Intermountain Jewish news., 1926-09-09

W III Between Jews ana tnrlStlanS oil
the Federal Council OF Churches, on
February 20, 1926, at which Judge
Charles Evans fluges presided; the
declaration Of Judge Augustus N.
Hand, Of the United States District
Court, against alien-baithg and that
'the greatest criticism Of the spirit Of
the hour is the prevalence Of race
prejudice; and the telling plea "Let
us cast off our hatreds" Of President
Coolidge in his address before the
American Legion at Omaha. Neb., on
October 6, 1925.
In general, II may be said that the
Jews Of America We're, comparatively,
so free from harassment from with
out that they were able to give al
most undivided attention to their COM
munity problems.
II. WESTERN LANDS
1t will not take very long to cast n
comprehensive glance at the outstand-
ing happenings of Jewish interest in
western" or more progressive lands,
other than the United States.
England, too. has its anti-alien
psychology and the present govern
ment strongly favors continuing the
drastic restrictions in force. So per-
sistent were the charges against the
Home Office of discrimination against
Jews that Sir William Joynson Hicks,
the Home Secretary, issued a chal-
lenge to members of the House Of
Commons "to give one single instance
in which there has been any anti-Jew-
ish bias shown by Home Office Off
Gals"
The British community has evinced
intense interest in the Rehabilitation
of the Marannos of Portugal, who
had for over four hundred years Sc
cretly observed Judaism, although
there was no lack of interest in the
work of European relief and in Pal
estine reconstruction.
In the Union of South Africa there
was much laughter aroused by the or
ganization of so-called League of
Gentiles" the avowed aim of which
was to transfer the anti-Jewish boy
colt from Poland to the British
Dominions.
A Jewish Near-Duke
An event which cannot be passed
over, even though it was more or less
strictly personal, was the elevation
of Rufus Isaacs, formerly Lord Chief
Justice, and Viceroy of India to a
Marquis, only one step removed from
Duke.
OF France there is little to be said
more than to call attention to the fact
that the naturalization of aliens has
been made much easier, and that
great many Jews who have come to
France since the War are becoming
French citizens.
German Atrocities
There is a great deal to be said
about Germany, however. That it has
not yet recovered from the War any
more spiritually than economically is
shown by such events as the desecra-
ton of the Synagogue at Karlsruhe
and the Jewish cemeteries at Erfurt
and at Rallies in Pomerania, the out
cropping of ritual" murder accu-
sation in Breslau, the strike of the
students at the Technical College of
Hanover against Prof. Theodor Les
sing because he made some slurring
remarks about leaders in the mon
archist movement, but really because
he is Jew. Then there is the really
pitiable situation of the Russian
refugees in Germany. Their difficult
plight, due largely to restrictions
against aliens, was called to the at
tention of the International Labor
Office of the League of Nations.
There has also been noted an alarm
ing increase in the number of sui
cides, due to business failures and
economic distress generally.