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Denver Jewish News
Vol. VIV.
OUR WEEKLY LETTER
FROM NEW YORK
X READJUSTING THE FOCUS OF IN
‘ TEREST—THE TEL AVIV BOND
ISSUE AND THE JEWISH BANK
ERS—PEDDLING OF THE RUTEN
BERG PROJECT—ARMED TRUCE,
NOT PEACE, IN THE ZIONIST
RANKS--THE PERENNIAL QUOTA
AND THE ELUSIVE RESULT. |
By Gershon Agronsky. ‘
(Copyrighted, 1922, Jewish I"nrr-'fl|m||-l-~n"('!
) e Bureau). }
! Things that are forgotten in the daily ‘
‘ humdrum cares and anzieties are often
foreed upon one's consciousness hy}
something so small as a news item. 1T
people are wont to hecome unaware of |
the world we live in. an advertisement
such as appeared in the Personal col
nmn of a metropolitan daily recently
jelling of a healthy young man” who
f‘ offers hix blood for transfusion to some
one in need of a healthy young man's
! Mblood, is suflicient to adjust our lhluk-l
“dng so that the focus of interest is
transferred for the moment at lu-n»(‘
from ourselves to the thing called tln-l
World and its strange ways. . . . I
. The readjustment of the foens need
; not always be from the pleasant to the
unpleasant. The process may bhe re
versed. Take Palestine. Assuming it
to be the focus of interest of a large
hody of Jews, what is it about that
country the interested persons llhllil".\”
read and hear. Strife, bigotry, "in
trigue, threats, sometimes veiled hul|
more often blustering., these and the
: usnal wailing about deferred hopes and
' disappointments, constitute the daily
tread of the student of Palestine’s,
progress and problems. l!fl‘uuw tlml
.+ construction of a hundred houses in Tel
Aviv is in the nature of things less sen
sational than the suicide of a Halutz,
and the settlement of several hundred |
people on the land less [ “newsy” than |
desultry attacks by marauding Arnm.‘!
one hears more of suicide and maraud
ing than of building and planting. 1
§ . s o
1t took two news items this week tnl
focus the attention of the reading pub- I
lic to the constructive phase of Pal-/
estine development : the announcement
the early part of this week of the float- |
ing in London of the $12.500.000 "nn-!
tional” loan, and the report today that |
q the Tel Aviv Bond Issue is on sale in |
. New York. The loan is, of course, tllcl
! affair of the Government of Palestine. |
The Tel Aviv bonds are the affair of |
the Jewish people in America because
an American Jew understook to sell it
here. Compared to the loan, the $350,-
000 bond ixsue Is a paltry thing. It is|
designed to aid the development of (mn‘
municipality which happens to be lhc-“
only Jewish municipality in the world.
The loan has a wider range. It is dc--l
signed to promote the development uf‘
all Palextine. The loan is at least !mlfl
spent, the British Government having |
advanced huge sums on account of lln-l
loan, which sums Sir Herbert Snmm-”
‘applied to mighty good use. The Tel
Aviv bond issue is neither raised nor
spent. The “drive” isx just being
launched by a firm of non-Jewish bank
ers whom Bernard A. Rosenblatt, as the
| representative in this country of tlu-!
. Zionist Executive, has appointed as the
fiscal agents. .. . Y 1‘
eo o ‘
And there is the rub. Shortly nflvr‘
his return from Palestine Mr. l(mmu-‘
blatt told the writer the trouble with |
the bond issue was that it was so small
few bankers cared to handle it. Had it
heen 750,000 pounds nistead of 75 000
pounds, he said, any banker would have
been glad to take it. It is a good issue,
glistening with advantages and profit
1o the purchaser, but a little one. The
writer then thought the objection rather
frivilous. Not being a financier, he
imagined any firm of Jewish bankers
.would be proud to handle the first bond
issue in Jewish history. but it appears
the writer underestimated the objection
-——and overestimated the Jewish bank
ers. With trouble in Smyrna and the
Turks intransigeant and the Arbas re
caleitrant—these objections have been
heard before—do you think Jewish
bankers would “‘take the chance™ Har
vey Fisk & Sons took? Not much! . . .
And so the issue was hawked about
town, and is at last offered for sale.
It will be taken up, of course. “The
Townshipgof Tel Aviv undertakes to
zrant a first charge on all its revenue
whatever kind and nature to the hold
ers of the bonds . . . for all interest
and capital amortization due thereon.”
This sounds like pretty good business.
