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MY DREAMS AND I
We have witnessed the glory that was
(Greece and the grandeur that was
Rome go the way of all flesh. We
surely can testify that man and his
dreams are God’s.
Nor have we forgotten the ever-
recurring schemes of contemptible nu n
in power to destroy and annihilate the
L\v. It is the commonplace of history,
this dream of ridding the world of the
Jew. It was the dream of Pharaoh, of
Hainan, of Pobyedonostsev, and of
countless lesser so-called statesmen.
They have slaughtered us; they have
humiliated us; they have driven us
from pillar to post, hut, by the grace
of the living God, we have outlived
them. And we stand this day as a
monument to God’s power and glory,
testifying to His existence and to His
control over the affairs of men and
nations. “Ye arc my witnesses, saith
the Lord.”
And so, on this day of Rosh ha-
Shanah the immortal sage of history
again proclaims to a world swollen
with its own importance, deluded with
its superficial grandeur, intoxicated
with its evanescent dreams—to it the
Jew proclaims, “I and my dreams are
Gods.” God alone is the source of life,
of wisdom, of power, of glory. God
alone is the manipulator of our dreams.
Prostrate thyself, O man, and worship
Him in humble adoration.
Let this he the spirit of the day. Let
it permeate our very being, “that every
creature may know that Thou art its
Creator, and every living being exclaim,
the Lord, the God of Israel ruleth
and His dominion endureth forever."
THE MOTTO FOR THIS YEAR
(Continued from page 14)
problems of the populace amid which
they dwell. Like their neighbors they
should work out their own salvation. It
is almost an impertinence for our philan
thropic plutocrats to invade our communi
ties, even against the consent of the rec
ognized local exponents, with these pest
ering drives for foreign contributions.
Too long have our Jewish communities
at least in the country at large been in
the sad condition of the songstress of
Canticles of which she complains: “They
made me keeper of the vineyards, but
my own vineyard I have not kept.
As to Zionism, if it has not reached
its crest, it is about time that it did. At
least for the present, if not forever,
American Judaism should take the jk>si-
tion of Rab Judah ben Ezekiel of Pum-
beditha and declare Zionism not only an
error but a crime.
The motto of the New Year for Amer
ican Israel should be: lo your tents,
O Israel.”
Raffalovich, Grand Rabbi Of
Brazil, Arrives In U. S.
New York, N. Y.—Dr. Israel Raffal-
ovieft. Grand Rabbi of Brazil, and head
of the Hias in that country, arrived in
the United States from Rio de Janeiro
on the Munson liner Western World.
While in this country he will discuss
the possibilities of Jewish immigration
to Brazil.
THE TEN BEST BOOKS
(Continued from page 10)
I he non-fiction list of recommendables
is more meager. It includes “Crucibles,”
the scientific book by Bernard Jaffe that
won the $7,500 Francis Bacon prize of
fered by the Forum Magazine; “Tales of
a Vanished Land,'’ by Harry E. Bur
roughs, and “ I he Riddle of Sex," by
Dr. Joseph Tencnhaum. Two books that
deserve more attention arc "Childhood In
Exile" and “Youth In Revolt,” the first
two volumes in the autobiography of Dr.
Shmarya Levin. It is only by the sheerest
accident that these two volumes did not
secure a place among the five best non
fiction lxioks of the year. If the list
were only two books longer Dr. Levin’s
autobiography would surely In- included.
Other non-fiction volumes that deserve
mention are “What Happened in Pales
tine," by Maurice Samuel; "Portrait of
Fhe Artist As American," by Matthew
Joscphson; and "Times Square Tintypes,”
by Sidney Skolsky.
Emil Ludwig’s “Abraham Lincoln" and
Jakob Wasscrmann’s "Columbus” were
both rather unimportant. Wasscrmann’s
pseudo-biography was irritatingly boring.
Harry Rogoff provided a rather interest
ing portrait of Meyer London, the late
Jewish Socialist leader, in “An Fast Side
Epic.’’ Stefan Zweig’s critical stature
was not particularly enhanced with his
latest volume, "Three Masters." 'There
were two hooks on Jewish history pub
lished during the year that deserve very
laudatory comment. One is Abram
Sachar’s "History of the Jews." Another
is done by a non-Jew, H. K. Kcllctt, who
writes a very entertaining "Short History
of the Jews.” Both volumes can be
recommended without reservation.
In the field of the essay, Philip
Guedalla’s “The Missing Mus?" was un
doubtedly the best. Horace Kallen’s “In
decency And The Seven Arts" could just
as well have been left unwritten in its
individual chapters. The only lxx>k of
short stories of the year worth referring
to was “Laments for the Living," by
Dorothy Parker. She is easily America’s
foremost woman satirist. 'Fhe few things
that she has written take her far away
from the saccharine domain of Fannie
Hurst and Edna Ferbcr. She is the most
original and creative Jewess writing in
America today.
Ten books are plenty for any average
man to read during the year. I rather
feel that the ten I have selected can take
their place alongside an average collection
of the ten best published by non-Jews
during the past year. Without question
several of those that have been included
have seen their superiors in this year as
in past years. It is not claimed that all
of them are immortal additions to classic
literature. They are merely the ten best
of a restricted field.
(Copyright 1930 by S. A. F. S.)
Becomes Member of Carnegie
Institute Board
Pittsburgh, Pa.—Albert C. Lehman
subscribed $10,000 to the Patrons Art
Fund of the Carnegie Institute, inter
nationally noted for its stimulation of
art, and was elected as a member of
the Board of Directors of the Fund.
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