the Society. This Fund consists of the
dues of associate members (graduates), "which shall be used
exclusively for the substantive work of the Society" (Harvard Menorah
Constitution, Article IV, section 4). The control of this Fund is in
the hands of an advisory committee, consisting of the President of the
Society and two associate members designated by the Executive Council
of the Society.

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Transcriber's Notes:

Page 14, "Ayran" changed to "Aryan" (of the Aryan peoples)

Page 29, in the original text the Hebrew letters were used without a
translation. [Hebrew: kosher]

Page 35, "Judea" changed to "Judaea" (muse of Judaea)

Page 44, "ony" changed to "only" (Not only have the)

This text uses both to-day and today.

THE

MENORAH JOURNAL

VOLUME I APRIL, 1915 NUMBER 2

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For Small Mercies

BY ISRAEL ZANGWILL

Thinking of Poland and her tortured Jews,
'Twixt Goth and Cossack hounded, crucified
On either frontier, e'en the Pale denied,
Wand'ring with bloodied staff and broken shoes,
Scarred like their greatest son with stripe and bruise,
Though thrice a hundred thousand fight beside
Their Russian brethren and are glorified
By death for those who flout them and abuse,--

I suddenly was touched to thankful tears.
Not that one wave had ebbed of all this woe,
Not that one heart had softened in "the spheres"[A]
One touch of bureau-malice to forego,
But that amid blind eyes, dumb mouths, deaf ears,
One voice in England[B] said these things were so.

[Illustration: Signature: Israel Zangwill]

FOOTNOTES:

[A] Only permissible form of Russian reference to the Tsar and his
Counsellors.

[B] The London _Nation_.

From Across the Seas

_From Dr. Max Nordau_

_Madrid, Spain_

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I hail most cordially the appearing of THE MENORAH JOURNAL with the
noble and impressive program which you develop. It shows your
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American Jewry, your readiness to assume fully the moral
responsibilities which your privileged position imposes upon you, and
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