It will not be taken up, perhaps, before
the Jews are seolded good and hard -
{but who, being scolded, will decline to
henefit Palestine, with the benefit to
one's self o clearly. in sight? . . . One
might venture to predict that if and
when a portion of the Palestine Loan
ix offered here, a few Jews will be
found who will make the supreme saeri
fice and, with appropriate guarantees,
ljoin the ranks of (he Builders of Zion,
Lto the Glory of Israel!
|¢ o o
| The Bond issue is not the only Pal
estine investment project to be peddled
about town. 1t is notorious that with
all the hue and cry about safe and sane
investments as alternatives for or com
plemental to national effort throngh the
Keren Hayesod, the Rutenberg conces
sion, by and large the soundest pos-
Lihlx- investment, has not begun to draw
the capital expected and required.
Pinchas Rutenberg spent precious three
months here in an effort to interest
|[wn|i||', Everybody seemed tremendous-
IL\' inteersted. Al concerneéd promised
and pledged. The Zionist Organization
has been trying to convert the promises
into cash. The Palestine evelopment
Council has been trying o cash the
pledges. They have met with partial
SUCCess, |,
. o 0
Armed troce between Zionists is pre
fernble to peace with non-Zionists
|’l‘l|ut SOrt 01 peace means mere pas
sivity, absence of contlict want of re
sistande. Between Zionists, even after
a quarrel, there is greater love than be
tween Zionists and non-Zionists, who
had not fought together or fought one
another. None fought the Zionists
battle harder than the late DPeter J.
Schweitzer. He was the most loyal of
comrades to those men who before the
Cleveland conflict led the Zionist forces,
But none fought these same lvmh'rs;
with greater ruthlessness and self
lrlghu-nusm-ss than did Sq-h\vn-ilzor.‘
I.\nll yet, few non-Zionists friends were
as profoundly grieved at his premature
death as were his Zionist “enemies™ of
the lalestine Development Council—
'Dr. Stephen S. Wise, Judge Julian W,
Mack and Jacob deHans. Judge Mack
Emmo to the funeral, Mr. deHaas gave
expression to his keen sense of personal
;Imu—nml Dr. Wise was a principal
'mmurnor at the Memorial meeting at
Cooper Union Thursday evening. ‘
o o o
' In some circles Dr. Wise' prmmm'o‘
:ut this mecting was hailed as his first
public appearance, since the Cleveland
Convention, at a Zionist gathering.
This may be historically true, but is
not actually =o. Dr. Wise has been
[m«-t!ng Zionists of the Zionist Organ
ization right along. He is meeting them
constantly as Chairman of the E.\'u('u-‘
tive Committee of the American Jewish
Congress. And neither he nor the Or
ganization Zionists are one whit worse
‘fur the experience. He evidently misses
‘llw Zionist masses as much as they
;Illlfl:‘ him. Dr. Wise hungers not only
lfnr leadership, but comradeship of the
kind that is not vouchsafed when nm“
le working with a “body of Zionists and
’nnlrmnnlsl.fl." If an end is made ln‘
the armed truce, and peace is fll‘llll}'!
||-nluhli~th¢-|l. it is a safe assertion that
Dr. Wise will have had something to
do with it.
o o o
Despite the impatience with the un
emotional Jew, Zionist work is at the
height of the season. The Zionist Or
| ganization is endeavoring to roll up a
flurm- moembership. - Louis Lipsky has
Ijnsl returned from an extended trip
'which took him as far west as Min
neapolis, and he estimates the Organ
ization will be able to report a forty
per cent inerease in membership at the
|m'xl convention. The Organization is
Lexperimenting with a simple expedient,
asking every enrolled Zionist to secure
from among his social and business
friends five new members. The Keren
Hayesod has had a successful enmpaign
in Massachusetts. and reports daily
progress in the collection. The cash
[total announced December 15 was $2.-
477,054.85. Remembering the frequent
‘l'(-pnmvh that the Keren Hayesod is in
tn(-li\'(-. the weekly summary is concln
isive proof that what the public thinks
Inr believes it thinks is not always so.
:'l‘lw Fund has suffered because its
;n-m-h has always exceeded its grasp.
There is the perennial quota for state
"and city and the somewhat elusive re
:snlt. But Dr. Schmarya Levin is con
vinced there is greater genuine effort
than ever before, and he does not re
gret his cowing again. Dr. Arthur
Rupin, with sublime patience of his
German training and tried in the cru
|cihlp of his matchless Palestine experi
ence, believes in gradual conquest. If
his persistence fails to attract people
to the industrial and colonization pos
sibilities, none will succeed. There may
'lu\ something not too far-fetched in the
iden of the Palestine Development
THE WARSAW JEWS
MOURN NARUTOWICZ
t\VRE.\TH FROM JOINT DISTRIBU
| TION COMMITTEE.
