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THE JEWISH CHRONICLE
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Aleichem—translated into English
so that every Jewish child can read
them, for as I have just said, they
do represent the soul of our peo-
ple ; but I want them to read these
great writings as Americans who
retain respect for their fathers and
their forefathers. Today we can-
not read any longer the wonderful
sayings and works of our great
Jewish writers, men like Saadia
Gaon, Maimonides, Iben Gabirol,
Judah Halevy, in the original text ;
we read them in the language we
can understand and we are just as
much attached to them and they
touch our souls and our hearts just
as much as—perhaps more so than
—if we should read them in the
original language.
These men who have erected this
wonderful building in the heart of
the city, to which their children are
to be sent—to give our posterity the
opportunity to become more and
more attached to Jewish law and
to Jewish literature—have rendered
great service not only to Judaism
but to the American people. When
I came here and looked at this gath-
ering, the thoughts that came to my
mind were those wonderful' words
of the heathen seer that have come
down to us from hoary ages: "How
pleasant are thy tents, 0 Jacob, thy
dwelling places." It is teaching like
that which will be taught under this
roof that will perpetuate the beau-
tiful spirit of the Jewish home.
My friends, all I can say is, as I
have said already, be a good Jew
and a good American. But it is not
good Americanism to claim sepa-
rateness, to claim that we are a
group of people who must live their
separate lives irrespective of our
surroundings and of the Jewish re-
. ligion. Anyone who claims such
cannot be a loyal American.
The Attack Upon the American Jewish Committee
An Answer to Israel Goldberg
By LOUIS MARSHALL
Editor The Jewish Chronicle:
The American Jewish Commit-
tee recently issued a booklet, en-
titled 'The Jews in the Eastern War
Zone,' which undertook to depict
the cruelties and indignities to
which the Jews have been subjected,
especially in Poland. A copy was
submitted to His Holiness Benedict
XV, with a petition praying him to
exert his powerful influence to
ameliorate conditions. This has
called forth a reply from the Holy
See, which is a virtual encyclical,
and has been followed by directions
to the Catholic clergy of Poland,
admonishing them to use their best
endeavors to put an end to the per-
secution which has prevailed."
It was not, therefore, the Ameri-
can Jewish Committee that de-
scribed the noble utterance of Pope
Benedict XV as a virtual encyclical,
nor was the committee responsible
for the statement that it was fol-
lowed by an admonition to the
Catholic clergy of Poland. Yet the
insinuation is made by this super-
critic, in the fullness of his ignor-
ance, that the committee, through
its agents (of whose existence it
has no knowledge), has been en-
gaged in making false and mislead-
ing statements concerning the Papal
response—"the only voice that has
conic from the wilderness." it is
significant that, of all the world, the
-
NOTE.—In the last issue of the Jewish
Chronicle appeared an article by Israel
It has of late become apparent,
Goldberg criticizing the American Jewish
even to the unitiated, that there ex-
Committee for having petitioned the Pope
ists in certain quarters a systematic
to exert his influence in behalf of the
Jews of Poland. The following is the
policy of directing a series of at-
reply of Mr. Louis Marshall, president
tacks of the most virulent character
of the American Jewish Committee.
against the American Jewish Corn-
mittee. Wilful misrepresentation, c o inn in unication extensively pub-
petty misinterpretation and manu- lished, sneers at the committee for
factured falsehoods are the weapons having petitioned Pope Benedict
employed. It is a sad commentary XV to succor the Jews of Poland,
upon conditions in American Jewry. subjecting the Papal response to a
A common foe confronts us ; a caty- microscopic analysis, evolves an un-
clysm of misfortune and misery is worthy and ridiculous fiction in or-
overwhelming our brethren in East- der to indulge in that propensity
ern Europe, and yet there are those for destruction which is common to
in this country who evince so little all children. Licking his chops, lie
consideration for their own people declares that the response from the
that they aim their missiles and sing Vatican was not a Papal bull, and
their bitter song of hate to accom- proceeds to air what he has learned
plish, if they can, the destruction about bulls from the Jewish En-
of those of their own household who cyclopedia, a publication made pos-
have been swayed by but one pur- sible by the members of the Ameri-
pose—that of furthering the wel- can Jewish Committee. But who
fare of the Jews who dwell in exile. of that committee has said that it
What a spectacle is now presented! was a .bull? The only official state-
What an exhibition of intolerance, ment ever made with regard to it
and malevolence ! What an occa- was issued simultaneosly in Europe
sion for grief and despair ! Even and America as an introduction to
those who haVe at times disagreed the petition to the Papal response.
with it have hitherto credited the It was carefully formulated, and
American Jewish Committee with before publication its terms were
unselfishness, with good intentions, submitted to and approved by the
with love and loyalty for their re- Vatican. Lest they be forgotten, it
ligious brethren throughout t h e is well to repeat them :
(Continued on page
world. Not one of its members haF
ever sought recognition or personal
advantage or emolument. The cm -
ganization has never craved power.
It has sought only to serve accord-
ing to its lights, and to that end it
has devoted time and thought and
study for many years to aid in the
solution of the serious problems af-
watch him get ahead--watch him
Legal Aid for Immigrants.
fecting the Jews.
outstrip other fellows his age.
One of the most important
Yet, though it has fought for the
It may be slow at first. He may
phases of Immigrant Aid Work, is maintenance of the open door for
have to deny himself more things than
that which deals with the immi- the Jewish immigrant, and has thus
other boys—but he's building for the
grants' legal difficulties. Realizing far succeeded in its efforts in that
future.
this, the Hebrew Sheltering and direction, it has recently been
Immigrant Aid Society of America. charged by innuendo as favosOg
Some day he will have all the things
long ago established a Legal Aid the so-called "Granzsperre" in G&- ,,
he once did without, and many others
Bureau for Immigrants. In the so- man v —a malicious falsehood.
that the spendthrift will never have.
ciety's annual report for the year Though its activity in bringing
The German-American Bank is al-
1915, submitted by its President, about the termination of the treaty
ways
glad to open accounts with young
Judge Leon Sanders, the work of with Russia has been universally
men--to help, encourage and advise
recognized, the sole motive for its
the bureau is described.
them.
In the year which the report cov- action is now declared to have been
the
desire
of
some
of
its
members
ers, the Legal Aid Bureau has done
One Dollar Will Open an Account With the
an immense amount of work in the to be enabled to take pleasure trips
to Russia. Its earnest hope that dur-
way of giving legal advice to immi-
ing the pending conflict the Jews of
grants, securing redress for the im-
America should maintain a neutral
migrants through the courts and
attitude has now been interpreted as
Griswold and Lafayette
other agencies in naturalization, do-
an effort to help Russia to secure
Chene and Gratiot—Mack and Mt. Elliott—Gratiot and Hastings
mestic relations, recovery of wages.
financial credit in the Lnited States.
Eliot and Woodward
personal injury, divorce and annul-
And now conies one who. under
ment proceedings. It has also as- the name of I srael Goldberg. in a
Watch the Young
Man Who Saves
German - American Bank
(Continued on page 5)
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