October 1926
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you have stood courageous; he has surrendered. You may not despise the brother who is weak. Pity him." Concerning High School Graduates In a certain city of 400,000 people, of which 20,000 are Jews, there were 635 high school graduates this year. In the program of the commencement exercises one counted 136 Jewish chil dren. "How do you account for it that the Jewish graduates number more than 25 percent of the total, while the Jew ish population is only about five per cent of the city?” a citizen enquired. “ Are your Jewish parents more con cerned than other parents with the education of their children? Are your Jewish children more faithful to their studies than other children? Is there among the Jewish a keener apprecia tion of the value of education than among other people?’’ Incidentally, it may be pointed out that 95 percent of the 136 Jewish graduates were children of Immigrants from Eastern Europe, of whose kind it is now the fashion to say: “ They are of inferior grade and do not make de sirable citizens. They must be kept out of the country.”— B’Nai B’Rith. "Making a Life” In the July issue of B’Nai B’Rith Magazine appears a note concerning the development of the new Palestin ian civilization. The author empha sizes the fact that the returned Jew is not content "merely with making a living, but is concerned also with mak ing a life.” Everyone is aware of the fact that the Jew is alert to spiritual values, but it is a tragic fact that Is rael does not yet understand who is the source of that life which is life indeed, namely Jesus Christ, whom he has been rejecting through the cen turies. Note the following: One reads of successful things done in Palestine, of good crops, of rail roads built, of roads under construc tion, of business flourishing. But even more satisfying is the announcement that during the Passover week in 1927 there is to be held in Tel Aviv a world congress of Jewish musicians. For this purpose the municipality of Tel Aviv is to erect a concert hall. It is satisfying news because it is evidence that the Palestine Jew is not content merely with making a living but is concerned also with making a life. Making a living has to do with the stomach; making a life with the spirit. World Religious Peace Conference According to B’Nai B’Rith Maga zine, plans are now being perfected for a religious conference to be held in 1930 in Geneva, Switzerland. In this conference Christians— Roman Cath-
from holding official positions within the United Kingdom,” runs one of the articles in the Fascist Creed which is being widely circulated now in the streets here by the British National Fascist!.— The Scribe. Mizraclii Conference Endorses U. P. A. The World Mlzrachi conference, held at Antwerp, has just closed after adopting a number of important reso lutions with regard to its practical work in Palestine. One resolution, which indicates the strong spirit of unity now animating the Zionist world, expressed the Mizrachi’s whole-hearted support of the United Palestine Appeal in America. Louis Lipsky, president of the American Zionist Organization, addressed the conference.— The New Palestine. Archaeological Disclosures Evidence of early relations between Egypt and Palestine will be found, it is expected, by an archaeological ex pedition of the University of Chicago, now excavating in a mound about 25 miles southeast of Haifa. . The hope is created by the fact that it was at this mound that the ancient fortress of Megiddo guarded the pass across the Carmel Hill, and thus en abled the ancient Hebrews to take toll from caravans passing from Egypt to Damascus. Ruins of what is believed to be a synagogue built in Roman times and the one mentioned in the New Testa ment, have been found at the Megiddo mound.— B’Nai B’Rith Magazine. Jewish Conversions in Germany and Hungary B’Nai B’Rith Magazine for July states that the number of Jews in Ger many accepting Christ in 1925 was practically double that of 1924. Note the disdain and pity with which a rabbi looks upon a “ meshumed,” a Jewish Christian: In 1925, 423 German Jews were converted to Protestantism. In 1924 the number was 243. It is related that a rabbi was aroused from his meditations by the commotion of his people assembling to drive a meshumed from the village. He ran Into the street and addressed them: "What do you do? He is the weak est among you. Against oppressions
Italians Study Palestine Jerusalem (J. T. A .)— A group of thirty professors and students of the College of Commerce In Trieste ar rived here last week. They will visit Tel-Aviv, the Hebrew University, the new settlements in the Valley of Jez- reel and in the neighborhood of Haifa. —The Scribe. New University Planned An English university is planned to be built at the cost of $250,000 within the next two years on the slope of the Mount of Olives. The nucleus is the present English College in Jerusalem, also known as the Anglican Bishop’s Mission. The enlarged scope of the institution will be modeled after the American University at Beirut.— The American Hebrew. Arab Paper Urges Co-operation The Arab newspaper Falashtin, the official publication of the Arab Ex ecutive of Palestine, urges that the government attempt to establish friendly co-operation between the Arabs and Jews of Palestine, accord ing to a cable to the Morning Journal. The proposal, coming as it does from extremely anti-Semitic quarters, has created considerable surprise.— The New Palestine. Hospitals For Palestine The construction of a series of hos pitals in Palestine will be the purpose of a one million dollar campaign planned by a joint committee of repre sentatives of Hadassah, the women’s Zionist organization of America, and of the American Physicians Commit tee. - t : The plan includes the establishment of a medical department at the Hebrew University on Mt. Scopus.— B’Nai B’Rith Magazine. Intermarriage in Austria Vienna (J. T. A .)— Figures which show an alarming increase in the num ber of intermarriages between Jews and Christians in Austria were pub lished here this week. It appears that during the past year the number of Intermarriages in creased from ten to thirty percent, according to statistics. These figures do not include the number of apos tates. Every third Jewish wedding in Austria is an intermarriage.— The Scribe. Anti-Semitism of British Fascists London (J. T. A .)— Fascism in Eng land is evincing anti-Semitic tenden cies,- it became known from a leaflet distributed by the Fascist organiza tion here. “ I believe in the disqualification of Jews, aliens and members of colored subject races from Parliament and
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