
Kirche in Berlin. and the. Jews of
England helped in the work OF res
toration of Westminster Abbey in
to everything. often they give more
literally to other causes than to their
own. But if one Jew gives hum
dred thousand dollars to Harvard. an
other makes possible the extension or
the School of Commerce of New York
which discriminates against Jewish
boys and girls at the very institution
which Jews helped to upbuild Jews
ask to return for the generosity or
slighted or insulted. Fair and un-
prejudiced treatment Is all the. Jews
ask for and no institution of learn
ing which has been the recipient OF
both Jewish talent and Jewish money
can give them any less.
An edict which when going into
effect will repeat one OF the worst
outrages committed against the Jews:
parallelling. the tragic expulsion OF
the Jews from Spain in 1882. has
just been issued
Situation of the by Dictator Won
Jews in kahr, according to
Germany. which the Jews OF
Bavaria are not
only to be expelled. but they must
also leave their property behind.
Jewish business men and manufac-
turers have received orders from the
police authorities that the machinery
well as their products. must remain
in Bavaria. An attempt to take any
OF their property will result In the
sequestration and sale Of their estab-
lishments for the benefit OF the Ba-
varian state treasury.
Protests against the expulsion and
demands for the publication Of the
secret order exiling the Jews from
Bavaria. may. it is hoped in some
expulsion decree. The fact that the
illegality of the expulsion Of the al
legged aliens Is being questioned may
give those that have not yet been
exiled chance to appeal against tho
order.
1t has more than once been sug-
gested that the upbuilding Of Pales-
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definite restricted pieces Of work
could be allotted to
Child Welfare individual communt-
In Palestine. ties, that just as
towns and villages
In devastated France have been
adopted by various centers in Eng
land and America. so Jewish COM
munities throughout the world might
adopt" items of Palestine work and
make them their own.
There is much to commend this
plan. It would make for more local
interests and concentration of effort
and in the long run would probably