gained economic strength from the acquisition of the Saar; but the further the boundaries of Nazi influence are extended, the more sensitive does the world become with reference to the menace of Nazi propaganda and militarism.”
The German dictator’s continuance in power depends upon the maintenance of amicable relations with the Reichswehr, Dr. Newman asserted.
“The Jewish community of the Saar, representing less than one per cent of the entire population, is now faced with the tragedy which has been meted out to their brethren in Germany since 1933.”
RABBI ZEITLIN APPEALS FOR SAAR REFUGEES
Rabbi Joseph Zeitlin, preaching at Temple Ansche Chesed, West End avenue at 100th street, called upon the civilized nations “in the name of mercy” to open their doors to refugees from the Saar.
“The inhabitants of the Saarland who are not privileged to be of ‘Aryan’ extraction,” said Dr. Zeitlin, “find themselves in the most precarious position.
“Many have already taken flight in fear lest the customary maltreatment of the Hitler government overtake them.”
CHAMPIONS YOUTH AND ITS REBELLIOUSNESS
Rabbi Isaac Landman, speaking on “Parents and Children” at Congregation Beth Elohim, Eighth avenue and Garfield place, Brooklyn, yesterday morning, said the “revolt” of youth is not to be condemned.
“The stern command and expectation of unreasoning obedience are things of the past,” he asserted. “The bullying father and the nagging mother may expect rebel sons and daughters.
“I have never yet met a bad boy or a bad girl where I did not discover a background of bad parents.”
J. W. WISE DISCUSSES ‘WEED OF DICTATORSHIP’
James Waterman Wise said in an address delivered at the Free Synagogue yesterday morning that the only defense against “the weed of dictatorship” is the destruction of the profit system.
“It is out of the chaos of unemployment, of poverty and of despair that there arises the current cry for the ‘strong man’,” the speaker warned.
DR. MARGOLIS SPEAKS ON JEWISH ARBOR DAY
Speaking on Jewish Arbor Day, Rabbi William Margolis at Congregation Ohab Zedek, 118 West Ninety-fifth street, said:
“Man’s progress is not so much the result of individuals as of unseen, sometimes unsuspected and frequently uncredited forces . . . In all that we mean by the phrase ‘a Jewish home’ is the magic that makes our world move on to greater things.”
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