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THE MESSAGE OF THE MENORAH
A Chanukah Idyll.
Wishing You All a Joyous Chanukah
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Chanukah Greetings
By Rabbi Samuel Schulman.
By THEODOR HERZL.
NEW YORK.-1^or a number of r
Deep in his soul he began to feel ed on the little candles with his chil-
dren till at length his reflections e- years, the Reform congregations of 0
the need of being a Jew. His circum-
came' too deep to be uttered before this city have felt the need of a 0
stances were not unsatisfactory; he
training school for teachers. The
enjoyed an ample income and a pro- them.
Then came the eighth day, when Association of Reform Rabbis • of 2
' cession that permitted him to do the whole row burns, even the faith- Greater New York and vicinity has •
whatever his heart desired. For he
ful ninth, the servant, while on other tried to meet this need. During the
was an artist. His Jewish origin
nights is used only for the lighting last three years, special teachers' in-
and the faith of his fathers had long
of the others. A great splendor stitutes were held, which were visited
since ceased to trouble him when
streamed from the Menorah. The by professors from the Hebrew Union 0
sunildenly the old hatred came to the children's eyes glistened. But for College of Cincinnati, who gave lec-
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suddenly the old hatred came to the
our friend all this was the symbol tures. And there were also actresses '4
With many others he believed that
of the enkindling of a nation. When by rabbis. In connection with these
this flood would shortly subside. But there is but one light, all is still dark, efforts, a teachers' association has
there was no change for the better;
and the solitary light looks melan- been organized. All these efforts
and every blow, even though not choly. Soon it finds one companion, have at last culminated in the ar-
aimed directly at him, struck him then another, and another. The rangement made for the opening of 0
with fresh pain, till little by little his
light comes first to the young and the the new school for teachers under
soul became one bleeding wound. poor—then others join who love Jus- the auspices of the Ilebrew Union
These sorrows, buried deep in his tice, Truth, Liberty, Progress, Hu- College and the association of Re- •
heart and silenced there, evoked manity and Beauty. When all the form rabbis.
thoughts of their origin and of his candles burn, then we must all stand
This school is to be known as the
Judaism; and now he did something and rejoice over the achievement. Hebrew Union College School for
he could not perhaps have done in And no office can be more blessed Teachers in New York City.. The
the old days—he began to love his than that of a Servant of the Light. purpose of this school is to train
Judaism with an intense fervor.
teachers for giving instruction in
Although in his own eyes he could
Jewish religious schools. There will
not, at first, clearly justify this new PROGRESS IS SHOWN BY
be courses in Hebrew, history, reli-
yearning, it became so powerful at
pedagogics. Both the substance
EMEK JEZREEL COLONY gion,
length that it crystallized from vague
of the subjects taught in our schools
emotions into a definite idea which
and the methods for their presenta-
he most needs express. It was the Nahalal, one of Karen Hayesod Col. tion in the classroom will be very
conviction that there was only one
thoroughly and efficiently provided
°nisi', Makes Impressive Record
solution for this moral misery—the
for in the school room. In addition
in First Two Years
return to Judaism.
to the general problem of Jewish re-
of Existence.
ligious education, the special prob-
The Jew of today had lost the
lem of the schools connected with Re-
poise which was his fathers' very be -
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ing. This generation, having grown
The second anniversary of the form congregations will be dealt with
up under the influence of alien cul- founding of the colony of Nahalal, one The school has been fortunate in ob-
tures, was no longer capable of that of the Keren Hayesod colonies in the taining the services of A. N. Franz
return which he had perceived to be Valley of Jezreel was recently cele- bleu as its principal. Mr. Franzblau
their redemption. But the new gen- brated in a very impressive manner. is connected with the educational de-
eration would he capable of it, if it Sveral hundred people from Haifa partment of the College of the City
were only given the right direction and nearby Jewish settlements came of New York. He combines an ex-
early enough. lie resolved, there- to attend the celebration. No special cellent knowledge of Jewish history
fore, that his own children, at least, ceremony marked the fete which con- and literature with that of psychology
should be shown the proper path. sisted of an agricultural exhibition and modern pedagogical methods. He
They should be trained as Jews in demonstrating what a single Jewish has given proof of his ability as an
executive and organizer. At first, he
their own home.
colony could achieve in a period of
will himself deliver the lectures in
Hitherto he had permitted to pass
only two years.
