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T E ' ^ jSH ; SOUTHERN ISRAELITE ^ A MAGAZINE PERPETUATING JEWISH IDEALS VOLUME VII. FEBRUARY, 1932 NUMBER XV ((tojh ration (it hast 1 ni the first time in its history Atlanta Jewry is confronted In a Ini ted Appeal for Jewish philanthropy. The Joint Dis tribution Committee, engaging in European relief work; the | c wish Agency, carrying on work of utmost importance to Jewish life in Palestine; the B’nai B’rith Wider Scope Fund, supporting the Hillel Foundations in American Universities and the Anti Defamation League will he the beneficiaries of the Appeal which will be formally inaugurated on the eve ning of the twenty-fourth of this month. /'//,' Southern Israelite welcomes this tendency in local Jewish ranks. We are happy to see at last a united effort on behalf of causes close to the heart of every man or woman wortln of the name “Jew.” Too often have the differences within the ranks of the Jewry been stressed. If any good can be said to result from the tragic situation facing our people in (lermany, from the critical conditions facing them in Roumania, from the despair confronting them in Poland—it is the realization of the universality of Jewish history—the realization that only a united Jewry can cope with the threat <>t disaster. In the past, American Jewry lived up to its boast of Raehmanim B’nai Rachmanim”—a community with an ancient tradition of philanthropy. But to give to the less fortunate when the cup is filled to the brim expresses after all more of the givers sense of decency and humanity than his “philanthropy”—his “love of his fellow men.” I he test of dais “Jewish Charity” we pride ourselves in is really coming when American fews, along with other fellow citizens, are facing economic conditions that new! no description in this column. I" meet our social responsibilities n,)U '< not only to the community we art a part of, but to our people in lands, requires courage and faith. requires courage and faith to ate a campaign for the raising mds for foreign relief at this in the city of Atlanta, and the B’rith which initiated the anent, the men that sponsor and it we congratulate upon their and courage. Let this appeal turned down by the pretext ard times.” That conditions are nit, there is no denying—but nately there are still few Jews anta who can not contribute to foi in the fai or w< CONTENTS Editorials United Jewish Appeai Jews Who Served Washington By Hon. Sol Bloom Two Jews Far Apart By Meyer F. String lass The Jewess , By Joseph A. Loewinsohn.... Hebrew Orphans' Home Activities Br Mrs. Artrfiirid M'yh —- 9 Society . Southern Highlights and Sidelights By Martin Go hie Strictly Confidential By Phineas J. Biron National and Foreign Notes D organizations and injure the noblest structures erected by American Jewry as evidence of its spiritual greatness. Let not the hand that is stretched across the seas for a bit of bread be turned back empty. Let not thousands of children abroad perish by starvation because of temporary conditions at home. Let not Atlanta Jewry fail in this test of its Jewishness. One more aspect of the Appeal The Southern Israelite notes. The leaders of this campaign are, generally speaking, young men fresh in the ranks of Jewish social work. Atlanta Jewry is developing its future leaders. Let those that have misgivings about our future in this community be cheered— and help. * * # * J Justice Iteujamin Cardozo President Hoover’s appointment of Judge Benjamin Nathan Cardozo to the United States Supreme Court, to fill the va- cancy of Justice Holmes who withdrew recently because of old age, will be greeted with genuine enthusiasm throughout this country, regardless of political and religious interests. Cardozo, it is true, was the outstanding candidate for the post. His judicial erudition, his exemplary private record, his creative genius in the application and transformation of the law and perhaps more than anything else his true liberal non-partisan outlook on social and economic problems of today fitted him for the Supreme Court of the United States better than any other individual in this country. But there were tremendous obstacles in the path to his selection by the President. It is an accepted precedent that members of the Supreme Court must be selected in accordance with geo graphical distribution of political patronage. A justiceship in the United States Supreme Court is re garded as a token of the highest prestige. In a year of presidential elections, a vacancy in the Supreme Court becomes an extraordinary fac tor which the President usually uses to the best advantage of the party he represents. Judge Cardozo is a democrat. lie comes from New York which is not entitled to any additional representation in the Su preme Court. Besides he is a Jew. While his religious denomination should have been no official obstacle, it provided a perfect excuse for his elimination in view of the fact that Justice Louis D. Brandeis is one of the big nine of the Supreme Court. That President Hoover hurdled all these difficulties, ignored political expediency will be hailed by all true liberals. (Please Turn to Page. 10) , A -» -v'j ! *: v S 10 Notes ^ 12 luses that make this appeal. To ° meet the call for help of the dzations that are appealing cripple the work of these . Mjrc h 3 1879. Published monthly by The Southern lht>se tl* editorial wlumn*. Established 'econd-clas. matter at the Postoffice at Atlanta, G-.. under th.^ of^March ^ reach this office not later than the, i Oth and 2S.h oi each month. ^Israelite invites correspondence and literary contnbu oo*.^ G , enn BlJ1 , dlnp> Atlanta. Ga. All communications -M‘Her. Editor; M. Stephen Sch.ffer, Publisher. Etecut.se urn