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A merico, Arrish Pervaded Carter

CLIFTON ATINUI - CINCINNATI 30, OHIO

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LAUDS ACHIEVEMENT

1

PAGE FIVE

RON IC1Z

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Added to their other accomplish-I
ments, the Jews have the gift of
tongues, no areour leading linguists.
The Jew • Brain Man.

,„,rtliaihnientihtahnudts,tth;;aJtehm..
OF JEWISH PEOPLE noittmtek.,,

lives
from the labor of others. This iv for
from true as a racial total. It is a
fact, of course, that the Jew is not
manual.minded; he is a brain man,
and as such is predisposed toward in-
tellectual pursuits. But he does his
full share of the world's useful work.
By WALTER HURT.
Ile is constitutionally industrious,
(K 07 E :—Be it understood that' Rachel and Bernhardt? And how, having none of the instincta of the
Ile does not scorn the most
this series of articles prsents Jewish : many stars are there more scintillant idler.
questions purely from the non-Jew- than Jacob Adler and Bertha Kalich 1 menial tasks when they are neces-
ish viewpoint, and neither the editor —or that one so lately fallen, David vary to him, and he will undertake the
of this journal nor any Jew should Kessler? In music, as vocalists and most arduous manual service rather
be regarded as responsible for, or instrumentalists, they crowd the con- than remain unemployed. The Jews,
necessarily agreeing with any opinion ccrt stage with their surpassing WI.' however, are not naturally "hewers
In dancing they have given of wood and drawers of water;"
herein expressed, excepting quota- cat.
new significations to pose and gas- hence, despite their numerical weak-
lions of Jewish origin.—W. H.)
tare, to statuesque pause and rhythm- ness, it has been impossible for the
i is away, and every sensuous move- most powerful peoples permanently
ARTICLE VIII
In this article it is my advised pur- ment of lithe limbs and supple torso.. to enslave them.
The mistaken supposition that the
pose to avoid the biographical. Too As producers and managers they sir-
many books purporting to deal with ! tually control the theatrical world. Jew never engages in manual occu-
Jewish questions deal mostly with' As playwrights they are the most tuitions doubtless iv due to his ab.
-

persons, until poge after page re•, veritable translators of dramatic sense in modernn times from s agricul-
ndustriea re
ture and
sembles a directory of MUM'S in an ! values.
salt of his long compulsory urbaniz e.
In
the
legal
profession
the
Jew
is
effort to impress the reader with the
record of personal achievement. It I conspicuously successful. This sue. lion. Still, it is a reasonable assump-
tion that were the Jew a farmer lo-
is not what the Jews have done as in- cess perhaps is due not more to his
dividuals that counts in general con- alert and analytic' mind and his ready day he personally would do little ac-
II sequences; it is what the race as a resourcefulness than to the fact that tual tilling of the soil. He is too
whole has wrought in realizing his study of Talmudic teachings h as good a business executive to expend

Writer Says Contributions by Jews Will Crown
the New Civilization.

in.
the
sut•
rain
real
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and
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fable

