Now Editorial Notes

The formation of the Jewish Workers’ Committee for Jewish Affairs is a healthy and welcome event in American Jewish life, notwithstanding the fact that the conference, in which over a thousand delegares of labor organizations participated, resulted in a split when 200 delegates of the Zionist labor organizations walked out in protest against the resolution forbidding the members of the newly formed Committee to be affiliated with other Jewish organizations engaged in the defense of Jewish rights.

Outwardly it would seem that the setablishment of the new Committee is creating a new division in Jewish life in America, at a time when the tragedy of the Jewish people abroad mades it imperative to present a united front against the united front of the enemies of the Jewish people. But actually the new Committee, representing the great masses of American Jewish labor, will undoubtedly become an instrumentality for unity and will work with the other ezisting Jewish organizations for the common cause. The American Jewish Committee, composed of prominent and influential Jewish leaders in various parts of this country, and the American Jewish Congress, composed of the public-spirited leaders of the Jewish middle class, could hardly speak effectively for Jewish labor. The cooperation of the various organizations, now representing all groups and factions in American Jewish life, would make for real unity and would enable American Jewry to cope adepuately with the unparalled catastrophe that has befallen theJews of Germany. And as all these organizations are sincere in their determination to help our brethen abroad and to combat bigotry and race hatred, it is inconcelvable that they will fail to unite in the face of the common danger.

BRAIN AND MUSCLE

At the annual meeting of the Jewish Welfare Board, Felix M. Warburg counselled the Jewish youth to engage to a greater extent “in the hard muscle and pioneer activities,” pointing out that the attention of our young men should be drawn “to the appreciation of artisanship, engineering and the many pursuits where the bram and the muscle are brought into work to their satisfaction and to their country’s health.”

This may convey an erroneous impression to those who are not familiar with Jewish life in America and inother lands.

While it is true that the Jewish youth in America, especially the children of immigrants, have