The Jewish Advocate 1931

8/3/2019 The Jewish Advocate 1931

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[ ~t~, ~ ,T (:wh~Jec i,ii i6~ iJ~t) ~ : ;; l~i~)>!,Utti~tI/:m.nam e of our: honOurahle atJd{proi!.relJitl, lcenlur'yoflibertY.and f r e e d C : r i : t ; o f thr.Iuiht,I..ru..tli Uahhis ot.Iraq C }U ' ht to lm~i'~ter. Trni' . ', ' ; 7 : 1 ~ : ~ ; , ~ W 1 \ ~ : 4 e ~ ~ ( i~ ;W ~ ~ ~ ~ " 'D ~ tanon O : : ~ ~ ~ ~ : ~ E ~ : ~ r.: _... .}M ~.:!;~~;':~r!~~~.~t;[ '; ., 'V~lC~. 'a_1?~e() ~n..~y9I,1r.~p.nli . r a c e . . ' . ' ' . , " . . : . ' . I " . '._ :num~)e:r'over;:th~:sl"tialure'of-Mr.,r. A . 'I saac, '-M r~,Jsaac:t . .cl~r~.manner_llie~ men~"~ ienota.rehglon and this ~I be ~.~ . .::...: .,!.;Lli~yqf(j~~'~~,b~js:~tJt.'li:l:cl!4;:' : 'He~eis:~()th~r: 'Ins-: to read. thee sopbieal 'lilt caturet'~I"'U.ll;ill~. the movemeut! towards Liberal, . . in c ep tio n jsome ye~rs ago, has now.expanded enorlllOQsly. ' in E U rop e 'and A m er ica . ' . . I a J . dear, S k >

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. that he is it, : Butthe true inward rf?80ns are deep': ro!>i~d,and.e . time. The . purely m ater ial. ,Tb e lo ca l, R ab bis thougbt,~ if theyha .Te b ee n se rr - -c ou ld o nly J!:et r id .o th e Thesopbists' m em ber s in th e-surely have ' t J i e . Lay COuncll. the affairs and especially, th e Bnance of the, .'.'should' no! have commun i t y would be left in their bands, and in those of:r"~IC:n'~


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,;tilDe.9~"f' ....' ': l '~~ ~ISH A~VOCATE";~~1:;i~-.' -"." " c.' :'" . + : : . . ' ~ . . " , ~ . ' ' ' ' ; ' ' . : -I' '. - - ._ . '. f,~ . ~-L. " .-"~_.~,,:~i.lr.\; ..,. ' . _ - - a d v a n c e m e n t of mankinti t h e ' mere fact t~ it has been, .we_make to l q Y e .peace Inii-d e i n o c r a c Y . i s - r1dn~' :-:. - '~ ' " U . p~~!ul #tence fo r ove l) i~ lf a - .Cen~ury ~?W/in ~u tent at lea _sti,!,.sOln~-of Q ur ~~ suelfhth8t p E _ ~ - . ,: ' ... :the'C1villse~_c~untri~ in' .the :w?~ld'(Wher~ }ews are ..~ , . Basra. which IS _~e.lng~ledpy_ ~'fe, ~,.;-: _ .. ' ,_,th e f!lll ~x~rC J.S;;: of theu: ' r~~on:should ~en.der _l~ . half-, literate, t~hglO_~ atJ.~. ' ' W h c ? ~,-no!~~ .. 1"111:. '" 'W OW les u nm une from molestatIon. . From -th e early a.ll,o,?"ed to be p~: iY r a . s-. .m _theit own .~" . : d li a to ~ y o( the-s'ociet~~' we _fiod J 8 \Y 1 . -taking. an ~ctiy~ _~p!Ie~~ of selfb,bncS8'. but .also. encouraged ill "r:{. :.:pari in the popularisation.ofite teachmgs which cuhmn 1llI .qwtiesby such RabbIs as Dr. lung. who belonp to the- -. atediri-tbefoun.ding,oftheAsSOCIATIONO.FHEB- greatworldofciT,illseti,"S9ciety., r, ~ ., l" ". '. ~WT.HEOSOPIJISTS in1~~5~t ,~a~:.by- Je\Vi.s~. The Jewish TbroBl?phistim B a s r 3 / who~te-1i~~m~mbers ,roin , about fifteen ~OIlR~rle.sit h the c~u~ aU these yearsin _Peac~ and if1 perfect harmoay witll- - .obJect9f S tu d Y i n g Th~sophYlnthe'light ~f Judaism. their co.religionists anti 'wi~the fo1cJ:-.f tlie J e w i S t tand Judaism in the light of T.h eos~ph ~.I I -'. . '-." '. ' ~:. Congrep'~ioD'a s true worSbiP.pers oi the God of Abfih: ., If these Jews ate to be: excomm1,JhiCl ted . , fQr -~Cl~ :; am.~are) new Iexcmmmun ica t ed to die' of starvatioll:view!I;,w:fayshou14'uot' the fFRE~ SYNAGOGUE -,and' arid in dislUace. It,is u p : til YQ U t h e n a D . d other -in flu - .;the several other brarichesof Judaism in _America and eatlal co-religionists to s a v e them, and in .saQg t h # i I i . . !/ ,Eagland be 'excomoiuni~ted too., for theirs 'and -~th to BaTe t he Jewish ra~ f ro~. t4 e opprobrium broUght..:them aU Jewish Scientists su~h' as Geo.1ogistS. Biologlsts. doWn,on it by the discredi~le aeUvities'ofthi R,abbiS"A nth ro:m lol!ists. w hose vie ws dif ler in 'many- WaYS from of I raq in Illischievi!)1.18collaboration with Dr. J~gi of.~the Talmud~ a.s (or instance. the age of the ~rtht. the _ . Am erica. '. ~ . -" _-. - I.ori.!;!in of man. etc. etcfJ l, ., . . ", -_. ." -- Will ) 'Qa 'not rke to the 9C(:aSiOll all.cl"~~ -:tho., However. after twentl'five- centuries of, suffering . ExcOmmun ica t i on to be withdrawn? . '. ,\,' !

