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THE JEWISH CHRONICLE
Zionism—A Brief Resume
Death of S. M. Schmittke
Is Lou to Community
BY SARAH D. ARONSTAM.
In the death of Samuel Benjamin
Schinittke, who passed away on Jan-
uary 1, Detroit has lost one of its
most public spirited Jewish citizens.
the had an unusually large circle of
friends to whom he was a great in-
spiration for righteous living.
Mr. Schmittke was born in Lilian,
Courtland, 75 years ago. He was one
of the oldest Jewish residents in De-
troit. He was a prominent member
of the Shaarey Zedek congregation
and took an intensive interest in
every Jew ish question.
desire to divide this subject into' the great problem. But the Jews did
two principal parts, namely: (1) not take into account certain forces,
Zionism retrospectively viewed which perhaps displaying a wholesome
and (2) its prospective outlook. and justifiable exterior, unhappily car-
ried all the earmarks of a well organ-
if anybody might ask me for a def-
inition of the term that heads this article iced antagonism against the Jew and
—and many and varied are the defini- tended to thwart and hinder all his ad-
lions that have been given to it—I vances in obtaining civic abilities and
would simply reply: that Zionism is the enfranchisement, and thus political
ultimate expression of the Jewish will. Antiseinitism hovered like .1 thunder-
When we speak of the latter either cloud over lain embellished with the
as applied to an individual, group or a roseate hue of tolerance and forbear-
nation we invariably mean by it, the ance.
final product of a process continually
ITS PROSPECT.
reacting, progressing and evolving into
Leo Pinsker then came to the front
an endless series of phenomena, whose in his most epoch-making pamphlet.
final results denote a condition desig- , 'Auto emancipation." Deploring Ghet-
nated as consciousness.
toism on the one hand, he had nit the
Permit me to digress a little by an- other hand but little hope in the false
alyzing certain phases of the conscious- enchantments of the outer world. Tc
ness of a child. To us it seems vague him universal emancipation was not vis-
and instinctive, but as growth and de- ible as yet on the political horizon.
velopment proceed, its consciousness He therefore clamored for auto cams-
becomes more and more apparent to citation; this led to a step forward and
itself and the environment wherewith culminated into the principles laid down
it collies in contact; and when event- later by the founder of the present-day
ually reaching maturity, the fully de- Zionism—Theodore Herz'. Ilis pro-
s-eloped individual is brought on the grant was so logical and conclusive,
threshold of a state, where his or her that it appealed to.the various shades
emotions, desires, views and concepts of Jewish life.
assume distinct and definite forms; this
Some were attracted by its strictly
coupled with similar processes Mate in political aspect, while others became
the race or nation transmitted through enthused with its cultural phase; yet all
past generations, lends to the individ- agreed, whether it be political or cul-
ual its characteristic and peculiar con- tural, that its center must be placed on
ception of itself and its surroundings.
the historical scene of the Jew-Pales-
What is true of the individual is simi- tine.
To assemble all the qualities of the
larly true of the family or group of
Jew, its intense national consciousness,
families, the race or the nation.
its
distinctive culture, its still onfor-
The individual harbors' in him the
consciousness of the respective race lie shadowed future—in short the past and SAMUEL BENJAMIN SCHMITTKE
sprung from and the latter exists by the present—and steering clear of racial
Surviving him are his widow and
degeneration and admixture with other
virtue of the individual.
nations, a nucleus must be established children, Jacob, John, Max, Mrs. A.
ITS RETROSPECT.
I lertzberg, Mrs. M. Shatzen, Charles,
in the Holy Land.
