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CHESHVAN 7, 5680
Rabbi Jacobson's Resignation.
By ENOCH MESS.
-- •
A little laughter in the place of tears,
A little reason in the face of fears,
A wee bit loft)' when you meet with jeers,
And the day is yours.
A little giving though your funds are low,
A little boosting for the man below, .
However hurried, give your friend a tow, ,
And the day is yours.
A little moment for the bigger themes-
liig world-wide problems and those deep-set dreams
With which our reason's conversation teems,
And the day is yours.
Yes, the day is yours, if you run your mile
of the day's hard toil with it cheery smile,
And the love you spread-Hs it worth your while
That the day be yours?
Considerable publicity has been given in the Jewish press of
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1919
the country to the resignation, after many years of service, from PRODUCE THE PROOFS
(Editorial in Harvey's Weekly.)
the pulpit of the congregation at Shreveport, La., of Rabbi Moses P.
The Critical Attitude.
Jacobson. In itself, Rabbi Jacobson's resignation would call for
( C ontinued from page one.)
A learned pulpit orator 'a few days
country who raised little comment. In these days rabbis come and go with such fre-
No one will find fault with the Jews of this
quency in some communities that a change in their plans calls for ago made himself responsible, In a New pulpit and pew that has aiways charac-
currency
some
weeks
their cry of protest, when the report gained
York address, for such statements as tensed our relationships. I oeueve I
ago through what was undoubtedly a false report in the public no special comment.
that the officers of the Steel Corporation
warranted ill saying that nownere is
But in this case, a man who has stood in the pulpit for so many had "Cossackized and • terrorized the am
mere a congregation in which were ex-
press, that a vast sum of money was to be devoted by the Episco- years and whose relations with his community have been most
workers
by
means
of
coercion
and
cis
isms
a
tiller spirit ut mutual understano-
palian Church to the conversion of Jews, in the name of an Ameri- pleasant, gives as his reason for retiring—temporarily at least— lence"; that "some employers were not
mg man nacre. May It be ours tit tile
canization movement. The program as published was so imperti7 from the ministry, that he feels that he has "grown stale" and that without guilt, that their lawlessness was ),ars cot tinUCIUI C US w 1:U11111114e it
nent that to accept it placidly would have been to stamp the Jews accordingly a change of vocation may give him new experiences out silent, and that laws were passed b.t their this spirit to meet the ever-growing
of this country as unwatchful of their own interests. In fact, even of which there may come to him a new and better message for his behest through the conniving and cun- proulems of Jewish life that in tins won-
ning of unscrupulous agents' ; that ten
city will Inevitably cuutrunt us.
non-Jews of liberal tendencies verb awake, to the folly of the pro-
from i now we shall lam, at t ,
Aim every non, should be made to
editorial recently ,appearing in people.
dndertaking,
as
witness
the
ten
years
the
Gary
arts-
The
(Akins
sincerity
of
Dr.
Jacobson's
admission
is
in
itself
years
posed
maintain that soot of co-operation
c e:
no mean attest of the man's character. Nor is there any doubt that lucency wit be as obsolete as is the winch has been one of our greatest ete-
"Unity" of Chicago, a portion of which we 'reprodu
cunt:
"Such concern for our Hebrew fellow-citizens is certainly there is some logic to the position that he takes. Almost every Hohenzollern. "
cor hole 'i cunt:
tl ui vt n '
j ss:ishin
sjil e li t is t° Iit e stturi e t ngetn
douching. But for ourielves, we must confess that we sympathize
Now these remarks are not the reek- n'
ti
man's pulpit message would take on a new vigor if he were brought
be acco l li n y inu udateld
frenzied
utterances
of
a
William
Kelorni
wing
cannot
not at all with these ardent churchmen, but with the Jews who are more intimately i into touch with the living world instead of being less,
Z. Foster, the open and avowed advocate in a single place ut worship. Your nab-
protesting vigorously against these earnest endeavors on their be- closeted, as so many preachers ars, within the four walls of their f anarchy with sabotage preliminaries. bit have in mind a wed-worked out pool
o .
