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The Menace of the Secu larist

but as revealing the real inwardness of the immigration
law. The objective obtained is specifically set forth
By ISAAC ROSENGARTEN,
and consists in not allowing "the racial composition of
Editor, The Jewish Forum.
mono el wawa.
are -.
the nations to be changed as it was rapidly being chang-
C•.. Inc_
PublIshIss
Pobbshed Weekly by The Jewish Chrowleis
ed by extensive immigration from new sources." There
but in this let
Joseph J. Cummins, President and Editor
is no ambiguity in this. The peoples of the south and THE GUGGENHEIM FOUNDATION
,
't'he secularist is a common species in his strength
r y in, that he w'„
common se-
Jacob 11. Schakne, General Manager
of human being. A very
the southeast of Europe are inferior amt thegreat
Me." Wh, th•
eth
and
understr
find
him
in
or r
Detroit.
ly chang- NI u mi ler this caption the Jewish species , in fact . 1 You will 1..
it t tilg saz oigita ice of wealth tow.,
influx from these countries was appreciably
3, 191, e O. Postofflee .t
business wherever you go. You will
Sewed as Setond-class matter 116re
S. 1879.
ereh
y,
or
that
of no o • ••
Act
of
Al
th
st
the
_—
orn
ng
Journal,
in
an
editorial
on
lila., use
tanner not
s where
ing the complexion of the country'
see him in business
fort his only
intellect tower,' those less int,fi.
une. You
l bl con - F e.
b 24 , m akes the followi ng corn- goal is to build up
and Publication Building
e
pa
Th
e
Nordics.
the
ak
of
those
,tr io .,
foal,
not
to
.apt
Offices
at
all
satisfactory
tot
General
will find hits even in the house of
oust
by brute force, it is equally p;,:.
tradiction in the second purpose has either escaped
850 High Street West
rt:uiTirs)for the
u
worship,
sworship,
C•ble Address: Chronicle
"The title of empire builder, given
are circumscrid.
Reed or it does not concern hint, for if we
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Just Q::wPtia"tni figs and pas , i,••
I
the late Cecil Rhoades in widee g irdt
find him also . 1:n ' oing r hs e.' Y ,l' i ' s t . i !
14 Stratford Place, London, W. I, England _ ..—
are to maintain the same proportion then we cannot during his lifetime, fits aptly the Cr . ug. will
are the arrog'a 'n . And a paga il
pensers of charity--not that he really
secularist are al i ke in that pcit to I
,
a
wl.,h
object to those who make up the whole. But the
tl ispatrting
$3. 00 Per _ Year
which Is considered
____
in
Advance
ivance
—___
ihims• lf, but both are ni.
Ilubscription,
h'i family'
1 " enm
and the House
i
la
small fa rarti.orni%ef
scholarly
ethnologists
of
the
Senate
lthiest Jewish family in this
f the flesh.
he
wea
as
t
rnttr.l
iat
wrth
'
r
a ri' s son
To Insure publiration, all correspondence and news matter west reach this
ever
large
it
be
in
coni7a
week.
each
if
not
in
the
whole
world.
of
r" sa that the see111,•
led by Senator Reed "point with pride" to the great
') Shat (" we
office by Tuesday evening
---_----
the gifts of others). You may even
es
was
a
man
of
gigantic
plans,
ntY.
d
S
oa
— -
Rh
thin
by his itivcit.
achievements of the immigration bill. He said: "Let i though he was quite often hazy about find him a member of your own benefits civilize
on eubjeete of Int 00000
Th. eron
Jctsish chronic!. !nett. , eorret,pontionre
of in:
P
of machines for the destruction or
btlity for_
household. He is, nevertheless, a
dleelairos remponni
see
what
these
six
months
have
done.
From
July
1
as
he
was
about
the
Rhoades
to the Jewleb people, but
them
the
writer..
mankind? Or shall we s ay III:,' •
views expressed by
Timmer. to society.'