.mld s,*yery. we fiad; to our .great. disappointment . tba,t. _,- . - '- - < . _ " . - , Yours~y .. i ._~. , -we have ~t to learn the leSson of mercy and tolerance; S S Coil It I.-::-that we are -yet aoub t fu l .of the right use of power N .. ", 7 III ., - -'when it is given to u s, stnee we see. that t~etragic clai -KandY.,5th June 19Ji., '

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: a rie s - o f - tlieir' .posi~ioni~ l i k e this j'.:al!d';s~~\V$. ~ptitti,d~ - : . i n : reJtnl~U' Ileillrel'".'V,~out~~~e~standi_lm l!tys . not to'JpOlish, clalm to -b e ealled a:Hakha'm -," - , ': - : !: "~r~ Alli.'claini~'t~a.t'''tb.e,Tb~8o'pbica(~ty'sai~s are, hig~ ~~d noble, is a 'fact. .w h i c h ~c a n b e 'testiBed,tq ,aUth?s~ ~h_!)ha.ve,'~f ,heart lh~"maki!lg,of b r o t J ! c , . .h oo d a 1.11 '11tg ~Uty ,benveen the different n a t i o n s of tfiewo .r ld, " ' _B ': dit seeins that M r. A ni has' failed 'to gr.the",attitude, of the ba'lic p'rinciple of Judaism''-''" 'T~ .,Iaf~~rho~,_of 904 ,a o d , brother~od .~f mail." ' and the,'r~~I,gton,further ?,ys,: ,.: L?ve they neighb?ur ~ tgysclf!'Ana t~ ~y;,mind .thIS IS :t'beOs~hy . AU thes!lmeMr. An i d~s.eryes to be .' cORJ! ;mtu l at ed tlIat: be took tbismov~ment ~n'order to ' treat all sections o-f_Jews; miy, ..,the p~~le' of the ~vorld irrespectiVe of their caste,colour and creed as cne....W hile th e Hakha-mjl l t .oflr.lJhave evea' failed, tJ foYetheirown brethren who .lived 'beyoodtheir ,bo~naarY.'re. '~. the Bene-Israelltes ofHOfIl;b. ' lY and ,the Jews of :COCh i ti . who l'aYe' provedt? be m,;)~~'wD,rtby of ~e name Je\~s t ha r i the~, by' .t~ereason ot t l:1elr .1eamtng and their understanding Q fTorah and the spirit of Toleration. . . .1 , I am sale that th e action of the H-akhain im of f~q-'~'as not actuated by any religious' zeal for.then,theY would~~,.e rea.~oned \V~* the organisers of this mO' feme~ tastheir IO' l .wgbrethrenand friends and maC i et bem rea li se tbetrue spirit, of,Juiiaism, But I (eel that this action 'of'tlleHalhllHJim sm a ck s. of -so me secret mo tiv es o r 'private~(UdReor' se-lffisll,end. It is higs time 'th at th e people .---:;of Iraq rose to ,th~, occasion and took to remove the :sti~a On the: hononc . of Iraq. replaciD~ the ~norantHaRhat1_lim by more broad-minded and b,iRh!l ' ei!ucateclones. " . '., HMay the ( ! a y ' ~soon' come, 0 'Lord', OUl' '(hd,when. aU' . mankind shall be one, p n e in', )Q~e..nd in rellow~bip in the pursu i t of -IuStit!e and msrcy'even as Thou art one. Amen,!" .,...,'Youri.truh~.. .N. Hillel.

