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In saying this, we would not be understood as endorsing
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the ultra radicalism in regard to social, political, and particu-
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times
rather
strikingly
manifested
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pulpit
of
prac-
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tically all denominations. Nor can we have much sympathy
Hear, 0 Israel, Jehovah, the Lord our God, is One.
Metered as second-clase matter March 3, 1916, at the Postoffice at Detroit, for the position of those preachers who, as it were, see through
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But we, Jehovah His people, are dual and so undone.
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one eye only and whose whole sympathy is with him whom THE SECULARIZED SYNA-
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Slaves in eternal Egypts, baking their strawless bricks,
the psychology of these men. They have seen capitalism over-
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reaching itself through many years, the laborer often the vic-
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The secularization of the Syne-
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to speak of social and economic problems without taking the there, and conferences and converse- , Faithful friends to our foemen, slaves to a scornful clique,
tions were indulged in that had no
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RABBI LEO M. FRANKLIN Editorial Contributot , trouble to study them with any degree of adequacy. Did the religious bearing. But the seculariz-
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, as some preachers do on social and economic problems, the to lower or destroy its sanctity, while
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Jewish people, but disclaims responsibility for an indorsement of the view church would instantly he up in arms. And it is, as a rule, now it often does. Hence, the secu-
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expressed by the writers.
larization
of
the
Synagogue
that
is
1 those who are unprepared to give mature opinions upon these going apace at the present time is
Coughing o'er clattering treadles saintly and underpaid,
May 6, 1921.
Nisan 28, 5681. subjects who are loudest in their outcry against the domina- one that is beset by grave dangers.
Ousting the rough from Whitechapel—by
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tion of capitalism and in their appeal for the overthrow of The feeling that the Synagogue
hooligan's trade;
existing conditions in the social, economic and the political should be made to subserve the vari-
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Professor Boas on "Jew Baiting in America."
ous purposes of Jewish life and activ-
ity is certainly a commendable one.
world.
Let us be sane upon these subjects. None cried with voice
social element plays an impor-
Professor Ralph Philip Boas, of the Department of English! more powerful for social justice than did the prophets of the The
tant part in all communal life, and
in the Springfield, Massachusetts, English High School, came Old Testament. One needs but to remember how Amos poured it is perhaps well that social activi•
into prominence some years ago when he published in a leading out the vials of his righteous wrath upon them "who would sell ties should be conducted, if not un-
magazine an article bearing upon Jews and Judaism and in the needy for a pair of shoes" and how one after the other der the same roof, at least in con-
which with considerable incisiveness and great clarity he laid of that God-intoxicated band of religious teachers—for that junction with the Synagogue.
are not sure as to the extent
bare what he construed to be certain sore spots in the religious is what the prophets were—called out of the passion of their to We
which social activities might be
situation of the time. The article called forth much comment, , souls for justice among m en and nations.
carried on in connection with Syna-
both favorable and unfavorable. The same is likely to be
work, but the effort to ally
But these men understood that in order to stand as a sponsor gogue
Jewish workers as such with religious
the fate of the article from his pen which finds a place in the of social justice, one must aligi) himself with no group and with organizations and institutions of the
current number of the Atlantic Monthly under the title "Jew no party but that he must take a large view of the whole situ-, Jewish community is undoubtedly a
Baiting in America." ation, giving credit where credit is due and calling upon man move in the right direction.
. . Here
We would that we might agree with Mr. Boas' opening anti master alike to recognize their interdependence and the ns elsewhere, however , radi sm
cal WTI
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is
liable to work great harm to a worthy
sentence, in which he says: "The present Jewish outcry against need for right dealing one with the other.
cause. No matter what is done un-
Anti-Semitism in America though easily explicable is never-
There is every reason in the world why the pulpit should der the auspices of the congregation
theless an outcry against something that exists in the minds deal with these problems that must affect life today. But and in conjunction with the Syna-
the sacredness of the House
of sofiew men that to fight it as Jews have done and are doing insistent is the need that in their dealing with them, they shall gogue,
is to insult the intelligence of sensible Christians and to lower I not assign absolute impeccability to one group and every crime of Worship must never be lost sight
of. It is well enough to allow the
the self-respect of all Jews." in the calendar of sin to another. Radicalism is from its very Synagogue to aid in the cause of edu-
The number of those believing the charges which are the nature extreme. It behooves the preacher above all others cation, culture and civic enterprise,
stock in trade of modern Anti-Semites it? America is by no to be just in his judgments and fair in his presentation of a
when these are of a purely
73‘e'
nature. The danger lies,
means as negligible as Mr. Boas seems to imagine. Nor is the situation. But, above all, the preacher must remember that secular
however,
the fact that once activi-
outcry against them, as the author thinks, merely a case of the prime business of the church and of the synagogue is to ties other in
than religious are permit-
overwrought nerves on the part of a sensitive and excitable teach religion. 1 use religion in its largest sense. Whatever ted, the Synagogue might be dragged
racial group.
