Martin Buber Attains His Fiftieth Birthday

(J. T. A. Mail Service)

Dr. Martin Buber attained his fiftieth birthday today. He was born in Vienna on Feb. 8, 1878. His father was Solomon Buber the famous Hebrew scholar. Dr. Martin Buber obtained his doctorate of philosophy at Vienna University.

From his youth, Dr. Martin Buber interested himself in Jewish problems and joined the Zionist movement at an early age. He was one of the founders of the “Juedische Verlag” which recently celebrated its twenty-fifth anniversary. Since 1917 he has been editor of the monthly. “Der Jude”. He has written a great deal on Hassidism, his books including “Legends of the Baal-Shem”, “Tales of Rabbi Nachman”, “My Road to Hassidism”, etc. He has also written books on “The Jewish Movement”, “Three Addresses on Judaism”, “Of the Spirit of Judaism”, etc.

CHRISTIAN WOMAN, EAGER TO CARE FOR HER STEPSON, EMBRACES JEWISH FAITH

When William Rothman of Newark, N. J. married after the death of his first wife, Mrs. Anna Rothman, who is of Irish descent, his father, Abraham Rothman of this city, with whom Seymour Rothman, 10-year old son of William Rothman had been living, put the boy in the Hebrew National Orphans’ Home in Yonkers. The grandfather, an Orthodox Jew, wanted the boy reared in the Hebrew faith, which he feared would not be done if Seymour made his home with his father and step-mother.

The boy’s father obtained a writ of habeas corpus which was heard before Justice Levy, who is head of the Yonkers orphanage. The grandfather pleaded for custody of his grandson so that his Jewish training might be continued.

The boy’s father insisted upon his right to have his boy with him. At this point Mrs. Anna Rothman, the step-mother, volunteered to embrace the Hebrew faith, whereupon Justice Levy turned Seymour over to his father.