English-
oundation. As a Christian Eng
to December 31, 1921, the gross arrivals fromEurope
devotee of art or art's sake i-.
Webster's New International Die
man he could permit himself to en-
Adar
17,
5685
amounted to 67,303 and the departure of emigrant Be rta political plans to organize or tionary defines a secularist as " OM' structive force in civilization: ,
March 13, 1925
relly rejects every form true Jew wool I not prostitute
h theotica
aliens amounted to .18,120 so that the net gain from rr-rti,uroage trhevr;:utions it, i! support wo
•'
you say
N
to lewdness! Would
Ty
s
hi g, republics
o f religious faith and worship, tt and
Europe was only 19,183. The departures of southeast
o' oon inds his own 1,11-i, •
iv a , Lsorinh:: wh
t,rsiotinitrl gue niczr
if
accepts ofrir 1vottht b ofacts
The Non-Partisan Conference.
things
e a help to his ,,, -i, ii
and eastern Europeans far exceeded the arrivals. Our other
would cause an anti-Semitic storm in one who believes that education and boy, is an asset to society? Cain.
,. As it is.
The Balfour Declaration was the last significant net loss to Italy alone was 20,000. Our net loss to Po - th
ht,,,,
e wtth, olet,t civilized.
exclaimed, "Ai
m I my brother', 1,.. o l
accused
.1 other civil matters should be man-
-
•ish ideal is "Veahav 1 .,
forward step in the direction of Zionist solutions of the
land was very considerable. We lost to all those cowl
ieatrtUt o h him aged without introducing any re- or?" The J . , ha," "Love thy nvi.:h
'oug(
h
tli
t
.;r i,( they re ttr
of Jew.
the ish
matter
served
:an pi' t t a is us■ that
of
reacha
an"
Jewish problem. Notwithstanding the limitation of tries that had sent us this great unassimilable body of
ligious element."
" The Bible does r,
The secularist therefore is essen. bar as thyself brother, or thy you i ,
the declaration, it gave to Zionists that feeling of po- immigration before and the only reason that there is a rathzot ha(liot.h,ettotohen
are
building
11 it . -i' nis
f
or
in
a
time
and
a
:hilly
a
pagan
who
looks
at
life
nar-
say
"love
thy
nationalist" -- "01
litical security that enabled them to proceed with the
net gain of 19,000 from Europe is that front Germany, empires and they are getting little
rro,wg liy, 0 from
‘ s the members of
tr o r''hYinf e e l u l ir° 1 ev
tl e'te-
rebuilding of Palestine, even though for the moment
from France, from Sweden and frOm Great Britain rc ecognition h
I t l i all i a s Iti l t e e cessa . nirl
No narrowness le ,•
race or creed
o
r
t
,o
up of standards on the heights
alist,rythew work f irelittnlitzuoltaort
came much larger numbers than went away." This is
the theory of national autonomy was relegated.
b but t t,h,11! ,etu
t,ehts of universalism.
--his goal. troitals
No looking up
of idealism—his
coldness in spirt'
v
i
cause
for
great
elation
to
our
senator
front
Pennsyl-
porti
is
o
o
t
,,,,,f, (,Irittri2
During the years since the declaration the Zionists
this family has done for the de-
Iii)iringu,illia:(1.,etitino rtr
t i t r r
the secularist due to? Is it n, , ' I p
f
a o
vania, but in the adroit manner of the special pleader What
ao , fci A illaisk ,ainai l , t ,d for coon-
la
have succeeded in arousing so much enthusiasm, have
ennui
that deaden- •
to
his
spirit
of
the
chaos. Ills is a hardening of
much is omitted 00(1 theories are stated as facts. C Cr- t::,ipmstie(1:h
created so many activities, focussed so much attention,
energy except where he sees nuo ,
:)7rnniezn'tds
gentle forces within theAobtr ,Aasitl o o satitti s
some day as gr e ater achievements
not
an
ennui re,ult
brought together so many diverse elements and col- tainly Italy would show a net loss when but 3,000 are ‘ than any possible foundations, but
i n aLa),,Ip{1,,,,,i , jei , g of sameness, of
!or a arn
0 ft.° the
ti t . to catll at-
nut stylish
' h) ,00riitfo
tztrioW sh a inf ■ t l. o P thardships
lected so much money that today they hold first place admitted as agitinst :100,000 who came here annually just no
feeling
that acto.o.
