Ameriesfir *wish Periodical Cotter
CLIFTON ATINCE CINCINNATI 20, OHIO
THE JEWISH CHRONICLE
RABBI GROSSMAN'S MESSAGE
(Continued From Page Four.i
nussual he directed to devise way ,
purpose. European leaders,
for tho,
work. and students should be invit-
ed to ;tone amongst us, to tell u,
the tralisportalfini of these ,foUlig wen
to France has begot and they should
I tral lands, to such committees as may I
be provided with official recognition,
and appoint its own committee to act
in conjunction with an authorized na-
tional representation.
The Jews of Russia.
The emancipation of thi Icws in
have moral and religious re-enforci • Russia is an epochal event of first
reeve without delay .
magnitude aml gratifies us the more
what they are doing, and our et/M-
"The Y. M. ('. A. has done such since it was achieled by self-effort.
un,' leaders in education. organiza- work. of course, front the standpoint Nor is its significance diminished by
tion alai synagogal life should be of evangelical enterprise, which is far the lapse or perhaps the collapse of
road. oat that by exchange of from our mind. Still the tracts they Russian freedom since its brilliant be-
them:et and report of method, both circulate are read with eagerness and ginning. For the sell:emancipation
Andre an and European Jewry may they ma), despite their tillfious sus
we !nine fervent gratitude to God who
h e re, lied by the respective experi- stoner). tone. Insinuate themselves leads the nations in Ills own way and
e nce. A y should have exchange Rab- ...with Jr. s. one must counteract for the devious paths •into which the
bi., c -Menge philanthropists, ex- 5) ith message s lit our own,mobil; - Russian people has strayed, we pray.
chewy, workers, exchange congrega- ratio • sympathetic and broad-gauged. God, may send His guidance and cor-
moan officers, exchange professors
(eel this worts is patriotic in the rection. The members of the Confer-
and leaChers whose inn estigations highest sense and should be duce at ence will recollect with what anxiety
personal
touch
would
enlighten
and severe earnestness they deliber-
and
one , ' end wnh vigorous zeal."
co-operation and make the relations
The Tract t tinino,sitin has taken ated, at the last session, on the sub-
between intercontinental Jews mune- n i l these suggestion. and the chair- ject of Jewish rights and its advo-
dial) and congenial. Perhaps all ad- man of our representation will advise cacy before the
peace cot.
olitioe. , 1 moral influence of mutual you w tht
velopinents in. this guess (and in preparation for it at a
lanent would be the reciprocal ma- mato r.
projected national congress in this
triculation of students for the
country). But even the sharpest i-
The Unaffiliated.
in European and Atilt-neat' C r -
Ifuring the course Id recent years it shin Could nut foresee that, while we
and
seminaries.
,
lege
has become evident that detachment were speaking, moral forces were at
\\*e have transcended thi German from the coogregational activities is work in Russia itself which consum-
of
reform,
and
have
created
,
origin
one of the instanct s of leakage of one mated what wa, then our wish and
an American and, as I believe, a gen- resources in Man-pout, lii I May
hope.
em-
erally acceptable reform, which can ploy a current phase(. 'phi= detach-
This enfranchisement of the Jew s,
vitalize the continental Jewish I.fe as ment of a not fncuns derable number after the dethronement of the Czar.
it has vitalized ours. We must go be- is due neither to neglect on our part wonderful because unexpected and
yond our origins which were theolog- nor to seli-n flied alienation on their certain because guaranteed Joy the
ical and congregational. The new part. It is duo to conditions %%ditch conscience of a resurrected and con-
Judaism should be real, bearing upon wt hate not succeeded to make clear scious people, the intrusion of antise-
social and industrial problems, that either to ourselves or to the people mitic Germany will be powerless to
are breaking forth out of the heart of illsolVed, and to all inveterate policy abrogate. In fact, it ha, already' prov-
an anxious world.