touches life is part of its concern. When, therefore, the themes' down to the level of the common hall
While we definitely believe that in some quarters the meth- with which we are dealing are made the subject matter for or political platform.
ods pursued in the attempt to counteract the vicious influences pulpit discussion, they should always be treated in the light
of Anti-Semitism have been thoroughly unwise and while at of their religious bearings. If one accepts Micah's definition
FORGET HENRY FORD
the hands of some leaders the whole issue has been magnified of religion, that "God requires nothing of us but to do justice,
(('onnecticut Hebrew Record.)
out of all proportion, we must yet frankly and clearly face the to love kindness and to walk humbly with Him," the preacher
The
ancient Greeks had a well-
fact that there are hundreds of thousands of men and women will readily enough grasp the duty that is his. He will under-
brief saying "Nothing to Ex-
in this country predisposed to prejudice against any racial or stand that while nothing. that touches life and the well being known
cess"—a saying as true today as it
religious group other than their own and that upon these the of man need be taboo in the pulpit, nothing will rightfully was then. This proverb we believe
seed sown by unscrupulous vendors of hate and malice falls as find a place there that does not somehow make for a higher should be adopted by Jews today in
denting with llenry Ford.
upon fertile and fruitful soil.
justice and for a nearer communion between man and his God.
When Ford began to write his
Moreover, one reading Boas' article despite his somewhat
anti-Semitic articles, we Jews were
patronizing attitude in the final chapter must feel that he is
amused as well as surprised at their
The Fate of the Welsh Bill.
not altogether unsympathetic with the attitude of those Jew
contents. Then came the natural im-
pulse to answer the charges at once,
haters who insist that the Jew knows no term of value save
The failure of the Welsh Bill to be enacted into law upon but we hesitated to do this because
that which can be expressed in terms of figures and the dollar reconsideration after it had been passed by overwhelming ma-, we felt that if we ignored the scur-
sign. When Boas insists in regard to industrial exploitations jorities both in the House and the Senate has caused no little rilous writings, we would no belittle
that what "clothing manufacturers have done on a small scale speculation among those interested in putting upon the statute them that no attention would be
—this industry being controlled by Jews—the steel corpora- books of Michigan a law . defining general libel and fixing a given them.
Time passed and the articles con-
tion, which is altogether in the hands of non-Jews, have done penalty for its violation.
tinued. Then other publications be-
on a large scale," he is not meeting the point at issue at all.
It is not surprising that the people of Michigan should want gan to pour forth their poisonous
For the fact remains that exploitation whether in a large or to know just what influences were brought to bear in the few streams and the wave of anti-Semit-
ism began to assume dangerous pro-
in a small way is not justified and should be cried down.
hours that elapsed between the time when the bill was passed portions. It was then decided that
What Boas does not seem to catch is that what he calls by the Senate and when a majority of the senators who
had
time to speak.
the "obvious Jew," viz.: the one who, because of his success, voted for it had been persuaded to change their minds and to it was
We began to answer Ford and his
because of his powers of leadership, because of his achieve- vote for reconsideration. This much may be said with cer- kind. Article after article appeared;
ments and his aspirations, stands in the public eye, is not as tainty. Governor Groesbeck was and is in sympathy with the speaker after speaker from the plat-
he seems to believe one whose morals are subservient to his general tenor and content of the bill and he believed and still form denounced the anti-Semitic
and showed how ridiculous
manners. It is no more true of the Jew that his leaders have believes that such a bill should pass. Of his sincerity in this campaign
and nonsensical the charges were.
no higher thought than self-aggrandizement than it is of the matter we entertain no doubt.
