Intermountain Jewish news., 1926-11-11


last resolved to have them pub
lished.
Samuel de Caceres, Dutch poet and
preacher, was n brother-in-law Of
Benedict Spinoza, through marriage
to his sister Miriam Spinoza. A child
Of this union was Benjamin De Cas-
seres, direct ancestor of Benjamin
DeCasseres, the American poet, and
his brother, Walter DeCasseres.
Where Hebrew Blooms
This should bring another letter
from Louis Lipsky:
Manager Aronstcin, of the Habima,
the Jewish section of the Moscow Art
'rhcater, who Is coming to America,
says that In New York are all the noted
Hebrew writer's and the most lntellI
gent Jewish public"
Quite too much to expect Palestln.
ians to stand for.
Lip Sticks in Church
Sometimes We are unkind in our
criticism of rabbis who publicly rcbuke
individual members of their congregn.
tions from the pulpit Yet there Is moth.
ing more trying 10 speaker than to
have some one right In front of him
gazing In hand mirror. applying lin.
stick or doing something that is MS dis
tracting and equally in bad taste. SO
DIR. stephen Wise was perfectly justi.
fed when he interrupted his sermon at
the Free Synagog two Sundays ago to
reprimand an unidentified woman who
was applying lipstick and pOwdering
her face during his discourse.
He said: How do you expect q
man to preach while you are complet.
ing your toilet in one Of the front rows j?
What would you think OF me IL I were
to stand here trimming my finger nails
as talked to you? If that Is what you
came into the house of God for, you had
better stay away. 1t is bad enough to
start putting on your hats and coats
before the benediction is completed, as
many OF YOU do. but to make uu your
faces during worship is going bit too
far. II it ever happens again I shall
certainly nsk the lady to leave the
| hall"
Penniless- Millionaire
It's really amazing what progress
those penniless immigrant boys are
making in this country. Now comes
Joseph Caplan, only AZ years old. who
becomes the largest Individual holder
Of real estate in Philadelphia. Eleven
million dollars worth to his credit
Newsboys used to be the favorite ma.
terial out which to fashion multi.
millionaires. But times have CHANGED
Its the penniless immigrant who is now
decorated with the horseshoe"
Says Stain
This sounds good to those who are
genuinely sympathetic with any move
that means the further stabiiization OF
Russian political conditions. Stain
who is now the actual power in Russia.
!s said to include in his program soft
pcdaling Of Communistic prOpag gandn
abroad. securing de jure recognition OF
Russia by the United States. the settle.
ment of Russla's debts to foreign coun.
tries and obtaining foreign loans for de.
velopment. The New York Times cor
respondent says that Stain believes the
use Of foreign loans n better way of In.
dustrallzing Russia than estranging the
peasantry by increasing taxation tC
raise money. If all this isn't just bed
time story, 1t is is most heartening sit
uation that has developed for some
| time. Those Jewish leaders In this
country have been trying to raise $25.
900, n part of which is to he used
| in creating arm-settlements for Jews
in Southern Russia should be greatly
encouraged By these sentiments of Sta
Inns. 1t certainly looks as If there is a
big swing back of the Russia Soviet
pendulum. If Joseph Stain can carry
out his plans I predict that Russia will
become one of the mightiests Of powers.
They Pay For II
Meredith Nicholson. the famous In
diana author, writes this in the In
.ianapnis "News":
isn't 1t strange that with all our
educational advantages 100000 Indiana
people can be induced to pay $40 head
for the privilege of hating their neigh.
bors and wearing sheet?"
Yes, Meredith, it is strange. But
then you know what they say-the
HoOsier state!
795 JEWS LEFT PALESTINE