of synagog administration which we en its validity and permanence, out
Alter-war problems w ill be world- should adjust to the economic condi- only by resistance against the sinister
problems; the day of insular interests tions di. veffipvil under the constraint domination of the foe who poses as
and of pedantic sagac dies is gone. of necessity. blvery community has friend, but also by the fact that kin-
From the day of the prophets to our a number of Jewish families winch are dred Slavic races are emulating the
day, Judaism more than any other re- disfranchised from co-operation with example. Roumania, so long recreant
ligion was ready for broad issues. Jewish interests. They are rlisfran- to the solemn word it had given to a
'fhe Jewish communities in every chised not through any unfairness or congress •f nations in Berlin, has
country will lead in this new sociol- exclusiveness of temple and synagog, gone into judgment with itself, under
ogy of the world. All Jewish com- but through the fact that labor condi- the stress of its self-betrayal and its
munities of all countries will co-oper- tions hamper attendance at the stated humiliation, and has announced the
ate to free religion and morals from hours of worship and co-operation emancipation of its Jews, though,
characteristically enough, With certain
the insulation which obstructs their with congregational agencies.
conductive power. There will be a
Some Rabbis have endeavored to qualifications.
WHEN THE TREATY
OF PEACE IS MADE
W
I:EN the time comes to make a treaty of p< ,,er to
nd this war, we must have in the Senate, tl e ce
where treaties are ratified, men of the highest (.1
the broadest exec
Let Tlichigcn
nence, the heat
send a man to tee
juCo;inent and tI.c
United States Sen-
most pronounced
ate who ref or.'y
Americanism.
has the ability, but
Oil
whose training es•
future will be
in the balance.
pecially fits him to
Every man. woman
meet the demi Ed
and child will in
cf a task so 5:t. I
some way be af-
to us all- a red
fected—each one of
Hooch d American
on will be directly
who will insist that
or indirectly con-
there be no prime
cerned by what is
until we have wen
then done.
the war—vela will
There ,rust be no
are
peace without vic-
not Iuae in et ur 11
tory.
The victory so dear-
Truman H. Newberry
Q.
to it that we do
the 'hilliest ;a rt t f
what we have with
ly won by our boys on the field of
so much sacrifice won on the fit Id
battle must be defended and it.f.-
Comm..nder Truman II. New-
guladed at the Council Board of
berry is the Win•the•Wal Can•
the Nations.
didate.
NEWBER RY fo r
UNITED STATES SENATOR
Publoduel Nalsher•
SMIN,11
am..
Pawl ?I Anag, Eaasnw Chaim.
A. A Tompleum, 6eneNol thmrmen
meet this situation by what is called
It is now only a question of days
the system of the Free Pew. But self- when the world will be redeemed of
respecting laborers say they regard its century•long sin against the Jew
this device as an unfair insinuation. and its better self (fur the sin against
The solution does not lie in financial the Jew is always a sin against civil-
nay
have our camp Rabbi and his assist-
'''''° 11 of the Prayer 11°°k- I
accemimodations I such as reduction ization ). Germany is today tile only state
state that this committee has done its
ants wino give spiritual advice and
of dues) nor in the leo riling of dues country in which hate may organize. work conscientiously and is proceed-
consolation to men of Jewish faith
to democratic equality, though both Its hate against the Jew drags down ing with the publication of the first
who are in need of their assixtatice,
expedients are sincere and wise. The its nom of talent and the entire nation yoluine in accordance with the ill-
and We conduct religious services fur
By Jack Yellen.
difficulty
lies
in
the
fact
that
ritual,
in-
of
culture
to
the
level
from
which
the
structions of the Buffalo Session. It
Tracts.
our Jewish men, at our building, the
(Head Field Representative at Camp
struction and congregational activi- Moujik has lifted himself with splen- has the second volume now in hand
Camp Chapel, and other places con-
During the course of the year 1
Upton, N. Y.)
ties seem to ignore the life, the inter- did stamina and the sanest honesty.
and
is
advancing
in
the
revision
with
veniently located to large groups of
suggested to our representative on
ests, the needs and the outlook of la-
I suggest that the Conference ex- the utmost practicable speed.
the Tract Commission the following:
V hat does the Jewish \\Abler men. \1'e supply the men with Iliblee,
borers and the so-called "submerged." press its appreciation of the historic
prayer
books and whatmer religious
The
Chairman
of
the
Committee
on
"There is a great need for serving
Board (10?
Their numbers are increasing and are event of the self-determination of the the Relief Fund and of the Commis-
the young men in the camps and can-
If I were to answer the question in paraphernalia they may be in need of.