. T
C Warsaw - Representatives of- Amer
rivuu Jewish organizations engaged in
lrelief work here joined their Tolish
brethren in mourning the death of
Gabriel Narutowicz as the body of the
lnssusshmu-«l Executive was transferred
rom his residence to the ehareh, where
he will lie in state until Friday., ‘The
local offices of the Joint Distribution
Committee and of the Hebrew lmmi
grant Aid Society were cloged and
draped in black. The JINUs personel
sent a wreath, hearing the Polisa cal
ors, to the lh‘l\'l‘f'{‘l‘ Palace, the official
residence of the President. ‘The Amer
ican Consul sent condolences to the
Foreign Minister.
Jews took a large part in the proces
sion. The Jewish Deputies’ Club at
tended in a body. Most of the Jewish
shops and industries were closed. A
special memorial service was held at
the Tlomackie Synagogne, where Sen
ator Josiah Thon delivered a funeral
oration,
The wheels of industry were stopped,
the streets were literally hushed as the
cortege wound its way throngh the prin
cipal thoroughfares. Labor was large-
Iy represented among the mourners,
(displaying conspicaously the red flag.
Jewish Deputies May Not Vote for
| Narutowiez’ Successor.
Warsaw-—lt is held to be highly prob
able that the Jewish members of the
National Assembly will not participate
in the balloting for the new Dolish
President, the date of which will “he
fixed when the Assembly convenes
'Wednesday. This question has been the
subject of protracted debates in the
Jewizh Deputies Club. A strong argu
‘mc-nt against participation, vigoronsly
‘nd\'um-od by mnr_mr\'nlh':- Jewish Depn
‘llflfi. is that the almost unanimous sup
port the Jewish gronup mustered during
the balloting in favor of Narutowicz
has been the cause of rioting against
the Jews, frequently leading to blood
shed, and generally verging on a pogrom
movement.
The Nationalist and Zionist Deputies
strongly oppose this view, believing it
to be an act of cowardice to abstain
from the voting because of the cam
paign of frightfulness against the Jews
engineered by PPolish Faseisti.
Although no decision has yet heen
reached, the clear intention of the Jew
isle group at the moment seems to be
to abstain from the voting, the highly
agitated state of the country overcom
ing the convictions of the more radical
among the Jewish Deputies,
SABATH ENTITLED TO SEAT IN
HOUSE
Washington—The House Election
committee yesterday filed its unani
hnmm report di'c-\dlug against Joseph
Gartenstein, the Republican candijdate,
who contested Representative Sabath’s
seat in Congress won in the election
two years ago.
gLingRis SR PR
i(‘mun-ll to organize 100 Jews with at
‘Iu-usl $10,000 spare capital each, who
would either settle in Palestine or visit
the conuntry and put their capital there.
In zeneral it may be =aid although it
is hard sometimes to see the wood for
the trees, Jewish Palestine, while get
ting nothing like its share here, is cast
ing its spell over greater and yet great
er numbers of men and women. The
pity is that the effort is not cumulative,
but fitful and changeable,
Che Denver Jewish Tews
is rapidly increasing. The majority are subscribers of the Denver Jewish
News. Not the majority but all Jews should subscribe for the only medium
which gives to the Jews of Colorado and Wyoming the local, national and
inter-national news. So that all people ma).' profit, ,;the Denver Jewish
News is offering a gold fountain pen to any one who brings in five new
subscribers.
Wednesday, January 3, 1923
The Fleeting Years
Ic:.uul morning to you — 192432
You were in on time, mid sounds of
glee s
Twelve months for us now, and we hid
you good night,
| When you'll pass away ealmly hy tak
’ ing your flight, »
!
‘lhuu"b_\'l' to the old: we begin the new
| year:
May we live for the future with nothing
to fear.
Just trusting to God each month and
ench day.
Our life unfolding as the “flowers in
' May.”
| ~
[lln gave us our tongues, and Him we
| should praise:
He gave us our lives; He gave us our
I health
|ll-' wave us Colorade, with all of her
wealth.
What more ghonld we ask. or what else
can we say,
As the shadows keep falling each night
| and each day., 5
T all earthly life, with the months
| and years,
Will have blended with the past. the
t dust and tears, |
| 1
When time shall be no more upon |l|i.=i
old sphere.
