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visions, unable to accommodate itself to the immediate
and practical questions exclusively. This child is
treated with scorn and often buffetted by those who
see life only as a satisfaction of present needs. This
child, among the nations, is Israel. Rabbi Goldenson
dropped into ihat treasure of symbolic tales, the Bible,
and paralleled Israel among the nations with Joseph

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AS WE GO

ALONG

The Problem of Israel I

By PROFESSOR A. KULISIIER

PART 11

rialtos arc brought up in Judi,•,
Preserving Force Disappearing.
In Denmark and in Sweden the r.
All these causes, which explain the
HE
her of mixed marriages is already
pit
preservatio of the Jewish community
and his bi e:hren. This poetical, imaginative youth who
has become almost legendary, al-
General Offices and Publication Building
most equal to the number of pit
in the form of a distinct and isolated
Jewish marriages.
e.
It is to
heard voices, saw beauties in the stars, observed the
racial group, have now disappeared
thovh there are many among us who
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known with what force the said I.
or are fast disappearing. The con-
trees and flowers, drank both their beauty and frag-
still remember it, would bundle up
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dency shows itself in America,
London Olhc•i
sequences of the extinction of tradi-
rance, was not one who aroused sympathy among his
her 4 or 5-year-old son in heavy gar-
Stratford
Place,
London,
W.
1,
England
no statistics are availAble there. II
__—
tional
influences
are
being
felt
more
14
ments on cold winter days and carry
brethren. They would not or could not understand his
ing, defied the sword and the sf.i •
slowly than those of the general econ-
,;::
$3.00 Per Year
-
Subscription, in Advance
will Israel perish by the kiss of
hint to the cheder where he was to
omic and social improvement. Noth-
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capricious, vagrant mind with its playful fancies. And
Here,
indeed
we
come
to
the
fund:
all.correspoodence and new. matter must reach this
ing
is
easier
than
to
be
deluded
by
the
get the instruction that would make
To Insure publication,
although they betrayed him and sold him to the Egyp-
iitlice by Tuesday evening of each weds.
mental error of ordinary Jew ish
figures into a belief that the Jews
him a good and a learned man. The
--
tionalism. When we give the
tians, his visions and understanding enabled him to save
have increased in numbers. This in-
The Detroit Jewish Chronicle Invitee correspondence on subJects of interest
Jewish boy, on the very day of his
"nation" to what is really an
<
on
crease Hunt about 3,000,000 in 1500
Se the Jewish people. Fut disclaim. resplity
for an indorsement of the
all
those
who
had
wronged
and
maligned
him.
destined
to
the
career
of
race and seek to preserve the old t:
views expressed by the writers :
was
to
12.000,000
to
14,00n,000
at
the
pres-
birth,
Israel has the same problem on hand as had Joseph
under a new name, we simply -'
ent day only shows that the Jews
a student. So that when the little
isle eyes to the facts of the pad •
have had their share, and less than
in that ancient time. Three solutions are offered to un-
fellow grew to man's estate at 14 or
Fusion of blood dues not threat, I
then...proper:tie:late share, in the gen-
15 and proceeded to the Yeshibah at
tie this knot—assimilation, semi-assimilation, or Pales-
existence of a real natien—for
eral prodigious growth of the popula-
Wilna, Mir, Slobodka, Volozhin or
nation is a political or cultural gi
tinian migration, and the meeting of the problem where
tion of the world. The only way of
independent of race. Na, y risen,: •
Tel. he found ready welcome in the
arriving at any rut! conclusions us tic
we find ourselves. Ile repudiated the first two because
The seventh annual campaign for funds for the
sion is one of the chief
the tendencies of evolution is to study
homes of the town's Jewish families.
they' lack dignity, courage and are only half-solutions
which notions are created or inin
community of Detroit opened on Oct. 20 and will con-
the birth rate, the death rate and the
Every Jewish home in these cities was
dated. It is the menus by whiel
at best. We must meet the problem squarely 'and un-
losses sustained through changes of
tinue until Oct. 29.
a student house of a very high order,
fated races are destroyed. And I .
religion and intermarriage. In ad-
afraid
in
this
present
milieu.