a
weakness e
wvtoitthit',
the immigration bill was passed. A like state motet may.
him to regar I the greatest mirit. 1 ,
among movements dedicated to the solution Of the age-
broken props on which he had placed
through successfulwporrk.,
qhing
ordinary
and r
is true for the other eastern and southeastern Euro- be of greater use to others than to reliance, and he succumbs to his own in life as som and regarded with
old perplexing Jewish question.
to be admire•
titions miserably.
himself.
he
Jew,
each
day
i.
If any individual is to be singled out for indefatig- peon countries.
"The representative of this family, pagan
supers
terest? To t
This life
is but a span in the end-
Idefr7--Ftut tr. rise a new miracle. fir;,
And what of that "great unassimilable body of im - the former United States Senator
qi,t,
enjoyment
no,j
u
.
)
,1
oe
able effort, unswerving idealism and practical applica-
„Rte:
sio
er.o
i
tn
ol
f
,d
ttt
s
e
s
n
i
ly
hy
,
i
loefssple
t that his breath In, •
the‘
migration?" In the first place, are these people less
n i ,i a Ct.01 ori raltrtr hotm rill gb ;Li n noingr
tion, that individual is Dr. Chaim Weizmann. His last
thins normal y still is it miracle, L -
befitting
with
limitations, lasts but a mo-
arance as of the 'r.1.-
spite
its
-*PP
and possibly his greatest accomplishment was the non- assimilable than the Germans, French or Swedes? The tion in the world and honoring thebody's
meat. Spiritual joys rift last a life-
nary. The aI ul-electrifying asps' t ,,f
identical arguments were used against them when they Jewish population. The Scholarship
At d it is spiritual strength that
tartisan endorsement of Palestine upbuilding.
i n daily life lends n.
ni
e
,
t
-
o
tt
o
r
ti•
o
i
fg.h
thr
m
s
oennu:sry
l t ...uuati,rtl, ,d founded
often saves one in time of grief from
It was a work of no mean import to win over such were coming here in large numbers a half century back
release of energies for
verve
public pert becoming a physical wreck. Yet talk verve to the 1 tasks of the day.
contribution
in . and it is high to the secularist and he has no use the multifori
bitter enders as Rabbi Samuel Schulman and Dr. Isaac and. furthermore, is the rapid assimilation of a people Jewish
poses known
in America
l government
Education has been a function of
all spiritual
buo enlist the service and win the support such a desirable thing'"fo these learned anthropolo-
fxotf faith i the Snr:iudrcFen o t of
because of inadequato
t h s tor)ittwohniocrh
Landman,
belongsJ,ehwosu 11 at‘hte i c o lass
. controverted questions are an-
gists
of
the
Senate
all
onist
financier
and
investor
was
an
even
provision
f o r the education of tbc,r
—born in a cradle of gold.
of the non-Zit t
p
roval
or
disapproval.
thiem
arents not closely :dill,-
-
'
.
aP
p
swered by a mere gesture of
The reputation of Jews as great bene. gods
greater accomplishment. henceforth Palestinian de
Pagan nations — Egypt, Assyria, children by ligious institutions that
tted with r
factors ens ,omewhat dimmed when
velopment will not depend entirely upon the Keren Whole categories of troublesome problems are wiped
Babylonia, Persia, Greece, Rome—de-
uction.