half. \Ve wonder, for example, what Bishop Garland would think
is Sem I It
church studies. This applies particularly to the ministers resident They are the deliberate, well pondered for meeting this situation
if some influential rabbi should plead for the "Judaizing" of Protes- in the smaller towns and cities of the country, where of necessity statement of a clergyman high in the arises and in such a way as will avoid
tants, and undertake the establishment of missions for their con- they *stand aloof from the busy, swirling life of great metropolitan esteem of many of his faith. Doubtless tile altogether unpleasant and eminently
the speaker had full and specific knowl- hurttul situations that have arisen III
' version. As regards Jews and Protestants, we are convinced that
edge when he made the assertion that many communities where several Re-
communities.
the former have quite as much to give as the latter, and that a
a
On the other hand, such a condition could scarcely arise in
the officers of the Steel Corporation had loon jewisn congregations exist.
rigorous comparison, from the standpoint of genuine prophetic city like Detroit. Here, whether he so wills or trot,
i
the preacher is terrorized their workers by coercion and speak ut this at oils time in order to
n
quality, between Protestant bishops and Jewish rabbis, would be brought face to face with the vital issues of a strenuous age, and . violence; had "Cossackized" them; had allay any anxiety on the part of those
corrupted legislation through the con- who seem to .be tearful that in the next
not at all to the disadvantage of the non-Christians.
unless he faces those issues fairly and squarely he might as well
ss 1 , 1 g 1
unscrupulous new
hid years,
y if e sa e r l f s, aL au a i u ig ieref g oa timualet t 1.1 li gt will
What' is needed today is not a conversion of Jews to Christian- step down and out of the pulpit. Here, he cannot stagnate. In fact, niv eliiiitgss a4ien"li i e imm g a d oef f
meet i ts ; .
F
ity or of Christians to Judaism, but a uniting of the two long- the very reverse is true. There are so many pulls upon his time a cnarge' s against men of high standing problems. Such fears need not Sc ser-
severed groups on that basis of moral and spiritual idealism which and his energies; he is called upon to face so many problems that and heretofore unblemished character. mushy entertained by any one.
'thir communal co-operation has been
is common to them both. What keeps Jews and Christians apart represent living issues in the industrial, the political, the economic, such as Judge Gary, it is inconceivable
he, a clergyman, did not possess our greatest strength. The moment
is the accessories of religion—"the excess baggage," as Mr. Jones the educational, and the social world, that his energies are divided that
full and specific knowledge of that congregational allegiences are divided
used to call it—which is alien to the spirit alike of Isaiah and Jesus. and lie scarcely has any time for that quiet seclusion which, above whereof he spoke. tie must have had at into several groups, that spirit is dehn-
What unites them, in spite of themselves, is that glorious heritage all, he ought to have for the preparation of his pulpit message.
sail i 1 itely threatened. It would not only be
ionsofwtrearesw
sa n i l , ,i an abundance
aemal
hb isi cofin
specifications wherewith unwise, but it would be an indefensible
of prophetic and apostolic idealism which is properly the possession
It is a pity in these times that any minister should, as Dr.
. .
as- error to encourage any sentiment that
unqualifiedly
he
so
of them both. And it is just this, also, by the way, that the world Jacobson puts it, "grows stale." But some times, we believe, it is to support what
serted.. That being the case, 0 is his I would bring about such a condition ill a
so sorely needs for the solving of its ills. Away with programs of
a
greater
pity
that
in
a
comunity
community
such
as
this
the
minister
o t whose
. community, the cu-operation of
raate
lief isbeaegdeutsy.,
conversion! Brotherhood is what we want, and this is found in cannot have sufficient quiet and freedom from participation in the these p,hrloso(smo
as be :i the a
a
steoriopursodnici
s
mui t t s s
produce
various elements
well,
not but
success,
busy life around him, to work out those problems affecting the to pro d uce them at once. It will nO t do I c
Him who is "the one God and Father of us all."