We
are
the
bearers
of
a
although
many
a
householder
had
to
the Jewish natiovalists tight shad
In must be borne in mind that the quarter million
dition, it is necessary to draw a care-
deprive family of needed things
great
culture,
of
unique
dreams
and
splendid
visions
and fail t,i see the real danger. x,,
ful
distinction
between
the
Jewries
of
who received friendly assistance from the fund were
in order to extend hospitality to the
"cultural assimilation" can threaten
eastern Europe, which up to the world
and
with
the
spirit
of
pride
which
must
animate
those
primarily impressed with the fact that the service ren-
students of the academy.
the existence of the Jewish racial
war led much the old ghetto life, and
who are the possessors of precious gifts, we must al-
It would be well at least to bear in
group unless it leads to the oblitera-
dered and the assistance given was not given by any
those Jewries who have been subject-
ways emphasize the enduring quality of Judaism and
tion of racial limits. No "national
mind the idealism that dwelled in the
ed to the influences of emancipation
special group or division or sect but by the community
awakening"
will stem the increase 0:-
Jewish
heart
in
the
days
when
the
for
a
consjderable
period.
The
(bill-
impress its superiority upon the world in which we
of Detroit. The paramount fact in the drive for funds
Yeshibah was a powerful factor in
intermarriages.
Cultit's Ow Way of Such a study are
live.
European Jewry, when consideration
l'p to the time of the world war,
well-nigh insuperable. The presence
to enable the community to continue its helpful mini-
is given to the matter of establishing
these tendencies were restricted to thi
of immigrants out of the east who fol-
No person with a marked individuality will surren-
strations and its business of rehabilitation is that it is
a students' house for the Jewish
minority of the Jews who lived it,
low the old habits for a generation
der that individuality for a lazy and warm comfort.
ct
young men and women at Ann Arbor.
western Europe, and even there they
the affair of the whole community backed by a com-
or two must ill any case blur any data
The
fact
that
hundreds
of
Jewish
stu-
were checked by the continuous inflow
No dreamer with conviction in his dreams will abandon
as to the Jewries of the western group.
munal spirit which transcends race, religion and na-
dents have passed through the portals
of immigrants of the 1)1.1 Jewish type
Such data practically does net exist
them because of alien and hostile misunderstanding.
of learning at the University of Mich-
from seemingly iinquenchable futon ."
tionality.
for the western groups. But the real
No people with a culture that has resisted all disinteg-
igan without receiving Jewish spirit-
tain heads of traditional .lewry in
difficulty
is
that
the
countries
of
the
time
not
long
back
when
assistance
to
There was a
ual stimulation worthy of the name,
eastern Europe. But the earthquake
western pimp (including the most im-
rating forces for centuries will sink its culture in a
others was considered an act of generosity or philan-
without experiencing the sante at-one-
of the war and the revolution, shat-
portant of them, the United States)
melting pot for the sake of grey uniformity. Such was
ness with organized Judaism as non-
tering the traditional life of the east.
thropy. Religious sanctions were urged upon the bet-
do not as a rule take account in their
YI
the
substance
of
the
inspiring
talk
of
Dr.
Goldenson.
Jewish students feel with the com-
have precipitated the process. .
statistics of religious beliefs. The
ter-to-do classes. The spirit of charity and mercy
munions to which they belong, is a
only eonspicious exception is Germany,
Must Face Facts.
1)r.
Franklin,
who
spoke
briefly,
expressed
the
keenest
prompted many to contribute to the destitute, sick and
thought that should weigh heavily
whose statistics have been analysed
I
The situation is serious indeed, but
regret because those who try to conceal their ,Judaic
upon the minds of .Detroit Jewry. It
unfortunate. However, in the proportion as men and
by Dr:Theilhaber, in a bunk publish-
there is no cause for despair, unless
is to be hoped that Rabbi Hershman's
origin were not present to hear Dr. Goldenson's words
ed under the ominous title: "The Dis-
we refuse to face the facts. It is
women have come to understand that the social organ-
clear-cut presentation of the need for
appearance of the German Jews."
probable that the Jewish racial group
of wisdom and poetry.
ism creates inter-dependent and interrelated problems,
a students' house at Ann Arbor will
From 1571 to RHO the .lews of Ger-
will share at last the fate of all such
J
be
translated
into
ready
co-operation
The
Men's
Club
is
to
be
congratulated
upon
its
many increased from 512,153 to 015,-
have they realized that they must voluntarily tax them-
groups—it will lose its clear-cut dis-
on the part of this community with
d
021, but this was not commensurate
splendid
choice
for
the
first
lecture
of
this
year.
merge r
ti stiveness an ohi v .1
selves for the maintenance of the sick and destitute,
the United Synagogue of America in
with the general rate of increase of
"ti i •
th. s ".:
iterate i'l
more or less
its plans for the Jewish students at
the retraining of the injured and the rehabilitation of
the German population. The percent-
,,,
slat chaos" (if mndern democratic hit-
the state's seat of learning. It should
age of Jews in the population of Ger-
manity.
