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December 3, 1937
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was based upon the contention
that the latter are the People of
the Book, an unrealistic method in
a world which was growing in-
creasingly secularist. They did not
appear to discern that since the
causes of anti-Semitism are chiefly
sociological the solution must
therefore be achieved, in a large
measure, through sociological
means,
Inter•Faith Seminar
An awakening occurred very
shortly. The second stage of the
movement was reached when it
became plain that in order to
eliminate group prejudice it was
necessary to establish the factors
which caused it, This resulted in
the introduction of that explora-
tory instrument, the inter-faith
Seminar. The Seminar started a
new process in human relations—
the process of probing, of asking
why various cultural and religious
groups are unpopular. It brought
Protestant, Catholic and Jewish
leaders into consultation for the
first time in American history. Its
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advent was widely hailed by lead-
ers of all three groups as the be-
ginning of a new era in inter-
group relationships in this coun-
try, as rightly it was.
But the dominating ethos of
those early seminars was still
purely religious and also essen-
tially subjective. The Seminars
were concerned in large degree
with the beliefs and practices of
the religious groups, on the theory
that ignorance and misunderstand-
ing of these beliefs and practices
were principal prejudice-making
factors, Outside of this, the meet-
ings devoted much time to cata-
loguing the faults of Jews, Catho-
lics, and Protestants. An earnest
effort was made to establish the
causes of racial and religious
prejudice but the Seminars invari-
ably were concerned with the
periphery of the problem. The
analysis was not superficial but
it was far from complete. So far
as the Jews particularly were con-
cerned they failed to go down to
the root causes of prejudice, The
subjectiveness of the discussions
obscured important external fac-
tors over which the Jewa had no
control.
Trial and Error
CHANUKAH GREETINGS TO ALL
UPON THIS FESTIVE OCCASION IN THE LIVES OF THE
, JEWISH PEOPLE, WE ARE HAPPY TO EXTEND TO
THEM OUR SINCERE WISHES FOR A HAPPY
AND JOYOUS CHANUKAH
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But the value of the early semi-
nars at Columbia, Harvard, Wel-
lesley, California and other places
should not be underestimated.
They served the very useful pur-
pose of clarifying the position of
the Protestant, Catholic and eJw-
ish groups to each other and of
establishing in a tentative way the
possibilities and limitations of in-
ter-faith cooperation. Moreover,
they were instrumental in laying
the groundwork for a realistic ap-
proach to the prejudice problem.
The initial sentimentalism gradu-
ally disappeared as groups of lead-
ers explored the problems involved.
An underlying philosophy or set
of rules for the conduct of inter-
faith affairs emerged from these
conferences as the thought of re-
ligious leaders on thd subject ma-
tured. These set forth certain basic
conclusions respecting the inter-
religious relationships of the three
cultures which have been accepted
as the constitution and by-laws of
the goodwill movement ever since.
Out of these seminars also came
the recommendations for a host of
activities — an educational pro-
gram in the schools and colleges,
work with clergymen and churches,
research in religious education
materials, a program for women's
organizations, pilgrimages of Min-
isters, priests and rabbis, the oper-
ation of an interfaith news serv-
ice, and so on.
It may be briefly stated that
the goodwill movement did not get
into stride until five years after
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which describes the heroic epoch of the Jewish people
in their fight for freedom in ancient times, we take this
opportunity to extend our greetings to the Jewish
community of Detroit, which plays an important part
in Detroit's communal life and helps in every way to
further the best interest of Detroit's public, social and
business undertakings.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, we wish to
express most heartily our thanks for the friendship '
existing between the Jewish people and this great
business institution. We earnestly hope that the same
friendship and confidence now existing between us will
continue in the years to come.
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its inception. This was as much
the result of outer compulsion as
it was of trial and error. The first
years of the movement were devot-
ed to a consideration of the sub-
jective factors in the prejudice
problem and to questions arising
out of the relationship of Chris-
tians and Jews to each other as
religious groups. The religious is-
sues were pretty much thrashed
out by the seminar process and the
responsibility of Catholics and
Jews for the origin of certain
types of prejudice was established
and conceded.
But with the advent of Hitler
to power in 1933 there entered a
new factor of overwhelming im-
portance — the secular and the
external — which completely
dwarfed the religious interests
which had previously been para-
mount in the movement. The suc-
cess of the Nazi party had the ef-
fect of revolutionizing traditional
conceptions of dealing with the
Jewish problem. For the first time
in history anti-Semitism was es-
poused by a government as official
policy Moreover, a world-wide
comfit Ign was launched under the
auspices of Berlin aiming at the
dispossession of Jews in each
country regardless of 'existing
minority treaties, constitutional
guarantees or other legal safe-
guards. The advocacy of state an-
ti-Semitism of the Nazi brand by
anti-Jewish g r o u p,s generally
made it necessary to view the wel-
fare of the Jew as being inextri-
cably bound up with systems of
government where heretofore it
had been considered possible to
safeguard the Jewish position, ei-
ther by legal or moral sanctions,
within the framework of diverse
political systems.
