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THE JEWISH CHRONICLE

Inspiring Appeal for Brotherhood, With
Denunciation of Soul-Starving Prejudice,
Made by Eloquent Universalist Minister

"Jewish criminals" is a wanton, wick-
ed insult.

HOW THE J. W. B.
TRAINS ITS CADETS

ONE-HALF OF WORLD'S
JEWISH POPULATION
NOW UNDER

voted to discussion of camp and com-
munity organization and technique of
the Jewish Welfare Board.
The world moves toward the light,
and is growing wiser and better all Two Hundred Have Prepared Them.
In this part of the course are includ-
TEUTONS
the time.
ed such subjects as the problems of
selves to Aid Their Brethren
Five Million Souls, Largest Jewish
personal
judgment,
education
and
re-
Neither Jew nor Christian will re-
In the Service.
Group on Earth, Turned Over
ligions activities, social and recrea-
to
Union of All Is Needed in an Age Which Demands That Every alize the true religion of God until
Kaiser at Brest-Litovsk.
prejudice and hatred are buried for-
NEw \ 01(K— he ninth class of tional work and similar topics that
•
•
Man "Coin His Faith Into Service"—Exclusiveness Excludes Vital ever, and sympathy and the fellow-
will confront the worker after he is
the trianing school of the Jewish Wel- assigned to a camp.
LONDON—The peace which Ger-
Good From Life.
ship of love assume power in their
fare Board closes its session this week
'More than two hundred students many has imposed upon Russia af-
lives.
with twenty-five men in attendance. have been graduated from this school. frets Jewry vs ry closely.
The blessed day is coming when the
Signs of True Religious Life Seen in the Wrecking of Barriers Raised barriers t hat separate God's children These men have come from all sec-
In the territories detached from
By Men Without Vision—Understanding Already Realized By —reared and maintained by men lack- tions of the country and represent the demands of the Jewish \Velfare Russia there are probably five million
every phase of Jewish life in America. Board for field workers and it is urged Jews, nearly one-half of the Jews of
ing the vision--will no longer exist,
True Leaders of All Faiths.
The course given in the school ex- that all those who feel themselves the world, and an element which in
and in that day the Brotherhood,
tends over a period four weeks and competent to serve along this line the past two centuries has Milt the
dreamed by the noblest of men, shall
Provides the student with a hack - make application for admission in the hearth of the Jewish spirit.
be realized.
BY THE REV. EDWARD PATTERTON, D.D.
ground covering the religious, histor- Training School and equip themselves
There has thus come either tinder
I would suggest three ways for ical, social and cultural phases of Jew- f or \V e lla ,. 'Work camps.Appli_
German-Austrian rule or unite:. G er .
Regarding the prejudice against the of Jewish faith living magnificent lives
gaining the desired kindlier feeling be- ish life, with special emphasis on their cation should be made to the Person-
man-Austrian influence the greatest
Jew in America, it is my belief that of goodness and usefulness.
tween Jew and Christian. First, let relation to the Jewish soldiers in tte t Di v i s i on a t the National Head_
the prejudice is not one-sided.
single concentration of Jew s in the
Another reason for the antipathy is us focus our intellectual efforts upon ca tom p.
quarters of the Jewish Welfare Board,
The average Christian does not like a success in the business world, and gaining that sovereign quality we call
.\ I attempt is made to familiarize 149 Fifth .\ venue, New York City.
w 7lini: German Government is al,,,
the average Jew, and the average Jew success s 11
pe s to some people the op- truth, that we may be guided and up- them with the various groups to be
to this change. Hitherto it has p er.
reciprocates. There exists mutual dis- portiMity to be suspicious and jeal-
held only by the truth.
found
in
American
Israel,
the
reform
scented the Jews
trust• suspicions and separateness.
BLACK JEW, COUNT,
ter-
ones
group,
orthodox,
the
conservative.
Emerson
tells
is
that
he
who
helps
ritories mercilessly or handed then'
As a result, both sides lose the in-
LINGUIST, STUDENT
If
success,
however.
is
the
result
of
the
non-religious
Jews,
the
radical
a
man