But
the
same
factors
which
V
the broken.
be a source of comfort to Detroit
ninny fell during the period from 1.25
d to the disintegration of this ac-
Jews
to
know
that
at
last
measures
It is really no longer a charity or a philanthropic
',
to 0.95 per cent. But riven the in-
custficed
fenti l ot' Jewry ( also ft, aake
s
are being taken to surround the Jew-
crease in the number itself seems to
fund but a community fund, contributed by the ef- Every student of the teaching faculty of the White
new rm.
poss: Ai the dove opment
ish young men and women seeking a
have been solely the result of immi-
Russian University is obliged to learn Yiddish or Polish
in which the perennial spirit of the
ficient, far-sighted and socially conscious members of
higher education with opportunities
grat ion from the east.
Jews
may
still
work.
In
fact,
such
for developing the 'spiritual side of
the community, who set aside a portion of their income
in addition to Russian.
Theilhaber's figures make short
an evolution is already going on in a
their nature and for nurturing those
work of the complacent belief that the
for this socially necessary work, in the same sense that
The curriculum of the Jewish section would astound
groping,
l'
qualities and capabilities which will
alf-c" nsci " u !-1 sort " f w u Y:
J eWS still maintain everywhere their
And it is this which is i the reason for
transform them into persons of char-
they create a lire insurance fund or a fund for tepee many of our co-religionists. They could hardly believe
accustomed high birth rate.
the prevailing confusion of thought
acter and well-rounded culture. Just
elation, repair and obsolescence of equipment and
such a range of subject matter could be comprehended
What Birth Rates Tell.
and action.
what benefits will come to the corn-
In Prussia the annual birth rate
The first thing to do is to recognize
buildings. This point of view on the community fund is
under the head of Yiddish. The history of the Jews in
munit!, itself are so obvious as to re-
among thi. Jewish inhabitants was 3.7 7
a fundamental, if unpalatable fact.
quire
little
emphasis
in
this
column
no longer the opinion of the professional sociologist and
Russia, Poland and Lithuania in the nineteenth century,
per cent between 1520 and 1830, 3.1
New groups may emerge out of the
at this time.
psychologist alone, but is becoming the generally ac-
per cent between 1875 to 1050, 1.75
Yiddish literature, scientific Yiddish grammar, Yiddish
disintegration of the old "racial
per cent between 1901 and 1305, 1.4
,Jewry," but there will be of necessity
cepted view of the intelligent laymen and members of
Challenge.
folklore, history of Yiddish education, Jewish art, his-
per cent in 1914 and 0.71 per cent in
several such groups. We shall have
HE Jewish radicals of New York
the community generally.
tory of the Orient and old Hebrew literature.
1917. Even if we leave out of ac-
not one but several "Jewries," differ-
who hied themselves to Coney
count
the
war,
the
Jews
of
Prussia
Many of the present activities of the city of Detroit
ing from each other as well As from
Now that the university has placed it upon a parity
have a low birth rate. Twenty-five
the parent body, from the point of
Island
on
the
Day
of
Atonement
to
and state of Michigan were classed as charitable and
with Greek, Latin, Russian and Polish, some of those
per
cent
of
the
German
Jews,
says
view of their constitution and their
show the world that a Jew may eat
philanthropic activities a decade ago. The common-
Theilhaber, do not marry at all. An-
tests of membership (although they
who looked rather askance at Yiddish and when pos-
on the most solemn day of the Jewish
other 25 per cent bear no children.
may he partly compdsed of the same
ity of Detroit is taxed to carry on these works which are
Bible shunned it may now feel that it may not be such
year without being smitten down by
A third 25 per cent content themselves
persons). Nothing in 'the world will
a mark of inferiority and vulgarity to have a knowledge
n o longer stamped with that not too delectable word,
with one or two children, and only in
a vengeful God engaged in an un-
save the old unity of religious and
"national" feeling, which was really
25 per cent do we find families with
charity.
of Yiddish, its literature, folklore and art.
necessary demonstration. These men
three children, while the percentage
an expression of racial cohesion and
If the community of Detroit does not voluntarily
and women who deem themselves
A knowledge of German, Russian and Scandinavian
of those who have more than three
isolation. But the "orthodox" and the
idealists of the first water and who
children is very small indeed. This
nnationalists," instead of preferring
tax itself f the amount needed to carry on these socially
necessary works then it will inevitably come to pass folklore has been held in rather high favor by many
amazing change in the habits of a
pitied the benighted Jewish multi-
claims on the allegiance of "all Jews''
people,
once
renowned
for
their
tam-
and of outlawing those who do not
tudes
who
thronged
the
synagogues
that the municipality and the state will tax us all to de- who rather despised the Yiddish folk tales, but we haz-
try spirit, has another consequence,
conform to their respective standards
fray the expenses of these undertakings. The state or and a guess that as soon as these subjects are included
and provisional places of worship
too.