Lodges and organizations came for-
ward with protests against the arous-
most prominent in the ranks of any other social or religious
What we are interested in knowing is just what forces ing of race prejudice. American
group. To be sure—to quote the author's words—"few people higher
up
made
for
the
defeat
of
the
measure
at
the
last
mo-
Jewry was aroused.
know the quiet, affectionate home life of the Jews, their cour-
Then came a change in public
Naturally certain newspaper influence was brought to
tesy and hospitality, their eagerness to do well by the country ment.
was
bear upon some of the senators, but the argument that the
in which they live, their interest in the education of their chil- newspapers opposed the Welsh Bill because of any danger to i )1+nani k. TilZvrItAsuge
began t :t1
w
up
the
battle
of
the
Jew
and
shortly
dren and in the welfare of their race who are unfortunate, etc., them that might be implied in the general libel clause is all
there appeared the won-
etc. But if the leaders of Israel are to be forever silent upon poppycock. The bill itself specifically states that truth shall thereafter
derful document denouncing this
these subjects, how in the name of logic shall the other people be a defense against the charge. Nor could the bill by any anti-Semitic propaganda carrying the
of 119 of the most promi-
know of these qualities in the Jew? reasonable possibility be construed as preventing newspapers signatures
nent non-Jewish Americans in the
One reading this article, if he is himself at all sympathetic from proper discussion of any religious sect or denomination. United States. This was followed by
with the Jew and Judaism, if he at all understands the yearn- Senator Hicks' claim that under this bill a newspaper could not writings, sermons and addresses by
ings and burnings of the Jewish spirit, cannot but feel that print the story of the crucifixion as it is contained in the New well known non-Jews all over the
country. Ford was answered.
Mr. Boas, sympathetic though he may claim to be with his Testament is utter nonsense and the senator must know it.
Since that time Ford's articles
people, has by his writing rather re-enforced the attitude of Indeed, the freedom of the press is in no manner or degree
have continued to appear in his week-
those who do not understand the Jew and who do not wish to threatened by the Welsh Bill. Were that freedom in jeopardy, ly, but this publication itself has been
understand him. Perhaps the secret of it is that Mr. Boas
men who gave their endorsement to the bill would have barred from library after library.
himself, Jew though he be by birth, does not understand his the
Everyone now knows that the entire
people. The sin of ignorance has been one of the things under been the first to repudiate it. It looks almost as though the matter is a joke, treats it as such,
newspapers themselves were under orders in the matter and and refuses to take Ford seriously.
which more than others our people have suffered through the the
question arises, "Who owns the newspapers?"
One might expect, therefore, that
centuries.
The Welsh Bill was defeated, but the issue involved in the in view of the present status of this
affair,
we would stop answering Ford
bill is by no means dead.
Mr. Bryan on Bible Criticism.
Pious, fanatical zealots, throttled by Talmud-coil,
Impious, lecherous skeptics, cynical stalkers of spoil;
Wedded 'neath Hebrew awning, buried 'neath Hebrew g
sod,
Between not a dream of duty, never a glimpse of God; S
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Risking our lives for our countries, loving our nations' g
flags,
Hounded therefrom in repayment, hugging our bloody ',:;;
rags;
Blarneying, shivering, crawling, taking all colors and none,
Lying a fox in the covert, leaping an ape in the sun.
Tantalus-Proteus of Peoples, security comes from within;
Where is the lion of Judah? Wearing an ass's skin!
Hear, 0 Israel, Jehovah, the Lord our God, is One,
But we, Jehovah His People, are dual and so undone.
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' any longer, and that we would begin
[ completely to disregard him and his
activities. But we are sorry to state
that many other writers and speakers
are still firing away at Ford—thereby
'lending importance to him and his
doings now that he has become dis-
credited.
We would suggest that it is high
time for us to forget Henry Ford
and to pay no more attention to him.
It is well to fight anti-Semitism and
to guard against it. But we should
not dignify Henry Ford by discuss-
ing hien any longer.
Forget lienry Ford!
Speaking before a very large audience in this city last Sun-
day, William J. Bryan, better known as "The Commoner,"!
paid his respects first to Mr. Darwin and his theory of descent
and then to the Bible critics who are unwilling to accept liter-'
ally every word of the Bible story. Mr. Bryan predicts that
which destroy the self respect of the
it will not be long before professors in our colleges and uni- SAYS AMERICANS
recipient without materially improv.
versities will not be tolerated unless they give literal assent to'
ing his situation. What we are do
SHOULD
COMBAT
the stories of the Bible, including, we presume, the mistakes
ing is, by R system of loans, estab -
which modern scholarship has proved to be due to clerical
ANTI-SEMITISM lishing in business the breadwinner,
of the family, providing employment
errors, to purposed and ignorant mistranslations of original
texts, etc., etc.
