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Problem of the Jewish College Student
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By RABBI ISRAEL GOLDSTEIN,
Congregation B'nai Jeshurun, New York; President of the New York
Board of Jewish Ministers.
think that the synagogue of the fu-
ture which is permanently to abide,
will be the synagogue in which dig-
nity will be combined with tradition,
enlightenment in spirit with historic
reminiscence in form, and beauty of
ritual with broadness of message.
Thus it will be the loyalty and par-
ticipation of the Jewish collegian
which may bring to American Juda-
ism a trained intelligence that will
enhance the usefulness of its institu-
tions, a sense of discipline and dig-
nity that will organize its relation.
ships, and a feeling for tradition and
culture that will enrich and give char-
acter to the synagogue.
This. then, is the problem of the
Jewish college student—to be Jew-
ishly self-respecting, to acquire Jew-
ish content and to cultivate Jewish
contact, and above all to accept Jew-
ish responsibilities. Speaking in
terms of generations ahead, it may
be said that one of the great battles
of Judaism is to be fought out upon
the college campus and in the uni-
versity hall. The Jewish will to live
is there being challenged and tested.
Whatever can be done to fortify and
stimulate that effort at survival is
work done "l'shem Shomayim" for
the glory of God.
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The problem of the Jewish colleg e taneous combustion. There was no
student is the problem of ubsorbin g positive motivation. Only in recent
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the positive benefits which a colleg years has there been a noticeable
career has to offer without at th change in the direction of a more
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some time falling victim to its nega positive character in Jewish college
vince you.
live influences—I mean negative i n circles. Gradually the bond of com-
the effect upon the Jewish attitude s. mon enthusiasm has supplanted the
There is the danger lest in becomin bond of common disappointment. It
humanized the college student becom is in this direction that much ought
de-Judaized, lest in growing broad to be done in the development of a
minded he grow shallow-spirited, les t more positive attitude on the part of
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in acquiring the arts and cultures o the Jewish college student.
other civilizations he forsake his own
It is a question of cultivating first
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The problem of the Jew at college i —Jewish content, and second—Jew-
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the problem of retaining the Jewis h ish contact
impulse while attaining the humani
There is a type of Intellectual
tenon outlook. The menace to th
e among the Jewish college youth
Jew at college lies in the circum
whose hobby is the pursuit of the ex-
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one. They are on a mad hunt for
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adjustment but an absorption in which
"atmosphere' as they call it. Span-
the Jewish element instead of being
it
ish atmosphere, Russian atmosphere,
adjusted is altogether swallowed up.
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That is why the problem of the Jew
anything
which
bears
a
foreign
name,
ers Full Coal Bins regardless
at college is a problem of survival in
a weird costume and exotic gestures,
which the Jewish will to live is the receives acclaim. Yet, Jewish atmos-
of strikes.
greatest single factor.
phere seems to have no appeal for
Of course, I refer not to the col- them. It might be
suggested to those
lege where, as in the case of the City intellectual "atmosphere hunters"
College of New York, there is safety that they begin their quest by culti-
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in numbers, but rather to the 99 other vating their own element and imbib-
cases where the Jew plays his usual ing the atmosphere of their own tra-
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role of small minority. In those in- ditions. To many of our intelligent
stitutions, the Jewish student body, youth the Jewish dance is typified by
small as it may be, usually divides it- the "Kazatske" and Jewish song and
self along two definitely demarcated wit are represented by the cheap American Expedition at Beth-
Shan Makes Important
lines. First, there is the type of stu- vaudevillian. They ought to be in-
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dent who is "itching" to be mistaken formed that there is a Jewish art
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for a Gentile. To that end he trie s. which is legitimate and unique,
that
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to "jump out of his skin." His self- there is a Jewish song, a Jewish
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respect is so far gone that no insult drama, a Jewish literature.
The the great finds of the excavations of
to the Jew arouses any resentment treasure house of Jewish culture is the University of Pennsylvania Mu-
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in him and no achievement of the open to any who seek admission
to it. seum at Beth-Shan, Palestine, has
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Jewish people enthuses him. Of It is a challenge and a
responsibility been a large engraved stone monu-
course, that type of Jewish student is for those who feel a concern for the ment erected by Rameses II, which
and Gi•• Good
disgusting to Jew and Gentile alike. problem of the Jewish college student contains the first information outside
On the other hand, there is the type to make available these sources of the Bible about the sojourn of the
Service.
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of Jewish student who is keenly sensi- Jewish life and lore for the sake of Hebrews in Egypt, according to the
tive, keenly aware, and keenly resent- enriching the Jewish contact of our report of Alan Rowe, field director of
ful of the social and of the occasional collegians.
the Palestine expedition, made public
academic discrimination from. which
Of greater import even than the by Dr. George Byron Gordon, direc-
he suffers. It is this class which pro- question of Jewish content is the tor of the museum.
