The Sentinel, v.083 no. 06, 1931

              THE SEN
ECONOMIC ANTI-SEMITISM IN
BELGIUM MAKES JEWS
ANXIOUS
Antwerp (J. T. A.)-Considerable
apprehension is current among the
Jews of Belgium, following upon the
episodes two months ago when Jewish
vendors were expelled from the mar-ket
places of the seaport towns of
Merxem and Elzeren. These episodes
came as a shock to the Belgian Jewish
community which had for many years
been congratulating itself on living in
a tolerant, friendly country where the
bacillus of anti-Semitism had found
few victims. The ousting of the Jew-ish
vendors led to protests by the Jews
and resulted in an explanation by the
municipal officials that the expulsion
measures were not directed against the
Jews but against all aliens.
Subsequently the Belgian authori-ties
intervened with a pledge to regu-late
the market conditions so that the
old merchants will be safeguarded
against undue competition. The Bel-gian
Market Vendors' Union, which
originally 1 aunched the campaign
against the Jewish merchants, found
it advisable to address a meeting of
the Jewish vendors and clear itself of
the suspicion of being anti-Semitic.
The Union further proposed to take in
as members all those who have resided
in Belgium for at least three years.
While this proposal was turned down
by the Jewish merchants, it was de-cided
that delegates of the two groups
should meet again to confer on a satis-factory
adjustment.
The fear of economic anti-Semitism
which has thus attracted attention is
steadily increasing. The serious de-pression
and the fact that the Jews
who were formerly engaged in the ex-port
trade must now turn to domestic
commerce have aggravated the situa-tion.
Nonetheless, anti-Semitism in
the country is, by contrast with that
of other countries, a weak infant. A
good deal of it is brought in by for-eigners,
chiefly Russians, of which a
striking example was given when a
Cossack chorus that had been engaged
to sing at a bar-mitzvah ceremony
partook too freely of liquor and began
to battle with the Jewish guests.
While the expanded Jewish immigra-tion
into Belgium has led in part to
the circumstances told above, it has
also had a marked influence on the
Jewish community itself. Because of
the social division among the old and
the new Belgian Jews, the Federation
of Belgian Zionists continues to have
the same leaders as of old, leaders
who were chiefly General Zionists. At
the recent elections to the Zionist
Congress, it developed that the Revi-sionists
received one hundred votes
more than the "left" group.
As a result of this election the lead.
ers of the General Zionists now ex
pect the right and left wing Zionist:
to help carry the financial burden of
the Federation in proportion to theii
numerical strength. To date, however
there has been no satisfactory solu
tion to this question. The Federation
besides being faced with this problem
is confronted with a serious situation
resulting from the heavy losses in
curred by the Jewish merchants fron
whom the Federation drew its chie:
support.
Lately considerable disputes hav
arisen as a result of the efforts on th
part of the Association of Kehillahs t
combine the kehillahs of each city int
a unit. The Association, which here
tofore was a hotbed of assimilation
ism, now has a Zionist, Dr. Wiener
as its chief rabbi, and many national
ists among its officers. But the Asso
ciation's efforts to combine the kehil
lahs in Antwerp have so far resulte
in failure because of the stubbornnes
of the Agudist and Zionist kehillal
which refuses to join with the Se
phardie, the Hungarian and the Hol
land groups. The community has wit
nessed many bitter fights around tha
effort. Even fist fighting is not infre
quent. All in all, because of th
warmth of feeling the subject ha
aroused, it is hard to foretell what th
result is likely to be.
Socials
The Kappa Gamma Phi Sorority will
give a beach party Saturday, August
8, to celebrate the first six months
of the sorority's existence. There will
be seven couples. Bertha P. Polster
is president.
Miss Helen Rosenberg of Detroit is
in the city for a three weeks' stay.
Mrs. S. Lewey of Greenville, Miss.,
will visit in Chicago for several weeks.
Mrs. Phillip Lavine of Toronto,
Canada, has returned to her home
after spending the past fortnight in
Chicago.
Miss Frances Dryfoos, who has been
visiting in the city for the last four
months has returned to her home in
Denver.
Dr. H. W. Odum of the Hotel Win-dermere
has returned after spending
a few weeks at his home in Chapel
Hills, N. C.