helps
a
man.
but
he
who
tells
Over without scru ple to Polish p ees ,.
spiration of a fellowship that would
WAIVES
EXEMPTIONS
falsity, trickery and cheating, there is the truth helps mankind.
type and other elements of Jewry.
be beneficial
while in Palestine it showed
\\•ien the \Velfare \Yorkers reach the
110 recognition of the existence of the
Speaking from the viewpoint of a every reason to label such money-
True Liberalism.
camps, they. will be in a position to Rabbinical Student of Extraordinary Jewish national claim. It is
Universalist —a liberal Christian — getting in terms that should sting
now
Lineage Becomes Recruit at Camp
Then let us cultivate the spirit of distinguish these various types and to
who knows the petty meanness of the with a sense of truth and honor
trying to cultivate the Jews.
Upton,
o
comradeship. We must recognize that serve their needs.
exclusive spirit, I would suggest the outraged.' The Christian world should
The object is plain—to use them
a
God's folks need. not infrequently, the
A special course is given on the dif-
value of the fact that the individual, awaken to the fact that the leaders of
for its own political purposes. just
Judasun have never hesitated i n d e - friendly word and deed, the contact ferent theories of Americanization. In
New York—David lien Isaac she
or the society engaged in excluding.
as till a few weeks ago it abused them
nmincing the dishonesty of Jews and of soul with soul, that will give this way it \vitt ,be possible for the Kellsoritta. Count of Abyssinia, blood
usually exclude more than is included,
for its own political purposes.
strength to endure and ability to go \Velfarc \Yorkers to help fuse the relative of the late King Menelik. born
and thus suffer the righteous penalty others, and have labored well in up-
Jews have no illusions on this mat-
e c il
on to achievement.
.\l cssiniita
holding
the
ideals
of
honor
and
hon-
w
\.‘oitkrs
are
with
the
view
of a self-incurred loss.
ter. The traditions and practice of
There should be a large comrade- of the American. "fhe
sluice
esty.
That a prejudice against some Jews•
Prussian rule are rooted in anti-Sem-
ship. and a wide fraternalism. The instructed in the method of teaching Zell of Italy, now a naturalized Amer-
There is one reason that exists to
is justified I do not doubt, and no re-
itism. The administrations which
person who believes he has the truth English, civics and other branches to call citizen, spends 24 hours a day
maintain the separateness of Jew and
fined Jew will deny.
Prussia is seeking to set tip in the
can afford to be liberal. It is the man foreigners who, because of their lack corps
p of military
l
the medical
a
Equally justified is a prejudice Christian, which to my mind is real
territories detached from Russia are
who hesitates that is limited in vision of knowledge of the English language,
engineering
against Christians who are clamorous, and intluencnig, namely, the emphasis
oligarchic.
It is precisely th• oli-
and fellow-feeling.
Camp K
have
difficulty
in
understanding
orders
by the Jews that they are a peculiar
arrogant and lacking in cleanliness.
garchies in the districts, like the Prus-
LeiRts(o" r''i t Neu fork. Abyssinia, is
Finally,
we
must
recognize
that
the
and
rules
in
connection
with
army
life.
What is needed is the act of differ- people and must maintain their iden-
sian oligarchy, which arc
untie.
Some time is devoted to lectures on a full-blooded black Jew or Falasha.
call of the age is for every man to
entiation. The leaders of Judaism tity as whatever cost.
The German aim is to maint ❑❑ its
coin
his
faith
into
service,
'His
must
the
Jewish
attitude
toward
war
and
.Iew•
should recognize that Christians differ,
influence by setting race against race
Christians cannot be blamed for this
In his childhood he listened with
and Christians ought to know that phase of Jewish exclusiveness, when be the time of wood-will. The rivalry peace.
and class against class. Such a s ..
of service for the kingdom of God
In
these lectures i t is shown t h a t awe and reverence to the tales of the
Jews are not all alike.
it is a cardinal proposition of the Jew-
tens holds no prospect for an ordcn [
great prophets of his people.
He-
