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THE SOUTHERN ISRAELITE
A Magazine Perpetuating Jewish Ideals
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FRIDAY AUGUST 15, 1930
Number 17
The Canadian “Iron Guard”
Reports from Jewish sources hail the results of the recent Cana
dian general elections with satisfaction. This because the new Par
liament will count three Jewish members instead of two, as hereto'
fore. S. W. Jacobs, of Montreal, and A. A. Heaps, of Winnipeg,
have now been joined by S. Factor, of Toronto. To close observers
of the Canadian Jewish scene, however, the results of the general
elections, particularly in the Province of Quebec, are far from satisfy
ing. In view of the alliance between the anti-Semitic group, Le Goglu,
and the Conservative candidates in that Province a united Jewish
vote backed the Liberal ballot. When the votes were counted it
developed that the Conservative party had made a net gain of twenty-
one seats in the Province of Quebec—a gain which, in the final
analysis, won the general elections for the Conservatives. Some
Canadian Jews insist that the Conservative candidates backed by the
anti-Semitic group, Le Goglu, were routed and that the Conservative
gains are in no way connected with the nefarious activities of
Le Goglu, “Canada’s Iron Guard.” This may be so. Yet the fact that
the Conservatives celebrated a strategic victory in Quebec, the
stronghold of the Liberal party, undoubtedly will strengthen the
Le Goglu group. Le Goglu attacked the Liberals as a Jewish party
and labeled the Liberal Premier, Mackenzie King, a Jewish Premier.
Thus the anti-Semitic leaders will claim that it was their intensive
propaganda which turned an important section of French-Canadian
public opinion against the Liberals and made possible the Conserva
tive triumph. Local statistics will be submerged in the general cry
of victory, and the new government will have to reward the Le Goglu
group for its contribution to the Conservative success. Quebec Jews,
on the other hand—due to circumstances beyond their control—
emerge from this campaign as a group committed to the opposition.
Einstein vs. the Grand Mufti
The Grand Mufti of Jerusalem utilizes modern methods in his
politics. Thus he has his own press, in the form of a daily Arabic
paper which the Arabs of Palestine re
gard as the unofficial Arab “government
organ”. In this newspaper the Grand
Mufti recently urged that no pardon
should be forthcoming for the Jew
Urphali, who is under sentence of death
for the shooting of two Arabs during the
Palestine riots of August, 1929. The
Grand Mufti insists that the death sen
tence should be carried out. Only re
cently the German Zionists and Pro
fessor Albert Einstein petitioned the
Palestine Government for the commu
tation of the death sentences pronounced
upon a number of Arab leaders of the
Hebron pogrom.
Professor Einstein sent a personal
message urging clemency to London and
Jerusalem.
Einstein versus the Grand Mufti.
The abyss between the two policies
is as deep as that between these two
protagonists.
What Difference Does it Make?
Ludwig Vogelstein, Chairman of the Executive Bo.
Union of American Hebrew Congregations, in an address
before the conference of the World Union for Progressiv.
at London, declared that the children of Orthodox paren
United States are rapidly filling the Temples of Reform. This n
one can deny. But Mr. Vogelstein added that this shoui.
understood as meaning that Reform Judaism is coming
Orthodoxy. The latter assertion will be very much debated
familiar with religious conditions in American Jewry. There h
been a general impression that Reform and Orthodox Judaism
denials notwithstanding, have been continually moving toward a
rapprochement and a golden mean. It has been recognized that the
Reform rabbinate has, during the past few years, acquired a much
greater interest in Hebrew language and literature than ever before.
Its attitude toward Zionism also has helped in creating a better
understanding between the Orthodox and Reform elements, it has
been believed. Thus Mr. Vogelstein’s statement will not be taken
too literally. Rather, it will be understood that Mr. Vogelstein
prefers to state that Orthodoxy is coming to meet Reform all the
way. But what difference does it make? The result is the same.
B’nai B’rith in the Argentine
J. B. Eddis, President of the B’nai B’rith Lodge in Argentine,
writes, in a letter to the Hon. Alfred M. Cohen, International Presi
dent of the B’nai B’rith: “We are faced in Argentine with the same
situation as in the United States some fifty years ago, a real melting
pot of numerous Jewish nationalities which are being converted into
pseudo-Latins, but still retaining good sentiments and good-will
towards Judaism.” Mr. Eddis further writes that the Argentine
B’nai B’rith is faced with the important task of awakening the
younger generation of Argentine Jews to a sense of duty toward
their own race. Commenting on this, he says: “Charitable in the
extreme, they (the Argentinian Jews) keep largely as yet to their
own classes. The division of birth, edu
cation, culture, and professions make>
the task of bringing together and of
eliminating the national and social de
ferences a very difficult one. Neverthe
less, we are willing to work and to
achieve the purpose and aims of the
B’nai B’rith and we are confident that
we will conquer the difficulties v\hicu
confront us.”
Freud Receives Goethe Prize
Sigmund Freud, the world-lam ni> A
chiatrist and scientist, is the recipient oi
the Goethe Prize, greatest scientific anJ
literary distinction in German)
Goethe Prize Commission chose 1 rtl-<
from among many strong candi
cause of his scientific achie\ .
Throughout the world the sele<
Freud will be hailed with sat
Dr. Sigmund Freud is now a
a Berlin hospital and is said to
ing from an incurable throat :
CONTENTS
Broadway s Greatest Scribe
By Meyer F. Steinglass
- 5
Theodore Dreiser Analyzes the Jew
By Raymond Dannenbaum ------
- 6
When Jews are a Hobby
By Pierre Van Paasen -------
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Society
- 8
Southern Notes
In The Limelight
- 10
National News
- 11
Foreign News
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