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THE SOUTHERN ISRAELITE A Magazine Perpetuating Jewish Ideals Volume 3 FRIDAY, APRIL 11, 1930 Number 11 he Palestine Inquiry Commission I he Triumph of Jewish Brotherhood The Palestine Inquiry Commission report, which was made last week, confirmed all the rumors and surpassed the i of Zionist misgivings, inasmuch as the report does not re- i merely recommends. It is concerned with the safety of Arabs much more than with Jewish rights. While it is ad- im 1 that the Arabs have assaulted the Jews and are to blame the [Rigroms that horrified all civilized nations last August, n port does not condemn the Arabs nor does it contain one Mtence that qualifies the Arab attacks as a crime. After admitting that the Arabs killed innocent Jews, the re- siiggests that Jews should not be permitted to enter Pales- i great numbers. The Inquiry Commission ignores the fact a* the Balfour Declaration was issued to the Jews and not to Arabs and overlooks the British pledge to facilitate the estab- meiit of a Jewish national home in Palestine. The reduction Jewish immigration, the decrease of Jewish land purchases the non-participation of Zionists in the Palestine administra- i are the essence of the recommendation made by the Shaw lAmmission to the British Government. The reason for such action to Jews the world over can only nterpreted by them as an insinuation that the Arabs might ■ provoked into doing some more pogroming, and of course that 1 >uA1 be too bad for the poor Arabs! Among other queer observations is the statement that the \rab riots were not at all directed against the British or Pales- Government—that the Arabs are openly attacking the Brit- Mandate is merely a sidelight. The Commission insists that p Arabs meant the Jews; and if the Arabs had to shoot through t Hritish uniform to get at a Jew, that does not concern British Ago. And so it is hinted that Britain is receiving knocks • mm the Arabs, but only by mistake. The Jewish world is beginning to doubt British fair play and ice, for the victim, not the murderer, is being condemned. And ’hough Prime Minister Ramsay McDonald stated in Parliament t the Balfour Declaration was accepted by Britain as a pledge, •if seems to be emphasis placed upon the safeguarding of non- i rights equal to the stress placed upon the historical rights ‘h<* Jews to Palestine without encroaching upon the existing leges of other races or creeds—all of which foreshadows that '• Government will heed the recommendations of the Committee. I hr situation is no laughing matter the comment of the epigrammatic 'ephrn S. Wise on the report comes 1 s mind: “The Balfour Declara- does not need interpretation—it -'■’"l- fulfillment.” The Festival of Freedom, called in Hebrew “Pesach”—Pass- over, though one of the oldest of Jewish festivals, has been of marked significance both to the Jewish people and the world at large throughout generations. Originating as a Spring festival to celebrate the approach of favorable weather for the tiller of the soil, in later years a more profound symbolism was associated with Passover. It came to be the anniversary of the liberation of the Children of Israel from the yoke of Egyptian bondage, and as such wielded influence upon the career of the Jewish people. The central ceremonies bound up with this thought were the Korban Pesach, the Paschal offering, and the Matzoth, the Un leavened Bread. The former in its original form ceased with the destruction of the Temple, but the Matzoth is still used in almost its original form. Jews had to have Matzoth wherever they were under all circumstances and conditions, and it has accompanied them on their age-long travel from land to land. When the Jews settled in America, they of course took care to have Matzoth for Passover, and so within the past few de cade's there has grown up in the* United States the largest Matzoth factory in the world, carrying on the symbol of Jewish life and Jewish traditions. Along with the expansion of commerce and industry, the Matzoth manufactured in our country may be found in all parts of the world where there are Jews, strength ening that feeling of Jewish brotherhood, of Jewish nationality, of Jewish emancipation which Pesach so strikingly illustrated. With the historic background of the Festival signifying libera tion from physical oppression and hatred, and liberation from spiritual bondage, it is indeed a Festival of Freedom of the Jewish people and of humanity in general. And the example of the American Matzoth being used universally points to the contribu tion of the American Jew to the continued oneness of the Jewish people, the triumph of the spirit of the Brotherhood of the Jew. CONTENTS A Great German ■rmanv is celebrating the twenty- anniversary of her theatrical ■ Max Reinhardt. His first pro- i was Shakespeare’s “Midsummer Dream.” It was he, also who iueed Shalom Asch’s masterpiece, 1 Vengeance,” to the world some ago. The German plays he has are comparatively few. He ow n a predilection for English, • and, recently, American drama, v-inhardt is being acclaimed these the greatest German producer ime. On the night of the Rein- nniversary in Berlin a statue of Rathenau was found defaced "arred. A strange way of cele- n ratln £ the Keinhardt! ii.U.i ■•G-,1 THE FESTIVAL OF PASSOVER By Florence llothrhield JUDAISM AND PROHIBITION . . . Hy Rabbi Leon Spitz SOUTHEAST REFORM JEWRY ORGANIZES FEATURES OF LOCAL INTEREST SOCIETY AND PERSONALS IN THE LIMELIGHT NATIONAL NEWS FOREIGN NEWS SCANNING THE JEWISH HORIZON By David Schwartz THE CHILDREN’S CORNER . . . By Sister Miram QUEEN OF A GARDEN CITY . . Ry Robbie Lazarms Axelrod 8- 6-17 7 4-15 9 10 11 12 19 was strange way of anniversary of the Jew M. Stephen Sc hi ft ek. Managing Editor Entered a9 second class matter at the Postoffice at Atlanta. Ga.. under the Act of March 3rd, 1879. Published monthly by The' Southern Newspaper Enterprises, Inc. Subscription Rates: 15 Cents Single Copy. SI.50 per year in advance. The Southern Israelite invites correspondence and literary contributions, but the Editor is not to be considered as sharing the views expressed by ihe writers except those enunciated in the Editorial columns. Established 1925. All communications for publication should reach this office not later than 1st and 15th of each month. A Shipping Item The amalgamation of the two German shipping concerns, the North German Lloyd and the Hamburg-American Line, is one of the great events of the Commercial world. That two Jewish finan ciers, Max Warburg and Jacob Goldschmid, were the two master minds that made this gigantic merger possible has come to light, and it has deeply impressed German public opin ion. Germany’s sore spot since the war was the crippling of her merchant ma rine, which the Versailles Peace Treaty reduced to a minimum of tonnage. The merging of these two concerns restores Germany to the position of a tremen dous factor in trans-Atlantic passenger service. Credit is due to two co-relig ionists of Walter Rathenau. The Ger man press has taken the occasion to remind the German public that the builder of the Hamburg-American Line and unquestionably Germany’s most astute shipping wizard was another Jew, Albert Ballin, who committed sui cide when he heard of the aKiser’s flight to Holland. This bit of shipping news does not belong merely on the shipping page. It spells great improve ment in the relations between Jew and Gentile in Germany. 20