Russian
people,
of
the
large
outlook
limy sufficiently large to make it
Pt great many of our Jewish draf-
sion of Synagog Pension Fund has a nutshell, I should say we just try
tonments in matters of Judaism and
worth our %%hilt' to provide for them which is now opening for Itussian been active during the interval of the
the war. They need enlightenment
to be "big brothers" to the boys in tees are men who have been in this
and to enable them to function in the Jewry, and our friendly readiness to Sessions and will submit his report.
country but a few years and speak
as to the viewpoint of the Jew on
khaki.
life of modern Israel according to give them our fraternal assistance for You will recollect that his preeenta-
The man who has just entered the and understand very little English.
war, on Democracy, on the mural is-
their virility and moral capacity. Any self-development.
tion
at
the
Buffalo
Session
was
thor-
slits Oi the war, Inn peace, mil inter-
service, and likewise the one who has Fur these we cooduct classes in Eli-
one whit knows the pathos of the vast
ough and suggestive of fine possi• been ill the army for some time, glish and by means of lectures and
Jerusalem.
nationalism, on the moral interests
side of New York and recollects the
and obligations of business, of labor
sootier or later finds himself fn need otherwise NC try to interpret their
The capture of Jerusalem has a !ditties.
scandals which have come forth out
'The Chairman of the Committee on of a friend. \Vt try to fill that need. new work to them. We help them to
and religion after the war, till recon-
of it and who at the Sallie tittle knows world-wide importance and a special Arbitration was compelled by suck-
struction after the war, on Zionism
It may be by doing something that understand their position in the war.
what fine possibilities it has. will give Significance for use It revives memo- mess to interrupt his work, but it has
and anti-Zionism and their relation to
is quite negligible and on the other We try to explain to them in lan-
to this loaner his most scrupulous ries and stirs emotions. It is a coun- been voluntarily continued by other
present day Judaism and to future
hand it may he by doing something guage mid terms they understand the
terfoil to the Crusades without their
thought.
members 1,1 the Committee and very that will change the entire aspect of military life which is before them, and
Judaism, on Palestine and the relation
hate
and
cruelties.
It
is
a
reclama-
I recommend that the conference
gratifying results have been oh- a ❑ 1111'8 career.
we assist them practically in the mat-
it has to the Jewish people and to
assign this subject to a commission tion that does honor to British arms
tallied.
A kindly word or a bit of good ad ter of allotments, insurance and so
world-adjustment, on religiousness ill
for investigation and suggestion. It and British gallantry. And it opens
The Committee on Solicitation of vice at the right time may mean the
war tittles, oil the services Jews are
is possible to determine upon a policy the door not only to the sanctified Funds has been unusually successful.
)ti. existence rests on the desire of
rendering in the war, and in the re-
difference between a good and a bad f()r (tiir
by which tee may be able to do jus- places so dear to the religious world, Ito appeals have met with generous
construction after the war, on the op-
soldier and it may mean the making the Jewish people of America to see
tice to one of the most respectable but also to its hopes and ideals. For response, due to the legitimacy of
every
Jew do his duty to the l:nited
portunity and duty young men will
or breaking of a man.
is Jews it is an event replete with
components of the Jewry of the Unit-
the cause and the tactfulness of the
and the cause of the Allies,
The gap between civilian and milt-
have in the Jewish communities, and
ed States. I believe this would con- suggestion. First it is a stir to those presentation by its chairman.
!ton life is a very wide one and some and whatever there is to be done ll
on a large number of vital subjects
stitute a substantial reform and it loya!fes of our faith, which the push
The Chairman of the Committee 011
which these young men are asking
have great difficulty in crossing making better soldiers of the Jewish
Mot ly reconstruction of the Ante-ri- of Modern life had CroWolcd hack
t a
National t frganization sill submin
outrotht lin their conversations with
it 1\'t' try to help them. Loneliness, men in uniform, we are here to do,
gain is it a prod to our imagination
le:in Jewish life.
account
of
his
findings
for
consider-
homesickness, worries ov'er doniestiy regardless of how trivial or how great
the Ci11110 workers( or are thinking
It %% mild be tantamount to letting which dignifies our faith, and opens tip ation and action by this Conference.
or business troubles suddenly left he- the task may be.
