The Sentinel, v.087 no. 10, 1932

              September 2, 1932 THE SENTINEL
5,000 Jews of Aden Live in an Atmosphere
of Distrust
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many years the pride and glory of
their poorer brethren in and around
Aden. Recently, however, much of the
trade of Aden (coffee, skins, etc.) has
slipped from their hands and drifted
into other channels. The leading mer-chants
are now Europeans and a few
Parsees from India. And the Jews,
hated before for their wealth, are now
doubly despised for their poverty.
The attacks on the Jews would
never have taken place if they had
still their rich and powerful protectors.
But their old glory has vanished. The
Jewish community has been humbled
and humiliated to the dust. The
mighty House of Menahem, which was
known from Egypt to Abyssinia and
in distant India for its great name
and magnificent hospitality, the house
which entertained the Prince of Wales
when he passed through Aden, and
many other distinguished visitors, was
the chief target of the rioters. It was
deserted in its hour of trial by every-one,
even by the government which
(J. T. A.)-Aden has recently come
to the forefront as the scene of an
Arab attack upon the Jewish quarter
by incited nationalists who accused the
Jews of defiling one of their mosques.
This has served to create interest in
the population and the conditions un-der
which Jews and Arabs live there.
The population of Aden is estimated
at 50,000, of whom the majority are
Moslems, including Arabs, Somalis,
and Indians. In addition to the Eng-lish
soldiers and officials, there are a
number of Hindus, Parsees, and Euro-peans.
Most of the Europeans reside
outside of the city, on the seashore
and the hills, while the natives inhabit
the crater of an extinct volcano, which
is the real Aden.
The Jews, as "natives," occupy a
few congested blocks within the
crater, and are surrounded by Hin-dus,
Parsees, and Arabs, with whom
they seldom come in contact. Mutual
prejudice and distrust exist between
the religious factions. A man of one
religious persuasion can" scarcely visit
the house of another lest he defile the
abode. "Everyone for himself," is the
password of Aden. It is probable that
if this were not the case there would
always be serious friction between the
various factions, which range in char-acter
from the purest monotheism to
the grossest polytheism and Animism.
The Jews, who number about 5,000
persons, are of a pronounced type and
lean more towards the Mongolian than
to the Semitic cast of countenance.
Very few of them present a good
physique. The women, especially, have
little grace, and age rapidly. They
are deeply religious and pass most of
the day in prayer, meditation, and the
recitation of psalms and mystic lore.
They live entirely in the past. Here
the sun still revolves around the
earth, which drifts rudderless on a
vast unknown ocean. Here the let-ter
of a sacred book is still more valid
than a proven fact. Here the "medi-cine
man," the amulet, and the incan-tation
are more potent than all mod-ern
science.
There is no doubt that the Jewish
community in Aden had its origin in
the remote past. Some claim for it a
hoary antiquity. It is said that Aden
is no other than Ezion Gaber and that
on their way from Egypt to Palestine
the Israelites passed the city. An-other
theory is that Solomon built a
colony here, as a stop-over for his
ships bringing gold from Ophir. All
the evidence which is advanced proves,
at any rate, that the Jews were here
long before the British, possibly long
before the British were in Britain.
The Jews of Aden are all traders.
There are no Jewish workers, physi-cians,
lawyers, government officials or
clerks. At one time there were a
number of powerful merchant princes
who wielded a great deal of power in
local affairs. Two rival families of
wealth and influence still exist. They
are the Menahem Messa family and
the Ahrom family. Both were for
In 1930, he served as the chairman
of the campaign for $2,221,000 of the
New York Federation for the Support
of Jewish Philanthropic Societies.
BIRTH
Mr. and Mrs. Herman L. Ehrlich,
5151 North St. Louis avenue, an-nounce
the birth of a daughter, Sandra
Perle, on August 23, at the Passavant
hospital.
Rabbi Abraham Shusterman of the
Congregation Children of Israel,
Athens, Ga., initiator of the super-vised
playground system in that city,
presided at a meeting called for a
discussion of the recreational needs of
children of the community. One of
the leading speakers was Colonel M.
G. Michael, former president of the
Jewish Congregation, and prominent
in Georgia's civic affairs.
had always courted its favor. It ap-pealed
to government officials fran-tically
for rescue, but no one came
until the riots threatened to spread
to non-Jewish quarters. The great syn-agogue
was forced open and every-thing
which was not made of iron was
demolished. The fortress-like Jewish
school presented the appearance of a
quarry when it was reopened after
two days of mob rule. The rooms
were full of rocks which had been
thrown through the doors and win-dows.
Added to these injuries were
the ruined houses, the losses due to
unrestrained looting, and the severe
injuries of some sixty persons..
It is little wonder that Aden Jewry
is ashamed to raise its head. No one
will respect or fear them any more.
They are outlawed. The mob has
learned that they may do what they
like with the Jews, at any rate for
forty-eight hours or so, until the Jew-ish
protest reaches London and London
sends its instructions to the Indian
government, which in turn will in-struct
the Alen authoiities to stop
further "fighting." This usually takes
about two days, during which the
wealthier Jews tremble in their hid-ing
places within their impenetrable
dwellings while the miserable shacks
of the poor might be destroyed with
all inside-furniture, goats, and
people.
At present quiet reigns on the sur-face,
but a rumbling can be heard be-low,
threatening new eruptions.
PARIS NAMES STREET FOR
FLORENCE BLUMENTHAL
Paris (J. T. A.)-The municipality
of Paris will honor the memory of the
late Mrs. Florence M. Blumenthal, wife
of George Blumenthal, noted Jewish
American philanthropist and art pa
tron, with whom she shared in his
many benefactions.
A street in the fashionable 16th
district of Paris will be named "Rue
Florence Blumenthal," in memory of
Mrs. Blumenthal, who together with
her husband made generous gifts to
French institutions.
Mrs. Blumenthal organized the
American Foundation for French Art
and Thought and established prizes
for artists.
Mr. Blumenthal recently established
the George and Florence Blumenthal
Foundation for Sick Children at the
Necker Hospital in Paris.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Blumenthal re-the
Legion of Honor for their con-tributions
to the Children's Hospital
and to the Sorbonne.
Mrs. Blumenthal died two years ago.
George Blumenthal, a retired banker,
gave $1,000,000 to the Metropolitan
Museum of Art in New York for the
purchase of art treasures.
Mr. Blumenthal is actively identified
with a number of Jewish and non-Jew-ish
philanthropic institutions in New
York. He has served as president of
Mount Sinai Hospital since 1911 and
has been a vice-president of the
United Hospital Fund for many years.
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