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HE DENVER JEWISH NEWS 'OR NBUHATTR. Publisher. |l HATTI* 8. FRIBDHNTnAL. Bdltor c‘i!lc«> —lXiS Luwrenn Bt. Phout Main 268*. red ot the Dearer Pontofflce (or transmission thru the malls as second-class matter. > criptloo Ratrs: —Tw«< oollass per j'*ar. payable lo a«lvan<*ft. Klvs <*»nra per r*.py \ Advertising rates on application. j p editor Ik n«*i responsible for views expressed by contributors. —An**nymori> | manuscripts will receive no consideration. l | i EDITORIALS i — JEWISH CALENDAR. • 5682-1021 New Year’s Eve Sun.. Oct. 11 jn 1 New Year Ist tiny Mon., Oct. 3 In j New \ car -'ml day Tues., Oct. 4 11 1 in Yom Kippur Wetl.. Oct. 11l iri 11 sinvoth (First I>av) Mon., Oct. 17 r i iSuccoth (Second Day) Tues., Oct- is ,-i •_••_* Sucenili (Last Day)—Sliliului Atzcreth Mon., Oct. 2* i-l 2.1 Simcliath Torah Tues., Oct. 2.1 ilivun 1 It« »sh-< 'hedeseli Wed., Nov. 2 ev 1 Itosh-Chodesch - Erl., Dec. 2 »v 2.1 Chanukah (Feast of Dedication) Mon., Dec. 2d 5382-1922 t 1 lio>h-Chodcsch Stm., Jan. 1 t n Fast, of Telieth Tues., Jan. 10 „t 1 Hosh-Chodesch Mon.. Jan. 30 • I Uosh-Ch«Nlesch Wed.. Mar. 1 11 I’uriui (Feast of Esther» Tues.. Mar. 14 uu 1 It. shfhodesch Thurs, Mar. 30 1.1 Pa-s >ver (lV:ach • Thurs., Apr. 13 ,m iu i*; .s'.\i>r (Second Day) Erl., Apr. 14 tin 22 Passover (Seventh Day) . Wed., Apr. 10 23 p i; s.v. . (Eighth Day) Thurs.. Apri. 20 1 llodi-fieslescli Sal.. Apr. 20 is Laic h't liner Tues.. May 10 a 1 Posh-riiodcsclt Sun.. May 2* a 1 Sbahuoth Erl.. June 2 muz 1 Unsh-Ohodesrh Tues.. June 27 1 It<>>ii ('hod each Med.. July 20 !) Fca <t of Ah Thurs-. Aur. 3 I 1 Itosh-Phodcsch Ellul I* rl.. Aur. 2.* f»f»B3 1922 New Year’s Eve Eli.. Sept. 22 rl 1 New 'Car (First Day i Sat.. Sept. 23 TABERNACLES Succoth, the feast of Tabernacles, is almost with us. It is a day of j v and concludes the great spiritual season. It is a tival with'a twofold meaning. It i? the late harvest festival, >n Israel the agricultural people, realizing that the wealth of a pie is in it.) harvests, instituted this period of rejoicing at the th’s bounty. The Pilgrim Fathers used this idea in the estab ment of Thanksgiving Day. Rejoice and be glad is the refrain his festival, proclaiming our gratitude to the Almighty for His vidence. Israel is a faithful people, loyal to it 3 memories, and it uses | . festival of Tabernp.cles to keep before the minds of the rising) orations the memory of its first wanderings. Temporary \ tilings ai i. the Succoth. are almost all that have been allotted) srael thru the ages. Each succeeding year recalls the period; ts sojournings in the desert, tho it could as well typify Israel’s | ckered career as a world wanderer. The frail booths open on all sides to the elements, are equally symbolic of the life of the Jew since the despersion, as before entrance into Palestine. Every where his existence has been temporary; exposed to the tile elements of his neighbor’s wrath and prejudices thru ich he ha 3 suffered endlessly. Yet each year he spends these s rejoicing in the memory of God’s grace and mercy to him, fident that the time will come when he will again be permitted ive in peace among the peoples of the earth, and have his share planting as well as reaping the harvests at whose bounty he >iccs. A Pharisee on His Own Case. I The Atlantic Monthly of September under the above caption. je epace to the following letter answering Paul Scott Mowrer: 1"A Jew of .1: us. like the undersigned, stands aghast licforc tin* present-day lor a rticli's on tin* Jewi.-li question. Tis avert table pogrom in printer*.*; And inky pogroms are deadlier than bloody ones, and blaeker. As a Super-Jew. I feel at any rate grateful for the sympathetic tone of I Seott Mowrer’s disquisition on The Assimilation of Israel.’ But how k in its orgnment! The .few. forsooth. does not assimilate: he refuses to rinarry. and occasionally attends the syuagog. Krgo, his is a double al iiiee! And tliis in the same breath with tin* statement that the .lew Ims n evidence during the great war oY liis* loyalty to America. In wlmt way. i. dues religions loyalty interfere with political allegiance? And the solution of the problem? Intermarriage -Q. E. I>. But tliis is no tioM of the Jewish question; rather, a dissolution of the Jewish people. Means. let the Jew cease to be a Jew. ami be will have no trouble. "Mr. Movvrcr's article is an illustration of the Sin of Being IMlTcrent * is a monstrous rubber-stamp ulTair. Liking depends on likeness. The ike must he annihilated. The sympathetic ones, like Mr. Mowrer, would the Jew with kindness. Eutliunusia — “To many a thinking Jew. as to a few thoughtful (Jentiles. the remedy ns to be. not in the Jews ceasing to U* Jews, but in the Christians becoiu* Christians • All this is said with no malice. and with a painful consciousness of tin* mess of the waste Uishet to the editorial desk, lint I feel that there is a it ileal of amateurishness in all these discussions of the Jewish problem. expert lias not yet; been heard from. The undersigned docs not claim to u expert. But In* proudly proclaims himself a Jew of Jews, and a Pharisee. I while everybody has something unbecoming to say about tin* Pharisee why aid not the Pharisee be given a chance to state his own ease? Kospcctfully, ! Joel Blau. Uabbi. Temple IVni-EI. New York City. Few will (Hirer with Raljhi Blau that the principal sin of the v in the Gentile's eyes is the “Sin of Being Different," nor have .y offered a better solution to the whole subject than has he. the Christians would become more Christian, would really live ording to the teachings of the founder of their faith, the rem / would be found. The first issue of the combined Jewish Monitor and Jewish ■ekly, published heretofore in Fort Worth and Dallas is at hand, its new form it appeals both to an English and a Yiddish read ; public. The paper should serve to bring a closer union between . readers of the two former papers, and the two generations it •ves. The resignation of Rabbi George Fox as editor of the Monitor to be regretted. He is a fearless writer who wields a trenchant i. in the service of Judaism, and his loss from the editorial staff the new paper will be felt. _ _ Congregational TEMPLE EMANUEL Services with sermon v ill l>e hold every Friday evoning at Temple Emau. uel. ac ltith avenue uud l’earl street. Dr. Win. S. Friedman will otflelate. This Fi’day night the subject of ids discourse wil be "Optimism.” Satur day morning services will be held at 10:30. Subject of sermon "The Fare, well of Moses." Snrrotli Services. Succoth services will la* held Mon day morning at 10:30. The subject of sermon "Thuiricsgiving.” Religious School. The Religious school is lu session every Sunday morning at 10 o’clock. All Jewish children are welcome. Bible Class. ~ The exact date of the opening of tint Bible class will Ik* announced next week. Junior Congregation. The Junior Congregation will hold their first meting. Sunday morning. October 23. at 10 BETH HA MEDROSH HAGODAL Daily services are held at the Bes sie I. Kudo Community Center, York str(H*t at 0:30 a. m. Services wilj lie held Friday eve ning at sunset and Saturday morning at 8:30. Succoth Sm ieeH On Sunday and Monday evenings Succoth services will he held at the new Synagog luiildiug ac sunset. On Monday ami Tuesday mornings at s:3O. Cantor It. Ilmer will officiate, and Kahhi C. H. Knuvar will speak at the morning services. Synagog’s Sticcoh. The Synagog Siieeoh will In* dec orated this year as in the past by the I Julies’ Auxiliary, ami all are Invited to visit it at the conclusion of the services. Religious School. Registration of pupils will la* held Sunday morning. Dot. Kith at 10 a. m. Denver Hebrew School The Deliver Hebrew school still ad. Hilts pupils for tin* fall term. Its se«. shins are held daily at tli<■ Bessie I. Itiule Community Center 10th and York St. lietween 4 and 0. Sintchas Torah Rally A Festival Bally will Ik* held at the new Svuagog Monday Oct. !Mth at 7 in ' the evening. OHEB ZADEK. Friday evening servUvs will lieglti nt S j». in. Saturday morning at !