vides the great bulk of the member- question of Jewish contact. It must
"In spite of the plagues, the de-
ship in Jewish fraternities and in be admitted that the Menorah organ- struction of Pharaoh's army in the
other kinds of Jewish college organiz- izations have done much in providing Red Sea and the other stirring events
ations. As one looks back upon the for the former need, but very little of the sojourn in Egypt, as described
growth and development of these organized effort has been exerted to by the Hebrew chronicler, there was
Jewish associations, one can see how, promote Jewish contacts among col- nothing in Egyptian literature to
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in their origin, they served usually as lege students. Merely to intellectual- show that the Hebrew's made the
a refuge for the homeless—that is ize the Jewish student Jewishly is not slightest impression on Egyptian con-
for those who are not made to fee sufficient. He must also be emotion- sciousness. The monument erected
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at home in the other college circles alized Jewishly. However important by Rameses at Beth-Shan, however,
It was not a positive force but rathe may be the discussion and elucidation tells of his capture of certain Semites
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of the content of Judaism, it is ob- and of his use of them to build cities
ment which served as the commo vious that good Jew s are never made for him, confirming the account in
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consciousness it was usually of a kin life is antecedent to philosophy which
The excavation of forts and battle-
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which was impressed from without a is the discussion of its problems, jus grounds where Saul and David fought
a result of discrimination suffered as language is antecedent to philology the Philistines is described.
rather than expressed from within. which is the analysis of its constitu-
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Whereas there was some heat and ent elements. so
the actual participa- the Egyptians, Philistines and Israel-
fervor, it was usually the heat result- tion in Jewish living is antecedent to ites have been unearthed on the top
ing from friction and not from spon- the discussion of its content. That of the hill of Beth-Shan near the Jor-
participation is to be expressed is dan, laying bare the wall on which
terms of Jewish service which is the the Philistines hung the body of
most valuable channel for Jewish Saul. The interior of the wall is
contact. The Jewish college student blackened by an ancient conflagra-
believed to have been set about
ar should be afforded opportunities for tion
service to the Jewish cause. It may 1,000 B. C., as part of the revenge
be the leadership of a Jewish group for the death of Saul, which was
or the devotion to a Jewish syna- wreaked on the Philistine city by Da-
gogue, or the enlistment in a Jewish vid after he conquered it. A quan-
philanthropic endeavor, or the partici- tity of baked clay objects belonging
pation in a campaign for the upbuild- to the cult of Ashtaroth have been
ing of Palestine—whatever be the collected among the remnants of a
particular form of the service, ther e building which apparently was the
must be some expressed form of loy- temple of Ashtaroth, in which, ac-
alty to the Jewish cause, some dedi- cording to I Samuel, the armor of
cation of effort through which may King Saul was hung.
Figures of the goddess Ashtoreth
come the glow of Jewish devotion.
When the problem of the Jewish were found in association with quan-
tities
of Egyptian objects, indicating
college student will arrive at a satis-
factory solution, when there will be that the temple was originally erected
by
the
Egyptians, who held the hill
a generation of Jewish students who
will personify the beauty of Japheth of Beth-Shan for several centuries
before
it was seized by the Philis-
housed in the tents of Shem. who will
combine general culture with Jewish tines, who in turn were conquered by
the
Israelites.
emotion, then there will be a new day
The excavation, which being car-
for American Judaism—for if there
is one thing which more than any ried on by 200 workmen, is illumi-
nating
the rise of the goddess Ashto-
other is needed in American Jewish
Sl
"The Fuel Without a Fault."
life, it is the loyalty and she service reth, who was apparently introduced
originally
by the Egyptians into Pal-
of the college trained man and the
estine and Syria, where she was wor-
college trained woman.
Charles W. Muntz
American Jewish life needs a great- shipped for centuries. The Greeks
er measure of trained intelligence. are believed to have taken her over
President
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Communal responsibilities requiring and worshipped her as Aphrodite.
broad vision and accurate thinking
WORRY
are often forced upon laymen whose
only qualification is that of good in-
Do not worry about what cannot
tentions. There is many a Jewish
leader who would be delighted to be remedied. If you do you will
hand his burden over to his college lessen your vigor to prevent other oc-
Bert R. Williams
trained son or daughter. There is casions for regret. If you have made
vice-president
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many a Jewish school and institution a mistake or suffered a misfortune,
craving the guidance and participa- proceed at once to make up for it in
tion by those who would bring a some other way.--Alexander Lyons.1
trained understanding to the prob.
lems of education and administration. 2qi
Would that American Israel could ...
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greater
sense
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dignity.
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We have barely cast our moorings.
Jewish life here is in the main with- 'M
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out dignity. We are a conglomera-
tion of motley groups each claiming
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sovereignty, so that the unwitting ob. =—
server is often compelled to recognize 0_
the one who makes the lousiest noise.
We have in the past year read of at
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least four chief rabbis in our own
community in New York. The same
confusion which prevails at the top
of the scale exists at the bottom of
the scale. A Shochet passes by the -R-
title of rabbi. A "Mohel" and "Me-
Jl seder Kidushin" is heralded as a
reverend doctor. Every Jewish com-
munity is a law unto itself. Jewish 0-
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bring these standards into Jewish life
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presence in the synagogue of tradi-
tional forms and ceremonies. It is
an interesting commentary upon the
movement in Judaism which hopes to
hold the Jewish youth by emasculat-
ing the synagogue service. I think
it is time that we should recognize
the futility of trying to lure the in-
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telligent youth of our people into the
synagogue by empty concessions. I
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