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Articles

[This fragment appeared in a local Jewish newspaper. The clipping is
undated, but a cinema review on the other side describes a program
including “seven headline vaudeville acts” with the “feature photoplay.”
There is no byline, but the style is vintage Rothstein.]

Tarbus

To the fifty-seven varieties of Jewish societies in our community,
another has been added by the recently organized society, “Tarbus.”
Jewish culture, born on Mount Sinai, and continued through all
these centuries, found its way into the “Yavnai” of every Jewish
community, where it was studied, new thoughts added, and
transmitted to the next generation.
Tarbus, in this city, is not a fad of a few young men and women,
or a plaything of a few Batlonim. It does not pretend to dish out
Torah Kula on one foot. Its object will be to revive and encourage
the Hebrew language, literature, ethics and all the treasures of
learning that were accumulated in the great past.
The Hebrew culture has suffered very much in the Western
Hemisphere, due mostly to the transitory period, especially on the
Pacific coast. Jewry has neglected the spiritual side of life. Tarbus
therefore intends to bridge the gap of inactivity, and calls for all those
who are interested in a Jewish future and the perpetuation of Hebrew
culture to join the Tarbus society. Tarbus does not ask for money or
sacrifice of time, and neither does it promise peppy good times. You
will find yourself amongst a circle of intellectuals, gentlemen, and
Talmudai Chachumen who are willing to work with you for a cause
which is dear to every conscientious Jew
Tarbus meets at the Boyle Heights

[The clipping ends here.]

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