• a. ra. Stieroth Services. Services for Hneeotli Will liciciu*Sun day evening at «:-M> p. in. Monday morning at a. in. t’aiitor Friitl and elioir will oltieinte. Tuesday morning tin* 2nd day of Succoth Can tor K. Samuels formerly of the B. M. 11. Congregation will oflieiate. THE 65TH ANNIVERSARY OF RACHEL'S AMERICAN APPEARANCE. Sixty-Five Years Ago This Month, Karb?l, Tragic Queen of France, Made Disastrous American Tour. Tin* present mouth marks the sixty, sixtli anniversary of one of the most famous theatrical events, for it was on Kepteiulwr It, 181**, that ltuchcl, the tragic queen of France, made lief first tippcuraiue in New York at the Met ropolitan Theatre. It was “a choice ami curious audi ence” Hint gathered that night to greet the great artist, who was horn in Switzerland, whose parents were Jewish travelling peddlers, and who from the depths of poverty and its at. tendant miseries rose to Ik* the great, est actress of her time. The men in the audience “were dressed very sim ply, hut tin* ladies were dressed with an unheard of luxury. lUnluouds l*y the shovelful, and those who wore them nearly all young, pretty and smiling.” While the assemblage was composed of the best of New York’s society, so few persons understood the language ltaehel spoke that this ••on ditioii practically ruined her chance of sueess in America. Kuchers leading mun wrote a book giving Ids impressions of this country and its people, especially in relation to tin* treatment ucmrdod Kaeliel. Of the firsr night lie said: “Tragedy is not to tin* American taste. All these people, regular bind urns men. are busy all day with tlieir business tlieir sales, tlieir purchases, tlieir dollars: and at night, if they consent to shut themselves up in a theatre, they want gay. pleasant spec tacles which divert them a little and make them forget the labors of the day—pantomimes, comic songs, eques trian scenes, feats of strength, pretty dances, and pretty dansmises especial, ly they ask nothing more.” tirieved at the lack of enthusiasm shown for Rachel he further said: “After tin* performance was over we were all perfectly sure that an im mense crowd would be in waiting for Mile, ltaehel at the door of tin* thea tre to carry her off in triumph to her bouse I liai was to be. Well, instead of (bat. every spectator hurried out as fast as lie could, not a soul was there.” —Chicago Israelite. THE DENVER JEWISH NEWS Why Not Jewish Thought By Rabbi Morris Lichtenstein* Athens, Georgia. Of recent years, many of the rabbis oi this country liuvt been concentrat ing their elTorts in an attempt to block the wav to the predatory ingress of Christian Science anti New Thought into the Jewish ranks. We have heard both scholarly and 'caustic arraign ment, from pulpit and press, against these encroaching persuasions. Jewish acumen has been toiling assiduously to expose the fallacies of the new re ligious teachings and to prove their In compatibility with the doctrines of! Judaism. The Central Conference of! American Itabbls has, time and again, registered its protest ngainst those j who would surrender tlieir owu muni. , tieent fonntnin of religious inspiration ! and offer allegiance to faiths foreign tc them alul their fathers. But in spite of all this, the churches 1 of these* new religions continue to | boast, and with good cause, of their ■ constant gains—gains In Jewish souls f ! in Jewish devotees. who bring to them the zeal and devotion, the religious! fervor and piety, uecutnumlittod thru ; centuries, and no\\l rekiiulletl by the light of these strange fires. Altho these new proselytes are, in many in stances, reluctant to admit their se verance from the House of Israel, their departure from Judaism is nev erthless an unmistakable fact. The young men and women. Sn particular, whose parents have already crossed the bridge to the new religions, re fuse entirely to take cognizance of iheir Jewish origin, and conduct their lives iu every respect as non-Jews. This phenomenon is |»erhups the greatest tragic occtirrewe iu ottr splr- 1 itual history: for with the exception; of some prehistoric, or Biblical, roe- 1 ords of heathen worship among the • ancient Israelites, we have no in*: stance of ii desertion on uinsse. mid of a volitional urge to ipieuch rPligious b ilging at the fount of other religions. I The problem lias already outgrown the milm of polcuii<*s and sophistical ions. It is a menace which confront* every ! Jewish teacher. requesting an imme diate and practical preventive. ru le <s we of today. who have witnessed the Inception and progress of these j movements. Mud an adequate solution i the coming generation will refuse to recognize it ns a