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THE SOUTHERN ISRAELITE A Magazine Perpetuating Jewish Ideals SATURDAY JUNE 28, 1930 Number 15 i' Josiah Cohen l>s ing of the Dean of the Pennsylvania judiciary, Judge i nhen, of Pittsburgh, removes from the American scene an . ,„t and a man of outstanding qualities. Judge Cohen was an lew who had immigrated to this country at the age of Nine years after his arrival, at the age of twenty-five, :,lv acclimatized and equipped for a most distinguished career, admitted to the bar. Perhaps we may regard his achieve- . all the greater because lie bore a name which inevitably him as a representative of a persecuted and maligned race. ( nhen never lost his interest in Jewish affairs. He believed -readying influence of religious education and devoted much time to the organizing of the Hebrew Union College and, later, r Union of American Hebrew Congregations. As Judge of the - Court he gave proof of a broad and sympathetic humanity, interpreting the spirit rather than the letter of the law. His at the age of eighty-nine robs us of a personality of great \f and wisdom, of one who shed luster on his profession and *>i; \merican Jewry. Son-Sectarian Jewish Endowment s Bamberger, retired Newark merchant, and Mrs. Felix Fuld. -ter. have announced the donation of an endowment fund of iillion dollars for the establishment of an Institute of Advanced The school will be non-sectarian in both faculty and student This in the wake of the increasingly disturbing reports of discrimination in American universities and other institutions ning. This following closely on the vicious report of Dr. 'ice True Wilson, Secretary of the Methodist Board, charging uth carrying on a sectarian national political policy. The Barn- endowment announcement will be hailed with great joy by 'cral forces in the United States. ere are those who clamor that the Bambergers should have en- i strictly Jewish institute of learn- H" to counteract anti-Jewish dis- uinn in many American univer- 1 Hit such views must be qualified i fanatic. The American Jew does •niancl special privilege; nor does i i >me a separatist racial educa- ‘"hey. He insists only on a strictly tarian attitude on the part of in- ,ns of learning. The Bambergers, g that two wrongs do not make have rendered a great service to a. It would have been a strange < cd of demonstrating the justice "h demands for a liberal policy in rerican universities if they had a Jewish sectarian institute. • their endowment of their adversity” Louis Bamberger and r have given one more warning eactionary forces in this country d-Semitism and prejudice must e ir hands off education and lear o- Exit Mr. Luke 11. C. Luke, erstwhile Secretary of the Palestine Government and Acting High Commissioner during the Black August of 1929. has been appointed Governor of Malta. Thus the man who, despite the whitewashing of the Palestine Inquiry Commission’s report, is in many quarters regarded as more responsible than any other indi vidual for the bloodshed of the. Palestine riots in leaving his post in that country. His departure will not be regretted. As a matter of fact the British Colonial Office has earned the gratitude of the Palestine Jewish population and of world Jewry by removing a Palestine official who would have been a great obstacle to the cementing of friendlier relations between Arabs and Jews. If Mr. Luke’s going to Malta means the beginning of a house-cleaning in Palestine officialdom it means a step forward in the normalization of the Jewish situation in Palestine. Palestine Administration’s Strong Hand I’he Arabs threatened reprisals if the three Arabs condemned to death for their participation in the savage murders of Hebron and Safed would be executed. German Zionists and Professor Einstein appealed for clemency. The Palestine courts, however, decided to carry out the sentences, disregarding threats, appeals, and political consequences. The three Arabs were hanged, and their co-religion ists declared a general strike in Palestine. But the British military forces were doubled at strategic points throughout the country—7 and the general strike was called off and only a small number of Arabs stopped working by way of protest. The Mufti then declared that he was afraid that he would be unable to control Arab resent ment against the British; whereupon the Commander of Jerusalem sent him a message that if he did not advise his followers to behave he would have to bear the responsibility for any riots that might ensue. The latest reports are that all is quiet on the Palestine front. All of which goes to show that a strong Palestine Administration which refuses to be intimidated by empty shouting has nothing to fear from Arab politicians. The general belief is that the recent manifestation of uncompromising sternness on the part of the Palestine Administration has greatly enhanced British prestige in Palestine. Improvements for Hungarian Jews Discussing conditions in Hungary with a group of foreign correspondents, Pre mier Bethlen, who has been visiting Lon don, declared that the Jews of Hungary may expect an improvement in their sit uation. When asked why the nutnerus clausus still exists in Hungarian univer sities, he declared that the measure was invoked immediately after the war due to the stringent economic situation and to post-war prejudice that was rampant. He promised that the nutnerus clausus would soon be abandoned and that with improved economic conditions the Jews would feel a decline of anti-Semitic prej udice. CONTENTS The Child of a Long Story By Pierkk Van Passen - - 4 America s Foremost Showman By Robert Stowe - -- -- -- -- - 5 H. L. Mencken Views Anti-Semitism By Joseph Brainin' - -- -- -- -- 6 Society and Personals By Dr. Solomon B. Freehof 7 Southern Notes 8 National News Foreign News 9 10 In The Limelight 11