The
enemy,
who
had
for
so
long
should recognize that they use the
in the curricula of our universities it will become rather
must have presented a rather pitible
been beaten hack from the gates of
term "Jew" in different meanings. In
municipality becomes increasingly socialistic because
good taste to know Yiddish folklore as well.
sight. They paralleled the brave souls
Jewry, has at last forced his way
course of time this differentiation is
te individualism of the eighteenth century, the raise
in. Between 1892 and 1900 the Jew
who in small European towns chal-
bound to increase.
It has recently become much more fashionable and
furnished
3.1
per
cent
of
the
cases
faire attitude of too many, makes it necessary-for some
Meaning of "Jew."
lenged the Almighty by smoking ci-
dealt with by German lunatic asylums
agency to bear the burdens and responsibilities of the is even a mark of good taste to enjoy the Yiddish
garets on the Sabbath day. They
Not long ago, during a lecture in
drama. The American newspapers, not to mention the
—more than three times their per-
London
on
"Disraeli the Jew," a rabbi
little realized that God, who shows
less favored members of the community.
centage in the population. A quarter
protested against the very theme, con-
compassion to all who seek Him in
)"'
of the Jewish cases were the results
Those who are dependent will in all probability be British newspapers, have given rather extravagant
tending that Disraeli was not a Jew
truth, also pities fools. These men
of syphilis
assisted even though the citizens of our community did praise to the Jewish Art Theater and the Vilna Troupe.
at all. The rabbi was, cat course, in
and women represent the point of
The explanation of these facts
his sense of the term, right. But if
view which dominates the Russian
' not respond, but the loss in communal spirit, in the If our Gentile neighbors find these truly remarkable
seems to lie principally in the notor-
Communist situation, in which re-
he were logical he would say that not
ious "sterilizing" influence of modern
sense of social responsibility, would be almost incalcul- groups of artists worth while, then surely it is about
ligion is being harassed and scorned
only Disraeli, who was is Christian,
city life. In the case of the Jews, the
xv
at every turn. The liberty which
but nobody at all, except the fully
able. What- could actually be substituted for that time that we accorded them the recognition which
effect is ten-fold because of the ten-
these Yom Kippur feasters flambuoy-
orthodox and "practising," Jews, are
splendid gathering in Convention Hall on Tuesday, Oct. their excellent technique and splendid artistry merit.
dency of the Jews to concentrate in
,
antly
take
on
a
day
when
the
best
in
"Jews"
in
his
sense—while
every
Cie:-
14? Those who attended had a feeling that they play- However, hopeful signs of appreciation are not lacking.
the cities, a process of migration
.(
the Jewish spirit comes to the surface
sack who has joined the sect of "Sal,-
which accelerates the disintegration
is not going to be denied them. But
batarians" is a "Jew" from his point
ed a part as socially responsible persons in the growth, The first university to give credits for courses in
of the ancient community bonds and
will their comrades in Russia give the
of view. And then he would !web- ,
moral standards. As late as 1595,
development and health of the city of Detroit. Can they Jewish subjects is the University of Chicago. The Hill-
religious Jew of Russia a similar free-
ably understand that there may be all-
12.2 per cent of the Prussian Jews
get the same feeling when they send a check to the tax el Foundation has arranged with the universityy to give
dom to worship God? Consistency
other sense of the term "Jews"; and
lived in places with less than 20,000
history
of
Judaism,
social
idea
o
for
need not companion with communism,
that in this I 4hvr sense,DiaraVii a a-
inhabitants, in 1910 only 25.1 per cent
collector, although the moneys paid are used for social- credits
if
the
cause
is
to
Ice
promoted.
a
very great Jew, while not every rab-
ly useful purposes? and Jewish ethics. Their invasion promises much. Our
were still resident in such places. The
bi is, in that sense of the term, a Jew
Incidently, the slogan of the Pont
little towns, in which the traditional
Frankly, we feel that too many activities have been younger generation may know as much about Jewish
Kippur banqueter:: was "Do not
at all.