To one of our great thinkers, Abaci Rebecca, and Paula, all of Detroit ex-
Let us now proceed with the survey
of our great retrospect. Since times Ila'ain, the cultural aspect was the most cept Jacob, who is in Russia. Ten
immemorial the Jew has been passion- essential feature; likewise in Dubnow's grandchildren are also left to mourn
Funeral services were
ately craving for a home of his own, "Foundations of Jewish Nationalism" Iris passing.
a land of promise wherein he could this furnishes the binding tie he advo- held on January 2 from his late resi-
fulfill and shape his destinies, a pledge cates for the maintenance of the race. dente, 191 Seidel] avenue, and were
given to him by God through the mouth Yet this could never entirely uphold conducted by Rabbi A. M. Hershman,
of his prophets; such a longing was evi- the Jewish consciousness without a defi- a close friend of the deceased, inter-
dent in him even prior to the exodus, line political basis; and the Zionism as inent taking place at Machpalah
and with this fiery column of a lofty promulgated by Iferzl embodies all these ceme t ery .
hope before him, he undertook the principles in one.
Many were the difficulties that beset INTERNATIONAL SOCIALISTS
journey through the wilderness, fraught
with peril of many a kind; and with the pioneers of colonization; untold
DEMAND EQUAL RIGHTS
such an ideal continually before him, were their struggles; with nothing ma-
FOR JEWS.
he then entered the Holy Land; more- terial in their possession, save a great
over such an ideal has sustained him ideal. they ventured to colonize the Holy
Declare for Free Immigration and
throughout the centuries of the dreary Land.
Development the World Over,
diaspora. The preservation of his cul-
Forty odd colonies sprung up within
With National Autonomy
tural and racial entities have forever a quarter of a century. 'Ile Jewish
remained fibres and sinews of the Jew- Colonial Bank was created. Hebrew
in Palestine.
ish soul.
High Schools and Trade schools estab-
The process does not stop here. After lished, and then came a thunderbolt In the proposals which the Inter-
entering the Holy Land, do not think on a clear sky—the great war. But national Jewish Socialist Federation
other nations and races. The Jew hopes it has entertained and cherished ti out of the districts affected by the
then attained what our opponents desig- We are now on the threshold of the war.
nate the "missionary function."
fulfilment of our great ideal. The sec- 1 2 . Fr" immigration and settlement
Unfortunately at this juncture there and Cyrus call came forth from Great of I ews in all countries.
3. National autonomous adminis-
appeared a palpable dwindling of the Britain. I)o not let the ardor in our
tration on the basis of national prin-
Jewish consciousness; in no way, how- hearts abate, nor our efforts slacken!
ciple as applying to persons and na-
ever, was it obliterated; it merely sub-
Great nations are bitterly engaged in tional equality within the state, prov-
merged within itself, remaining in a hostilities, and who knows but of that
ince and community, in countries
dormant state, and only expressing it- foaming and turbulent cauldron. where the Jews are settled in masses.
self here and there in prayer and song. Israel's hope may arise rejuvenated,
4. Security to unrestrained activ-
We become cognizant of a hazy hope, and we shall again be allowed by Provi- ity Iewish colonization, aiming at
a distant ideal—an idea that was more Bence to work out our destinies in a the creation of a Jewish homeland in
poetic than real, more imaginary than land of our own, not only untrammeled r" 1 " 1 !"''.
For this is necessary:
actual; a hope that though intensely and unmolested by the world without,
(a) Removal of all measures re-
yearned by the Jewish heart remained but with its full sanction and support,
straining
the free immigration anil
within the narrow limits of the ritual,
as foretold of old by one of our great colonization of Jews, extensive facili-
or the poetic outburst of such men as
seers: tation of naturalization, and free
Jehuda Halevi:
tivit) of the institution created to
promote lowish colonization.
(b) The establishment of modern
The law front Zion spreads."
legal relations and the settling upon
socio-political measures for the pur-
pose of developing the productiv e
During the ages of untold persecu-
forces of the land. Further, the
tions that followed fast and faster dur-
guaranteeing of economic facilities
ing the generations of civic disabilities,
and
the promotion of colonization by,
that was pre-eminently his lot in all
first Of all, the employment of own-
.\ n orchestra is being formed under
lands and climes that he occupied, an
crless and state domains and of huge
outcry now and . then became audible the auspices of the Young I'eople's hand proper
I ties
t i es for the settlement M
amidst the gloomy silence enveloping Auxiliary of Shaarey Ledek Syna- immigran t s and ion t h e ja„(11,,„ an-I
him.
gogue.