To us who are living here sKies are so
clear,
iln this Colorado climate of sunshine
and rain—
‘.lus( a few years past a desolate plain,
‘\\'lu-rr- the lion and wolf, the coyote
' and hear
[\\'orn chasing the elk the sheep and the
. dear, '
|Thls land of Colorado, with her sun
shine and rain,
And her mountains of silver and har
vests of grain,
—J. A. Pickard.
ROUMANIAN STUDENTS ROW RE
FORE AUTHORITY.
Bukarest—Minister of Edueation An
ghelesen has promised deputations of
Roumanian students to reopen the uni
versitits which been closed a few weeks.
provided the Christian studnt body will
make no further demands for the lim
itation of Jewish admissions by means
of a percent norm.
The Minister also informed the stud
ents that their demand that Jewish
Medieal students dissect only Jewish
corpses was unacceptable. In - return
for the promise that the students will
henceforth maintain order, the Govern
ment will investigate charges against
newspapers alleged to have insulted
the student body in censuring their ex
treme rowdyism.
i eAk S sL SR
UNVEIL MEMORIAL TO PROFES
SOR GOLDZIEHER.
Budapest—A memorial tablet was un
veiled here by Dr. Alexander Lederer,
Vice-Iresident of the Budapest Jewish
Community, in memory of Dr. lznaz
Goldzeiher, the famous Orientalist, and
the well-known historian, Chief Rabbi
Dr. Samuel Kohn. °
A tombstone also has been raised in
the Jewish cemetery to the memory of
'(Iu» Jewish Deputy Alexander Peto. Ex
| Minister for Justice Deputy Wilhelm
Vaszonyi delivered the address at the
graveside. He mentioned that Deputy
Peto had come to take part in the sit
‘ting of the National Assembly from his
deathbed. when he heard that the nn
merous clauses RBill was coming up for
discussion. When the division was
called. Peto had eried out, “You have
power to do this, but not the right!™
TEL-AVIV BOND
ISSUE ON SALE
Palestine Government Behind Issue,
Says Rosenblatt.
(Jewish Correspondence Burean)
’New York--The first Jewish bond is
sue in history was announced for to
day by Harvey Fish and Sons, Ine. It
ix of the Township of Tel-Aviv, the
Jewish township in Palestine, and is
for £75.000, offered at $460 per 100
Ibs and interest, at which the yield to
the investor is abont G %
Bernard Rosenblatt, member of the
Zionist Execentive who is floating the
Tel-Aviv loan in this country. an
nounces that the Palestine Government
hias given permission for the investment
of Trust funds in the Tel-Aviv Town
~Bip loan and pursuant to that, the Or
der of Sons of Zion, which has a large
stm of money for the organization of
Palestine Insurance Company, will take
up a large block of Tel-Aviv Bonds.
Mr. Rosenblatt also pointed out that
Col. Norman Bentwich, Attorney Gen
eral of Palestine, is cooperating in the
preparation of the Definitive Bonds,
which indicates the importance the Pal
estine Government attaches to the bond
jssne from Palestine.
MONTREAL JEWS HOPE FOR SEP
ARATE SCHOOL PANEL.
(Jewish Correspondence Bureau)
Montreal-— The present agreement
between Jews and Protestants of Mon
treal permitting Jewish children to be
taught at Protestant schools in r(-lnrn|
for the payment of school taxes to the
]l'rt:lmtdlll Board of School Commis
|sioners has been extended for a furth
er period of n year and a half. This,
lit is hoped, will enable the Jews to
arrange in time for a separate Jewish
,pnm-l with Jewish schools throughout
.the provinece of Quebec, This extention;
regarded by Jews as a notable achieve
ment, was obtained. through the efforts
of a Delegation sent by the Montreal
Jewish Community Council to Québec
ito fight the bill introduced by the I'ro
testant Board to break the contract be
tween Jews and Protestants and divert
‘the Jewish school taxes to a neuatral
panel, presunmably the Government, the
latter paying 360 to the Protestant
{ Roard for every Jewish child taught in
their schools. W
The Deputation which went to Que
bee, consisted of two representatives
tench of Jewish labor, the Congrega
tions, of the fraternal nad other so
'cieties. Representatives of the Reform
Jews did not join this Deputation, hav
ling supported the protestant proposal,
to the despair and indignation of the
‘r(-sl of Montreal Jewry.