most of the courses and will be as-
by unobserved the holiday which the
The population of Nahalal is 450. sisted from time to time by visiting
wonderful apparation of the Macca-
bees had illuminated for thousands of Of this number, 255 are engaged in professors from the Hebrew Union
years with the glow of miniature agriculture, 26 are artisans, 144 are College in Cincinnati. As the school
lights. Now, however, he made this employed in drainage work, and 25 grows, additional permanent lectur-
holiday an opportunity to prepare are in the agricultural schiml and in ers will be appointed. The school
something beautiful which should be other occupations. The men of the col- will give a two years' course of in-
forever commemmorated in the minds ony number 221, the women 122 and struction, at the completion of which
boys and 59 girls. a certificate of graduation will be
of his children. In their young souls there are 49
46 boys presented. As the Reform congrega-
should he implanted early a stead- Eighty-one men, CO women,
fast devotion to their ancient peo- and 55 girls are supported by agricul- tions, whose rabbis are members of
ture.
the association, are keenly interested
ple. Ile bought a Menorah and
During the past year 4,000 dunams in the success of the school, they will
when he held this nine-branched can-
dlestick in his hands for the first (about 1,000 acres) were cultivated. give it all the support possible. In
time. a strange mood came over him . Apart from some few small crops the appointment of teachers, prefer-
In his father's house also the lights which were not successful, almost ence will be given to those who hold
had once burned in his youth, now every type of cultivation yielded be- certificates from this school.
The school aims to enroll as stu-
far away, and the recollection gave tween four and ten times the amount
him a sod and tender feeling for planted. The crops of fodder were dents teachers who are already con-
home. The tradition was neither particularly successful and this de- nected with some school, men and
cold nor dead—thus it had passed spite the fact that there was an in- women who wish to prepare them-
thruogh the ages, one light kindling sufficient number of draught animals. selves to teach, and also those in the
another. Moreover, the ancient form With an increase in draught animals community who, though not intend-
of the Menorah had excited his in- theer is reason to expect that the soil ing to teach, wish to increase their
terest. Clearly the design was sug- which has not yet been cultivated will knowledge of Judaism, of the great
gested by the tree--in the center be put under the plow and with the spiritual heritage of Israel.
It is time that such a school should
the sturdy trunk, on right and left same success.
four branches, one below the other.
The vegetable crop wag particularly be established in the metropolis. In
in one place, and all of equal height successful this year. The inhabitants this great city, in which every aspect
A later symbolism brought with it of Nahalal are stocked up with veg- of Jewish life and every school of
the short ninth branch. which pro- etables for the summer and winter thought, of modern Jewry are rep-
jects in front and functions as a and litany of them are even selling resented, it is hoped that this school
servant. What mystery had the gen- vegetables to their Arabic neighbors will develop into an efficient force
erations which followed one another as well as to the Jewish labor co-op- on behalf of the great American Jew-
read into this form of art, at once eratives who are occupied in the work ish tradition, as embodied in the
so simple and natural! And our of drainage. Every Jewish house- Union of American Ilebrew Congre-
artist wondered to himself if it were holder in Nahalal possesses as part gations, in the Hebrew Union Col-
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not possible to animate again the of his property a vegetable garden of lege and in that large number of Jew-
ish communities which, standing for
withered form of the Menorah—to about eight dunams.
Reform Judaism, are at the same
water its roots, as one would a tree.
Not less important and successful time loyal to fundamental historic
The mere sound of the name, which has been the vintage of Nahalal. Close
he now nrnnounced every evening to to 23,000 vines and other fruit trees Jewish institutions.
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his children gave him great pleasure . have been planted. More than 400
There was a lovable ring to the word dunams of land have been planted
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when it came from the lips of little with sucalyptus trees on the road
children.
from Nahalal to Nazareth.
On the first night the candle was
The bee-keeping department at-
lit and the origin of the holiday ex-
tracted considerable attention at the
plained. The wonderful incident of
exhibition. At present there are 70
the light that strangely remained
bee hives in Nahalal. Each hive
burning so long. the story of the re-
yielded about 20 kilos of honey (44
turn from the Babylonian exile, the
pounds). There are 150 cows in
second Temple, the Maccabees—our
Nahalal. Forty-nine of them give
friend tod his children all he knew.
It was not very much, to he sure; but 224 litre of milk daily. The colony
has 1,045 chickens, 4,000 pigeons, 300
it served. When the second candle
Catering to Those Who Demand the Utmost in
geese and over 200 turkeys.
was lit, they repeated what he had
The exhibition in Nahalal made a
told them; and though it had all been
deep impression and showed the vis-
learned from him, it seemed to him
itors what a small, energetic group
quite new and beauiful. n the days
fo Jewish workers have accomplished
that followed, he waited keenly for
in a small area like Nahalal in a
the evenings which became ever
period of only two years. There are
brighter. Candle after candle stood
now eight such colonies in the Emek
in the Menorah, and the father miss-
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Jezreel, but their number could still
he greatly increased. All of them are
for the present receiving a certain
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amount of aid from the Keren Hoye-
sod. The Emek possesses a wonder-
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