This olticat tdp
provide lost r
Gentiles began to show more willing-
pended upon territorial possessions
out by a mere act of Congress.
must neeess: rily be secular. But edu•
Ilayesod, Keren Ilayemeth and the World Zionist Or-
mess to sacrifice and a deeper under-
and
political
autonomy
for
their
ex-
is
secular
only cannot
The following paragraph, however, reveals the MI- standing of the moral responsibilities istence. Alone a mong nationg, Israel cation th omplete, cannot
impart
g anization. Gifts will now be supplemented by in-
„f grea t we alth than was shown in depended not upon territorial poss
really Ch ats
perior
Nordic
attitude
and
the
contempt
in
which
the
vestors' funds and, although Jewry gave generously
those spiritu o. 1 elements that stake for
recent years by Jews.
ens nor even upon political au-
would
strength
of
ehario•ter
the
greatest
"Ex-Senator Guggenheim should be
and graciously to the pioneer activities, yet it
is held:
tonomy- -but upon Torah, a spiritual
and thanked for the
Is it any wonder then that II. I,
be downright foolhardy to deny that the prospect of
living that always looked to the fu-
"I think we can fairly say that for the first time complimented
brilliant beginning of Jewish contri-
Wells find , f ault with our school
that has no end in time or in
dividends will speed up and increase Palestine's re-
in 75 years the problem of European immigration in butions of millions. The object is a lure,
to
tern, ' or tha Itudyard Kipling rt•f , -r-
spare. The Jew, therefore, true
worthy one and the conditions goy
th the
America has been settled with a net gain at the rate
to our vatic nal instability? Is Welt ,
creation and upbuilding.
his traditions, looks forward to
.
!Tiling
the
gift
are
moreto
our
irk-
as
wrong who n he characterins the
There are no doubt many amnion-pure idealistic of less th in 411,000 annually," but t whag t is m'ore.impor - mg than those of the Rhoades Fund, repossession of I lot ti e chi
American a oinan teacher (who Ida ,
a home for the spirit, the Jewish soul,
all
pleased
with
the
non-Zionists
Particularly
because
the
scholarships
tinily has t he molding of Aim
not at If they cannot do the work tint to the senators•. And all of that net gain is com-
n the Jewish
untrammeled by the paganism in the
Zionists
who are Agency.
her hands through the
ing front northern and western Europe, , mostly , people are not limited to students and young different lands of his sojourn—a
people
only.
But
that,
however,
is
a
i
public ache system) as itnpressimt.
-
speak our language before they get here, mostly minortmattti";ort. JToh
home in
alone, pursuing lines laid down during the purely thee
perlative
degree and con-
,l'e'ewisth
character
i
fr
al
a
irkbeof
n"'
itnheloT-
iftirlItint
,v1;shimIlit?-'m
8 ,b1euei n tlayl nstable, devoid of sten.
retical stage of Zionism, then the thing is unclean. Such people who have inherited front their forbears a ea -
life until it develops 'ip n' to a torch of
sires, regardless of their attitude to-
ssessing
such
as are build.
dards,
or
In
pacity for self-government. I think we can say for once ward Judaism, are joining the ranks light that will illumine the world.
narrow fanatical partisans who have the only road to
ifting sands, making for
-
While errors have been made in ed upon sl in education? Is not
heaven and salvation are found in every social move- 'Ind all the problem of European immigration is set
generous Americans who recognize
shallriwness
laying the religious foundations of
that the possession of fortunes place
tled." The problem was stated, the answer given and of
ment. Even these should find enough comfort in the
youth alive f ed with her sensuous and
the Land of Israel, fundamentally it
upon them the responsibility to do
-
emotional s tate? Is not instability
Zionists
who
have
come
into
the
now
it
is
settled
for
all
time.