our
However, once it has been shown as it has been definitely general community life which, above all, require a vigorous body to leave accusations such as these, cause of admiration at te hands of
y the
against
such
men
as
are
accused,
in
the'
sister
congregations
throughout
shown, that the report upon which this and other criticisms were and a mind at ease.
form of mere sweeping generalized de land."
based, was incorrectly given to the public and once it has been
nunciation. It is the duty of this deli.
l'ays Tribute to Associate.
made clear that our Episcopalian friends, recognizing the serious-
cal speaker instantly to spread before
In closing, Rabbi Franklin paid a tri-
The Sargent Pictures.
the American people specific instances bute
ness of the unfortunate misunderstanding that had arisen between
to Rabbi Mayerberg. "His genial
of "Cossackizing and terrorizing by iersonality, his loyalty, and his ever-
them and the Jews of this country, did all in their power to set the
No visitor to the City of Boston within recent years has felt
of coercion and violence. It is
matter right, it ill becomes us or those representing us officially or his visit to be quite complete until lie has spent some time at the means
his imperative duty to specify when and ready' df;esirfebetgorocssnilotpaentdatestrienn all that
unofficially, to question the sincerity of our Christian friends.
Boston Public Library, studying the magnificent art treasures that where laws were enacted at the behest m the Congregation, have been a source
A few of our contemporaries have been ungracious enough to are there enshrined and chief among which, perhaps, is the series of these criminal employers "through of of
constant pleasure and gratification to
comment in a rather dubious fashion upon the significance of the of paintings that through a long period have been produced by John the connivings and cunning of unscrupu-
resolutions passed at the General Convention here. They hold that Singer Sargent. Opinions among critics have varied greatly as to lous agents." What were these laws? me. "Nor can I refrain from expressing
When and by what legislative bodies
these resolutions mean little or nothing, and that in all likelihood the merits of these paintings, though there has been a fairly general were they enacted? Who were the un- my sincere and lasting appreciation for
the church will go on just as it did before its program of conversion. agreement that they are the product of a genius of no mean degree. scrupulous agents? ‘Vho employed and the unwavering courtesy and cunsidera-
paid these agents? Facts and specifica- bon of your Executive officers and the
For our part, we should very much dislike to have so little
!members of your Board of Trustees,
In large part, the panels represent the history of the Synagog
faith in human nature as to believe this. No doubt the whole miser- and of the Church in their development from their crude beginnings lions are demanded in the case of accu- and notably, your President—Mr. Ber-
Si grave as these. We must nard Ginsburg—who has been most zeal-
able business of missionizing among the Jews will not cease in a until they hid each reached a high point in their evolution. One is cations
have chapter and verse for assertions so I
moment by the passage of a series of resolutions, but, at the same particularly familiar with the frieze of "The Prophets,' reproduc- blackeiling to the good names of men I ous and painstaking in maintaining the
of the Congregation. I can-
time, the action taken by the Episcopal Convention will go far to tions of which are found even in the cheapest of forms. Sargent's who long have been among the coun- interests
not conceive how any body of men could
set matters right not only in the Episcopal Church but among other conception of the prophets, though greatly praised in some quarters, , trv's. most respected citizens.
have been more generously considerate
Christian denominations as well. In the meantime. it behooves the is far inferior to that of many others who have transferred these 1 The Reverend Orator in question de- of the interests entrusts to them than
Jews, in the words of a Biblical writer, "to seek the good and not noble figures to canvas, as witness, for instance, the fact that beside scribed himself as "a responsible person have those men. To work with them
who can lie found any day." As to the has been a pleasure and an inspiration to
the evil." It is bad business to question other people's motives.