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civilization from the cocoon of bar- grounded him in general jurispru. in manual effort time that could more
barism and helping humanity in its dence and specially qualified him for Profitably be utilized in directing the
In-
endless ascent. Besides, these things proficiency in the practice of statu- productive activities of others.
stead, he probably would commer•ial-
have been comprehensively summed tory law.
There can be no more convincing lie farming to an extent never at-
up by Dr. Mendel Silber in an ad-
tempted, organize its operations on
volume, "Jewish p
mirable single
roof of the superior quality of the a basis of greatest efficiency, and be-
Achievement," which is a sufficient 3i-wish mentality than the pre-emi; '
emplo
of ab
prod.
register without such infinite itera- nence of these people at chess, the , `'Owe a large
Industrially, the Jew is a l producer,
lion by other writers.
most intllectual of all games; a game never a parasite; adding always to
With no great an aggregate of requiring to a high degree the pow- the world's usable wealth. Mostly
racial achievement, it is peurile for ems of logic, analysis, strategy, pre- he is a manufacturer, busied with the
Jews to particularize individuals for vision, continuity, foresight, calculi-
processes
o f protion
duc
and di
Such selection lion and concentration. Nearly al- .
special distinction.
mak-
don, incre asing in volume andstribu-
is invidious, and to the uninformed ways the world's chess champion has
ing more convenient of consumption
would indicate a paucity of collective been a Jew. Emanuel Locker's re-
life's essential commodities.
the
tesselated
Such an attitude workable victories at
accomplishment.
Also, the Jew is an artisan, highly
is as supererogatory as it would be board are recorded in history with all skilled in all the superior crafts. The
for a woman to boast of her chastity, the permanence of those of military cunning of his deft fingers has fash-
a gentleman of his honor, or an. generals in the field. Now we have ioned things of use and beauty since
aristocrat of his origin. Such things the extraordinary spectacle of a chess cation's
re
early dawn, when Tubal-
prodigy, an 8-year-old Jewish boy, Cain, dexterous scion of the First
should go for granted.
Presehewski, defeating 19 of Eu- Family, was 'an instructor of every
Splendid dew" Record.
The splendid record of Jewish rope's foremost experts in conse•u- artificer in brass and iron."
achievement r u n s continuously live contests.
The Jew as Dentist.
through human history, from its
The Jew in Journdism•
As an example of the Jew's dexter-
earliest dawn down to that super-
In my own profession of daily ity in delicate craftsmanship, observe
mentality of the present, Albert Ein•
stein, whose Theory of Relativity has journalism, I can personally testify the many efficient Jewish dentists, as
Jew compared with the myriad Gentile
thought, from first-hand knowledge, the
scientific
revolutionized
postulated a new law of physics, and excels. His alert mind exceptionally bunglers in that really difficult art.
made him the world's foremost in- fits him for one of the mentally most I have yet to encounter an inept Jew-
tellectual figure. exacting of all vocations. Than a, ish odontologist.
Anyway, a Portugese Jew, Luis de metropolitan newspaper office there' Philomathy is more pronounced in
Torres, companion of Columbus, was is no better place or accurately tak- the Jew than in any other race. At
the first European to discover the ing the measure of a man. It is not every age he is eager for enlighten-
beneficent use of tobacco—and that a matter of personal estimates or pri- ment, an enthusiast for education.
alone is glory enough for any race! vale opinion; the one requirement is The precocity of Jewish children in
Without exaggeration, it may be that he "make good," and his quality our public schools is proverbial. The
said that the Jews are the most won- is mercilessly revealed by the charac- dullard pupil of Hebraic blood is un-
derful people in the world. No other ter of his performance. It is a se- known.
Triumphant over all perils and
race no numerically small fills nearly s'e're test, subject to the inexorable ,
law of natural selection, and which persecutions, defying every disadvan-
no large a place in history.
the fittest may survive. Into . rage hostile ingenuty could impose,
Ancient achievements of Jewish only
leaders survive in history with un- this work came many Jews, and most the Jew, leaving the cruel potencies
diminished luster, while in any of them remain. of the sword to cruder peoples, has
It is in the art of music and the conquered the modern world with the
cases the very names of their king-
ly oppressors long have been lost to science of medicine, however, that weapons of his wits.
.
Dissatisfaction is a distinguishing
the lips of men. Those of the latter Jews especially excel.
Music is the national expression of characteristic of the Jew, who makes
that still are remembered are kept
in cognizance only because by reason Jewish feeling. The Jew's exceed-' the trait a virtue instead of a fault.
of their cruelties they achieved an ing subjectivity makes him supreme . Ile has the evolutionary impulse to
immortality of infamy. in this most subjective of all the arts. improve his condition. Ile never is
remotest antquity of which content with his lot, therefore does •
This strangely potent race has, From the
since earliest recorded time, ex- we have record, Jews have been mu- not stagnate. This is true in spiritual
ercised a profound influence on the sicians. We read in Genesis that Ju- as well as material matters; he is
ethics of mankind and provided much bat, son of Lamech and a seventh de-' reaching always toward a larger life
of the material for the foundations scendant of Adam, "was the father of and a richer fulfillment of living.
of civilization. such as handle the harp and organ." The record of Jewish achievement,
The Jews are an intellectually in- Music and musical instruments are not only in science and invention, but
tensive race, therefore they produce mentioned in nearly every book of ' also in art and letters and every field
few mediocre& the Bible. Profuse reference is made of esthetic endeavor, is ample assur
to stringed, reed, wind and percus- once that this race will contribute its
Jewish Mind Creative.
sion instruments, including harp, viol, full share of worthy jewels to the
The fallacious charge, repeated flute, cornet, pipe, psaltry, organ, dul- diadem of culture that shall crown
with such frequency, that the Jewish cimer, timbrel, sackbut, tabret,
bret, cym- the new civilization.
mind is not creative, is easily din-
' and an unnamed "I
proved. We find the refutive evi- bats