But
despite
the
cock
is a spirituality which actuates the
-
something for humanity not through
fact that those non
i iplanted within him in hi ,
sureness of Senator Reed there are really some dis- giving a small percentage of their sacrifices made by the Zoinist pioneer therefore
agency are exposed tel the arguments and influence of
plastic chit lhood and youth?
n
the
upbuilding
of
Palestine.
I
Zionist members and might eventually become potable questions in his brilliant resume. Outside of da i l y or annual earnings, but by giv- i herefore have faith that the Jewish
Now sin c e the stabilizing snirtIlla'
the
t away a goad part Of their for-
t
elements b 'Her dangerously close II
the people of Great Britain all the others enumerated
genius for the spiritual will overcome
Zionists.
- tne."
b u
religion so that it becomes next Is
the evil influences of the Diaspora
do not speak the language of this country before ar
We are frankly an:azed at the prodigous work
impossible for the secular teacher t,
• is is not spoken in Germany. France or in THE JEWS IN EASTERN EUROPE which have brought a tinge of sera
,
• v 1.
I . English
r rival,
i
impart the one without the other. re
larism, a touch of "brutal Torahless
done by the leaders of the Zionist movement. Their
•
. Scandinavia,
of
bod es should be encouraged is
ligious
notwithstanding Senator Reed. And
nationalism," into the makeup
—
knife-like determination and irrepressible idealism
a Zionit N eitr he the Ten CO - lend their co-operation in the educe
has cut through mad broken down where it seemed what is more no biologist or psychologist has discover-
The Jewish Daily News devotes its
o
-
of
chi I dren. School board , shod ,
prophecies
pr
flOn
lm ,ent: nor . the .
vornment is ' inherited by
f
h
- government
self st(
■ ffer the use of their Wild
tuere,01.0
f r self
such as has
ationali
almost impossible to penetrate. With perseverance tel that the canactiv
etorial
of Feb. 22 to an analysis of vnyefora nationalism
di
--I '
' o
I other facilities to the ■ lif
.
'
,,,
n
economic situation of the Jews of been evidenced by the modern nations i
and acumen, retreating here and abandoning there, any people, not even the sacred Nordics, and in the
ferent 11 gious denominations, i• i
Eastern Europe. The condition of of Europe. These nations somehow
they have overcome the most stubborn opposition. lf present state of our ignorance we prefer the word of th''
d„, in I 1ngland, for religion ,
as entitled
came to regard the
the Jews in the countries where the
ti ,cit,t,iitozd,,t;nt, after public school hour
e
individual
existe
c
b
-
,to,of,r t!,,
the
biologist
to
Senator
Reed,
nothing should come of this whole experiment in the
1
.
t
e
auas:
y might add their strengt
e
s
-
insult offered vast majority of our people reside,
e ol tar ea et rtain peculiar charaVeri
To us the whole thing i is a gratuitous insult
solution of the Jewish problem, the very work itself
e lopmeut of the higher t1 I'
cultural,
but
not
neces-
v
,
now
Zt
rd
difficult
,
e
:
nyi r
physical,
i t s o more
,,,
s
,,
n
a
ssty
ties—
npatiT,r
t
t
t
p
i
oh
ne
-
i
ci
bti
orfa
‘
t
‘i,o
f
•t:th
•ffimi
be a monument to the energy, ingenuity, ideal- by one who conttitts hims . l‘
st a roilyti ts,p,iarritutiololliitril,tdoerviceoll pterdo•rtcie,r-
would
ularist, not concerned belt
ism and creative ability of those men and women who tiff. He speaks . A .•it.h... auth . o .e rity‘ o : n meaitters g
lit ing through an economic crisis that
th e T sh ,, e ,.' r e „'t lenrs of character tiered.;
' cial superi o ' rit n y
ested
re
not
seem
to
be
able
to
com-
escape
which
suggested
has not it scintilla of evidence. We resent the idea
dedicated their lives to this cause. It is hard to
men[ land spiritual mindednegn.
