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Volume VI THE SOUTHERN ISRAELITE A Ma ^ azine _Perpetuatim Jewish Ideals November 30, 1931 Number 12 The < all to Freedom " " " 1 There is much in the holiday of Chanukah which we $ a piro celeb ting that lends itself to current analogies. Judas Maccabee Present°his f pi ' Krima K e to California to help Mayor Walker hoc me down to us as an W™ u , . i aQte present his plea for ------- enshrined the brave Maccabees who were notable n i l, rnlI , « a ,lne , thln lt that Aaron Sa theii military exploits. On the other hand Chanukah hZ l 1 ml.'! % for Moon ?y- whose really marked an occasion of physical conquest; its ceremonials hopes that?‘? P ! r ° 18 stl " . a y° un * man and there are traditions have been woven around* the’JewishIdeal o AmericanJ^-iShV Ute 8 ° me ° f hi " C ° UrnKe “ nfI Spirit to I'rpwnm inrp pprim «nri onintnol T™ . 1011 1I1C - case appeals to ail true young man and there are freedom, intellectual and spiritual. In our own day "there is a resemblance to the conditions that prevailed centuries ago. Many parts of the Jewish world are under the yoke of an oppressive power. At the same time economic and social forces are con- // here Is the Committee C harges of discrimination against Jews in American universi- ------ . - r r, ouucu voices are con- .. . agnmsi .jews in American universi- Lpirmg to uproot the Jewish spirit. We have need of leaders \ 3 contained in an editorial in the Yale University paper who will win again the freedom which the Maccabees gained for * Ia ™ness Hoot". The writer states that the leading universities t J. ws of their own time. As one surveys the horizon, one finds , e countr y have a secret numerus clausus for Jews. lie also difficulty in identifying any heroic figures who will meet the declares that the Jewish population of Columbia University was emergency of our day in the spirit of Mattathias and his sons, reduced—ithanks to this unwritten law—from forty per cent. hose Jews who still celebrate Chanukah in all its glamorous to twent > two Per cent., and that New York University cut the and festive spirit, there is inspiration in recalling what the P ro P ortl(,n from fifty to fifteen per cent. The Yale editorial does Jewish past was able to achieve in surmounting the barriers not r ? vea l new facts about the existence of the numerus clausus, nloi‘ij/1 in + ho urnir fvAArlAw* Kwr ^ U ^ ~ 4-: 1 ~ 1J hilt. VPS ll.Q i nforoofinnr finrnrna /vn/x i i placed in the way of freedom by a hostile world. * * * * Let I s Be Judicious “All quiet on the Eastern front" read the news dispatches 1 Poland. The University of Warsaw has reopened its doors, and while Christian and Jewish students sit in separate sections ol the classroom, peace seems to reign. But authoritative observ ers report that while the anti-Semitic riots have stopped, there is open advocacy in the press of the enforcement of an economic, s °cial and intellectual boycott against the Jews. The Government, it is stated, is trying its best to calm the excited elements without taking the Jewish side “too aggressively". There can be little doubt that the present Polish Government feels greatly embarrassed by the recent anti-Jewish excesses. It is clear today that the National Democrats, sworn enemies of the present regime, are the instigators of the anti-Semitic activities. Their aim is to “discredit" the Government by forcing it to take the part of the Jews. This political move can only be understood if one realizes that because of the economic crisis, and uk -r these circumstances the Govern ment, if it wants to stay in power, ” u-'U necessarily be cautious or it will •Jtep into the trap of its opponents, as unfair to attack the Polish comment as the authors of the re- : pogroms as it would be to hold me Bruening cabinet responsible for 1 itlerite excesses. While everyone •sly regrets that the Polish Gov ernment does not feel itself in a posi- J° deal more aggressively with national Democrats, one must in ust analysis ask oneself this ques ts it better that the present nment go down to defeat on the u issue, thereby placing the Na- Democrats in power, or is it Irom a Jewish point of view t we bear with the Government s time so that it may defeat its •ents later on an issue which is THE LAWS OF THE MEDES AND PERSIANS "Which altereth not. ' were known for their rigidity and immutability. Their penal laws were the harshest and crudest that the World was to know until the advent of Common Law England. Although they created the first postal system, they had but little commercial law. Under Cyrus the Great, the Persians conquered Babylonia, terminating the captivity of the Jews and enabling our people to return to their own land and re-establish their laws, which were destined to revolutionize the world. The Persians added little luster to the lamp of the law. but nurtured the flame and passed it on. but gives us interesting figures. May one be so bold as to inquire what happened to the special Committee appointed a year ago by the American Jewish Congress? Tnis body was to investigate discrimination in universities and propose ways and means for combating this deplorable state of affairs. It is high time that the Committee started functioning. * * * * Stefan Zweig Stefan Zweig has just celebrated his fiftieth birthday. The great German-Jewish author, whose works are well known in this country, is regarded throughout Europe as one of the strongest influences for international brotherhood. His interpre tative works on Romain Holland, Tolstoy and others, as well as his humanitarian outcry in “Jeremiah" and in his short stories have rallied the intelligent youth of Europe around him. Stefan Zweig is correctly classified as a man without a country. His outlook is never local. His patriotism is never limited to his adopted fatherland. Nor has he embraced Zionism. He stands for the same ideals that make Einstein and Romain Holland the two outstand ing spiritual leaders of this period. ti< G< Je tit b.- at or nr It to no Je Jewish. The situation is serious. ! °r the Jews outside of Poland derstand the circumstances and ’ jeopardize the safety of Polish through hasty, futile action. CONTENTS Editorials 3 The Childhood of a Composer By Isaac Goldberg 4 THE SAGE OF WASHINGTON By Robert Stone 5 Zionist Merry-Go-Round By William Zuckerman 6 Atlanta Visitor Honored By Joseph A. Loewinsohn 7 College News 8 Highlights and Sidelights By Martin Golde ^ Social Notes 10 Southern Notes 12 NATIONAL News .13 In the Limelight M As Well as the Pope Some wit, in an effort to stimulate interest in Hebrew education in this country, has suggested: “l^arn to speak Hebrew as well as the Pope." Funny, but not so far fetched. Pope Pius gave an exhibition of his vast Hebrew knowledge when, the other day, he granted a two hour audience to the Chief Rabbi of Milan. The conversa tion, it is reported, was conducted en tirely in Hebrew. His Eminence speaks a fluent and most colorful Hebrew which might be the envy of many of the American rabbis. We shudder to think what would have happened if the audience were with one of our own would-be rabbis whose Hebrew knowl edge is not so catholic. Suppose the Pope had begun in Hebrew! Our rabbi would have been compelled to say: “Your Eminence, let us speak Latin." A humorous situation. Fortunately it will not occur. Our rabbis are now warned: learn Hebrew or never see the Pope. r*r «»u ntered n . , , , __ . p.s under the Act of March S, 1879. PublUhed monthly by The Southern N ewe paper Enterprise. Ine. Subscription rates: fl.M r in advanTS''^' at f h . e ^Sde^ee wdTiSSary^contributions, but the editor is not to be considered as sharing the view. «pr««ed by the writers except those & diMU 8 S&S ^£bteh™ W2.r 1? Stephen Schiffer. Publisher. Executive Offices. 301 Glenn Building. Atlanta. Ga. All communication, for publication should reach this later than the 1st and 15th of each month.