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PAGE SIX THE JEWISH TRANSCRIPT, SEATTLE FEBRUARY 17, 1939 FEBRUAR
Zaragoza Purim Is Instituted 'Talestine The
toY'S To Commemorate ,4 Miracle One GreatHope'" in My
Mail
Louisville, Ky., l,'eb. 8, 1939.
Herman A. l]orowitz, Editor,
The Jewish Transcript,
Seattle, Washington.
Dear Mr. Horowitz :
My heart is filled with gratitude
for the kind words which you wrote
to our mutual friend Mr. L. N.
Rosenbaum of New York in regard to
"Hell Itebrew--A Gentile Salute."
Your letter alone is adequate coln-
l)ensation for whatever effort has
been made to enlighten not only tile
Gentiles lint also to remind even
members of your race of some of
their ac|,ievements.
This book was gotten out for l)ri-
vats distribution originally and it
was a surprise to Mr. Rosenbaum
who has done such remarkable work
in behalf of the Jewish people. Be-
ing in contact with him from time to
time I learned something of his work
and in my humble way I wanted to
be hclpful. It was a matter of joy to
find that with RARE exception Gen-
tiles and especially clergymen ap-
proved of these sentiments. After
being urged by many Gentiles as
well as a fcw of the Jewish peolfle, I
put out a limited number of these
books.
You might bc interested to know
that we did m)t atteml)t to I)rofit on
the book bnt have used the funds re-
ceived in helping some recent refu-
gees who have located in this eoun-
try. ]n fact we gave these refugees
the book at actual cost and you can
well imagine my feeling to know that
the first money they earned in Am-
erica came from this source and not
by taking some Gentile's position as
Nazi propagandists in this country
would have. people believe.
To you I am deeply grateful for
having written Mr. Rosenbaum and
to him in turn for having given me
such a rare privilege as to read this
letter ef yours. I am sen(ling you a
copy of "Hell th;l)rew" under sep-
arate cover with my compliments
and 1 would be pleased to have your
frank criticism after you have had
an opportunity to read tim book
more thoroughly.
With assurance of esteem, I am
Sincerely yours,
James E. Dunne, Publisher.
ARABS NOT UNITED
A T CONFERENCE
LONDON (WNS)--Owing to diff-
erences between the groups of Arabs
representing the Mufti of Jerusalem
and Ragheb bey NashasMbi, the
Arab ease was postponed pending ef-
forts to compose the differences. The
Nashashibi group (lid not appear at
all during the first day of the confer-
ence at St. James Palace.
WMIc the Goverm .nt endeavors
to make arrangements for the in-
clusion of the Nashashibitcs, tile Jew-
ish case will be heard before thc Aral)
case, although the contrary had or-
iginally been scheduled.
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By ALBERT LEVY
On the 17th day of Shcvat tim de-
scendants of the Jews of Zaragoza,
Spain, celebrated the feast of Purim.
Contrary to Jewish usage tile Purim
of Zaragoza is celebrated, not on the
14th and 15th of Adar, but on the
17th of Shcwd:, every year. It has a
l)eculiar signilicancc and should be
of interest to the student of Jewish
manners and customs. We shall try
to give tl,e me:tning of this celel)ra-
tion and tell sometMng about its
l)romulgators.
A nund)er of Sephardic Jews liviug
in Jerusalem, Sahmica, (]onst.mtin-
ALBERT LEVY
• . . he knows history l
ople, Smyrna and lately in the
United States--descendants all of
the Scphardic Jews exl)atriated
from SI)ain in 1492, celebrate a festi-
val on the 17th day of Shcvat of
each year, which festival they de-
nominate the Purim of Zaragoza
(Purim dc los Saragozis).
On this day the "Mcgillah" (the
scroll) is read but it does not tell the
story of Esther. It is an Mtogethcr
different Megillah. It tells the story
of this festival.
Before tl:e exluflsion of the Jews
from Spain, when Alfonso V was
King of Castille and Aragon, in 1420,
a good number of Jews lived in Zara-
goza, situated at some 340 kilometers
from M'Ldrid. Alfonso V warn very
proud of his Jewish subjects and
praised them on all occasious for
their faithful,ross to the crown and
their h)yalty to the country.