Michael Angelo's "Moses," which is the embodiment of spiritual - Ease with which he may be found there your rabbis."
Once our friends have proved themselves unworthy of the trust
can be no question. As to his respon-
dead.
I
The election of officers for the ensu-
vigor, that of Sargent seems wooden and
that we wish to repose in them, it will be time enough to criticize.
Recently two new panels have been added to the collection in sibility, that depends entirely upon the ing year resulted in the following ap-
promptness
with
which
he
produces
the
In, the meantime, we should be exceedingly grateful for the for- the Boston Library, and their installation has called forth the sharp '
pointments:
h o a se s
President, Isaac Goldberg.
ward step that has been taken and do all that may lie in our power criticism and the protest of some of the leaders of Jewish life in proVs off i te af tr b oci oe u osda c e trg esmhe th
Vice-President, Adolph Finsterwald.
to forward the better understanding and the esprit de corps that that city, since they regard the pictures as a definite affront to 'proofs, he lays himself
P wide ' o n pen to the
Treasurer, Louis Simon.
has been established between two great religious bodies.
of being an irresponsible dema-
Warden, Emanuel Wodic.
Judaism They are titled "The Synagog and the Church. " The I charge
gogue—and the worst kind of a dema-
Mr. Alexander, Youngest Trustee.
former of these panels represents Judaism as a figure crushed and gogue: a pulpit demagogue.
Out of seven nominees for trusteeship,
broken, the crown of leaders hip fallen from its head, while in the
Have You Enrolled?
In these days of dangerous unrest, of the four following were elected to the
sweet, gentle figure of the woman representing the Church, Christi- threats open and veiled to overthrow Board: Bernard 13. Ginsburg, David A.
The drive for the Patriotic Fund is upon us. Five and a quar- amity is painted as triumphant and emblems forth the victory of the our form of Government and substitute Brown, Leo M. 13utzel, for a term of
for it the red anarchy of Russia—in three years, and Milton M. Alexander
ter million dollars must be raised for philanthropic and educational religion of love.
days as these no public instructor, for a term of two years. Albert Kahn,
Back of the pictures is the old conception to which no unpreju- I
purposes in our city within a period of five days. No small propor-
all, no pulpit instructor, may with Israel Cohn, Day Krolik, Samuel Ileav-
tion of this huge amount is to be devoted to purposes specifically diced student of religious h story can give assent, that Judaism !above i impunity
make . statements so sweeping enrich and Louis Welt are the Trustees
Jewish. It goes without saying that Jews will wish to give to the ceased to have a purpose when Christianity came upon the stage of ' and i e ovaesu a in ac den, ( 1 , 1 ,adre yn iss a:iitih eouf a t esfu
such
ec
who have been held over. Mr. Alexan-
as will der's election to the Board is a recog-
cause much more than their own share of the total collections. More history This conception is scarcely worthy of a real genius such as ;
that that, our self-respect, our decent pride, our interest in the com- Sargent is usually claimed to be, and it is scarcely right that his idea leave their accuracy beyond all question. nition of the value of the young men's
"The shortest man I ever knew," said activities in behalf of the congregation.
munity as a whole, as well as our sense of humanity, will unite to should be immortalized in a public institution to the support of a great
Mr. Emanuel Wodic, for many years
American orator of (lays gone
deepen in us the desire to do our share in persuading others to give. which Jews as well as Christians are contributors.
one of his addresses, was a man the Warden of the Congregation, who
No man and no woman can stand aloof in such an enterprise as this.
It is to be trusted that the protest of Boston's Jewry in this by y e in
has
recently recovered from a long siege
i
.