Mr. Alan Kopelson, instruc- land poor agricultural population of
The more haunted and tormented lie for of pianoforte, well known in local the country.
was, the more oppressed and subju- music circles, and who enjoys a
The transformation of Pal e s-
(c)
gated, the more he shrunk within him- splendid reputation as player and di- tine into an autonomous and unified
administrative
district.
self, and thus you see the Ghetto ap- rector, is directing the orchestra. Re-
(d) Thu, national autonomy of the
pearing on the surface for a time. This hearsals are held every Sunday after-
fewisb people in Palestine. The fill-
seemed very natural and continued so noon in the vestry rooms of the syna-
fonent of these demands are to be
for almost fifteen hundred years. There gogue, corner of Willis and Brush internationally guaranteed.
was no danger of disintegration or de- streets. The following have enrolled
"I am at the end of the West
But my heart yearns for the East."
"Jerusalem sends forth the word,
Young People to Have Own I
Orchestra.
cline, as long as the Ghetto kept him
intact against all onslaughts from with-
out, and the outer Gentile world kept I
aloof from ingression within his ranks.
The menace of racial effacement be-
came pronounced only when Mendel,-
sohn and his followers unsuccessfully
endeavored to clear the way toward
emancipation; or when during the Na-
poleonic era similar attempts were made
in other directions. While seemingly
the Jew began to be recognized by the
Christian world, he also gradually di-
Nested himself of his inborn lovishness.
As a reward for it the Gentile hated
him the more for such a deceptive atti-
tude. Notwithstanding that Ghettoism
seemed unnatural and anomalous for
the maintenance of a race, these re-
peated but unsuccessful attempts at
emancipation from external sources as-
sumed a still more abnormal character.
The Enlightenment or Haskalah
period then followed garbed in the
menacing form of a questionable pan-
acea. Theoretically it looked like a
logical measure toward the solution of
as members: '.Hiss Edith Davis, pian- l i
ist; Miss Sadie Jacobson, David B.
Musicas,
Julius
Goldstein. Chas.
Klein, violinists; Harry Jatovsky and
Ochie Baker, 'cellists; Benj. Morris.
cornetist, and A. Curtis, trombonist.
Others are urged to join and take ad-
vantage of this splendid opportunity.
More players of string instruments
are requested to join. They may
phone Mr. Kopelson at his studio, 160
Medbury, or attend the rehearsal next
Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock.
ZIONISTS IN GERMANY VOTE
THANKS TO GREAT BRITAIN
SECRETARY OF OHIO STATE
ZIONIST ASSOCIATION
RESIGNS.
The Federation of American Zionfi,ts
has been notified by Mr. D. Gara, Presi-
dent of the Ohio State Zionist Associ-
ation. that Mr. NI. Friedman has re-
signed as secretary of that body. Mr.
Friedman held that office for about two
years, coming to Cleveland from Den-
ver to assume this task. His resigna-
tion will cause regret iii all who have
had the privilege of working with him
in the Zionist organization.
Rabbi Simon Hazer, of Montreal,
The Vague, Jan. 2.—The Jewish
Correspondence Bureau here has re- is authority for the statement that in
Canada
there arc only about 100,000
ceived a telegram from Berlin that at
a Zionist conference in Germany a Jews and 4.500 of them have volun-
teered for the war abroad. A special
resolution was adopted in which satis-
battalion of 701) Jews carrying the
faction was expressed that Great Brit- Jewish flag of Zionism
with the Union
ain had recognized the right of the Jack, and each wearing the shield of
Jewish people to a national existence in David, left Canada for the front.
Palestine.
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