i The Protestant bill was said to have
| sought to prevent the formation of a
‘.h-\\'lsh schooi panel and, simultancons
’l_v, <0 weaken the position of the Jews
|in the schools that the demand for rep
jresentation on the Protestant school
’lhmr:l would be abandoned. This would
{have meant that 14000 Jewish chil
.drn-u attending the Protestant schools,
{would be brought up in the I'rotestant
I<|.i|‘il with no one in a position to ntter
a protest. The Catholies, hoping that
s|l|o enforcement of this ruling in the
Protestant schools would throw the
Jewish children into their arms :|l~'u‘
favored thix bill. S
The fight waged by the majority of
the Jewish population here against the
Protestant in the Provincial Legisla
ture, was thought to be in vain, as all
forces appearcd to be arraigned against
them.
VIENNA UNIVERSITY REJECTS
PERCENT NORM.
| ——
Authorities Promise To Regulate Ad
missions of “Low-Class Foreigners.”
(Jewish Telegraphic Ageney)
' Vienna —The ultimatum submitted
'h_\' the anti-Semitie section of the
student body recently demanding the
introdumtion of percent norm limiting
the admission of Jewish students, and
the limitation of the number of Jewish
members of the Faculty, as well as
their exelusion from the “Senate,” |Ill,~"
heen rejected at the Directors’ nn-ming|
of the University of Vienna, '
At the same time, it is announced, |
that the authorities will take precan- |
tions ‘lo regulate and limit the :nlmisvl
sion of “low-class foreigners,” a classi
fication which may he stretehed to in-I
clude any Jew the authorities mxu'
fwish to har. l
JEWS AND ARABS FRATERNIZE AS
WEIZMANN VISITS HAIFA.
X (Jewlsh Telegraphic Agency)
Haifu. The Moslem National So
ciety, an Arab body which had broken
away from the Moslem-Christian Un
ion, yesterday dined Dr. Ghaim Weiz
mann, president of the World Zionist
organization. Address were delivered
'hy Shukri Chassan, president of the
Moslem society, and Dr. Weizmann.
Both leaders emphasised the importance
and feasibility of Arab-Jewish friend
ship and cooperation in Palestine, The
I.\l~uh< were singularly cordial, but Dr.
Weizmann appeared especially touched
as the Arab Chieftain’s small daughter
presented him with a bouquet, making
‘llm presentation in Hebrew, instead of
‘lu-r native tongue.
| Considerable significance is attached
to this reception. which is among the
‘lirsl acts of fraternization between Jew
and Arab. Following the dinner a
number of Arab deputations visited Dr.
Weizmann, conveying their desire for
peaceful eollaboration. .
POOLS OF SOLOMON JERUSALEM'S
WATER SOURCE.
(Jewish Correspondence Burean)
derusalem—The chief Secretary to
the Palestine Government has issued a
statement on the subject of the new
water supply of Jerusalem from the
Pools of Solomon. *“An event of con
siderable historic interest,” the state
ment commences, “has occurred. After
many centuries of disuse, the Pools of
Solomon are again supplying the Holy
City with water.” 1t is stated that the
Department of I'ublic Works has for
some time been engaged on the restora
tion of the Pools of Solomon and the
erection of a pumping plant designed
to force the water through the pipe
line laid by the Army in 1918. The
work proved more ditficult than was
anticipated. Leakages occured in sev
eral places. “In bringing once into
use these ancient reservoirs,” the state
ment continues, “such experiences are
almost unavoidable: it is a modern ex
ample of the parable of putting new
wine into old bottles, but in this case
there is fortunately no doubt as re
gards the structural stability of the
botiles.” .
The leaks were not stopped unfort
unately in time to enable the bottom
pool to be filled by rain water of early
spring. "It will be remembered that
| the “latter rains' failed this year. A
considerable quantity of water has,
however been collected in both middle
and bhottom pools which it is hoped will
enable the present supply to Jerusalem
to he maintained during the next three
months. This period is always regard
¢d as the most diffienlt from the point
of view of water supply on account of
the seasonal ‘lag’ of spring discharges
behind rainfalls. It is clear that in
inrnh-r to make these ancient reservoirs
i\\‘uh'rliL’hl beyond the possibility of
{doubt, the whole inner surface should
j|.l- rendered in cement. This would be
| costly work and the Department is re
“lnvmnl to recommend the necessary ex
{ penditure until the efficacy,or otherwise
of the repair work now in hand is
;pruva It is hoved that the work un
{dertaken may be sufficient to render the
il'nll capacity of the bottom and wid
[dle pool available for this winter's
| yains, Our work is for the present be
{inz undertaken on the upper pool.
| v\ visit to the Pools of Solomon ™
lconeludes the statement, “it is well
fworth while, both from the point of
Lview of antiquaviau research and also
[ from an engineering aspect illustrated
"brochure dealing with the works will
e ready for the coming tourist season.”
