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While the intelligent people of
Tennessee were being humiliated by
the action of their Legislature in
passing the law against the teaching
From
About 10 years ago a group of for- to the physical standards of American of evolution in the public schools, e`
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ward-looking Jews, drawn together by life. England was commemorating the
"But we did not consider our work centenary of the birth of Thomas'
the one impelling purpose of finding
some means of preventing the whole- done when we erected a splendid, Huxley, the famous biologist and an-
sale drifting away of Jewish children modern building. Light, airy and spa- atomist, who did more than any other' '
from Jewish life, established the Cen- cious rooms represent but a step in man to carry the message of Darwin
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tral Jewish Institute. They admitted, the right direction. Unless these to the people at large, and to fight'
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quite frankly, that their step was rooms glow with the spirit of the the battle for the theory of evolution
purely an experiment; that this, the institution, the splendid building on the rostrum and platform, in
means
little
or
nothing.
So
we
made
books
and
in
the
press,
and,
in
fact,
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first Jewish educational center organ-
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ized in this country, was to be a lab- a conscious effort to permeate these wherever he could get a hearing, to' '
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real
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spirit,
to
advance
the
theory
and
confound
its
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rooms
with
a
oratory in Jewish education, whereby
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it was hoped to create an institution, make them home-like and cozy, en- enemies. Whatever our ideas about
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loyal to the spirit of America and of veloped in the atmosphere of ease and the theory may be, and however one
FRESH FLOWERS
traditional Judaism, which would be comfort that typifies a real home. may hold as to its acceptance goa a
"Instead of severe colorless rooms, proven proposition. the regard that
the means of keeping American-born
a all intelligent and educated persons
children interested in Jewish life and our walls are decorated in such
way as to portray the spirit of the hold for Darwin must in likewise be
learning.
building. Pictures depict historic bestowed on that intrepid and able
Jacob H. Rubin was one of the
events in Jewish life, Jewish core- expounder, Thomas Huxley.
group, headed by the late Samuel 1.
monists and great Jews from the time Like many men of science, Huxley
Hyman, which organized the -Central
of the prophets to the giants of mod- was not a believer in Christianity or
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amples of Jewish art made by the fairer in dealing with Judaism than
tution faithful to traditional Judaism
students in our arts and craft classes some famous scientists have been. In
yet fully alive to the demands of form the decorating motif in other
one of his letters to his friend Ro-
modern American life, was to be ,
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made. For the past seven years, since . rooms. The synagogue windows, like- manes, he wrote: "I have great re-
spect for the Nazarenism of Jesus;
the
death
of
Mr.
Ilyman,
Mr.
Rubin
wise,
reveal
outstanding
events
and
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has been president of the C. J. I. personalities in Jewish history. Of very little for late Christianity. But
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The C. J. I., under his leadership, has ' course we have not done a perfect the only religion that appeals to me
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become the outstanding type of edu- job of it, but it is significant,
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otust es has thing from the best Stoics and some-
w.
have,
that
our
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rational institution in American J
realized the need of harmonizing . the thing from Spinoza and something
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ish life, whose activities are closely , building with the spirit of the in sti-
from Goethe, and there is a religion
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tar organizations throughout the 1 tfuotriothnatanpdurhpaovseea,ppropriated money for men."
And in his "Table-talk" he is
United States which have sprung up ,
The C. J. I. has made just as com- quoted as saying: "If I were a Jew
by the hundreds since the establish.' .
adjust
its
Talmud
an effort
I should have the same contempt as
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can life along educa- he has for the Christian who acted
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York.
' tional lines, Mr. Rubin pointed out. in this way toward me, who took my
In an interview Mr. Rubin ex "Our up-to-date Talmud Torah with ideas and scorned me for clinging to
plained how the Central Jewish In its carefully planned, modern cur- them."
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stitute is carrying out the funds- , riculum and well-trained American
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A great man was Thomas Huxley,
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mental ideas upon which it was es- : teachers inculcates in the young a and no people should appreciate that
tablished. And then, asked for his . sense of respect for Jewish learning, fact more than the Jews.—Jewish
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opinion as to the success achieved by the bask of all Jewish life, which Exponent.
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other Jewish centers in adapting they fail to get in Talmud Torahs
their program to American standards I permeated by old-fashioned tradi-
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All of our teachers
of life, he declared that they have , Lions," he said.
largely failed to achieve the very re- are eligible to teach in the public and
A great any of my co-religionists
salts they claim to have accomplished.' high schools of New York. Most of
"I want to emphasize at the very them are graduates of the Teachers remind me of William Penn's state-
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ment,
that "men are too apt to be
beginning." Mr. Rubin said, "that the , Institute of the Jewish Theological
Central Jewish Institute was estab• Seminary, whose principal, Dr. Mor- concerned for their credit, more than
fished as a conscious experiment in' decai M. Kaplan, was one of the for their cause." Let the Jew be cen-
Jewish education, as a laboratory founders of the C. J. I. But even sured, however justly, and numerous
where we set out to find the most ef- , more important, they are thoroughly of his denomination will feel affront-
festive means of adapting traditional' imbued with the American spirit, in ed and rise up in protest, although or-
Jewish education to modern Ameri- , harmony at once with the children dinarily they do nothing to lift them-
selves and their brethren above the
can conditions, so that we could stay , who come under their guidance.