The city of Zaragoza trod some
twelve synagogues. Every time that
the King visitcd the city, the rabbis
from the various synagogues would
go to the rec.eption of the King will)
the scroll of the law (Sifrc Torah) in
their arms, singing songs approt)ri-
ate to the occasion. It was the cus-
tom at the time not to cover the
Scrolls with mill< "Parohiot" and
velvet, as is the habit nowadays.
The scrolls were locked up in boxes
made of gold and silver metal. This
added to the weight of the scrolls,
and at times it was difficult to carry
them from one place to another. In
order to remedy the situation, the
rahbis of the 12 synagogues nmde it
a habit, every time they went to the
reception of the King, when the
latter came to Zaragoza, to take the
empty boxes with them and leave the
scrolls in the synagogues.
After all, they thought, what dif-
ference would it make. if they went
to receive the King with or without
the scrolls of the law, the King
never l)othered to examine the con-
tents of the boxes.
Marcus, an attendant at the King's
I)alaee, a converted Jew and a native
of the city of Damascus, hated his cx-
corcligionist very bitterly. One
MILWAUKEE HAS
LARGE BOOK CHO ICE
MILWAUKEE (RNS)--Beeause a
Milwaukee rabbi believes every re-
ligion should, in an effort to promote
understanding and harmony be-
tween faiths, make its literature
known to the public, the city of Mil-
waukee now has available a library
of Jewish books in English--6,000 of
them--many of which cannot be ob-
tained anywhere else in tile state by
students and theologians.
The books have been assembled in
Temple Emanu-El B'ne Jeshurun
here by Dr. Joseph L. Baron, ral)l)i
of that congregation, l)r. Baron be-
lieves that it is the function of a re-
ligious ivslitution to promote wis-
dom and truth, and that one iml)ort-
ant means for the accomplishment of
this is the direction of worthy reading
and the encouragement of personal
research l)rojects.
l)r. B'u'on conceived the idea of
such a Tcml)le library for the city of
Milwaukee about twelve years ago,
organized a small lihrary groul) or
committee lo foster it.
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day he heard King Alfonso V praise
the loyalty of his Jewish subjects,
an(l esl)ecially those who lived in
Zaragoza.
This statement by the king w'ts
not very l)le:ming to Marcus, and in
order to get into the King's good
g,'aces, said to him: "Does your
Majesty know tlmt these very Jews
that you l)raisc continuously for
their loyalty to the crown and to the
cmmtry, fool you every time you
visit Zaragoza? The reccpticm to
you is made with empty boxes while
their scrolls arc kept locked up in
the synttgogues. ''
Many people are of the opinion
that even though the revelations
made to the King 1)y Marcus were
true, nevertheless they shouhl not
have hcen made by an ex-Jew.
Wily shouhl this event surprise us?
The history of the Jews in Spain,
especially since 1391, is full of these
nccus'ttions .tgainst Jews made par-
ticuhu'ly 1)y conversos.
Alfonso V was very much infm'ia-
ted nt hearing this story. IIc knew
nothing al)out the truth of these
st.ttements, hut decided that he
wouhl l)rovc the assertions made hy
Marcus.
At a late hour that nigitt the King
decided to h;'tve for Zaragoza ....
Tha| very same night, the "Sha-
nmshim" of the 12 s,!nagogucs were
awakened by a nmgic force and wcrc
tohl of the dclmrturc of the King for
the city of Zaragoza and his arrival
there on the ncxt morning. They
were warned to leave the "Sifrc
Torah" in the boxes, its the King
would examine them tile next day,
when the rabbis would go to the
customary reception to him.
In (,he morning the royal proces-
sion entered the city. The rahbis ex-
tended the usual welcome to him and
went out with the boxes containing
the "Sifts Torah," singing "Piz-
monim," appropriate to the occasion,
as before. And they were not at all
surprised when King Alfonso V
asked to examine the contents of tile
metal boxes.
The Jews of Zaragoza (if there are
any now) and their descendants be-
lieve to this date that it was "Eliahu
Hanavi" who appeared to the 12
"Shamashim" putting them wise as
to the intentions of the sovereign,
Alfonso V.