"
"Jazz"
is
not
men-
.
ten
dence in the unimpeachable facts of of
en st rings.
i
tionde.
Musical instruments were
the
What
is
accomplishment.
creative faculty but imagination? much used in public worship and for'
t e , aonnolesntts Jews
And the Jews are the most imagine. civic celebrations. Th
a
d bethen.
ust
live of peoples. The Jew has wrought ft r Iflo have
eirgr veoices. often lifted
in
(Conti•ued From Page One.
distinctive originali t y in all the arts, in. the songs of .Zion. Not the men.
nds like mental alone were musicians, for when at but to club and social activities as
and the product sta
milestones along the track of the the Passover the reeonfluent waters well.
The cost of the building is esti-•
progressive centuries. llow fatuous f whelmed the hosts of Pharaoh, Mi-
o
$500,000 and work will be
is
such
charge
when
as a source
turn
to a the
ancient
Hebrew
savants, riam, sister of Moses, "and all the mated at
voice and timbrel completed, it is thought, within a
with,
, "
and every modern writer of repute Women
d sounded Israel s triumph over Egypt'a year.
Co
A dignified classic structure, built'
has recourse for insp
material to the rich field of early dark sea. Hebrew royalty was pro- of Indiana limestone with little orna-
materiel
in the "divin e accomplish-
indeed
Poor
Hebraic
would
be literature.
the province of
intellectual ment." King David, it will be remem- mentation, the building when com-
bered, was a maker of music. Even pleted will be one of the most mod-
achievement without the original con- as a pastoral youth David was noted ernly equipped edifices in the coun-
i try.
tributions of Jewish genius.
05 "a cunning player on an harp,"
This doubtless
absurd charge
of Jewish
je- and was selected by Saul to soothe) Twenty-one individual classrooms,
junity
is based
upon Rich.
and Wagner's irresponsible assertions with music that martial monarch's patterned after modern public school
he lost favor , requirements, three commodious as-
in
his all malevolent
attempt
to prove
spirit David
when led his people) sembly rooms equipped with stages
that
Jewish music
is banal.
Wag- troubled
with the Lord.

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Prepar ng g G roun
For N ew Temple

nor was a strange combination of , in popular concerts and in musical , of various capacities, no constructed
greatness and smallness— contradic- Parades before the Holy Ark on the that different activities may be car-
and vindictive; a giant in genius occasions of its various pilgrimages. vied on in each one without conflict,
tells us that David alsocommittee rooms for the different'
tire
and
a dwarf
character.
His mono-,
Isaiah
mental
race of
malice
w inspired
by an
inventor
of "instruments of mu- ' organizations of the Temple, kitchen
ve
jealousy of Jewish pre-eme in sic." The Jewish heaven is depicted and dining rooms, recreation halls
a province of art to whose sovereign- as one grand chorus and orchestra- and study-rooms are included in the
specifications.
Gymnasium Feature.
ty he aspired. The circumstances lion.
The Jew in Medicine.
A splendid feature, not included in
convicted him of bearing false wit-
Biblical
reference
to
a
musical
"in-
the
original
plans, is a gymnasium,
ness, for had his accusation been true
there were neither need our purpose strument of ten strings" reminds of 48 by 76 feet, to be constructed with-
the
recent
invention
by
a
Russian
out
a
single
supporting
pillar. Shower
for making it
Saul Dobovis, of a nine-stringed rooms and other necessary qeuipment
No envenomed detraction by en-
, with which remarkable orches- of a gymnasium will be provided.
violin
vious rivals can rob the Jew of his Jew
supremacy in the realm of music, The building will be four stories
either compositional or interprets• : tral Medicine
effects are
is produced.
the only science per- in height, a portico of eight Ionic col-.
five. Especially is he the undisputed milted by the Talmud, which accounts ums, 30 feet high, fronting the build-
master
of that
instrument,,
the violin.
What imperial
non-Jewish
violin- for the marked racial tendency to , ing and adding to its massiveness and
ward the practice of healing. Because dignity.
"What the simple announcement
ist of today can compare with such of their more analytic minds, Jews
Efake the best diagnosticians. Su-1 of the signing of the contracts for
virtuosos as Fritz Kreisler, Mischa
M
rem
f
periority
of
the
Jew
in
medicine
al-
the
new Temple means in the life of
Elman, Judie Ileifetz
ous
a case o ways has bene universally recognized. our splendid congregation it would
to justify
personal
Zimbalist?—so conspicu
and
More
than
one
despotic
ruler
who
has
be
difficult to estimate," Rabbi Leo
superiority an
banished all other Jews from his M. Franklin declared, commenting
specification.
Masters
of Melody.
Most of
the great
masters of mel- realm has had sufficient concern for upon it. "Certain it is that with ode•
were Jews. And as his health to retain a Jew as court quote facilities at our disposal, Con-
conductors, performers,. physician, thereby demonstrating a gregation Beth El will forge steadily
ody in t h
producers, past
the Jews still dominate confidence in his personal probity forward to even greater heights of
composers,
the world of music. Says that illus. equaling that in his professional skill. achievement and aspiration.
Will Mark New Era.
What an admirable opportunity for
"The new Beth El will be in a real'--
rtious Jew, Lord Beaconsfield: fancy revenge such a post would afford any
f thwehw
icoh rdshaalci o rmam
divanteityevr e rny-
tee rnsefroom
the
"The
ear,
the
voice,
teeming with combinations, the in- Jewish disciple of Galen with a pen- s

