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THE SOUTHE RN ISRAELITE
FOREIGN NOTES
Zurich, Switzerland—The board of
governors of the Hebrew University
of Jerusalem, meeting here, decided to
accept the offer of a Chair of Inter
national Peace and Law made by Sir
Montagu Burton, British merchant,
who is said to have provided $75,000
for the purpose. The chair is to be
named after Dr. Weizmann.
Budapest.—As the result of a bit
ter quarrel in the Hungarian Chamber
of Deputies, during which Deputy
Turcsanyi, Catholic, charged Minister
of Education Kuno Klebelsberg with
graft and the diversion of public
funds, it was revealed that an anti-
Semitic outrage that occurred in
1923 was condoned by Klebelsberg.
In arising to reply to the charges of
corruption and malfeasance in office
which had been made by Turcsanyi,
who is a priest, Klebelsberg accused
his opponent of various crimes, saying
among other things, that Turcsanyi
was one of the men responsible for
the bombing of the Jewish Elizabeth
Cfcsino in 1923. He had planned to
arrest Turcsanyi but it was only af
ter the latter appealed to him for
mercy that the incident was hushed
up, Klebelsberg asserted.
Sofia, Bulgaria.—The new cabinet
of Bulgaria, which was recently
formed, has decided to allot a sub
sidy to the Jewish schools of the
country, according to an announce
ment made by the Minister of Edu
cation.
Warsaw.—Bluma Goldstein, said to
be the oldest Jewess in Poland, died
here at the age of 111, due to inter
nal injuries received in a recent auto
mobile accident.
Moscow.—According to figures of
the Minister of Education in the
Ukraine, the Jewish population in that
section of the Ukraine has the highest
percentage of literacy. The statistics
are based on the number of Jewish
children in the schools of the territory.
The Jews have an average of 99 per
cent, and the German minority has the
next highest percentage, with 97.
London.—All England is bewilder
ed by the announcement that the es
tate left by Lord Melchett amounts
to only $5,000,000. This sum will be
decreased by several millions on ac
count of inheritance taxes. The Pal
estine properties of Lord Melchett,
valued at half a million, are left to
his daughter, Lady Erleigh, daughter-
in-law of Lord Reading. No bequests
are made to charity, the explanation
being that the deceased gave inade
quately during his lifetime. It had
been estimated that Melchett was
worth a minimum of $50,000,000. The
explanation of the extraordinary de
cline in his fortune is that he lost
heavily in the economic depression,
largely in the nickel field.
Warsaw. — Sixty-four year Jews
committed suicide in Poland last year,
most of them because of extreme pov
erty, according to statistics made
public by a Jewish welfare organiza
tion.
Berlin.—A sigh of relief has almost
audibly emerged from the lips of Ger
man Jewry as a result of the failure
of the plebiscite in Prussia, which was
to decide whether the Diet would be
dissolved and new elections called. The
largest part of Germany’s Jewish pop
ulation is located in Prussia, and it
feared for the outcome if the Hitler
ites should emerge victorious. But even
though the vote lacked 3,500,000 sig
natures to be effective, German Jewry
does not feel entirely reassured. That
the Fascists could have called out ap
proximately 10,000,000 people is evi
dence of great strength, despite Fed
eral Government propaganda to the
effect that the National Socialist
forces are dwindling. It was due rath
er to the masses’ disinclination for
action rather than to love of Otto
Braun’s Socialistic Government that
the plebiscite resulted in victory for
the Administration. Temporarily, how
ever, the Jews of Germany are reas
sured.
Jerusalem.—415 Jews entered Pal
estine during the month of June, ac
cording to statistics made public by
the Immigration Department.
Kise and Fall of a Great Jewry
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tians would have a deleterious effect
and Christians were forbidden to
have Jewish dancing masters. But
despite this prohibtion, the instruc
tion continued, just as Jewish physi
cians, forbidden by law from treat
ing Christians, were employed by the
Doge himself.
There are other incidents in the
life of Venetian Jewry which provide
the author with splendid opportuni
ties for brief character sketches. He
avails himself of these occasions ade
quately, as, for example, in his ac
count of the life of Leon de Modena,
one of the most glamerous personali
ties in Jewish history, who combined
within himself inextricable parts of
mysticism and mountebankery. There
are other communities in the imme
diate vicinity of Venice which find a
brief place in Roth’s history.
loaay the ghetto of Venice
longer exists, having been abar
ed on July 10, 1797, after the Fr
conquest. It was re-established f
short period when the territory
later ceded to Austria, but the
could no longer be spoken of
segregated community. They hat
come a part of the‘general lif
Italy. Today Venice is inhabits
some three thousand Jews. Fe^
the landmarks of the ancient g
remain. And even these are oca
by C hristian families.
Roth’s story of the rise and U
a great Jewish community is wr
with sylistic vigor as well as seh
ship. He has turned out a vo
which enriches Jewish history ,
out adding to Jewish pedantry.
Copyright 1981 by S. A. p. s
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