Jewish ways of life were preserved,
tian and,
worry." Is it possible that beneath
It is possible to think of Judaism be-
transferred to the state which properly belong to the culture as they do of Roman. Greek and Egyp
are more and more deserted, chiefly in
coming: the erred of a purely religious
their dinner jackets some of the stout
besides, it has the dignity and respectability wh ich aca-
favor of Berin, which already holds
' ;
community, independent of race and
voluntary organizations of the community, and with
hearts went pit-a-pat as they hurled
half of the Jews of Prussia. The ser-
divorced from every kind of .1e..vi , 11
their bolts at the Ruler of the Uni-
the transference there has been a marked atrophy in demic sanction gives.
iousness of this tact—with its inevi-
emerges
in
niost
diverse
"national"
feeling.
Then--and
then
verse?
The culture of Judaism
table reaction on the I irth rate—be-
,
social consciousness and a too apparent spirit of shift-
only--will it have nothing to fear
comes apparent when we reflect on
renewed and places. As long as men love learning and seek wis-
.
from comersions or intermarriage.
Invitation.
ing responsibility. There should be a
wide character of this move-
-
world
the
dom, the culture of Judaism, that authentic product of
for it may gain as much as lose by
ment of concentration; the irrisistable
1)141NCE ANTOINE BIIIESCO rep-
increased social spirit. This spirit is best expressed in
these means. Nay, a splendid career
attraction of New York for instance,
resents in Washington the gov-
serious consideration of communal problems by those ages, will hold its own.
may yet be preserved for the ancient
to the Jewish immigrants to America.
ernment of Roumania. The prince is
faith if it resolutely drops its connec-
who are best equipped to handle these problems.
The same priwess, which has been at
tion with a particular race and leaves
the son-in-law of Herbert Henry As-
work in Germany, is now being re-
And now as to the concrete, material facts of the
the indifferent or negative attitude
quith, dean of English liberals, who
peated on a murk larger scale and
community fund. Those who are best able should as-
towards religious propaganda among
more rapidly in Russia. The move-
now casts longing eyes on the house
the Gentiles, which has been imposed
sess themselves and contribute even to a larger extent
ment was hastened by the civil war
at 10 Downing street, London. He
on the Jews by the circumstances of
and the pogroms, which in many a
Isor y • tax levied
that they would pay if it were a compu
is also the son-in-law of Margot As-
past history. A part of the humani-
The seven heavens cannot Thee enfold,
little Ukrainian town led to the whole-
tarian ideals of Judaism Was OM,
quith, a person who is a veritable
upon them.
sale tight of the Jews and the disap-
Sustained by Thee, they do not Thee sustain.
enough to conquer the world. What .,
The Detroit Community Fund should be oversub-
pearance of communities which had
something in her own name and in.
I <
They hymn Thee since Thou madest them of old,
may nut be hoped if the whole is ac-
been in •existence for centuries. But
her own definite right. There is mere
scribed 81) that the community will be as free from
tively preached to the nations?
they
perish,
thou
shalt
still
remain,
the ordinary process of migration has
And when
to be said about the prince. He is
The other way is Zionism, if it
plague spots and infection areas of poverty and despair
been going, on all the time. The de-
0 mighty God!
would only understand the real aim
the one whose cheeks flushed red with
cay of the Jewish "townlet" in Rus-
as a socially conscious community can make it.
set
before it by history.
indignation
and
whose
patience.
was
sia
is
attested
by
every
competent
oh-
the
our co-religionists in Detroit as members of
A Real Jewish Nation.
server. Even the bigger provincial
The messengers of heaven Thee revere.
.
taxed to the breaking point when the
community should give according to their ability with-
There
is no sense at all in build i ng
towns are only acting as halting
They stand to praise Thee in Thine inmost shrine,
"exaggerated" reports of atrocities
with
for what is now
a
"national
home"
places
on
the
may
to
the
one
great
-
out regard to their own special needs, but rather
Yet from beholding Thee they shrink in fear,
committed against the Jews of Tran i
called the "Jewish nation.* The'home
vortex of Moscow, where the immi-
a view• to the needs of the whole community.