problem at nil. It is evident, however, that neither antagonism nor protest arc the proper combative measures. Negative action ( seldom achieves positive result*. in j fact, a gn*at share of the sms-css of Chylstitin Hcleuce ami New Thought ■ is due to tile constructive polflv that J th«*y have adopted. They neither argue nor detionncts but simply endeavor to build up a new ndlgious con scitpi sues- | in tludr followers. Those who may read the literature I of Christian Science and New Thought, will readily see time it is! largely dciicmlcnt on the Old Testa-1 meat for Its substance. If they will | analyze its ontological and co-mologi. | cal conceptions, they will becoule con vinced that these are based, (par-j ticiilarly in the case of New Gcal! conception, even the formulas Thought), on the Jewish pantheistic employed in the process of mental healing being essentially portions of j the I'saltuody. Of course, they are cloaked in non-.lewlsh garb utid In* tomvlned with Christian tradition. We may now ask ourselves, if coueep. I lions and principles originating in j Jewish lore are adequate to found cen tres of religious gravity f«*i* the 11011- Jcws, why should these very same principles nor Ik* employed by the Jews themselves to achieve similar re sults? I mean plainly why should we not organize centres of Jewish thought for those who arc in need of relig ions encouragement, consolation and help. Those who are broken-hearted and dejected thru tlieir encounter with . lif«. need not relinquish tlieir own ! faith and seek encouragement and cheer at. the doors of others. We can administer these remedies ourselves. If God is merciful to them when they seek Him in a domain foreign to them, why should He do less.for them if they would entreat Ilim in their own sphere? Even the conception of healing thru the invocation of (loti, is entirely con gruous with the doctrines or Judaism. One needs* but to study, for example. Exodus Deuteronomy 7 :1m Jeremiah 17:14 and countless other Biblical and poKl-Bibllt.nl passages dealing with healing thru the interven tion of God, to be convinced that He, the Giver of Life, is also regarded, ini the Jewish faith, as it he source of health and strength. Let not tJi«; religious methods and : psychological application employed by j oilier religious sects for the efficacy : of firiili and the happiness of the in- j dividual find us incapable of using tin* implements in our own bands. Our religion is not narrow. It lias room! for every influence that would intensi fy the happiness of its followers. Ju daism is not pre-eminently n syuugog religion, it. is n life religion. Its su premo purpose is to bring happiness to men by leading them day by day 1" loftier planes of moral perfection and spiritual strength.—American l^rue-1 i He. i Council of Jewish Women “The Jewish Woman” Appears. The first issue of "The Jewish Woiuu'i," oliielal organ of the Counell of Jewish Yt'omen. lms jus. made iis a ppett ratter. This New Year nutulier contains a message to the t'otindl See. tions and their officers; a symposium on tin* work of the Connell's 21 Helds of activity : an article by Miss Hose Hroiiuer, president: a puge devoted to "Woman’s World ;’’ and ineludes tunny attractive photographs, featuring the severa! plia-'CS’ of the Council's pro gram. sucli as ics Farm Work. Immi grant Aid. Huropenn Reconstruction and its Religious Schools. "The Jew. ish Woman" is edited l»y Mrs. Harry Hterrtlierger Executive Seeretary. and is issued from the office at 305 West •JStli street. New York City. ('cunril Interest in Unemployment Conference. Tile Connell of Jewish Women ap peals to all its Sections to devote *l>°- ctal consideration to the problems of unoihpleynirnt in view of the <stp prom hlng Conference on Cnemploy ment at Washington. I). C. It is urged that the October program include pro vision for a speaker on this subject. The cooperation of tin- Council lias been requested by many national or ganizations in order to increase thoughtful interest in this serious sit nation upon tin* part of our women citizens. Conference on Immigrant Problems. Tlie Council's lH'partmciit of Immi grant Aid was invited to pur tieli.itre in a conference on immigra tion problems. which was held In New York City during the period of Octolh r Itlt to 7th. The following ad ditional organizations had also been asked to participate: International crmniittee of the Young Men’s Chris tian Association. rhe Salvation Army. Young Women’s Christian Vssocia'ion Hebrew Sheltering and Immigrant Aid Society, the National Catholic Wei fart Council- tyie National Association o! Travellers Aid Societies and other.