the performance of duty lapse into vistas and possibilities, as if by 11144k
The tOmmittri on Wise Centenary hind--these sere to make Many a
"Such presentations, either as in- other hands than ours, which ought to :\s de of the speculations which the
has the celebration of this historic new soldier unhappy, and all unhappy
Appointed to High Judicial Position
formation or as answers to doubts seize hold of it and perform it as part event seems to encourage and which
event tinder contemplation and hopes
soldier means a poor soldier. Through
.1 et lig.ous doubts), or as meeting of our Rahbinii alreeponeibility, if I did sober minded students of history and
in Palestine.
to organize it in such a manner as
11
I
1
111
r
t
II
le
1
1
e
erso
l
Se
I'
V
lee
r
na
p
less
impulsive
lovers
of
Jew
and
Juda•
moral and religious difficulties. which not call your attention to the disrupted
comports with its •igniticance.
which
is
in
charge
of
an
able,
exper-
i,oi
neigh
with
care
and
caution,
the
inevitably arise under the stress 01 condition of the life of the Jests in
A re 1 iSt . 11 form of the Constitution ienced man of unusually broad train-
Major Norman Bent vetch, of the
r tragic experiences. should he Russia, France, Poland, lialiria, Ser- British occupation of Jerusalem and.
and liy-Laws Will by submitted to this ing, we are able to remove many of Camel '1 . ransport (*tape, whiner of the
earnest, sincere and frank, and as i ia, Ruuntanfa, Belgium and Palestine in due time, the reorganization of its
session, and it is hoped that this
Military
Cross, and Lecturer at IX rill-
e
these causes of unhappiness, \V
clear and direct as possible. :\ nd the and ask that this Conference enter life, is a guarantee that the sacred
formal matter will be disposed of with
handle hundreds of these c:ISCh loc h vial Selimil of Law, Cairo, has been
,.ii.were must he terse, in view of the into co-operation w lh such organize- c'ty will indeed become central in the attenuate care and eXpeditionsiluss.
week and they include anything and appointed Procureur Cameral and
iprobably) untrained s molieilY of lions as play undertake to assist in world's protection as it has been in
representative of the Confer•
Appeals for the British Oc-
eyerythieg from finding tout why a judge
is affection.
de voting people and the economy of the rehabilitation of these Jewish
enc• ion the Jewish Board for \Vet-
solder's sweetheart is tartly in an- cult:et, 'territory in Palestine. Major
To to, Jews Jerusalem had been a
pone energy' which military dis- communities. And I suggest this cn-
fare V1'ork will submit his eport for
, 'severing his mail In helping hint doge Bentwich was, until he entered' the
'plow and life involve.
tipe ral;nn not merely because we lading reminiscence. That was the your consitletation.
himkatiiiii a business transaction which was still military service, one of the leaders of
The I•
"The traits which I should like to should guard against duplication and sad result of our modernization. A
the
.111.
issu• should be in I mobil. but also beveause I feel that people Ines not only in it, outlook Committee has guarded the Mb rest- po oiling when he entered the service. the younger element of the Zionist
TM re is use thing I would like to Nlovement Ile is a brother-mdaw of
T .,
• lc. to anti number complete in n- this Conference can contribute to this but also in its retrospect. It liecomes of thi.
with
and should be short and concise. rehabilitation the most important strong through its memories an Ulla+ mesa and has earned Ili' thanks of the ""k' clear. \1't' di) "' A "' II" ' (I " Prof. Israel Friedlander, of the New
oiltliers of Jewish faith. fork Jewish Theological Seminary.
. I efforts
should he written so as to aid share, namely the moral and religious as through its ideals. Gen. Allenby Conference for his
111 ■ 11133:1 . 1111. 111 ,
Every meal in oviform is welcome to
,rang men tin du their patriotic
Morcement. The Jeses of the um has recaptured not only the Holy of the increasivig
of the Con-
o the best manner possible, vig- f“rtimate regions require not merely City. he has recaptured also off Jeff- ference. I may say thai the relations "ur ha Ming and is invited cordially
FIREWORKS AT STATE FAIR.
our la, Ilities.
-Is and spiritedly. I regard this clothing and forniture and loans and isli hearts. Ile has touched us at out of the Conference ,„h our agent.. 1,"
1 : 6n r" "I all
and
••••Inv tinffient on IS both as all
employment, loft also, and much More. moist sensitive po'nt, We did not the
och Publishing „ have b e en " k1 ' 1 " ' 6 " Cf.'.