Let the Jew of the broad vision and ish rabbis. If the Brotherhood is to noon the earth is blessed. Jew and both the Bible and the Prophets look
and peaceful Jewish evolution,
tutor i tse°il to t with him for
benevolent spirit meet the Christian, lie realized the dogma of self-salva- Christian, heart to heart, moved by upon war as justifiable when waged in brew
ing out of freedom and out of ,,-
the impulse of the spirit of God and defense of the principles of democracy hours at a time relating the stirring
who has the manliness of the great tion must (lie.
operation with the surrounding
deeds, great thoughts and heroic tra-
united
as
brothers
in
a
mighty
con-
and
social
justice.
Jew, Jesus, and there is no antagon-
Editors, Note.
ditions of his people. Slowly, a great ples. After all, the Prussian plan is
flict
for
peace,
truth,
justice,
order
m
the
practical
part
of
the
course,
ism, recrimination nor unsanctified
mot different in essence from the
NVIty do many of the New York with right, democracy and humanity's lectures are given on army rules and desire welled up within him. He would
heartaches. Each recognizes the sin-
be a rabbi, a great and nighty teacher Tzar's regime, and the prospect, could
cerity, honor, sense of justice and newspapers refer to "Jewish culprits." highest weal, will known the full ethics and on naval rules and eti•
the Prussian projects in the Eastern
right-ordered manhood of the other. "Jewish girls" and "Jewish people"? meaning of the inspired words: "Be- quette. The relation of the Jewish to his people.
After many years he came to Amer- theatre establish themselves, would
They live together as brothers and \Vont(' it not be just as consistent to hold how good and how pleasant it Welfare Board to the military. organ-
be dark indeed.
refer to "Christian criminals" or is, for brethren to dwell together in izations and to the other welfare ica. He began his studies, determined, .
labor together as American citizens.
"Catholic culprits"?
unity."
agencies is explained. A lecture is with all the fervor of youth. that he pect that the modest, dark-skinned
Ignore Bigotry.
The probable reason why the news-
given on the subject of social hygiene, must win.
foreigner could speak 27 languages.
Then came the Great \Van, and the
One way, and a very successful way, papers refer to "Jewish culprits" is
in which the problem of keeping the
\'et such is indeed the case
De
Selective Service Act.
too, that prejudice may be overcome that the culprits are "Jewish."
souls
of
our
men
pure,
is
put
before
Kellsoritta is conversant with all the
SENATOR HERTZBERG
De Kellsoritta was still an Italian
is not to recognize it. Race prejudice
The injustice lies in not labeling
the class.
important • languages except the Chi-
is a contemptible expression of an un- specifically the culprits who are non-
After two weeks of lectures, the subject, and as such could not be nese and Japanese, and he has at his
HOUSTON—Harry Hertzberg, of men are sent to the camps in the Nicht- drafted. But he waived exemption,
brotherly spirit, and is best treated by Jewish. If we are to have "Jewish
conunand English, German, French,
a silence that evidences moral strength culprits," we ought to have "Chris- San Antonio, was returned to the ity of New York, where they get their and in due course of time was sent
Spanish, Russian, Polish, Italian, He-
and manly courage.
tian criminals," with a division into
State Senate for the twenty-fourth practical field training and have an to Camp Upton.
brew, Hindu and the Indian dialects,
The majority of Christians judge Protestant and Catholic, and a further
Speaks
27
Tongues.
opportunity to apply the principles
Norwegian, Swedish and Danish,
the Jewish people by the most un- division of Protestants into the vari- (Texas) senatorial district in the pri- they have learned in the training
De Kellsoritta is very reticent. It Arabian, Greek, Turkish, and the lan-
attractive Jews that live in our midst, ous "isms." This would be interest- maries on July 27 by a majority of school.
was not known that he was of the guages of the Balkan States, awl a
and fail rightly to recognize the men ing, but is improbable. To specialize. nearly 5,000.
The last week of the course is de- title of nobility, nor did any one sus- host of minor tongues and dialects

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