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Bombay 9th. JUne :' ,'1931.-0-:" '(be Ed lto~ . ' 'TUB JEWISH ADVOCATB ; ",jSir. '.'- . " .. - ".",' '. I, adrr ire tbt motive' .that lias p r o m P t e d yo~r '' ,eorrespbnd~Dt ' . M r. R eu ben E., Ani to write against" . c'th~ action.of the' Rabbis .in &Sm'-against Jewish' : rhea--s ': Ip h i s !s .m . t h a t pl~ce. ~ ildmi(e the cou~ge with .wh ich 'he Jw, i 'II't' f9rward his case. -I'know Mr.Mil and. b a w e bear4 quit~ a l o t of-his-great lo.e for theosoph,.. .. y.Je Jews; . aU: along prided. ou. rseLv~. an ' ., fceedQm a[).~ IIpCCI;lb.. We bave w w a y ghad tile ,liberty and tbe -one r~

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has ; been found f, r .the people in the ccur.try ;If.(: ~,h~.(,:all a newculture beneficial to thepecple 01 the cc:.;::,~:yis being radiated; . .. '.'. "'[M r, Ali u;:;y starton 3 ~ Y c~mp~.ignl~\l~.we .;"(;~;flike him to/see the fairness ot our


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'$ yn ~(_ og ue " ther past two.UU1::1reCltGlen'tec1_,rop In.yalue of .'and the Synagogue ,Mr. M. H, Jacob in'Sy~agogu~ -trustees..at their 'disposal;'s~te that. tijeir month- .copewith ~beitf'regul-':tb;e. trustees have. lwdly a'single.!Rripee

.' I" . . M r . 'N .HiUe l aayfTbeoeopb, it o f ' : r . m . . , ~ . . . .Ibour a s ' thyseJfl '" May 1 ask J J . U n , . . m o . . . . . . ~ . . . . . .bour ] Is 'he'. a ChrlstlAn or a,~ '.~,,: . Hindu, or all ofthem tobrethec ( W hat ~ _~;-M.put in them now? .Wilen 'w e t r C a t e d thtqJ in ~,and,in.R~88ia like our brethren they rew.~01 w t t bI per secu tion; w hen we loved them inSpain they ba:lt:t ba 'l.aJi,e; a n d when .we"tO-iled)o'r them in leru ta!em ~massacred us! What more can we do C or them 1 hdoes Dot need Theosophy to teach 'Us ' to "!..oTe .thy .neighbour 'as thyself," ~r.reaea b,~sI~Dgbe ea W i th ns.~.' . , Furthermore the 1~abbi6of Iraq have been ~ .edor :Making a good and respectable sectlca of the'Je,vs,in Basra tochange their faith rcluctantly.u .Tbewriter ought to have 'tmderstoodthat tbis_cb.;qlge is notwrought by the Rabbis, but by their own hands, -Tbe.Rabbls only seperated the .rotten apples 'from the goot!once.. Thecsophy to'my mind aims at establlshitllt aliberafsection of the'Iews c:ontrary to 'the ~bmga of-the Talmud and the Torah. '. , ' . _ . . .

