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THE SOUTHERN ISRAELITE A Magazine Perpetuating Jewish Ideals \ olume 5 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 ------- - 7 Society - 8 Southern Notes In The Limelight - 10 National News - 11 Foreign News - 12 lc Entered •* second class matter at the Poetofifce at Atlanta, Ga. f under the Act of March 3rd, 1870. 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