——— —————
E Unhappy is be who mistakes the
!hmm'h for the tree. the shadow for the
s snbstanee.— Talmud
No. 1
THE COUNCIL OF
JEWISH WOMEN
| -II'ZW!SII REVIVAL IN HOLLAND
Contributor to *“The Jewish Woman™
i Describes Dutels Jewess.
New York City—ln the December is
| sue of “The Jewish Woman” the of
[ ficial publication of the Counci! of
!Jv\\'ish Women, there appears a very
Eim--rmlim: article on “The Jewish
‘\\'mmm of Holland” by Caroline Wij
iwulm-k-l‘rn.nkfln. vice-president of the
Council of Jewish Women, Amsterdam,
"‘ Holland. It presents a very thorough
survey of condftion that have con
fronted the Putch Jewess and the
many forces that have lead her to take
' n more important place in the Jewish
Im-mmnnily as well as in the general
community. 1t is to the Council of
Jewish Women that the greater share
of credit is given for this new com
munal awakening. Mrs. Franken writes
as follows:
' “The Duteh Jewess was until some
twenty years ngo, the centre of her
houschold, the devoted mother of her
‘children. She did not seek a place in
public life and her occupations were
‘those that, of old, had been typically
faminine ones, Her morality was pro
verbial, as well as her devotion to her
family. Since the m’t two years, #
‘change has set in. With the opening
‘up of the University to girlstudents,
‘the Jewish girl took her place—and
‘n comparatively significant place too—
among the women desirious of wider
knowledge or of professional life, At
about the same time they took up office
work alongside the men. But a far
more disintegrating influence wpon Jew -
ish women was the desire for luxury
“As everywhere else, the ‘upper ten’
first gained entre into non-Jewish eir
cles, outdid the Dutch population in loy
alty to the country and its traditions,
and begin to marry outside their own
community. Gradually, thiz assimila
tion spread and affected the upper
‘middle classex as well. But for all that,
‘h cannot e said that the majority of
i.h-wi.uh women had given up Jewish ;
enlture for other spiritual goods or even
that they had given up their own char
acter and personality to such an extent
that they felt themselves in no sense
different from the Dutch. The more
they felt old values lost and new ones
inaccessible, the more they tried to find
satisfifetion in seeking after pleasure.
“Pogether with this development. we
see a growing absence of the feeling of
responsibility towards the Jewish com
munity. The woman-movement did
not leave the Jewish woman unafrect
ed; it only made the more advanced
put themselves fully at the disposal
of non-Jewish social work or in the
foremost ranks of the suffragists. And
Jewish social work was, until quite
recently only done by a very limited
number of women. chiefly orthodox,
with great devotion but with an insuf
ficient knowledge of modern methods.
“Upon the initiative and incentive of
a few leading American Jewesses from
the Council of Jewish Women a move
ment has been set about to rouse the
activity of the Dutch Jewesses on be
half of Jewish social work, and to in
crease their feeling of solidarity. And
now that we have been aroused and
set to work, we can hardly believe that
we had remained idle so long, viewing
‘|ln‘ decline of Dutch Judaism, under
standing its causes and not trying to
take our modest share in saving It
There now exists in Holland only our
Council in Amsterdam, counting almost
400 members after the work of one
:_\'(-nr, and another group of women in
}l{mu'rtlum who occupy themselves ex
clusively with helping transmigrants,
~ *The Council of Jewish Women in
Holland shall contribute its share In
bringing the Dutch Jewess back to
Judaism.”
BRATIANO OPPOSES MINORITY
RIGHTS; ALL CIMZENS ARE
EQUAL.
i (Jewish Tefirmlc Agency)
i Bucharest—Equality of all Rouman
{an citizens is recognized in the draft
‘of the constitution prepared by a Par
linmentary Commission. This draft
recognizes none of the qualifications
wheih a former draft sought to impose
!nu the Jewish citizens. It guarantass
:lln- equality of all citizens, regardiess
‘of origim language or faith. Miuority
rights as such bave uo place (o the
‘uew draft, it is Jearned. because Ure
‘mier Bratisnno bas set himself agninst
;rxuvh rights. despite the previous ug
|dertaking by himself and bix predeces
| SoEN o respect then.