With regard to Reuben Brainin’s cable message to the Palestine “Haaretz,” sent from Bulewayo, defending himself against the attack made on him by the assembly of Hebrew writers because of his activity on behalf of the Jewish colonization movement in Russia, stating that a false impression regarding his activities had been given by an interview with him in the “South African Jewish Chronicle” here, that paper declared to the Jewish Telegraphic Agency that it considered his action extraordinary.
Its issue today contains an article commenting on Mr. Brainin’s belated repudiation. “Subsequent to the publication of the interview,” it says, “we were thanked by him, while his Committee ordered a large number of extra copies for circulation. Our contributor also writes maintaining that the interview was perfectly accurate and was given in the presence of other persons, and asking why the repudiation was not made in South Africa and only two months after publication. Although several issues of the Brainin campaign bulletin were published since the interview, in which our journal was frequently quoted, Mr. Brainin’s repudiation was never given there. A recent interview in the Yiddish journal ‘Afrikaner’ contained similar statements by Mr. Brainin to those made to our contributor.”
The “Zionist Record” of Johannesburg also refers to Mr. Brainin’s repudiation of the interview in very strong terms.
Rabbi Louis Hammer who for the last four years has been the spiritual leader of Congregation Sons of Israel, Allentown, Pa., has resigned his position to accept a call to a New York pulpit.
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