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became honorless imitators of the
prevailing fashion.
Thus the American youth has not
A disheartening spectacle of disorder. third rate school which the orthodox yet known what orthodoxy is in the-
The Jewish message came in a for- Jew, harrassed by 100 disabilities, has
a school unortho- ory and has never yet seen it in prac-
Igo tongue, Yiddish, and in foreign provided for him,
tice. The A me ricer youth has never
methrd, and, therefore, did not reach don in its lack of system, unorthodox
the youth. The average orthodox syn. in the teacher's lack of intellectual rejected true orthodoxy. This is the
honesty, unorthodox in its utter in- fundamental truth which I should like
nrogue, however orthodox 111 all other nocence of systematic program, cur- to drive home, and this is the definite
respects, is utterly unorthodox in this
foundation upon which may build our
lack of an inspiring word to the riculum, or schedule.
The rabbi of such a school or such fondest hopes.
younger generation, utterly unortho-
Still, you might ask: "How can you
synagogue, usually ver gleaned,
dox in its -uncleanliness,. utterly un-
very honest, and very conscientious, justify our hope? flow can we expain
orthodox in its lack Of decorum, utter- did not and does not understand the to the AmYrican Jewish grandfather,
ly unorthdox in the crude behavior of
language Of the child and its general father and child, that what he ha.:
the worshippers. If the parents of
'ri, jected . he has never known, that
our youth had made it their set pur- outlook.
He lacked and still lucks intellec- Orthodoxy is a system of creed and
pose to drive their children away
tual sympathy with the problem of life which admits as to the highest
from the Jewish synagogue they could
the youth. Ile spoke to them in a joys of life, and brings to every. gen-
have employed no better method for
language which they could nut know; (-ration the noblest assets of human-
that end than the management and
and their own language has been a ity? Does not the pulpiteer on th e
the conduct prevalent in the average
sealed book to him. All they knew right say that we are dead, and the
shut. A place dedicated to the wor-
of him was that hewas part and orator on the left decide that we
ship of God, which the pa rents enter
Parcel of a system which in its two have no right to live?"
with a cheap SellSe of being-at-home,
you leave New York and travel
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without any respect for its sacredness, forms, shul and school, WWI utterly
distasteful
to them, and so they westveard, orthodoxy is an object of
in which the prayers are accompanied
by promiscuous conversation, could judged the ran as they judged the sneer and mockery. The teacher an-
not but become repulsive to the in- orthodox school, as they judged the nounces that the Torah is out of Mite.
ner feelings of reverence in our orthodox synagogue. What the youth The rabbi preaches what the latest
,y, or
boys and girls. If our young people rejected and still rejects is precisely textbook on sociology, psycholos,
refuse to go to synagogue, they do this non-orthodox aspect of the ortho- philosophy seems to consey to him.
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What is the Jewish home? It is, if house of disorder, empty of inspirit-
orthodox in it but precisely because
can bring the mes-
of such of its elements are non-ortho- truly orthodox, a place in which the tam- What, then
dox; its lack of Jewish training for spirit of God rests, in which bus- sage of our faith to our people here,
the child, its noise, its indecorum. band and wife, father and mother live when loyal Judaism is without organs
his woes, his teals and his joys. !becoming bar mitzvah, is typical of
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after the sweatshop hours, that phys- home and I see my children true to
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like second means of conveying the our youth in this country had seen
such Jewish houses and had delib-
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indeed have every reason for despond-
The school is the place in which ing. But with very few exceptions
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, Judaism is given to our youth. There they have never seen a truly Ortho-
they are made to appreciate the past dox Jewish home. What they call
achievement and to prepare for the orthodox means a household in which
future work of our people. The his- an overworked father and a slaving
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fervor and devotion with which they
view their own emergencies. We
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Orthodox Jewish school in our coun-
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ful place in which efficient, intelli-
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manner attractive and instructive to
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their pupils.
What actually did happen?
If you buy a suit for your boy,
you will be exceedingly careful to
choose only the best material, tailored
by an expert, provided with every
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possible convenience; and if you have
the slightest doubt as to its value
or beauty, you will repair again and
again to the shop so as to satisfy
yourself that you have done your
duty by your child. If you engage in
i some business enterprise, you will
I weigh every item of information care-
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over every aspect of the proposition;
' and you will feel justified in embark-
ing on the enterprise only if you find
I that you could not have improved
in any way upon the means of reach-
, ing your object.
have we acted with the same care
' and foresight where the future of our
race was concerned, in the matter of
the Hebrew School? What do your
young men and women recall when
Hebrew School is mentioned? Things
have improved of late, but even now
the great majority of orthodox
schools are housed in cellars or base-
ments with a minimum of light and
fresh air. They are dusty, malodo-
rous, and utterly unattractive. How
often have we found that the teach-
.
er's sole qualification for teaching our
Torah, for moulding the mind and
the character of our youth, lay in
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the fact that he was unfit for any
other occupation or profession? And
today, when we have succeeded in
, building a number of orthodox Tal-
mud Torahs, which in technical 'nat-
ters do come up to the standard of
public schools—is it not a fact that
another problem has arisen, even
1 0 graver than that of old?
We, who are i ■ charge of schools
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the average teacher of Ilebrew, to
whom we are entrusting our child,
does not practice what he preaches,
does not believe what he teaches
How many orthodox Talmud Torah '
!have we today whose principals and
FF presidents know that those who are
to instruct the pupils, not only ho
to speak Hebrew but how to thin
in Hebrew, how to live Hebrew live
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Our youth here drift away not be- a lift steeped in idealism tempere.1 If self-expression?
Our enemies exult, "Naflah to tosif
cause the message of the synagogue by common sense. A miniature Banc-
tuary. Wherever true Judaism pre- koom bethulath yisrael; 'Gone beyond
is distasteful to them, but because
they have never received it. We know rails in a Jewish home, there the chit- redemption is loyal Judaism.' Hence,
that many of our people under the dren feel that the father's greatest we can unashentedly preach conve-
hope is for the Jewishness of his mence instead of conviction, for the
Czarist regime had no opportunity
child, that the mother's fondest voice of conscience is dead. We can
for self-expression, that the street
dreams is the Jewishness of her teach conipromise instead of manli-
and the public places, by the tyranny
of a bigoted bureaucracy, were so daughter; that loyalty to the law ne", because there is neat to defend
Torah."
cribbed and confined as to frustrate df Cod, to the ideals of our people, the In
our own camp there is much
a free vent to individual or collec- is considered more 'valuable than desolation and more despair.
tive feeling; that the synagogue, money or social recognition.
"Watchman, \V hat of the Night?"—
I shall never forget what an ortho-
therefore, naturally did become the
place in which the Jew discussed and don Jew in Germany said to me a The Jewish Forum.
few years ago whilst his country was
lived over his experiences.
THE REASON
' We understand that such a hen- passing through an unprecedented
Some people need a rest-cure be-
' tage cannot be easily overcome. It financial crisis, which made all Ger-
cause they have had too little to do.
is the ballast which even a free Ken- man hoard as much as possible of
human nature as well as nature re-
oration cannot throw overboar
portable and what was called good
sents a vacuum. Some other people
without much ado. But whatever the coin" (wertbestaendiges Geld). This
discover that they need a change only
cause of synagogue noise may be, man, accustomed from early youth
because they have too much change.
its effects unfortunately have proved to honest labor, which had brought
very damaging to the interests of him affluence, said, "Rabbi, my neigh- —Alexander Lyons.
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