*. Mrs. Kohut to Knrope. Mrs. Alexander Koliut of New York City, chairman **t the Council's con: miCce on Reconstruction. sailed i’o Europe o*i tiie Olympic on Sept cuds* •jttli. Mrs. Koliut will s:h*u : eonsid i ruble time in each of the severa’ countries tin the continent, and will tie vote special -tudy to the problems ot Jewi h women i’« Poland. S->* wIP meet the members or tin* Couneil Recountruction Cult in Rotterdam. to consider further plans for its intro** diate work. Mrs. Koliut has succeed- | cd in Stimulating tin* interest of Jew ish women thruout Europe hi itctirl ti- for the refugees iintl emigrants. WALTER EURT WRITES ABOUT THE JEWS; A GENTILE’S VIEW Walter Iliirr. one* of the most en tertaining and convincing writers in ! America. lias in press a lw»ok, "Tin I Truth About the .lews: Tolfl by a j (Jentile,” a book that doubtless will Ik* | widely read and do much t<* effect a j better understanding of a people who | hare lieen much misunderstood. No man is lieiter no (Jentile is so well qualified to discuss this subject as Mr. Hurt. He is a student who al». proaches any problem with a mind • that is absolutely open and free from j any shade* of bias. He is critical anil not averse* to fa tire; lie doesn’t smooth the rough edges. He is absolutely I frank. And yet ills impartiality is so | transparent that Ills most ardent ad mirers are Jewish, nltho, as a writer in the Jewish Criterion recently said. •*he doesn't waste time or space* in idle llatlering of our people." The same writer says: "In his forth coming book we have a right to c\~ , poet 'alt intelligent consideration of the subject.” Mr. Hurt, since he first served on The Morning Telegraph as a valued 1 member of tin* staff more, than twin-! j |y years ago, has written many books, all of them of serious purpose. He, has a thorough knowledge of social I conditions and an abiding faith in tin*! fair-mindedness of the average person. From his home, .T.KII West Laiie street. Chicago, he carries on an extensive correspondence with well known pub. Heists and famous members of the literary profession. His most intimate trieud was the late James Whitcomb Uile.v and Ids favorite diversion a few years ago. intermittent visits co tin* lloosier poet's home town. They were not exactly pals; neither would have liked tlie word. They were congenial spirits. it is only in recent years that the ! status of Hie American Jew has stirred | certain writers and speakers to eontro- j I vcrsial activity in America. Nobody I who knew Walter Hurt expected him Ito hold aloof. He enters every in-, telieetual joust with lifted lance. j In ••Trillli About the Jews” he lias undertaken, we understand, to refute I certain slanders, and at tin* same time j he shows plainly that the people of j whom lie writes are not of superior clay: that they are far from perfect. The hook will be awaited with im patience h.v Jews, and ('.entiles will, no doubt, find it of interest, coining as it -hies from a uon-Jewish source, and striving for the truth, us it must, being tlie work Walter Hurt.--N. V ! Muruliib’ Tcli’graiiU. CHEVROLET at a New: Low Price $525- Chevrolet “Four-Ninety" Chevrolet "FB” Models Models Touring Car or Roadster 1525 Touring Car or Roadster $975 Coupe or Sedan - - - 875 Coupe or Sedan - • [1575 Light Delivery Wagon (one seat) • $525 40 Mem P. O. 0. FUmt. Mick. CHEVROLET MOTOR CO., A Division mf General Motor* C»rp. Retail Store • 1212 Broadway Tel. Main 789 [ ~ •! fMH.-r Phone. Main IS3B Kan. Phone, tharufm SU9 The Williams & Rose Electric Company M. ROSENTHAL, Manager We just recently completed the electrical work in the Beth lia-Medrosh Hagodol Synagogue. We are laso doing the electrical work at the J. C. R. S. Electrical Contractors Wiring—Fixtures—Repairing 435 Fifteenth Street Denver, Colorado Ik Busy Bee Candy Co. 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