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The Southern Israelite
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\ Comprehensive Review
Of a Year of Jewish History—
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minted to political office merely be-
they a re Jews. But distribution
Apolitical patronage by proups and
nationalities has always been a char-
acteristic of American politics, and it
< equally absurd for Jews not to ex
pect patronage because of their Jew-
Xho last state contests provided an
unusual scene in New York, where Al-
v t Ottinper was nominated for Gov-
,r by the Republicans and Herbert
Lehman for Lieutenant Governor by
•h,> Democrats. Lehman, one of the
[( , st respected fipures in American
Jewry and an outstandinp philanthro
pist, received a preater personal vote
•han any other candidate, national or
, {a te. (ither interesting political oc-
• urrences were: the re-election of
Mr- Florence P. Kahn to Conpress
, MrKahn is becominp a popular
h^ure even nationally); the election
f Gilbert Rettman as Attorney Gen-
,. ra ] f,, r Ohio; the re-election for a
f,,u r th term .>f Sol Levitan as State
Treasurer of Wisconsin, and the elec
tion of Fa 1 par C. Levey as Speaker of
the California State Assembly.
In speaking of honor accorded to
Jews it mipht be appropriate to men
tion the choice of Ben Selling as
first citizen” of Portland. Ore. Mr.
S.-lling has distinguished himself both
:n the Jewish community and in the
city at large. Another important
h mnr came to Ernest Block, now of
San Francisco, who was awarded the
irst prize in the national music con-
test conducted by “Musical America”
for his symphony, “America.” Inci
dentally, Julius Rosewald received
the Zeta Beta Tau award of the Got-
theil medal as the Jew who perform
ed the greatest service to American
bwry during the past year. S. 0.
Levinson of Chicago was first sug-
ted for the Nobel Peace Prize by
■ he Manchester Guardian. Others
ha.»• since taken up this suggestion
r ° honor the Jew who coined the
phra-e “outlawry of war” and whose
Lots are greatly responsible for the
parsing of the Kellogg Pact for the
Ou’lawry of War.
Firing the past year American
"ry suffered the loss of a number
■f its most valued members who had
a hicvi-d international repute in their
arious fields. Probably the death
'• Kabhi Max Heller of New Orleans
the greatest blow to the Jewish
munity as such. His international
h mind, his concern with all Jew-
h problems, his wide influence and
s great scholarship made him one
the most important figures Amer
ican Jewry had produced.
Others who passed away during
" V were Emile Berliner, the inven-
° r ’ ' ' ctor Berger, the political
amr; Boris D. Bogen, the social
porker; Emil Fuchs, the sculptor;
_r. Joseph Goldberger, the scientist;
'hie Irene Loeb, child welfare
.*acer; Felix Fuld, Newark philan-
't; Leon Falk, Pittsburgh phil-
ropist; Adolph Kraus, for twen-
years International President of
n/v,? 1 l nt ^’ Leon Kamaiky, former
Publisher of the New York Jewish
, , y Xews ; Meyer Bloch, Chief
of the Orphans’ Court of Balti-
and Alfred W. Fleisher, Phila-
• e ‘Pnia philanthropist.
PALESTINE
Perhaps it is not unjustified to say
that the land which attracted great
est Jewish attention during the past
year was Palestine. As the center
of negotiations on the Jewish Agency
it was subjected to a scrutiny such
as was given no other country. For
tunately Palestine stood up under the
test. Overwhelmed for a time by an
economic crisis, Palestine emerged
from it with stability. Having a
Jewish population of approximately
160,000 Palestine is gradually, due to
Jewish initiative, becoming an impor
tant factor in the economic and indus
trial life of the Near East. Although
greatest attention is given to agri
culture and though most hope for the
Jewish future in Palestine is placed in
agriculture, there was nevertheless
considerable development during the
past year in other fields. In addi
tion to a splendid orange crop Pales
tine exported candies, cement, soap,
objets d’art and books.
The extent of Palestine progress
was indicated at the Palestine and
Near East exhibition held at Tel Aviv
in April, when every conceivable ob
ject, from radios and automobiles to
cattle and flowers, was displayed.
The prospects opened up by the prog
ress made on the Rutenherg electri
fication scheme and the imminent ex
ploitation of the Dead Sea mineral de
posits by Moses Novomeisky and his
associates indicate that agriculture
may not be the chief means of sub
sistence of the Jewish population. As
to the actual prospects of an increas
ing Jewish settlement, Dr. Arthur
Ruppin, outstanding Zionist statisti
cian and agricultural expert, stated at
the Zurich Zionist Congress that he
felt that 1,000,000 Jews could be har
bored in Palestine within the next
thirty years if the necessary means
were supplied. This figure is based
on 250,000 families.
Unusual progress was made at the
Hebrew University during the past
year, where the Wattenberg Mathe
matics Institute and the Wolffsohn
Memorial Library were opened. How
ever, the University has not as yet
become a dominating undergraduate
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THE YEAR IN SPORTS
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with the Seattle, ice hockey team. Sid
ney Franklin, became the best known
bull fighter in the world and the first
Jewish toreodor of modern times.
Schwartz of Northwestern University
won two national swimming titles.
Eddie Wineapple, a Jewish student
at the Catholic College of Providence
pitched a no hit game. The City Col
lege of New York had an all Jewish
football team and an equally Jewish
basketball team. A Jew played foot
ball on the Notre Dame team-Hor-
wutz.
And so ends another year of sport
among the Jews of America. They
met their gentile brothers on every
athletic field and were not found
wanting either in talent or sports
manship. They have played the game,
—to win but played it squarely, fair
ly and like the sportsmen they are
and after all isn’t that all that counts.
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