Dr. and Mrs. S. A. Levin and their
son, Arthur, 1132 North Kedzie ave-nue,
are spending their vacation at the
Wisconsin Dells. They will return to
the city September 1.
TURNING POINT REACHED AS
ALIENS LEAVING U. S. SUR-PASS
THOSE ARRIVING
Washington (J. T. A.)-An excess
of 10,237 aliens leaving the United
States over those entering the country
for the fiscal year ending June 30,
which marks a turning point in Ameri-can
immigration history is reported by
the Bureau of Immigration of the De-partment
of Labor. A total of 97,139
arriving within that period was the
smallest since 1844 and indicated a
considerable decrease even from the
1930 fiscal year when 241,700 aliens
were admitted.
Of the aliens who left the country
18,142 did so involuntarily, but as a
result of the vigorous deportation
campaign pursued by Secretary of La-bor
Doak. A statement issued by the
immigration department further esti-mates
that the immigration for the
current calendar year will not exceed
50,000 while the number of deporta-
Stions will probably amount to 20,000.
NAZIS CONTINUE BLOOD LIBEL
ALLEGATIONS AGAINST JEWS
Berlin (J. T. A.)-The ridiculous
lengths to which the Hitlerite leaders
are prepared to go in arousing the
German populace against the Jews was
- again demonstrated when M. Ley, a
Nazi member of the Reichstag, told
a Hitlerite mass meeting at Cologne
- that Jews "use Christian blood not
- only for ritual purpose but also for
s their own racial preservation."
S In formulating his highly inciting
r and new "theory," Deputy Ley divided
, the Jews into three categories, "eco-
- nomic parasites, vampires, and attack-
, ers of Christian women." Expound-
, ing on the second category, the Nazi
, agitator alleged that the "unharmoni-
- ous and chaotic blood of the Jewish
1 race obliges the Jews to drink the
f blood of other races in order to con-tinue
their own race."
S Mendel was a good-natured Tal-
Smudist, but often quarreled with his
> wife. After one of their petty rifts,
- Mendel laid down the law in this
- fashion:
, "I am the legal head of this house.
- I am the husband and the father of
- this family. In my house, according
- to the Talmud, I am like a king, do
I you understand, Sarah, in my house
s I am like a king!"
h "Yes, my Mendel," answered Sarah
- soothingly, "of course in our house
- you are like a king-let us say like
- the King of England; you have the
t title, but not the power."
e Who is strong? He that can con-s
auer his bad habits. Who is rich?
e He that rejoiceth in his portion.-
Poor Richard.
JAMES H. DAVIS invites you to
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I Be Entertained
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New
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I Cafe
"By the Cool
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Delicious dinners and special
dishes prepared by "Aug" Kis-mer,
former chef of the Davis
Hotel and Alamo Cafe.
A La Carte Service at All Times
No Cover Charge at Any Time Full Course Dinner $1 50
Served 6:00 to 9:30 P. M. *
PHONE WILMETTE 4171 FOR RESERVATIONS
Dance and Be Entertained by AL. HANDLER'S Celebrated Recording
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SHERIDAN ROAD at the LAKE
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'
Delicious! Cucumbers
with Sour Cream Dressing
Pare cucumbers with a fluted knife, slice
and arrange on plate to form a ring,
sprinkle with chopped almonds and
serve with this dressing:
Photo by courtesy "American Cookery"
To five tablespoons of Borden's Soured
Cream add two tablespoons of lemon
juice, one-fourth teaspoons salt and one-fourth
teaspoon paprika. Chives may be
added if desired.
Borden's SOURED CREAM
So thick it won't
pour, yet easily
removed by a
spoon from the I'
wide opening of
the Borden
bottle. Not a
bit of waste.
Has a delicate aroma and a piquant
tang all its own . . . distinctly a bet-ter
and more tasty Soured Cream,
prepared by our own special ripening
process. Keeps smooth and flavory
for days.
J Order from your Borden Milkman
Vl ~or insist on "Borden's" when buy-ing
Soured Cream at your dealer's.
BORDEN'S
FARM PRODUCTS CO. of ILLINOIS
Main Office: 326 W. Madison St.
Phone: Franklin 3107
CAFE IIAUJEIL
Lincoln Park Refectory
Now Open
Auguzst 7, 1931 TINEL