THE JEWISH CHRONICLE 4 The Lesson in the Brandeis Case LONG DISTANCE PHONE 836-J The Albany Hotel S I kW! 1 1' KOS HI R Special Dinners for 'Tourists By Samuel J. Rhodes B NI1 s( (WI( Now that Louis D. BrandeilPhas taken his oath of office and all of the mental hurly-burly attending his confirmation has subsided, we can frankly discuss the entire affair. The Brandeis case illustrates the need for a greater moderation of opinion On the part of American Jews. No sooner was it discovered that President Wilson's nomination of Mr. Brandeis was not going to InA't with unanimous approbation, when some of the more near- sight«1 of our co-religionists jumped at the conclusion that the reason lay ir Brandeis' Jewishness. Their lead leas followed by publications like the "Era," that arc only too ready to pose as champions of jus- tice in any case which may be capitalized, anti all over the land arose the cry that Brandeis was being made the victim of race prejudice and anti-semitism. Undoubtedly, there is some justification fur this attitude. l'n- doubtedly, the fact that Brandeis is a Jew militated against him in some quarters. But the great bulk of the opposition to his continua- tion was not based upon racial or religious grounds. The great ma- jority of Brandeis' opponents were sincere and honest in theirconyic- tion that Louis D. Brandeis was not the right man for the office of Supreme Court Justice. And while we may disagree with them, while we may feel that their conclusion was unwarranted, we are bound to respect their opinion, and we have no right to question their motives. It is high time that some of our Jews realized the harm caused by this constant talk of prejudice and anti-semitism. Some time ago there was published in the "Warheit," a Yiddish daily of New York, a statement that all of the justices of the Supreme Court opposed Brandeis because he is a Jew, a statement both false and malicious. What true American, whether Jew or Gentile, could read that article without feeling a bitter resentment against those who openly slander the men who have never before been slandered ; who accuse those against whom no one ever dared breathe a word of accusation ; who doubt the integrity of those whose sincerity and fairness no one dared question—the Justices of the supreme tribunal of the Republic? That feeling..of,reseutment gjew_it,tritle more intense and deep seated, when a similar abusive charge was hurled against the person of Ex-Presi- dent Howard Taft. And resentment against individual Jews, fed and:nourished by incidents as those mentioned above, soon de- velops into hatred of all Jews—the worst of all forms of anti-semitism. Above all things, therefore, let the Jews of America not he so prone to attribute opposition to a single Jew to opposithm to all Jews. Let thent reserve judgment until they know the facts. Let their attitude possess a little more of that spirit of tolerance, for the lack of which among the other peoples of the earth they have suffered A) bitterly. Let them be as fair to the non-Jew as they would have the non-Jew be to them. the two documents substantiating Accusations Against Jews Are Groundless. the facts. One of the documents (Cuntinutd 'rum pay 2) reads: "Consequently, I affirm that dur- patriotic zeal of a certain Pole (name omitted). The Pole, aware ing our sojourn at the houses of of the treacherous designs, warned the Jews, Shutenberg and Zigman- the Russians beforehand, and soon towitch, in the city of Brezhin, we a detachment of Cossacks arrived, had an excellent home and princely dispersed the enemy and re-cap- treatment. Fatherly they cared for turned our troops and saved them us, notwithstanding the danger con- from a sure death." fronting them in view of the ap- The Petrograd Jewish Kehillah, proaching German domination, learning of the libelous charge, in- which captured the city after a bat- vestigated the Brezhin affair and tle which lasted for three days, the found that not only were the officers 7th, 8th and 9th of November. and soldiers cordially welcomed and JOSEPH GELLER royally treated, but were able to lo- cate two documents signed by the CLOTHING, HATS, CAPS AND MEN'S FURNISHINGS commanders, attesting to the excel- 537 Hastings Street lent treatment and thanking them Cot. Wilkins for their kindness. Detroit, Mich. The Kehillah is in possession of You will find the most complete line in the city of Dry Goads, Notions and Furnishings AT M. ROSINSKEY'S 351-355 Hastings St. "Quality Which i, Untxcellrd at Wholtialt Price," A './elCh'Ih' . 1 (11'1111T RC•.0,:U CIGAR A 1. I. 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