Bl
During the 1(1 days of the 1918
of C.. the Jew ish \‘'elfare Board
as On organizaCon of :Were the c o mf o rts of faith and the encour- 1.11,0% we mold react to the experi- uniformly ainicalili and
MMichiganState Fair the mold spec•
kno,,, no 111 ..1111(11 1 111 of race, cohlr Or
,,,,,
The' I ' reasillI
kalihis and as a matter of fore- wenn-tits of a renew rd confidence in ence as nr did. That we did is a
Unita'. display patriotic, Initorical,
gratify ing proof that history is living
! ••,, lit for the future of our Jewish the world and in tlitinsil) es.
allegorical and educational firework . ;
t onielence mull need.
vestments of IM'
there
,, mininities to which these young
It is the distinct duty of the liab- in mi. Despite the sobering Influence profitable caution. and lia• 11,1,1 itcd
that has ever been shown Micht•
"u.
‘''
tiie rt nosh grin will be staged.
no it will ultimately rettirti. 'The
biome to help in that. The Rabbinate of the recent years, iii which we re- its treasury miller the diniciilt status a " prolog-ins , ontionting
,
I:111
vised
our
creed,
reconstructed
°Ur
or•
agency
II
tt
which
The effort, tinge e and toery
h, old he prepared IlloW for a new at• of these countries is itself distracted,
of war-finance. The Chairman of dm man with ii
Ins been spent lavishly in arranging
"'Ire elf, Illeiy, and
burnt lo their Jew ish affiliation nitwit erishell, discouraged, and un- ganization and reformed almost • C1/11Ullitifr 1111
`;"ter
Finance has 1.0-111/11-
and
financing
the
spectacle
is
eret
Moir,
anoth-
use
realized
we
had
wan-
a
t
1 e should employ m this manner able, desp.ie its undoubtedly gre
" r "'
Inr "
ated with him with eninitaill helpful- """ t"
W. er step towards the primary aspira•
-.nth as for (-sample,
effeCtiVt. Mean!.
eagerness, to perform its duty. \Ve dered far from our origins. This ro- nese.
non
Dickinson,
Secretary•
gall)' p'ychningIi ii nlomrtt. tut hay e therefore a double duty., in the mantic and still real event has awak-
t .)rt
The thanks of the Conlin
Nialiager of the Fair Association, to
construct:Ye sense upon our first place, to answer this ',Aft tic ened the old loyalties. It has reas
due to l)rs.,Ft lie .\. Lev y and Isadia , mono, hate brill 1101111 , 1 by hem mak, the coming mcposition
I. oath three young men who are call of urine-stricken men and women, sort u, that wl• 1111111 1111111111aUTII E. Philo, and ill Rabbi Lee J.
ith r).olv expertness and commend• tic and finceftil war agent.
At the
It 11 hill our souls the reverence for
Leo personnel lit. 11:1%r and upl , n and in the •ectincl, tl, come to the aid
grand opkillam of the Pair. on Fri-
inger fur the holiday iodic., in hid' ahlt
the
ancestral
place
and
the
sanctilie8
111 ■ 011 we must rely for the neyv beta- of our brothers in tern ice.
en
Rabbis
o long. August 3(1, the 1111111t stu-
dio ■
they supp l ied ti, the Tract
Conclusion.
mion. 1p:116(111e pageant ever at-
this country,
shnuld accompany curry conniti•sion which Cling to it and that the roots rd shin for distlibution to the
r•
\ ode of this larger aspect, I may that goes abroad on errimile of mercy our religions instincts bred lung ago
This .4,3100 I , held under uou tempted in Detroit will he produced.
and the mess.
