Enclosed find a money order for three dollars which will cover the cost of my past subscription for the J. D. B. from May 3 to Aug. 3, on which date I desire my subscription to be terminated. While I hesitated for some time about renewing my subscription, the Bulletin has recently made my mind up for me on this matter by the policy which it pursued and the manner of reporting certain items of the news.
The Bulletin has apparently taken that insincere and false stand on a number of questions which, incidentally, characterizes quite a number of our Jewish spokesmen. That stand I refer to is characterized by liberal pronouncements towards the non-Jewish world, a cry for progressivism and social injustice, even associating with radical elements (as the only groups which would protest against the present wave of anti-semitism) in their fight for a juster and more humane society, especially when the Jew is victim of the injustice while at the same time supporting the most reactionary elements within Jewry, and especially in Palestine.
I repeat, such an attitude is unfortunately characteristic of many of our institutions, organizations and spokesmen. We have to cry for justice to the outer world because we are the victims of injustice, within our own circle it is an entirely different matter. The J. D. B., to my regret, gives the very same impression.
“I shall not try to cite many examples, but I wish to refer to one. The manner in which the Bulletin reported and commented on the Stavsky trial shows quite clearly who the J. D. B. sides with. The J. D. B. headlines now running for over a year about the Nazi danger are your cry for a more progressive world. Your comments on the trial, your article, though not an editorial, on Achimeier’s heroism, are only too obviously a support of Fascism within Jewish ranks.
While the Stavsky trial supplies perhaps the most outstanding example of the insincerity I referred to above, numerous other examples would not be wanting had I desired to cite them.
I am therefore compelled to find some substitute for your Bulletin in the future.
E. Bortniker, Chicago.
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