,
i
a
t
n
g
he
tallest
a m
T
t
the name
a e n w e o ,. . f i s Lone
of illness, was nresent in person and
Have you, dear reader, enrolled to do your share in this great cam- matter w ill be heard. To perpetuate the idea that in the rise of the e v er ;, was
gave
a brief address. He was given a
paign? Not to have done so will mark you in the eyes of your Church, the Synagog ceased to he a purposeful institution, is thor- i Short.' Now, the name ' of this pulpit
rousing reception.
fellows as unworthy of citizenship in this great community. Here °uglily unjustified. We may have no right perhaps to criticize orator we have quoted is Wise—Rabbi
Sabbath School Overcrowded.
Wise. His sagacity may justify his
is a task that calls for whole-hearted devotion and for real sacrifice. Sargent's embodiment of his own convictions in regard to the rcla- , Pa''' or his lack
Mr. Israel Cohn, chairman of the Sab-
f of it f may justif y the
bath
School Board, reported that 815)
tion
of
the
Church
and
Synagog,
but
we
have
a
definite
right
to
Short
HAVE YOU ENROLLED?
sdL chldren are at present accommodated in
protest against the acceptance and exploitation of that conception comparison.
cmPiPcaarti= o liutthw ei hares ne gr h a ils'i wi'b
the
Religious
school, divided into 26
or his lack of it, the exigencies of mere
by a public library founded for the education of all the people.
classes. under the supervision of 35
A Growing Institution.
Enthusiasm, optimism, co-operation and loyalty may be said to
spell the spirit of the sixty-ninth annual meeting of the Congrega-
tion of Temple Beth El, which took place on Tuesday evening last.
It is questionable whether there is another congregation in the
country whose official reports indicate greater progress in the past
or a finer program of development for the immediate future than
PISGAH LODGE NOTICE.
the reports presented by the rabbis and officers of Temple Beth El
at this meeting.
A regular meeting of Pisgah Lodge,!
The numerical growth of the Congregation has been little short No. 34, I. 0. B. B., will be held at the
of marvelous, but quite proportionate to the increase in numbers lodge room., 25 Broadway, Monday
has been the deepening of interest in and enthusiasm for the cause evening, Nov. 3rd, at 7:30 P. M.
The neat Forum Luncheon will be
sponsored by the Congregation. Attendace at religious services
has steadily grown, and if the experience of the past several weeks held on Tuesday noon, November 4, at
the club rooms, 25 Broadway. Dr.'
is an indication, the numbers attending services regularly this year Abram Simon of Washington, D. C.,
will be far greater than ever heretofore.
one of the Executive Board of the Cen-
The Religious School of the Congregation has outgrown its tral Conference of American Rabbis,
present facilities and additional quarters are now being sought. In which meets hare next week, will be
speaker. Luncheon begins prompt-
every department of the congregational life there is the greatest the
ly at 12. Ladies are especially in.
enthusiasm, and the prophecy that the Congregation will in the vitecl.
course of a few years become the largest Reform institution in the
country, as well as one of the most influential. seems not unjusti-
Michael Rosenberg has received the
fied. It is no small source of gratification to those responsible for endorsement of the Democratic or-
the direction of the Congregation's affairs, both spiritual and ma- ganization of Chicago in his candidacy
terial, to feel that their efforts have been so well rewarded. Nor is for delegate to the Constitutional
Convention from the nineteenth dis-
it a matter to_which the entire Jewish community can be indiffer- trict. Mr. Rosenberg, who is a direc-
ent, that a great religious organization has kept abreast of the tor of the Marks Nathan Orphanage
splendid progress that has been made along every line of activity and other charities, is a well-known
communal worker.
by other community organizations.
TEMPLE BETH EL
ANNUAL MEETING
decency demand that he pro-
duce the proofs of those infamous
charges which he has made in sweeping,
general assertion against men whose in-
telligence and responsibility as citizens
possibly would not suffer by comparison
' with his own. No privilege-fif -clergy
plea in a case like this can avail.
teachers. The enrollment has taxed the
seating capacity of the classrooms. even
under the double session program, ac-
cording to Mr. Cohn. and children have
to be turned away, because of lack of
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