Thousands of soldiers, saiffirs, Boy
ill "1"1 is tin
I hal messages of this kind would and for the purpri.e of re-establishing are
It affords me pleasure to have the. se""'",
Sumo+, lied Croat' timers, membere
'Phis Conference should record its
11,1011 iit d hisiorie struggh
""'"' ,e the young melt and re- the Jewish eiimmunities, It should
opportunity tut esti!, s ., i n O m e t .' der thy to
of frateroel societies and mounted po-
vldo.rce their stamina and loyalty, and 111 their specific task to di ■ penee mor- admiration of the bravery of lien. Al
Tilt' 3,0 led 1 :inure of humanity is ol
pl ace , lily opr u.imi.,,, „i the
lice w ill be in the marching line. .
soli, an. facing death
eiye piddle expression to the civic al influences (such as in Christian lenhy and his army and of the self fidence this Conference has reposed in the balance,
."The \Vorlire \\'ar"
a master.
prayerful
and
thi.
great
mil national feelings of the American terminology is deeignated as pastor- restrained and noble manner in yv hich
are
IMM•
;free
„„, only „,unit
spectacular ingenuity . tlypict•
nut
This
lift.
;t e lt, ing in a most realistic manner modern
Jews at the right f me and in the all. II should assist fn the relargan• they signalized their entrance, as vic- ,1
•
i
,4 1,)o,:
g tiii),
warfare with all its horrors together
right place, ieation of mitotic education and the re- tors, 'too the Holy City, thus ex•mpli-
"Such tracts would also help the . establi•lonent of schools, the restora- fying not only genuine strength, but
our Int longs, ilium c, reindict., our imam with the arrival of the United States
In the second place. I wi•11 to at1151
\uernesn liberty, troops in France; reception' by the
'"'1, 1 , vvoirkert and chaplains, who !ion of synagnes, and. where they are :Oso that which is far stronger than
1
"""''''.'""
my gratitude to the Secretary • Rabb)
natives and troops of the allied pow.-
need guidance and are hooking forit pos.ible, i.1 temp'i's nhr distinction military power, dignity and generous
Ill. 111 ■ 13G1Cy and justice
\Vlley.
o
Mr his scrupulous and tat Old
ens;
harilment of A city; blowing
troll i• wholly incidionsI nnilh no ulterior consolurateness. The, comported
Let Us CW11111 , )111 . hi Ilic Moral set-
his
performance of duty. a awl for
f f urls;
u( hialgric
"The matter is nine of expediency motive at "reformation," and with the with the sacredness of the city and
'1"11.
1, o himp""s;
f
the
\Void
\e'er
by
our
11;
o
: !f ieri ftetilar attacks
methodic attentiveness to Illy th tail• tleinent
the
et als o one of obligation. The young sole trill to rt•tor• the etTeeti% ctit ss the sincere piety of a nation that wins
of a correspondence which n a s I n d thoughtfulness, by our agreement in trenches
the workers and the large Allier. Of relit/inns and moral restraints and I the world hy its spirit as much as try
Nines
0ft%
and
by
our
terra-
v
andpurpose,
war:le
Y
a
;
11"1""
"1
iti
vin
I". tanks, -
Mfrequentle 0113. 1.11 113 111 aminint and Ill
van Jewish and perhaps idso the non- guidence. For this purpose, the Con- Its valor.
io•operation to maintain the aeroplanes and ligaerrsa-ci.7ef "
important in kind. In the third place.
important
less 1st% politic expect this from us and ferenee should offer its services to
Committees:
Of all nal ions-t
es n's
the •
the Conference
fortu i m e ol th e I irt II, • and the 1111'1W% which it it Mir
n co' r r-ti
we Cannot afford to deny it.
the Conlillissitiliert of the
-
S. Gov-
The committee% have been active continued incumbency of Ralola Nlar• duty to leach and to exemplify as cit. tul nell , in grand review
‘Ve should nod lose time, first, be. ernment who may be delegated to The committer to whose work the
action. These feattires will reproth er e .
ii,
as
teachers
of
citizens,
cumin as Secretary of the Committee
in
a
realistic manner, twiny '
came the work is necessary and the super( ile .11(11 reconstructive work in members of
411 scruch most
the Conference look with of lin isnot of the Prater Pools and holders and culti ■ ators of the Jew
and as
that are tieing enacted today
call is insiAlent, and, cond, because the countries of the
.allies or in net• much anticipation is that on the Re- as Editor of the Vier Runk. Both traditions.
in Europe.
revival of Israel which will go into
the very heart of the world. This
conference can lead in the assimila-
tion of the scattered remnants of the
Jewish world and in the welding of
them into a spiritual union such as
will make the Zionist Utopia seem
small and petty and a mere toy of
Chauvinists.
WHAT THE JEWISH
WELFARE BOARD DOES