The Denver Jewish news., 1923-02-28
FROM A GIRLS LETTER BOX
Written by T.. $. Naumoff.

Written by T.. $. Naumoff.
MY dear Simon: 1t remains but
short time to our wedding. And l feel
that the drudgery of house work will
get me soon nnd bring an end To my
social work and the study of current
Jewish problems. which love so much.
Now you are such an inqnisitive soul,
as c. T.. A. what do You want to
know about the Mizrachi? You are
not going TO credit their books are you?
Daddy who is n retired Rabbi. says.
if you can balance anything at all about
them. whether it is ledgers or equili-
brium you are a success.) Daddy got
angry ut first not because you didn't
spell the name right, or because you
anticipate to join their members
Daddy. you know. is IA wise old man
and he knows what Coy you are,
and If the MiZrachi can't fool him,
don't think, that. you can, but after
coaxing him he consented to explain
the matter to me. You see daughter.
he says, YOU were then an infant in
YOUR mothers arms when ! was elected
n delegate to the fifth Zionists Congress
in Basel. f., 1t was hurting me to leave
you and mother alone, hut those We're
the honeymoon OF Zionism and I felt
1t my duty to come to the support OF
the beloved DR. Herzel. 1t WIS ut this
congress that we, the rabbis. organized
the "Mizrachi' and pledged ourselves
to use our then. powerful influence TO
further the cause OF Zionism. Times
have changed since. the orthodoxy
never responded sufficiently to our ap-
peals the task of the Zionists is getting
heavier and their responsibilities great
er, so that there is really no room for
factions. ut time when every atom
of energy must be rendered in united
effort for the redemption of home
land.
SO you can see for yourself Simon,
what fatiitr who Is an ardent Zionist
thinks of the Mizrachi.
Now, like to follow up things per-
tanning to Jewish questions. AT their
last convention they engaged lawyer
by the name of Isaac who comes from
Brownsville to criticize the Zionists or
ganization ana claim seventy percent
credit for the MiZrachi of all the Keren
HayesOd funds collected thruout the
country. That wasn't honest. Simon
dear. worked hard during the Keren
Hayesod campaign and can judge con-
scientiously how the credits are to he
distributed. As n matter of PATRIOTISM
while we are undergoing national
crisis, from a lack of money to re-
deem the land and provide work for
those lovely boys who will he known i'm
the Jewish history as "Chalutzim" it is
for their sake we should not trifie
about honors that are presumably due
to one faction or another. Let those
VINO believe in the Jewish Homeland
produce results and leave the question
of credit to the historian or the future
generations.
But If one Is not too modest to in
sist on credit it would be just to credit
the Kercn Hayesod delegation with
25W. The good man and woman who
served on different committees during
the campaign should be allowed $3.50
of credit and the general Jewish public
who contributed or pledged to pa;
should be entitled to 500 of the credits.
Here is where would like to find the
70@o credit due the Mizrachi. Among
the local committees who worked for
the success of the Keren Hayesod. there
was remarkable absence of Mizrach-
lists and among the contributors and
pledgers. / can count the outspoken
Mizrac chi members on my fingers.
Oh. Simon. If the leaders of the Mi
zrachi were clever they should have
hired at least a Philadelphia lawyer
to make office seeking bear stronger
to love of Torah and ira
ditional Judaism. the jurist Isaac of
made conspicuously bad
job of it.
Every day. in every way. loving you
better and better.-Beatrice.