; . .~ > M ~ : , ; i d j t _ o r > .r:~~s~.. i n s t a 1 1 c e s . expresseq'cannot" help wishing by .yOi l will help 'reltiove'.that ' m U S t : haye ,found itself- J e w ; ! ' ~~~elltin India; ..' .b!? ~t~' gr,?ss.ly: exa~ger.~tedI icatlO . .." . '. . . . . '

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. . (,astly, in these days.o{ the. r eb uildin g' of ,'a Jewi;'h; aon}(~ in ~ale$~in~ Itisreally a great pity' that suchfanaticsshould come up to ~istur:b the .slmple truth -of}udaism,.makiilg a;section of their own. Itwere:advis.-able fortbem to have -adhered : to . their' bid "faith-aDd.>worked jointly for a ' c ommon mtssion, i.e. ~the' retJuild.in.g;of the Jctwish Homeland. inPatestine'aud -;settirig u p"againon high p laces th e ' supremacy.: O fi God~;,.Qi~ex-communicating those that are affiliated to tile Theaso,.phi~ -S~i~ty.l: the.,Rabb~s: of~sra have: r:e~oved a ,,senouSlmpedtmentthahvouldha.ye obstructed u s, Je,,"si .: on' our way.towards the realization ot a peaceful. home-: land iD~al~stir.e. ;.... ....,_ .... .: " ..:...' ,_ .. '. You rS Etc" '.'. I .... .' .-,".';;'!SIJlfil,av;'Ju ly, 1 9 th ; ',1 9 3 1 . ".' .Na J'im ! B ~ - S a . . uel. ~ .' , , ' , . 0+ . .. . .. I, '.' , 'P . ; .. . _ _ . . : _ : . .: O . , ; . - . . , _. .. ' .: . . .. ' , .~ . : . . : , : ' : ! : . ' / : : : , : . : . :

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TUE JEWISH ADVoOATE 'J;. ...'...' .'::th~ Feder~lf COuncilof Ch~cbe~of C hd~t .i~ America,::'. 'lIpokefor the Protestant C h r i stia n( commu r iity .; C o l on el./ .. .,.W~IJi~m'. Donoyan' expressed .the .Catholic ~entimerit;f>:';',;:Sjad:Uossain. tbeMoslem Nationalist leader; spoke for.: .(\; .::>lsla~fSwami Bodhanal lda, headof the V~ci!intaSociety;,:-~:~:~:......;.'SP9ke~f9f Hindusiin: . Rabbi Israel Goldsteii i , Rabbi ofl~\'i;:. . .''.ep~Rr~ation'naijeshurun ga!c th e Jewish response to:\ < : : . ~> " = _ . . : . . ~ : _ . , ~ ' . . . . . . _ . ~ "t ' : W " ; " ~ : 3 / . ; # ~ ~ ~ : j : ~ E : - ~ . ...": ':> .: ' ! ~declare fro~ .personal experience that'a Ie": ca.n. who ba'te revealed the'distresSlnR. state ~ J~airs pre- .became no worse. I f ,nQta better Jew, ~s a. result or. his -vailing amongst the Jews of Rangl;)on. It .lslncumbenf._TbeosophicaJ studies, -upon--us to' disclose .the ..other .. ailments 'fro~ "which ." ... ;. . . Rangoon Jewry is: suffering,in order' to di~griose the ",Itwas further' stated that I made certain allega- -diseaseand fina, a. panacea Ior . those e'tiis; riotwith-. tlo ns a ga in st. th e A~erican RaJ;lb.i.vil:.; that he ., intend- .standlng theTrustees .trying. tocamoutlage ..the' situa;ed to sanction tb~ actual kllhng of ~hoseu,nfort~nate. tion . ' . . ' ' . . . ; :'. '" : :' : ~ . . : . . . : :Theosophists." .)n. that also the writer was wrong,. .":" '.For I simply made .a statement. of facts when I said ~ It cannot be.denied tliat the election!; b? the Board:that t,be quotation brought by Dr. ]ling implied that of Trustees are undemocratlc. in' character, All, co- .'. Jewish, Ttiecsophists should be killed .. as san be 'seen' religionists'who send t1).e,irchildren, free to t,hJ')!;l\,,:,i~h,.very clearlybyreading the. quotation in question. The school' 'tl;1ose who draw teJie~ frQIil the'Synag()gUe.',Rabbi, howeve r , 't'ltended sanctioning the' actual Jrilling I Treas~ry ; and those who a tte nd 's ch b Q h a nd Colle'gC:~Joroftbe Je~iab .1 : 'h~o~eph.istBat. }3asra. is . an idea. which I.higher education are all ,exe!l'pte~ JromvQtiD~. T~e' .eeems to.havecr~t:u.p sO~el}IR. the. nund of Ben Nda. , 'votin!! section of theCommunlty bemg cO~P.q~.'m':ln- -raQdtb':rdor1n:anno.t'-be the concern of the undersigned. I ly 'of the wealthy' members while th~ prep~derabnR:' .;