Just as the Jews of Persia re-
joiced on the 15th day of Adar and
heht thosc two days as "days of feast-
ing and gladness," so these Jews and
their descendants to this day, cele-
brate the 17th of Simvat as a day of
gl.tdness, in commemoration of the
miracle performed for them, thus es-
caping death at the hands of the
enemy, especially an ex-son of tile
Jewish nation. It is tMs feast that
is called Purim of Zaragoza (El
Purim de los Saragozis).
Says Visitor Opinion
Arriving in the United States for
lie]' first visit to this country, tim
Marchi<mess of Reading, ct,airnatm
of the British cction of the l'alcstine
Found:ilion Fund, <h;chu'ed that un-
less the nations of the world th't
stand for h'eedom and democracy
act quicldy "the entirc Jewish I)opu-
lation of Germany will be wiped out."
Lady Reading dcscrihcd the refu-
gee situation in Eurol)e as "tragic
beyond all words," stressing the fact
that I)oth British and American
Jewry must concent,'atc their ef-
LADY READING
•.. Jews' plight is tragic I
forts on the exlmnsion of immigra-
tion and settlement in Palestine as
It means of providing a permanent
solution for tile plight of many of the
thousands of homeless and ol)pressed
Jews in Germany and other lands.
During her brief stay in this coun-
try, Lady Reading will visit the
major cities in the United States to
stimulate the widest possible sup-
port of the newly established United
Appeal for Refugees and Overseas
Needs, which combines the Joint
Distribution Committee, the United
Palestine Al)l)cal an<l the National
Coordinating Comnfittec Fund in
the greatest nation-wide drive ever
undertaken in the United States.
Lady Reading observed that while
Palestine ahme cannot l)rovide tile
coral)lets solution to the refuge.c
prot)lem it represents "the hclu't of
the solution." She pointed uut that
during the l)ast tire years P.destine
has (,aken in more than 30 per cent of
all the Jewish refugees from Ger-
many, estimating that within ttle
next five years Palestine cmlld ab-
sorb more than 200,000 additional
Jews. "Palestine," she said, "is the
one great hope in the hour of I)itter
need for the Jewish people."
Dr. Stephen S. Wise Boldly Denies
Claim That The Jews Want War
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DR. STEPHEN S. WISE
•.. he slaps Hitler[
found indignation felt by millions of
Jews represented by tile World Jew-
ish Congress.
"The head of the German govern-
ment not only insults the unfortu-
nate Jews of Germany, whose lives
are made intolerable by his regime
and who are prevented from praying
at their synagogues or even from
seeking asylum elsewhere. Hc is not
content to ridicule nations who arc
nobly endeavoring to help the vic-
tims of Nazi persecution. He does
not confine himself to threaten nfil-
lions of Jews with complete extermi-
nation, lint he is trying to stir up all
nations in the world against them.
"The Chancellor of the Reich even
attirms timt it is not Germ'my whieh
threatens the peace of the world, but
that it is Jews that want war. We
repudiate firmly and with horror
this outrageous accusation, coming
from a man whose notorious book,
"Mein Kaml)f," vindicates the neces-
sity for war, which ahmc, according
to him, is capal)le of realizing the
aims of his policy."
GENEVA.--Dr. Stephen S. Wise,
I'resident of the American Jewish
Congress, issued a statement vigor-
ously denouncing Hitler's ,ttack up-
on the Jews in his Reichstag speech,
repudiating thc charge made by him
that Jews are fomenting war.
])r. Wise' rcl)udiation was radio-
graphed from the liner Champlain
on which he was en route to London
to ttttend the Palestine conferences
and was mad(; lmblic in Geneva by
the Geneva offices of the World Jew-
ish Congress.
In his statement Dr. Wise de-
clared: "In view of the outrageous
attacks against worht Jewry made by
the Chancellor of the Reich in his
recent speech it is our duty to make
known to the governments and pub-
lic opinion of civilization the pro-
U. S. WATCHING
PALESTINE POLICY
NEW YORK (W.NS)--The United
States Government is closely watch-
ing the Arab-Jewish discussions be-
ginning in London under the auspices
of the British Government to de-
termine a future policy for Palestine,
it was revealed in a letter by the De-
partment of State to the United Pal-
estine Appeal made public by Dr.