by virtue of which
pytehern,,t
outeha- we
do 1:, otOuetosoiroleo 4 a4',Ilcompiniiteisnmts, over other nations,
.t; for
that our forbears who came from east
: i and south-
eV imbued m ith the idealism ineulean
the feeling of admiration which these people evoke.
they f,e, lot it orvigh,tatto o i nre Otrir
T
th
ccp
ao„}:
-
by
fa il lacking all sense of halo
'ivern
If
go
are unfavorable to the Jews through
However, there is yet much to be done. None realizes eastern Europe have not the c capacity
erefore also a sense of
Europe. h The. editorial goes into weaker tha ari themselves... p
. - atingc
or f se h samn
e oboas
gg , . l ooks upon life as of t ,
pg
Yki
the economic, social, political and cultural problems meta. We hold that w( an as
tt, session of a spiritual strength alone
details g r t o ye o rsoitrot ito t(i, p pi nt,,, Poland,
we=
hly. His gaze is not n
e
t
e
ineoxsisttt;
bear
‘‘an
ss
se
yoaatt
iri
i
ne
a
eat
t
J
erw
which must be met and overcome better than Chaim
e
ho
the best in American id . eaffsnt as ea n yANnvd tit ha
rlo
?t
o
t
i
t
t
.
loo
re rtit
downward. His energie•
‘t.eisc( t )rm u . populations of the towns with excel
Weizmann, Henrietta Szold, Louis Li sky and other front northern and western Eur‘os
ed to the higher thine.
impart-
c
f
not
diret
lrexo.
o
t.t
o
%
receive
the
spiritual
strength
dosfaas
for us is equally true elf those tyke come ' from 'Halve i , i n viery tax,agos n e at orix
responsible practical idealists who lead the movement.
the m by Jewish example, was life, but 1 o material pleasures. II.
ever sub• act to his emotions, his t•
m of conversion .1 IAA lerfl
They know the immediate problem is the saving of Poland, Greece or wherever their birth place may be. • Jews. They also have to content the I
g . ,r) h e inevitable consequen.'•
i th th e dev r e lopment of allowed. d Y. No foisting of one's belief .. s s t i ° rif1,
kihe
e lv es w
t h e ms,.
All have contributed to the culture growth and . pro
.. -
stranded
refugees
in
European
ports,
the
release
i he secularist is therefor ,
on
one's
neighbor
(as
was
reneatedly
government monopolies in various
15,000
e
these
Ms-
make
l'
.
a(
enough
h
to
.
ma
I
,
grass of America.
.. It is bad
menace t t society.
done by the so-called "religion of
of the stranglehold in which Polish Jewry is now held.
trades and industries, limiting the
•
,
,,
•
i
e
nth
middle
e
loNe
)
was
in
keeping
with
the
Jewish
f or th
f
After this comes the agricultural, industrial, political criminations through prejudices but to attempt to bol - fie aI r 1 o commerce
spirit of freedom of conscience No
cl ss,
THE PUPIL OF ELIJAII
int problems; and when these are all satisfac - ster these prejudices with distorted statements and in
force was to disturb the harmony im-
"We have discussed Poland, but
ant 1
much.
accuracies
is
entirely
too
planted by the all-wise Creator ' in e
that
country
was
no
exception.
The
torily solved they are met by the cultural one.
Maimonides was the
The immigration problem is not settled despite Sen- same situation exists in Lithuania human soul.
No Zionist leader will conceal from himself the
N 1 , `,7„7 butcher of Cordova.
and Latvia, where the peasants are in
War is the work of the secularist.
ator Reed and his fellow Nordics.
power. These states, before the war,
fact that his ideal will be realized only when the Pales-
led when he was a chill
Ile disregards the existence of other
mat i'
were the middle states between Ger-
beings except in so far a , they affect
,„ his f e ther was too busy
tinian milieu can create Weizmanns, Bialeks, Bergsons,
;i tc-, - h ;, , hr was taught neith• •
many and Russia. When they were
h. im. His constant thought and con-
Einsteins, Zangwills, Szolds, Brandeis', Michaelsons
cut off from Russia they began to
t
take
impels hr ever to
bray , r ;;),, r to read the law. Ilis
ertn fur
The notion that the "frame up" is an indigenous consider agriculture as their only field r an
ay
lay
can.
anti
hundreds
of
others,
the
finest
flower
of
the
Western
atever
brothers and sisters mocked him ,
I
grab
w.