" .., "'''.> y ~ faithful! ! n umb e r are denied the vote.. Thus thepresl,mt:Tfu&tee~oura al y . . < . , h '" th' ," . . - ' represent only th e rich Jews of RaI)goon; W 0':,uell\.;. Reuben E. Ani. selves form. oniy a minority, of the C omm um ty _;'V o~ . '" . I .' P op uli V t'% D ei goes the' sayhig. ; How tnerelors' can.Bomb~ySeph:mber. IStl!' 931.' .' , . ~ ithe Trustees claim to speak and act for the.wljole .C9m~.:

V 1 munity when they stifled the. voice of t h~ . 'greater:.---0 ;. number by thelr obsolete laws? .: -. .~WA1f;'RY O R A . V a s , . r . "From t iml!S:inHIl~mmorial it has been ~e+u~tom" ~;:

~~ ~..t.o.'.t";"" ~ Tu." J-'~"~"A"OV"""'""' .H I, 'd(lthe 5yaa~o; ; . , tUe offici~11Io extend ,reHef..oithe. poqr, -,H~ ~W'. aT. co".~". """",~... Ui'!.widO\~sruili 'the or~h au s, Let .lt be kflownthat:, "" . :". ; mot. o f tire pdor ' . Jews 'b f Rangoon Iead a:han~.> moutb. .of: m y :td:t~ -:\ .emtencc... 1besesttms help tbe?l. ~to. ,k.eep the; w? l f .. .. .S)k::U;~ toinforin '-j f rom ' th edt. .O r. Th e T['~tees:l~Ymg .In., lu xu r y .w ith.,:;Ui);Jlenue:at. . . . . . J at milk ax otil1 tA ~w : not w hatsu ier in g ~nd stanac:: it. '. .' . .tbemsel~e$byeutting J ; Q o s t

Ce~etiy ha're t.a~endt-wlttc- ~[n to gjf~ tbJJc-,&l;.vt' I :Somba,v. consolation that no more wUl t h < % , ~ ,,~itJl. 'such embarraasmenta aCcompaf1yin~ the h~Atr;i1Q i Il-"~,~ .who departs this world, in the r!lQnlYl:?fl8,.l?lr(l~ rdi:,l.ir~.so ur ce s, I h a ve b ee n I O hr m ed ) th at th ey -~ ,h :t\,o ;:-.1 Y~ :h .1deeply il} to th e m dt~er and ith du fly h l)jlW tha t ert; !! . .~ .,mpns~ons startagain next year, 'the CeTl1l;lri.-!!J. Lt.,infinite -; t rat i . tudeand. jo y of th e w bole: t~rJtl lL~;, ' . ce...munitY,~will have) ,cen, installed with :IH t1tC;lri,;:t:~:.driven pump for the purposes ment ioned in the p rcv ir , ,; :, .a r ticle . .

I .. The_.Editor, "THE JEWISH ADVOCATE.'~

. . . . . .. r .Everv' co-religamist of mine will surely .jf )in m e c!ithanking the authorities for their prompt action -in t _ l , , ; ; .matter, The>Commun i t y II:lVe derVred innumerabl-e .'.'benefits from .the authorities-who have al\','a\,s' t:lkr;r! 'ivery deep interest jn . lts u p lif t a nd welfare. "The mem -ory 'of the great . ~ood .done by, them shall e'ver' !) ccherished with-infinite aratitude. /'t Yours> truly .. ',Y. J _ Hemi_ I

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