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THE SOUTHERN ISRAELITE A Magazine Perpetuating Jewish Ideals Volume 5 SATURDAY JUNE 14, 1930 Number 14 In Contrast ■ntlv three countries have singled out Jewish individuals for honors. Sam Levinson is being urged by Professor John in America for the next Nobel Peace Prize. France has ,] to erect a public statue of Sarah Bernhardt. The Universities i and Frankfort are competing in the conferring of honorary m . s on Max Reinhardt. ultaneously with these announcements have come reports ling conditions of the Jews in Central and Eastern Europe, tlarlv. The survey of Dr. Bernard Kahn. European director of nierican Joint Distribution Committee, is utterly depressing, land ninety* per cent of the Jewish workers in the textile indus- < unemployed. The political pressure on Russian Jewry grew last year, with perhaps slight improvement the past few v. Anti-Semitism in the Universities of Central, Eastern and eastern Europe has increased. The Arab-Jewish problem is intense than ever. Pierre Van Paassen expressed disappoint- • concerning the Rumanian situation during his visit there. All never before have the Jews of Eastern Europe been in such urgent need as now. IT.ese two pictures present strikingly contrasting impressions, ims strange indeed that it does not strike any Christian friends ' that Levinson, Bernhardt and Reinhardt aTe of the race that A nn; hounded in Rumania, insulted in Germany and crushed in 'oland and Russia. "Only Christians Need Apply" advertisements appearing in the New York press particularly, perhaps less often in other newspaper columns, is the growing t the phrase “Only Christians Need Apply.” 1 his is an expres- which calls to mind one of the potent Jewish problems today— ILcrimination of Jewish employers against persons of their own We feel it an insult, and surely without excuse, when this lenient originates from a Christian source, but why should the >tian distinction be judged harshly i Jewish employer is no different? I kega: .Hess of reasons for this dis- I mation, it narrows to prejudice when I < ciinsiders the ambition, alertness and incss on the part of most Jewish •yces. There is no question but that ' < prerequisites should come before ality or religion. s pite of the distressing situation in mployment in general at present, are cases everywhere citing Jewish ■ yers who are biased against Jews, i graduates of professional schools, nlarly accounting and finance, find dty in being placed. There are abso- reliable reports that Jewish firms vertising for non-Jews, rely it will be to the credit of Jew- ganizations to feel it their duty, if ary, to employ Jews. Jewish em- ' have sufficient ability, they are boycotted by Christian partiality, 1 ev are therefore due consideration 1 1 eir own people. Not until Jewish employers everywhere desist from trying to draw their Jewishness in the background will they begin to relieve the critical unemploy ment problem today, and above all actively defend "Only Christians need apply.” Gross Ignorance Now that the indictment of the Atlanta City Clerk is concluded, it is the absolute duty of Jewish clergymen and leaders in Atlanta and throughout the South to take in hand and make active response to the sarcasm voiced by the attorney for the defense. In referring to testimony of witnesses for the State he called them, among other things, “crook Jews and foreigners who want to indict an honest American.” It is obvious that the attorney used poor judgment in displaying his ignorance concerning the category of the word Jew, aside from the fact that his insidious implication is without logical foundation. Jewishness is entirely apart from nationality. Notwithstanding the number of Jews in America who contribute in a large way to intel lectual and philanthropic achievements, the average Jew is a loyal citizen and an American. Moreover, Jewish immigrants who adopt America as their homeland make devoted, appreciative citizens. Assuming this attorney to be recognized in the criminal courts, what judgment prompted him to utter such slanderous insinuations against American citizens? Surely there was no apparent reason for his accusations! With this in mind, it is time that our Jewish popu lation, so well recognized and represented as an outstanding class, sees to it immediately that such malicious charges should not only be defended but entirely withdrawn. Will silence sanction this out burst of ignorance? A Vicious Report The Reverend Clarence True Wilson, Secretary of the Methodist Board, of Temperance, Prohibition and Public Morals, has drawn up a secret report on the Presidential elections of 1928. It describes the part the Methodist Church played in the election of President Hoover and was submitted to the. Senate Lobby Commit tee the other day. Says Mr. Wilson in his report: "We went up against the worst combination that ever fought to gether in the United States.” Then the Methodist moralist enumerates the vari ous elements that made up this “worst combination”, and gives a place of honor, along with the Foreigners and the Cath olics, to the Jews. "An effort was made,” Mr. Wilson elaborates,"to make the Jews believe they had something in common with the Catholics in this contest, and with the aid of one or two distinguished rabbis who tried to whip them as a race (the italics are ours) in a line back of the marching column for A1 Smith.” In other words, the master mind of the Board of Temperance, Prohibition and Public Morals unequivocally charges the Jews with marshaling a Jewish vote in in the last Presidential (Cont. on 15) CONTENTS Well Known Author Converses on Jews By Joseph Brainin - -- -- -- -- 4 Restricting the Jewish Eaith in Italy By G. SACERDOTI - -- -- -- -- - 5 The Jews of Ireland By E. J. Brueh 5 “First Annual Convention Southeastern Orthodox Rabbis" in Savannah 6 Keep Religion Out of Politics By Hr. Solomon B. Freehof 7 Society and Personals 8 Southern Notes 9 National News 10 Foreign News 11 In The Limelight 12 Children s Corner By Sister Miriam - - - - 18