iti-
should legga-
spiration fervid with picture and emo- chant for regicide!
m of
One of the most remarkable things forte
ly activity that by
Lion, that came from Caucasus, and
which we have preserved unpolluted,, about the Jewish race, exceeding any ma be dertak congre
have endowed us with almost the ex- special excellence, i3 its extreme ver- Lion. We shall enter upon the work
elusive privilege of music; that utility. Every worthy sphere of hu- of construction with joyous hearts
science of harmonious sounds which man activity the Jew has made se- and with unfeigned enthusiasm. The
the ancients recognize as most divine surely his own. However crowded he completion of the structure will mark
and deified in the person of their may have found any department of a new era not only in the life of
most beautiful creation. • • • There desirable endeavor, he has made for Congregation Beth El, but as well in
of the Jewish community of De-
company of singers, nor an himself a place therein. In literature, that it
is not a
in criticism, in philology, in every that
Mr. Goldberg, president of the
orchestra in a single capital, that is
crowded with our children under branch of art and esthetics, in science
in chemis- Temple, expressed gratification at the
feigned names which they adopt to and philosophy and ethics,
sociol ogy, in letting of the contr
ry
d discovery,
wh
i ch
aversion
eon
"The new Temple spells the cul-
in
conciliate Inc dark
in jurispr udenc e,
mination of nearly four score years
your posterity will some day disclaim economics,
statesmanship and dipl omacy, in poli-
of
heroic struggle in behalf of pro-
with shame and disgust."
"The truth is," we are told by that tics and administration, in oratory gressive Judaism," Mr. Goldberg de-
brilliant music commentator, James and histrionics, in finance and indus- clared.
It spells the first step in
Gibbons Iluneker, "that among the try, in the cosmopolitan fields of the realization of a hope that in due
virtuosi, singers, actors, the Jews commerce, in mechanics and inven- time, Beth El branch synagogs and
hold first place. Liszt and Paganini tion, in engineering and architcture, Sabbath schools will dot our city and
are the exceptions. in mathematics and abstruse learn- every Jew in Detroit will be able to
Against the integrity of such testi- ing, in physics and metaphysics, in attend services and every child shall
many as this, what availeth the petty craftsmanship and construction, in receive religious instruction without
derogations of the delirious Wagner? journalism and polemics, in philan- being compelled to go undue dis-
In all the interpretative arts we thropy and reform, the Jew' has din- tances.
find the Jews pre-eminent out of all tinguished himself to an exalted de-
"We are building • fortress, de-
gree. As archaeologists and travel- signed for Israel's soldiers and equip-
proportion to their comparatively in-
significant number. On the mimic ers and explorers, as investigators ped with the only weapons we have
stage of a departed day what other and historians, as educators and or need—religious inspiration and,
figures stand out like statues of thinkers, the Jews have lent luster to
education."
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