I
product is refuted by the recent developments in the of activity for the future; and what upon. He is a slave to his passions. hi, i cnol ance; and so, in despas
capitals.
is true of Warsaw is also true of
one day ran into the synagogic
The rule of the sword, of brutal
now famous Steiger trial. The attempt to turn the case Kovno and Riga."
The decision of the Non-Partisan Conference is
flung hi mself down before the
force, cannot last among civilized
into
another
Dreyfus
affair
met
with
so
little
success
—
ark.
peoples, for it disturbs the harmony
highly important and will be most helpful. Many steps
than
now
a
new
expedient
is
found
which
would
"Lord of the world." he
of
the
world--the
fundamental
prim-
CHRISTIAN
MISSIONS
AMONG
must be taken along the stony, tortuous path of bitter
"give m the knowledge of Th,,
ciple of nature. In an article on
"prove" the guilt of Steiger. Bombs were placed in
JEWS
and sem me Thy holy prophet I
experience before Zion shall be attained.
"Jewish Nationalism and Cosmopoli-
Steiger's home and naturally they were found there
to instil ct are in wisdom, that I
tanism" by Dr. J. L. Landau, Chief
not rem in the scorn of hard-h , .• .
by the police. The police had knowledge of the per-
Rabbi of South Africa, in the De-
Commenting on a recent report
men."
issue of the Jewish Forum,
sons who placed them there, but it would be unseemly that the Christian missionaries the
Ile to I I asleep as he knelt there
"Immigration Problem Settled."
we
read:
"Other
nations
kindled
the
to reveal the actual plotters when the charge could be world over converted 250,000 Jews we
torch of knowledge by the flame of dreamt that heaven opened and
during
the
last
century,
B.
Roseman,
angel
a p proached him, smiling.
Senator David Reed of Pennsylvania congratulates
placed against Steiger, who had already run afoul of
human passion; the Jew kindled his
awoke a nd saw a stranger with a I
by the super flame of prophetic in-
himself and the country upon the settlement of the vex-
Polish officialdom. Despite the fact that Steiger is in the Forward of Feb. 21 says:
ard, who said to him): "1
gray
he
spiration; therefore the flame of Sinai
"I do not know how dependable the
atious and disturbing problem of immigration. Most
persecuted and although the newspapers are suppress-
dust the u sleep in the house of G.
outshone and outlived those of other
statistics are. It is hard to believe
told him of his trouble
. The Jew rose above
assuredly he finds excellent reasons for this self-ad-
ed because the dare tell the truth of the latest in- that the missionaries began tel keep nations. .
of his I •sayer, and the stranger -
needs and his eye sought the
nitration because he, together with Albert Johnson, is
defensible anti-Semitic activity, we are persuaded a strict count 100 years ago of every physical
hen,
I am Elijah. Will
•l 'oltt\eoll y t
element of life beyond the veil of
responsible -for the most discriminatory piece of legis- that the flimsy evidence will fall flat when aired in converted Jew. It is safe to assume too\r‘t.
o ur father's house and fe
that the missionaries had every rea-
nu'?"
court. But all this fairly indicates to what lengths the son to exaggerate the number than
lation passed in a century. In a report on the work-
h a r i • i n tY. ;lar Kochba defended the
•1 .111 , fly Moses went with
anti-Semitic forces will go in order to discredit the Jews to minimize it. But assuming that land of Israel against the Romans, knowing
' of the law he finds that the three main objectives
that his despised pre-
fighting
in
the
name
of
the
Lord,
he
these figures of 250,000 are correct,
care'ety be missed by his
would
have been attained. We are unable, however, to ac-
of Poland.
