Jewish influences in American life : $b volume III of the International Jew, the world's foremost problem : being a reprint of a third selection from articles appearing in the Dearborn Independent — John Shaqi
Jewish influences in American life : $b volume III of the International Jew, the world's foremost problem : being a reprint of a third selection from articles appearing in the Dearborn IndependentFord, Henry
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Jewish influences in American life : $b volume III of the International Jew, the world's foremost problem : being a reprint of a third selection from articles appearing in the Dearborn Independent
Ford, Henry
Antisemitic literature; Jews -- United States; United States -- Ethnic relations
More than that: there are Jews who have begged the Anti-Defamation
League to purge the name of Jewry of the shame the liquor Jews, the
movie Jews, the popular song Jews, the theatrical Jews, and the others
are bringing on that name, and the Anti-Defamation League has not done
so. It dare not.
American Jewry is desperately afraid of opening a single seam in its
armor by means of a single investigation or reform. They are afraid of
how far the fire of self-correction may spread.
It was the intention of THE DEARBORN INDEPENDENT to give in this article
a sample of the manner in which Jewish jazz is written in three
classes—No. 1 for general consumption; No. 2 for stage consumption; No.
3 for the lowest resorts. On searching through the songs for the least
offensive example it is found that even the least offensive cannot be
printed here. The fact is greatly regretted, for certainly some method
must be found by which the public can be put into possession of full
information as to what is transpiring in this hideous traffic.
The Jewish art of “camouflage” (the reader may not be aware that wartime
camouflage was a Jewish invention) has always been operative. “Cover
names”, “cover nationalities” (these are Jewish terms) have long been
known. It is quite common for Jews of the higher type to band themselves
together into societies for political and racial purposes, the purposes
being camouflaged by a name, such as Geological Society, or Scientific
Society, or something of the sort. And thus in the vilest versification,
which only a few years ago would have been refused the mails, they have
flung broadcast among the youth of the world dangerous ideas under the
camouflage of catchy tunes.
The tunes themselves carry a tale with them. There have been cases in
the courts dealing with the “adaptation,” or stealing, of tunes for
“popular song” purposes. If you observe carefully you will catch
reminiscent strains in many of the popular songs which you sing. If you
sing, “Rocked in the Cradle of the Deep,” and then sing, “I’m Always
Chasing Rainbows,” you will notice a basic resemblance; but that does
not prove that “Rocked in the Cradle of the Deep” is itself original,
its melody was originally taken from an Opus of Chopin. This is a
practice which has been greatly extended of recent years.
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