Abba IIillel Silver, National Chair-
man of the Appeal.
Saying that the United States in-
tends "to give full and appropriate
].onsidcration" to the Palestine prob-
lcm, the DeparUnet of State sifid
that "we have kept constantly be-
fore the British Government the in-
terest which our l)eoph; have in Pal-
estim; an(l WC ]lave every reason to
1)el(eve that that Govcrnment is
fully aw'wc of public opinion on thc
mattcr in this country."
The Nazis "ire bohlly trying to
I)ush their Iml)licity in Canada. It
al)pears that (;onsidcrld)le m.dtcr
has been distributed which not only
has to do with the refugee issue lluL
actually against the British govern-
ment itself. Some of the matter wits
cont,'fincd in the l)eutsche Zeitung
i)uhlished at Winnil)eg, .t l)al)er in
which stock is owned 1)3' the. former
German Cimsul there I)ut who is
now Consul to J'tpan. lie is still the
owner of 300 shares of stock in the
I)aper. The matter was discussed in
the Ilouse of Commons .m(l Prime
Minister Mackenzie King I)romised
q,n investigation.
* $ $ $
Nazi 1)J'ollagan(ht seeks to sl)read
the false idea that Jews control the
banks of the United States. The re-
search bm'cau of the B'mfi B'rith for
some years had made an exhaustive
survey 'rod states that only 6 tenths
of one ]w.r cent of the stock is in
Jewish ha,tds. There are 93,000
banl<ers in the United States. Not
only do Jews not ]rive even remote
(.ontrol of l)anl<s but they (lo not
l)ossess heavy hohlings in other big
financial enterprises. ' ]n view of tt,e
predominance of non-Jews in the big
banks of the financial centers as well
its in the controlling investment
corporations, it wouhl seem that tim
public would readily refuse credence
to so palpable a misrepresentation.
$ * * J!.
A ral)bi does not live on a bed of
roses. No matter how hard he labors
he is often grossly misunderstood.
lh; hns little time for idliug. ]Ic
mils[, i)reach seHnons, eo]lduct ser-
vices, look after schools, llromote
membership and if he is built that
way hc .lets as an apostle to the
Christian world in the establish-
ment of better understanding ii the
field of religion, and in all matters of
civic uplift, if his activities make
him "live news," a newspaper in
printing the day's doings must en-
hance the publicity by which he is
surrounded. If others feel neglected
The Transc,'il)t's advice is just be-
come legitim:ttc news and the I)apcr
reflecting Jewish community life will
do its part without favor or dis-
crimination.
$ $ * *
The Board of Education of New
York City has opened the doors of
school assemblies to the discussion
of subjects pertaining to racial and
religious freedom, designed to popu-
larize tolerance and good will. It
might not be a bad idea for the Seat-
tie School board to follow suit.
Varying forms of cooperation to this
end might bc developed in a non-
controversial manner. If there be
those who might wish to use such a
forum fro' the spread of opl)oste pro-
HIAS SUGGESTS SELF
TAX OF ONE DOLLAR
NEW YORK.--A l)lea to fraternal
bodies, Landsmanschaft groups, labor
organizations, synagogucs and mu-
tual Lid associations of American
Jewry to introduce a self-tax of.S1 per
member for the IIIAS Emergency
Fund was made t)y Abraham IIer-
man, president of the IIebrew Shelt-
ering and hnmigrant Aid Society,
prior to his departure for Europe.
Mr. IIerm'm sailed together with
John L. Bcrnstein, as members of a
delegation of American Jewry's HI-
AS to confer in Paris aud London on
immigrant and refugee aid work in
the light of tim present conditions.
STEVENSON & GERSHON
3002 Smith Tower, Seattle, Washington
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE
STATE OF WASHINGTON FOR
KING COUNTY
THOMAS C. FAULCONER, Plaintiff,
vs,
ROSA MAY FAULCONER, Defendant.
No. 311459--Summons by Publication.
