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THE JEWISH CHRONICLE
Dr. Harry Friedenwald Resigns
from American Jewish
Committee
Was One of Founders of Organization
Dr. Harry Friedenwald has re-
signed from the American Jewish
Committee, of which he was one of
the original members. Dr. Frieden-
wald is the president of the Federa. -
don of American Zionists. His
reasons for resignation are set
forth in a letter which has been
given to the press for publication.
It reads as follows :
"To the American Jewish Commit-
tee :
"Gentlemen : It is with regret
that I herewith resign my member-
ship in the American Jewish Com-
mittee. I have been a member of
this committee since its inception ;
I was present at the fleeting at
which it was created. It was stated
recently by the chairman of the
Executive Committee that the Am-
erican Jewish Committee grew out
of a suggestion made by me as the
result of a meeting of a number of
gentlemen called together at my
home after the Kisheneff pogrom.
My interest in the activities of the
committee has at all times been
great, and I have always been loyal
in supporting and serving the com-
mittee. I regard the work of the
Committee in the past as very cred-
itable, and it is a source of satisfac-
tion that I was able to take even a
small part in this service.
"Since the beginning of the war,
however, it has become increasingly
manifest that the methods of the
committee were inadequate and that
the committee was not what it pro-
fessed to be, a body- representative
of American Jews, voicing their
sentiments and their wishes and
carrying out their will. The com-
mittee deliberately closed its ears to
popular demands and frowned upon
the expression of the views of the
people ; views which did not coin-
cide, it is true, with those of the
committee, or more properly speak-
ing, of a few gentlemen who took
upon themselves the solution of all
our problems and trusted them-
selves with the sole care of the fu-
ture of our people. No matter how
seriously they may have regarded
their work, no matter how great
their means to carry out this work
in ordinary times, no matter how
high their social position, how great
their political influence or their
financial resources, the people ex-
pressed their lack of confidence :
and at the same time they voiced
their desire to participate in the so-
lution of their own problems.
hoped that the committee would
recognize the justice of the popular
demand, that they would realize, as
I have through intimate contact
with the people, that it was a real
demand of the people, and not, as
they have repeatedly charged, a cry
of • demagogues ; and that they
would establish a union of effort
and would help bring about har-
mony of action. I remained a mem-
ber of the committee, hoping that
the occasion might arise when I
might be of service in bringing
about this harmony. These hopes, I
regret, were futile.
"The course followed by the com-
mittee and its officers has accentu-
ated the division in American Is-
rael. The lines have been drawn
sharply between that comfortable
class, more or less indifferent to the
situation of our brethren in foreign
lands, and the great mass of Jewry
which feels in every fiber its one-
ness with its suffering brethren
with whom it is bound together by
the closest family bonds.
"The comfortable class is quite
ready to let the American Jewish
Committee do as it deems fit, is glad
to be rid of annoying responsibility,
and is even willing to pay its tax
to be relieved of all concern.
"The masses cannot assume this
attitude of indifference. It is their
deep concern ! Like an anxious
mother at the bedside of her sick
child, they are not willing to be
silenced and are not satisfied with
an indifferent answer that nothing
need be done. Something must be
done—the best and the wisest coun-
sel must he sought ! The American
Jewish Committee has forfeited
their confidence. It lay in the power
of the committee to prevent this
schism ; the committee could later
have healed the breach had it made
an earnest effort to understand the
people, instead of looking with con-
tempt on 'so-called democratic sup-
port.'
"The issue has become clearer
and clearer. A class of Jewry is
ranged against the overwhelming
masses—the unorganized masses
which have so long been silent. T
see no likelihood that they will be-
come united in the near future. 1"
wish to remove all doubt as to which
side has my sympathy. Those of us
who feel that their life is part of
the throbbing, anxious, suffering
Jewish life, belong to that body
which is now seeking self-expres-
sion in the Congress movement.
find no difficulty in making my
choice. I am obliged to resign . from
the American Jewish Committee.
"Very truly yours,
"HARRY FRIEDEN WA I.D.
"Baltimore, Md., June 12, 1916."
Miss Florence E. Bamberger, of
Baltimore, a master of arts of Co-
lumbia University, has been ap-
pointed an instructor in education
at Johns Hopkins University.
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