' M. de Polnay, Former Cabinet Min- and adopting other reconstructive
methods by which the people shall
Of course, a man must make a living, so why find fault ,
inter of Hungary, Speaks at
be made self supporting. We rel!,
with Mr. Bryan when for doling out nonsense like this he can-
N. Y. Banquet.
upon the honor, the purpose and the
MASSEL IN LONDON
conscience of those aided to repay
not only gather audiences of thousands but can also collect a
loans and we have not thus far
rather lucrative lecture fee? It is to be deplored, however, NEW YORK.—"The exercise of the
PARIS.---1. Masse], the director of
the moral influence of the people of been disappointed."
that just because a man has the gift of oratory and a winning the
the Hies, arrived in this city recent-
United States against the baleful
the conclusion of the reception , ly. At an early date he will leave
smile, he should presume to talk about any and every subject effects of anti-Semitism in certain to At
M. de Polnay, announcement was
under the sun as though with expert knowledge.
parts of Europe is needed if this ma- made by those in charge of the meet- for London to confer with leading
on problems of immigration,
It is not surprisng, of course, that one who denies the theory lignant growth is not to spread in ing that a fund of $500,000 to assist Jews
itself." This was the state. the Jews of Hungary in Europe And particularly with reference to the
of evolution should stand for the literal interpretation of every America
difficulties
which have arisen from
ment made last Monday night at a
is to be raised in this coun- the conditions of the agreement with
word of Scripture. One must be something of a thinker to fol- reception in his honor at the Hotel Palestine
try at once by the Relief Association the Polish government regarding
low Darwin's theories and an analytical mind is required, too, Astor by Eugen de Polnay, former for Hungarian Jews, of which Dr Ukrainian refugees which necessi-
cabinet minister of Hungary, and the Philip Klein, rabbi of the First Ilun-
to follow the theories of the higher criticism, so-called.
Jew, with one exception, ever garian Congregation Ohab Zedek, is tates their early emigration.
Those to whom the Bible is a development of centuries will only
to hold a cabinet post in that coun- chairman.
not be seriously troubled about Mr. Bryan's outcriy against try.
' them, nor will the followers of Darwin turn back the hand
M. he Polnay, who has been in
of time three score years to take up again an intellectual posi- America for the past six weeks, re- JEW HEADS LONDON
turned
onthe Adriatic Wednesday.
tion that has been outgrown at least the length of that time. The occasion
on Ionday night was a
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Radicalism in the Pulpit.
Religion must touch life at every angle. Insofar as it fails
to do this, it is a failure altogether. This is primarily the justi-
fication for those preachers who feel that themes dealing with
the economic, the political, the social situation of a time and
country, are proper subject matter for pulpit discussion. Such
position must be defended only to those to whom religion is
defined in the narrowest possible terms. If religion is not to
lift the tone of social morality as well as of the morality
of the individual; if it is not to affect for good, the political
situation and stress a national idealism; if it is not to have
its word to say about the industrial situation; and in the spirit
of ancient prophecy cry down injustice and unrighteousness
when they appear either in the high or the low places of the
economic realm, religion must confess itself a thing without
power and therefore without the right to be, and the organ-
meeting of the Jews of Ilungarian
extraction in New York to express
their appreciation of NI. de Polnay's
services in behalf of the Jews of
Hungary in Europe and Palestine. M.
de Polnay is president of the Associa-
tion of Hungarian Jews, formed in
1919, to care for Hungarian Jews
impoverished by the war and for the
refugees from other lands who
poured into that country.
In describing the situation con-
fronting the Jews of Ilungary at this
time, M. de Polnay, who was pre-
sented with an engrossed memorial
of appreciation by his hosts, said:
"At this time, with thousands of
children, the aged and the sick to
e cared for, it is the policy of the
Association of Hungarian Jews, in
giving assistance, to refrain from
charity, from the giving of doles
1.0 N D 0 N.—Rabbi Stern, well
known on the East Side of London,
has been elected chairman of the
Board of Guardians for the Mile-End
District. Rabbi Stern is the first Jew
to head the Board of Guardians in a
metropolitan district.
