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THE JEWISH CHRONICLE
The only Jewish publication in the State of Michigan
Devoted to the interests of the Jewish people
DETROIT, MICH., JULY 14, 1916
Vol. I. No. 20
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A Plea for Unity
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Opening Address Before Zionist Convention
By Dr. SOLOMON SOLIS COHEN
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ficiency of a secular program, and,
uniting his efforts with those that
had already planted colonies in
Palestine and established sustaining
organizations throughout the world,
he brought into the new movement
the vitalizing and fructifying en-
ergy of age-long tradition. The
secular "Judenstaat," anywhere on
earth, disappeared. Zionism was
born as a practical effort to fulfill
the hope expressed in Biblical
prophecy and in post-Biblical song,
in the liturgy of the synagogue and
the thanksgiving of the f amily
board. For what is the "Hamacha-
zir Shechinato l'zion" and the
"Boneh b'rachamav Jerushalayim"
The Zionist movement, of which philanthropic grounds.
But Herzl, high-souled and broad- but a daily reiteration by all Israel
our Federation is part, has arisen
the insuf- of the Psalmist's high dedication of
out of the fusion of an ancient hope minded, soon realized
The terrible plight of our breth- with the vision of a modern states-
ren abroad demands that whatever man. In seeking a "publicly se-
forces, energies, influence or wis- cured and legally assured home" for
dom the Jews of America possess Jews oppressed in the lands of their
shall be united. Those united forces, nativity, the author of the "Juden-
that united wisdom may fall short staat" was at first indifferent to
of the needs of the situation. Di- geographic situation. One part of
vided forces and conflicting coun- the globe was to him, at the time,
cils must fall short. Let us sink as good as another, and he indeed
our personal vanities and dignities, suggested that Argentina might be
our pride of opinion, our Shibbo- available. So long as his underlying
leths and sibboleths ; lets us forget motive remained "for the sake of
our resentments ; let us make what- brethren and friends"—that is to
ever sacrifice short of principle is say, political economic—this posi-
needed, though the sacrifice involve tion was fully justified. So, too,
abandonment of some method to the Territorialism of Zangwill may
which we seem committed. be justified upon like secular and
self and soul to the cause of Zion
"for the sake of the house of the
Lord our God"?
Without this potentizing tradi-
tion, the Herzl movement as a bar-
ren secularism would long since
have died. This fact, the great
leader himself explicitly recognized
when he declared at Basle "that the
return to Judiaism must precede the
return to Zion."
One other important matter
claims our attention. I have al-
ready alluded to it, but I wish now
to emphasize that allusion: At this
time and place I can speak only of
principles, not of specific measures.
The application of those principles
rests with the delegates. But it is
not overstepping the limits proper
to the address of a temporary chair-