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The development in Palestine of standards of beauty in architecture and town construction and of esthetic living as distinct from Ghetto standards is advocated in an article in the “New Palestine” of Jan. 15, by Morris’ Rothenberg, chairman of the Board of Directors of the Keren Hayesod in America.
“It is essential,” Mr. Rothenberg writes, “that a deliberate, a determined effort be made to resist the importation of Ghetto standards into Palestine and to establish orderliness, an appreciation for beauty of appearance in the life of both the cities and the colonies.
“I do not, of course, mean to convey the impression, that the present appearance of the cities and colonies in Palestine is unlovely. Considering the conditions under which the pioneers have had to work, the results from the point of view of appearance, are not to be found fault with, and they are incomparably superior to the native, oriental life.
“But there are evidences of encroaching ugliness-an indifference to structural style, a tendency towards congestion, a lack of appreciation for landscaping, for gardening, for general neatness of appearance, though there are a number of charming spots to be seen.
“What I plead for is the laying of proper emphasis upon artistic standards, upon the cultivation of a desire for beauty of environment among the general population, upon the establishment of more than the Jewish National Home–a beautiful National Home.”
REVISED FOR MODERN AMERICAN NEEDS
The following suggestions for a new book of quotations “revised to meet modern American needs” appeared in the editorial columns of the “Morning-World-Herald” of Omaha, Nebraska:
Declaration of Independence–“We hold these truths to be self evident: That all Protestants of Anglo-Saxon descent are created equal–“
Preamble to the Constitution–“We, the White Protestant Nordies of the United States–“
Lincoln’s Gettysburg address–“–and that government of the people, by the white Protestants, for 100 per cent Americans shall not perish from the earth.”
Salute to the falg–“I pledge allegiance to my flag and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all native born Nordic Protestants.”
Dickens’ Christmas Carol–“And so as Tiny Tim observed, God Bless Us One Hundred Per Cent White Protestants Every One.”
The Lord’s Prayer–“Forgive us our debts as we forgive our one hundred per cent American debtors.”
The Eleventh Commandment–“Thou shalt love the Lord, thy God, with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy white Protestant neighbor as thyself.”
John 3:16–“For God so loved the fundamentalists that he gave his only begotten son, that who s###ever (being white, Protestant and of Nordic ancestry) believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”
Professor. A. A. Michelson of the University of Chicago noted American Jewish scientist, is one of the ten appointed to the Board of Directors of the Daniel Gaggenheim $2,500,000 Fund for the Promotion of Aero###, Inc.
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