Sylvania, a province of Roumania,
of the nation is the place where the
For how behold the dazzling dread Divine?
grants are swiftly tem -psi:armed into
were published in the American:Jew-
national is bred. An isolated race has
something very different from the
0 Lord, my God!
ish press. It is this diplomatic courier
`f
its home everywhere and nowhere. It
traditional Russian Jew, if indeed
of the Roumanian government who
must he always in "goluth"—in Pal-
they and their children remain Jews
accepted the invitation of a New York
anywhere
else,
as
as
in any sense at all.
estine as much
What voice is this that singeth without cease
congregation, the members of which
long as it exists. Nor is there any
The Men's Club of Temple Beth El opened its sea-
- A Menacing Situation.
And spends in song to Thee its nights and days?
are of Roumanian-Jewish descent, to
r fachrs
reason to assume that
For what makes the situation men-
.. '.
son on Tuesday, Oct. 21. with a program of rare excel-
di.euss
on
Yorn
Kippur
evening
the
But Thou, omnipotence beyond increase.
which menace its existence will t less
acing everywhere is nut only the fact
Jewish situation in his country.
first
program
is
an
earliest
for
the
future.
active in Palestine. Had the Jews re-
of the falling birth rate. Indeed, one
Art high-1 know—uplifted over praise,
lence. If the
The prince must he a shrewd fel.
ermined in Palestine till modern times
Detroit Jewry will enjoy many unique intellectual eve-
might hope to find some special cis-
0 Lord. my God!
lo•. for did he not get a hearing be-
they would have had to face much
cumstance, peculiar to Germany,
fore a large Jewish assemblage to '
earlier the dilemma of all territorial
nings.
which might explain the German fig-
.,
H.
• whom he could state, unchallenged,
tribes either to be merged into a na-
uses in this respect and thus invali-
The speaker of the e vening was Dr. Samuel
ii •
So great Thy majesty and manifold,
the case for Roumanian incompe-
date their bearing on the .lews gen- . tion or to expand into a nation them-
Goldenson, rabbi of the Rodef Sholom Temple of Pitts-
'
How canst Thou lodge in tabernacle's span?
tence? No doubt the man or men
selves. But it is still possible this last
erally. Rut not conceivable theory
who conceived the idea of inviting the
burgh. He was introduced by Harry R. Solomon, pres-
alternative is not yet lost and Pales-
Such glory no circumference can hold.
will save us from the direct and - in-
.
,
the worth
envoy to address the congregation af-
tine, with its historical associations
evitable consequences of the disin-
ident of the Men's Club, in a n inner befitting
For Thou art vastly mightier than man,
colo
ter the Kul Nidre melody WAS chanted,
of social and psychological . combined with opportunities for
•f,
thought they did a skillful thing. Lint . t,gration
of Dr. Goldenson.
0 Lord. my God!
nization, is the only country w
here
barriers
between
the
Jews
and
their
.,.:.
e Woritl's ('hal-
not mindful of the fact that
are
rd
to
seak
p
on
"Th
we
such an experiment may be tried with
Although schedul
neighbors, 'culminating in actual ra-
•
the evening of Yom Kippur is an oc...
a chance of success. There the fatal
lenge to Jewry," the speaker, full of another subject,
dal fusion. The percentage of mixed
whose
feet
celestial
creatures
creep,
by
rep-
apologies
casion
for
doubtful
He at
process of Assimilation and fusion
marriages
to
the
number
of
purely
talked on the age-old question. "The Jewish Problem."
resentatives of governments which do
might not be avoided but turned the
A day of liberation shall proclaim,
Jewish marriages grew in Prussia
not govern. The Rivington Ste et
f conviction. that burn-
other way, leading to the birth of a
And from all corners call his scattered sheep,
from 9.6 per cent in 1576 to 1050 to
He spoke with that earnestness o
Congregation which listened tolti-
real "Jewish nation"—a Palestinian
h
l
whimsicality
t
20.5 per cent in 1900 to 1910; in the
th a t poeica
ing passion of sincerity,
i.
besco need not plume itself op itk
However sorry-looking they or lame,
national with a strong imprint of Jew-
of
Germany
they
increased
from
whole
which characterize te truly great evangelical spirits
performance, for it was only • per:*
ish
blond and spirit, with a real na-
0 Lord, my God!
17,
per
rent
in
1900
to
1902
to
30.25
hardly
in
keeping
with
formance and
tional feeling of its own, wholly in-
Only a
the occasion or with the requirements • per cent in 1912 to 1923.
in Israel.
—SOLOMON IBN GABIROL.
>'-,'
dependent of race and creed.
•. .
quarter of the children of mixed mar-
ere are some who
V.,
•
of Jewish honor. 04
Among the family of nations th
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