THE STATE OF WASHINGTON TO
THE SAID ROSA MAY FAULCONER,
Defendant:
You are hereby summoned to appear
within sixty (60) days after the date of tho
first publication of thin summons, to-wit:
within sixty (60) days after the 20th day of
January, 1939, and defend the above entitled
action in the above entitled Court, and
answer the complaint of the plaintiff, and serve
a copy of your answer upon the undersigned
attorneys for the plaintiff at their office below
stated; and in case of your failure so to do,
judgment will be rendered against you ac-
cording to the demand of the complaint
which has been filed with the Clerk of said
Court.
The object of the above entitled action is
for a decreo of divorce on the ground o[
desertion.
STEVENSON & GERSHON,
Attorneys for Plaintiff.
Office and Post Office Address:
8002 Smith Tower,
Seattle, Washington.
Phone Elliott 5311.
1-20 6t 2-24-39
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paganda, at lenst we'd know what
thcy wcrc thinki,lg al)out and also
sl)rcading and it might en:d)la the
disciples of truth and fact (-better
meet their adve,'saries.
$ $ $
lt, makes Collier's and Th'., Tran-
script 1.mgh out hnnl wheu Mr. Ec-
tics, chairman of the Board of Direc-
tors of the Federal Reserve System
says that "it is of no significance that
as a nation we ()we our de, bts to our-
selves and not to a foreign nation."
A debt remains a (lcbt whe|her it is
owetl to Jone.s or Brown or whether
these creditors live in the U. S. or
Fr'mce. This n.tti,m can get rid of
debt iu three ways tufty--taxation,
inflation, repudiation. Will either
of these three be satishctory to the
citizen?
Quite a row wq,s scared I1 l) over the
fight to l)revent Johu Strachey, Eng"
lish author and alleged Communist
fronl entering the U. S. to l)l]rsllc It
lecture tour. A court brushed aside
legal quibl)ling and let the man iu
and he hasn't l)cen he.ml of since. If
we Americans wouhl expend out"
brains on supplying the mass market
with t)hmty of saleable, sound Am"
eric'm ideals and the proper construe"
tivc thought of affirmative action for
our own cause there wmfld be no need
or no excuse fro' such as Strachey or
any of his tribc.
* $ $ $
Sidney Rubin for the I)ast year has
1)ccn employed by the W.P.A. in the
division of social research, and ha
just completed a survey of wages and
occul)ations of 5,090 Seattle youth of
Idl walks of life. The result shows:
A1)proximately 9 per cent of all
youth (females constituted the hulk
of this 9 per cent) were receiving leSS
than $9.50 per week with ahout 17
per cent I)aid between $9.50 and
$14.50. The largest group, composed
of 31 per cent of Seattle youth, were
in the $14.50--$19.50 wage bracket"
With 1(.) 1)er ceut I)cing paid betwee
$1(.).50 nn(I $24.50 and 12 per cent be-
tween $24.50 and $29.5!) ouly 12 per
cent of the youth were receiving
wages or salaries in excess of $29.50"
--Your Associate Editor.
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C. B. Conner and Stevenson & Gersl0
3002 Smith Tower, Seattle Washi
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF 1'11
STATE OF WASHINGTON FO
KING COUNTY
B. V. HANNAH, Plaintiff,
VSo
J. C. IIANNAH, Defendst'
No. 308762--Summons By Publlcatl
THE STATE OF WASHINGTON TO '*"
SAID J. C. HANNAH, Defendant
You are hereby summoned to
within sixty (60) days after the date
first publication of this summonS,
within sixty (60) days after the 13th
January, 1939, and defend the
action in the above entitled Court,
answer the complaint of the plaintiff,
serve a copy of your answer upon the
signed attorneys for the plaintiff at
office below stated; and in case of
so to do, Judgment will be rendered
you according to the demand of tho
plaint, which has been flied with the
of satd Court. Ol
The object of the above entitled as . of
for a decree of divorce on the grOUn
desertion and cruelty.
C B CONNER and _.
SEVNSO G.s,"'
Attorneys for Flal "
Office and Post Office Address:
3002 Smith Tower,
Seattle, Washington.
1-13 6t 2-17-39
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