Word: scribes
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Lunn's "selective indignation" phrase to de scribe the attitude of many people towards the persecution of religion in Mexico. Religion continues to be persecuted most cruelly by the Mexican Government and a few "licensed" churches do not disprove this assertion. The official educational policy of Mexico is as atheistic as Soviet Russia's. It is a positive anti-God policy, not merely anti-Catholic...
NEWSPAPERMAN STUFF: Edwin A. Lahey, the Chicago scribe now at Harvard (on one of the Nieman Fellowships) was asked by a Boston Gazette to do a guest drama criticism on the Harvard Hasty Pudding show, in which the college boys cavort as chorus girls. . . . Mr. Lahey didn't think much of the show and said so in his review, but the paper didn't print it. . . . Presumably because the event is always a big social moment in Boston and the home towners might be offended. . . . His wind-up bears repeating, however: "These shows were originally presented for the entertainment...
...Torah is made of parchment (calf or goat), hand-written by a scribe who must perform his task with the greatest purity of spirit and body, often taking a bath before writing. If anyone drops the Torah during a service, everyone present must fast for one day. Though it may be carefully uncovered, the scroll must not be touched by hand...
...Torah to an orthodox synagogue in the U. S. Without such instruction, the Torah would have been considered stolen property by good Jews. Mr. Goldschmiedt gave the scroll, wrapped in a striped prayer shawl, to Manhattan's Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun, which had it examined meticulously by a scribe, lest a jot or a tittle had been added or erased. The Congregation planned shortly to have it reconsecrated, to invite Catholics and Protestants to the ceremony...
...Aunt Agnes'" proteges believes that his fellowship is probably "the tops." I remember when I used to look at the bulletin boards and wish that I could win a $300 scholarship. A scholarship like this which permits one to leave one's work is a great blessing," commented the scribe...