WRITER LEAVES LIBRARY
FOR PALESTINIAN JEWS
VIENNA.—According to the will
of Popper Lynkeus, the noted Aus-
trian writer whoidied recently, which
has just been made public, his im-
portant collection of books is to go
to the Jewish national library of Je-
rusalem.
OAS.
(Copyright, 1921. By Chas. H. Joseph.)
I thought I knew all the different kinds and brands of Bolshevlas.
but the Rev. Emil S. Harper, rector of All Saints Episcopal church
of Brooklyn, has discovered • new one. The Rev. Dr. Percy Stickney
Grant, rector of the Church of Ascension said (according to Dr. !Ur-
per) that no person of intelligence believe that Jesus was born of •
virgin. Therefore Dr. Harper charc•terizes him as "a theological
as well as • political Bolshevik"-1 am sure if the Bolshevist knew
what trouble they were creating for clergymen of intelligence they
would probably have hesitated before becoming Bolshevists.
I am quite sure that according to Dr. Harper • great many im-
portant characters in the Bible would be classed as "Bolshevists."
Men who have the courage not to behave like the crowd—but who.
inspired by • conviction that truth as they see it is the word they should
speak—are loosely termed "Bolsheviks." The great prophets of Israel
unquestionably would be declared Bolsheviks today by certain classes
who believe that only in maintaining the status quo can respectability
be achieved. It is about time that we learned the meaning of Bol-
shevism before we apply it to everybody who doesn't think as we do.
A distinction, but what's the difference? That's what I felt like
saying when 1 read that Samuel Untermeyer has become • convert to
Palestine and the writer continued to the effect that Untermeyer was
always interested in matters Jewish but for various reasons he was
not active in Jewish affairs until • short time ■ go. This is interesting
if not very understandable. If this Zionist movement keeps on we
shall have quite • re-union in Jewish r•nks, that may include even
Otto Kahn, James Speyer, yes, even the Belmont. and the Pulitzers.
Even Samuel Compere may yet be in favor of Palestine—for the
other fellow.
Anyway I am glad that the manager who paid Frank Harris and
Seymour Stedman for their lecture services with checks that were
dishonored (according to Harris' statement in Pearson'. Magazine)
was not • Jew. That's one thing Frank Harris can't rake up against
us. Rather low down, I say, when that sort of thing is done to lec-
turers who know how to lecture and earn every dollar they talk for.
Well, I am glad to see the Free Synagogue going in for higher
education. And I am sure that Professor Einstein certainly •ppre•
dated that gift of $10,000 for • Hebrew University that Rabbi
Stephen Wise pledged for his congregation. There have been some
tidy sums contributed to the cause, but then the break between Weiz•
nunn and Mack will probably chill the ardor of American Jewish
contributors for the time being.
Secretary of State Hughes did and didn't write that nasty fling
against the Jews of Europe. It came to him in shape of reports iron,
agents abroad and ha simply enclosed this prejudiced testimony with
his message on the subject of immigration. Mr. Hugh.,, so far as
the effect produced upon the country, might as well have written it
himself as to have enclosed the statement with his letter. It was
unfair, to say the lemt, to give the people of this country the impres-
sion that European Jews of certain sections are unfit to become a part
of the citizenship of any country.
Speaking of immigration reminds me that the restricted immigrs-
lion bill, limiting the number of immigrants who may come to this
country for the next year or so to 3 per cent of the alien population
in this country, will be passed and signed by the President. There is
just one saving clause in the whole bill that brings • ray of hope to
those who believe that America after ■ all should be • haven for the
persecuted. It says that those who are suffering from religious perse•
cution may be admitted. But the fight led by Representative Sabath
to include "political persecution" failed. May our servant girl troubles
never grow worse, is the cry of the housewife who sees in the stifling
of immigration an appalling outlook for incompetency and profittaring
on the part of those who are already intrenched in the homes of the
brave and the free.
1 wonder who that "distinguished American author ■ and play-
wright" is who says that he cannot get his latest play produced be-
cause he holds 10 per cent of the stock in a New England hotel that
refuses to take Jews. It seems that this author's plays have been
produced, and if one is to judge by what he now says, it must be that
those plays were produced by Jews. It may be that the author has
purchased the stock lately, though of course that is nothing but •
guess. At any rate, I question whether the writer in question should
blame the rejection of his play entirely upon some cause unrelated
to the manuscript.
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