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The Southern Israelite
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^ Charles H. Joseph __
TEL AVIV ATTACKED,
1 KILLED, 13 WOUNDED,
BATTLE RAGING
Tel Aviv, August 25 (J. T. A.)—
Tel Aviv, the first all-Jewish city of
modern Palestine, was the center of
an organized attack by the Moslem
Arabs Sunday afternoon.
The Jewish youth of this city offer
ed armed resistance and met the as
sailants who came from Jaffa, on the
outskirts of the Jewish city. A fierce
battle ensued which is still in prog
ress. The local police, 100 percent
Jewish, led in the defense. The first
check showed 1 killed, 8 wounded
slightly, 6 gravely.
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London, August 20 (J. T. A.)- In
an hour of political need the labor
government of Great Britain has in
vited the co-operation of two of the
most distinguished British Jews who
have rendered great services to the
British Empire in administering her
colonial possessions.
Here’s a new one. In Pittsburgh it
seems that the “Jewish Criterion” is
used as a kind of Extension Course
reading in connection with one of the
local Sabbath Schools and copies of
the papers are sent to the homes of
the children. But it has been discov
ered that a few, of course, a very, very
few of the parents do not like to re
ceive a Jewish paper because it adver
tises the fact that they are Jews to
the letter-carrier and to some of the
neighbors. So they refuse the paper.
If this be true, then it shows how
abysmally ignorant they are. There
are too many people who live for their
neigbors. They spend to make an
impression. And it seems that they
are even ashamed of their religion for
the neighbor’s sake.
Dean Swift once said that “Vanity
is a sign of humility” and for the
longest time I couldn’t grasp the
meaning of that statement. But when
such incidents as I have recited began
to come to my attention, I saw a new
light in the “crazy” Dean’s saying.
Jews who are vain enough to feel
proud over the fact that they associ
ate with certain Gentiles of social
standing display the humility that
Swift had in mind. The very fact that
they can boast about such things and
find satisfaction in them proves just
HOW LITTLE THEY THINK OF
THEMSELVES. If they had SELF-
PRIDE they would not feel compli
mented because somebody notices
them. They infer by such an attitude
that the other person is their superior
and can confer distinction on them by
merely associating with them. That’s
putting a mighty cheap estimate on
oneself! I would be ashamed to do it.
In Palestine the Communist group
called for an overthrow of British Im
perialism. That incident is likely to
evoke some very unjust criticisms
against all the Jew’s of Palestine. And
it will be avidly seized upon by un
friendly interests in England to show
the lack of gratitude of the Jews for
the opportunity that Great Britain has
given them. The trouble is that a
drop of ink colors a glass of water. A
few Jews who are Communists, in the
eyes of our enemies, color all Jews
Red. That is a price we have to pay
for being a minority. Among the ma
jority we find every kind of human,
but they are considered as individual
units, but with the minority, all are
classified together and not according to
their best, but their w’orst. I am fear
ful that a great deal of trouble is go
ing to come out of Jerusalem because
of radical speech and action. Haven’t
the Jews enough troubles in Palestine
without encouraging more through ad
mittance of Communists? Why don’t
they send them back where they came
from?
As this is written the situation in
Palestine is exceedingly grave. I am
not inclined to say, “I told you so,” but
the temptation is present in view* of
the fact that years ago I predicted
that with Mohammedans and Jews so
keenly sensitive on religious rites and
ceremonies—and each sensitive as to
their respective rights, must sooner or
later clash. When we consider that
the Arabs have been nursing resent
ment against the Jews because of the
fear of being dispossessed, one can
easily understand that the political
leaders of the Arabs might seize a re
ligious pretext for starting a war on
the Jews. The character of the fight
ing which resulted in many deaths on
both sides (as a result of the contro-
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the ear-marks, so far as the Ar v
were concerned, of an ORGAVmV
MILITARY attack rather than
disorderly uprising of a mob.
The Arabs own the ground on which
rests the remnant of Solomon’s
pie used as a Wailing Wall by the
Jews. The Arabs, however, do not di*.
pute the right of the Jews to hold thei r
services there. But nearby is the Mos.
lem Shrine of the Mosque of 0ma r
And between the two groups there ha<
been constant friction. A year ar
there was serious trouble because the
Arabs objected to the Jews using th?
screen which separates the men and
women at service, contending that it
was an undesirable and unwarranted
obstruction and interfered with them.
This caused rioting and disorder. The
Jews claimed that they should be pro-
tected in their worship. And the local
administration in Palestine was criti
cized for lack of consideration of these
religious rights of the Jew. The mat
ter was carried even to England. F.v Pr
since there has been smoldering hate
between the two groups which was
fanned into a fierce flame when the
local authorities gave the Arabs per
mission to begin building operations
near the Wailing Wall but with the
distinct understanding that they would
not in any way interfere with the
Jews at their services.
At this point I wish to say that con
sidering the acuteness of the situa
tion and the feeling that prevailed, the
authorities used extremely bad judg
ment. For no sooner did the Jew?
hear of the ruling than they became
very much incensed and trouble wa?
imminent, from the very outset. The
result was most disastrous. Great
Britain being responsible for the
country under the mandate degree of
the League of Nations will probably
invoke the military to stamp out the
spark of a serious uprising. What
will develop no one can tell, but one
thing is certain that the Zionist lead
ers who ridiculed the idea that the
Arabs were to be feared or that the
Jews and the Arabs would not live
peaceably together, were not hone?:
with themselves or their people. It
has been evident to even a cursory ob
server that the Arabs would not ac
cept the establishment of a Jewish
homeland without a fight.
I am glad that wide publicity wa>
given through the “Literary Digest
of Rabbi Isaac Landman’s address be
fore the Intercollegiate Student Chris
tian Conference at Eagles Mere, Penn
sylvania. He certainly gave the Chris
tian readers something to think about.
I liked particularly his reference to an
advertisement that was printed in 4
booklet some years ago concerning the
advantages of a certain region w
Pennsylvania w-hich said. “Elevation
2,220 Feet—too high for Jews.’
reply to that all the Christian
should not only hear but REMt-
BER. He said that his reaction to tha.
advertisement was:
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