gained victory after victory. But no
the question arise was it worth all the
ily
sooner did success go to his head than
cep[ his statements because they have not the merit of
trouble of the missionaries? What
Ten ears later the news flew a
hr began to measure victory by Cu-
have they accomplished by convert-
accuracy and this is especially true of what he calls his
C or b y a that a wonderful young
perior
numbers,
forgetting
that
his
ing 250,000
Jews in 100 years? The
,
eign
ra b bi was preaching in the s
second objective. to wit: The second purpose of the
goal was merely to re-establish God's
Jewish people was little effected, and
gogue. Even the father of M
law and His people in the Holy land,
law was to proportion our quota more in accordance
Jesus Christ did not gain much.
who sr Mom listened to a ser
than the great Rabbi Akiba departed
nation at this
"When the msisionartes began to
went t t hear him. The young
with the composition of
from his camp, and Bar Kochba sue-
the
Jewish
souls
100
years
ago.
seek
the
nation
cumbed to the overwhelming num- appear• d to be only about 24
time and not allow the racial composition of
there were 3,000,000 Jews the world
My heart is in the east. and I in the uttermost west—
of age and all were astonished it
of Iladrian's forces" Ile had
to be changed as it was rapidly being changed by ex-
How can I find savor in food? How shall it be sweet over and now, notwithstanding the bers
eloquei i ce. They offered to make
turned a religious war into a secular
activities of the missionaries, who
tensive immigration Li m new sources." If the quotas
princip at of his college, and th
one.
there
are
250,000
Jews,
converted
t the youth told them 0,
to me?
Nachmanides, one of the great Jew- was th a
were based upon the census of 1920 and the nationals
from 16,000,000 to 17,000,000 Jews
was tl e formerly despised so
How
shall
I
render
my
vows
and
my
bonds,
while
yet
ish scholars of the thirteenth century,
in the world.
were admitted on that basis then there would be some
n the butcher. His father
in a Iteter to his son, writes "The man
"The Jewish community of Lem-
Zion lieth beneath the fetter of Edom, and I in Arab
1:4raoitrile°1 •s welcomed him home joy'
truth to the statement that the purpose was "to pro-
that is haughty to others denies God
berg began to publish the flames of
11
umi
ity
is
s
the
t
e
rst
of
v
rtues;
i
.
.
portion the quotas more in accordance with the com-
Jews who were converted to Chris-
chains
n Feinberg, daughter of
for if thou thinkest how lowly is man,
The object of this publicity
position of the American nation at this time." Surely.
A light thing would it seem to me to leave all the good tianity.
an, IM rs. Harry Feinberg of W
how great is God, thou wilt fear Him
evidently is to check the conversion
Senator Reed knows that since 1890 the vast majority
Ba rre, was awarded the Golden
and avoid sinfulness." The name idea
tendency. Whether it will be effec-
things of Spain—
let by the National Girl Stout I
is suggested by Jeremiah in the pas-
of aliens have come from southern and southeastern
live is quite questionable. A Jew
me nt. This award Is the hi 0
beginning at yithhallel chacham
Europe and not from the Nordic nations which are the Seeing how precious in mine eyes to behold the dust who deserts the Jewish people has sage
ho nor bestowed by the Scout
b' chachmatho." "Let not the wise
ended all his reckonings with them.
st
of the desolate sanctuary.
preferred ones in the present immigration scheme.
ira tior . Miss Feinberg is ■
man glory in his wisdom, nor the rich
Ile is not ashamed any more and has
York Univeraity.
man in his wealth, nor the strong man
at
no fear of Jewish publicity."
Aside from the incorrectness of the statement, it is
—JEHUDAII HALEVI.
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