The first secular factor, there-
fore, was the introduction of the
Jewish question into the realm of
the political. Since world-wide an-
ti-Semitism established itself as
fascist in philosophy the conclu-
sion was reached that there could
be no hope for respect of the
rights and freedom of Jews in
fascist states. At least, the fascist
state was a potential enemy of the
Jews, even the non-anti-Semitic
state, For coincidentally with the
rise of Nazism, Italian fascism re-
vealed itself as closely akin to Hit-
lerism in its militaristic aspira-
tions, its strident nationalism, and
its suppression of liberty. So that
there was here a conflict of ideals
which would cause the Jews to be
inevitably at odds with the gov-
ernment. Unless Jews stifled their
religious impulses they would be
moved to protest the policies of
the state. Fascism became an ad-
versary of the Jew either in fact
or in ideas.
Another secular f a c t o r was
thrown onto the lap of leaders of
the goodwill movement with the
identification of anti-Semitism and
economic reaction and the utiliza-
tion of economic distress to turn
masses against Jews. Such was
the case with the Nazi movement.
The appeal of Nazi anti-Semitism
was intrinsically economic. The
program was dressed up in na-
tionalist and ethnic trimmings to
give it special appeal to the mas-
ses in the Reich. Hitler had a
wide field of economic unrest to
capitalize upon. The masses were
aroused against a "Jewish Capital-
ism," while the wide distress was
sold to the captains of industry
who were willing to pay heavily
for the promise to keep the work-
ers in their place. The alliance of
anti-Semitism and economic reac-
tion was found in all countries
where anti-Jewish feeling was
fomented.
The solution of the Jewish
problem was thus inseparably tied
to the solution of the economic
problem. It was recognized that as
long as economic injustice makes
men grasp at illusive panaceas
and search for convenient scape-
goats the Jewish position will be
insecure and that as long as na-
tions starve for raw materials and
larger territory governments will
be disposed to carry on external
wars and, internal combats with
groups of the population. The
causes of the economic unrest
which produces fascism and anti-
Semitism must be removed before
any lasting solution of the Jewish
question can be achieved.
A third factor entered the situ-
ation as the Jewish question be-
came linked with the attack upon
freedom which was a concomitant
of the rise of fascism and Nazism,
and with the emergence of a war-
like spirit among the fascist dic-
tators. These developments lifted
the Jewish problem out of the re-
alm of the peculiar and the iso- ,
lated, Prior to 1933 it was possible
to conceive of the solution of the
Jewish problem as something at-
tainable without relevance to the
solution of other problems. The
Jewish question was in a class by
itself as a problem of injustice.
Jewish leaders and humanitarians
at large could make specific ap-
peals to nations mistreating Jews
Sr to the conscience of mankind on
the strength that the Jewish ques-
tion was the leading social prob-
lem of the day. But the danger of
war precipitated by Germany's re-
armament program and the im-
perialistic policy of Italy and
Japan overshadowed the Jewish
question in world importance. With
threats of a universal conflagra-
tion the maintenance of peace be-
came the foremost world problem.
In addition to this, it was evident
that the maintenance of peace had'
an important bearing upon the
situation of the Jews since the lat-
ter have historically been the
scapegoat of warrior nations. The
identity of anti-Semitism with war
cannot be obscured. It follows,
therefore, that in the present situ-
ation there can be no hope for an
amelioration of the plight of the
Jew until all threat of war is
past. The achievement of peace
between the nations is an essen-
tial condition to the achievement
of peace between the cultural and
religious groups within each na-
tion.
In regard to the attack upon
freedom, the Jewish question has
become merely one problem of per-
secution among many since reli-
gionists and workers. as well as
pacifists and democrats, have been
victimized. The ouslaught against
Jews is a single aspect of the de-
struction of freedom, albeit the
moat cruel in its consequences.
The growth of the totalitarian
idea has made clear the relation-
ship between freedom and the safe-
ty of Jews. Restrictions placed
upon the liberty of any group are
a danger to the free functioning
of all groups other than those
existing for the express purpose of
upholding the principles of the
political or economic coterie in
power.
In other words, anti-Semitism
has become a single aspect of a
larger problem—the world prob-
lem, and cannot be separated from
the wider aspects of this problem.
Its solution is bound up with peace,
freedom and economic justice.
There are some considerable ad-
vantages to this position. The sym-
piosis of war, fascism, economic
injustice and anti-Semitism has
resulted in an alliance among!
Democrats, religionists, workers,
peace lovers and Jews in a war
which has been developing on a
universal scale between justice and
injustice. As the number of his
enemies increases the Jew discovers
himself with many new friends
who are ready to fight his battle
out of the realization that they
are thereby fighting their own
battle.
(Copyright, 1137, R A.
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