„ We teach the subjects of other pertinent application of such criti-
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our children's headlong desertion
cism. The trouble with these people
from Jewish life and thus help to Talmud Torahs, title, but in a mod
solve the most critical problem af. I ern way, in a manner that will not is that their pride eclipses their prin-
fecting the continuation of Jewish I make our children feel that Judaism ciple. Let every Jew regard himself
life in America. Founded as an ex- Is something strange and foreign that as representative of a cause that is
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periment in Jewish education, we their parents have brought with them committed to the duty of being a
have never considered our problem' f from Europe. Our text books are the blessing to the world and in the
from a narrow local point of view, i best that can be procured, while sup- proper conduct of his life in relation
but as an effort carried on for the 1 plementing our regular class-room to that cause he can afford to let
benefit of American Jewry as a whole. studies, our music, art and dramatic prejudice attempt its worst. The
What we have been able to accom- classes permit the children to drink fundamental fairness of mankind
push we have viewed as a contribu- deep of the Jewish spirit through the • which is the assertion of God in man
tion toward the solution of similar best of Jewish art. We are not in. in the long run be on his side. Who-
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problems facing other institutions I terested in perfecting our children in ever is impatient or doubtful of the
and it has been highly gratifying to! purely mechanical reading. We want ultimate triumph of moral might is
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us to eee other communities pro - ' them to be educated thoroughly in not to be credited with a genuine
i edu- the Jewish social sciences, in the his- virtue but discredited for a bargain-
ing by the pioneering in Jewish
expediency. — Dr. Alexander
cation that we have and are always 1 tory, traditions and customs of the ing
carrying on." JeWish people. In other words we Lyons.
There are two phases to the ada n ." want them to know and be thoroughly
Our ideals, like the gods of old, are
tation of Jewish education to Amen- imbued with the Jewish spirit, with
can life, the physical and the peda- the Jewish love of learning and with constantly demanding human sacri-
fices.
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went on to point out how the Central cational centers, Mr. Rubin declared
Jewish Institute has carried out this that while they have talked consider-
ably about the adaptation of their
adaptation.
"We realized at the very beginning work to American life, they have, in
that we must construct the finest .pos- eality, accomplished very little.
. s," . reality, adaptation," he pointed out,
Bible building to house our activities,"
Mr. Rubin continued, "a building , as been little more than akin-deep.
with
modern
educational
fa-
' ' have erected splendid buildings,
serve every
as a real
community
center
They
citify and so attractive that it would , but the fundamental spirit of the in-
for -
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or- stitutions remains the same, as for
sign to our present environment as
every member of the family.
family. In
drifting
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der to prevent children from . d rifti
away from home influences, it . is as nee-
the old-fashioned
Talmud
Torahs
a housed
in the depressing
atmosphere
Imorpor•ted 1904
canary
deal available
with the a family
unit,
to to
have
building of old buildings, basements and vestry
rooms.
„ms.
"Even in their physical adaptation
where parents and children can meet
in home-like surroundings and engage these centers, despite their magnifi-
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and
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we social
made activities.
a drastic departure the modern spirit. Yes, they have
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from the drab surroundings that had beautiful rooms, light, airy and ipa-
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pious, but you will usually find then,
formerly housed our Talmud Torahs just as the builder left them. The
and constructed a model building, , walls are still bare and colorless,
which the Board of Education s a id austere and cold. There is no at-
at-
the best
school
building
in New
York all-round
City at the
time.
Our mosphere of quiet comfort, no at-
was
tem Pt mode to catch the pleasant air
building represented the first attempt
to adapt our educational institutions [ of the home,
to these
reflect lifeless
a true Jewish
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spirit.
do not inspire the children with a de-
sire to keep up their stn dies. Nor
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sleep easier if you know that your bin is full and that there is noth-
to serve as a center of Jewish daily
ing to worry about when Jack Frost knocks at the door.
life.
"Along educational lines there has
with a good supply at once, and the
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their talk about harmonizing Jewish
We extend our wishes for
education with American life, what
do we find in most educational cen-
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teachers. The teachers may be young
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teachers of yesterday. Most Talmud
Torahs still provide teachers who
were educated in Europe, who are
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idea what they are reading and are
absolutely unacquainted with the
great spiritual treasures of the Jew-
ish people. And no attempt is made
to give these children a true Jewish
education, as we view education to-
simply because the heads of
day,
these centers neither grasp, nor have
they any desire to grasp, the signifi-
cance of Jewish education as it ap-
plies to their children in America.
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which requires constant experiment-
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pause now and then to diagnose the
situation. they, ton, would advance
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problem, as the Central Jewish Insti-
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