I. 19 42 Detroit Jewish Chronicle d hiss SECTION TWO day pro. the VOL. 44, NO. 49 and The Legal Chronicle 10e Single Copy; $3.00 Per Year DETROIT. MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1942 RELIGION AND THE DEMOCRATIC IDEAL was tom \I ix man acts ;Isul to is igh- to translate them into practical norms of conduct, and into in- Editor's Note: The following Is the text stitutional forms, which are the of Governor Lelitnan's address at the foundations of our democracy. recent conference of the Jewish The- ological Seminary of America. It Is The ideas which guided Thomas a ringing call to men of all faiths to Jefferson in writing the Declara- unite for the defense of the demo- , !aft . traditions. tion of Independence can be trac- ed back through the heritage of The first task of our generation the Puritan evangelist, the Catho- is destruction of the military lic philosopher, the Mohammedan menace. So long as the threat sage and the Jewish rabbi to the of pagan domination, hostile to fountainhead of all western reli. all forms of religion, of demo- gion—the sacred Scriptures. The cracy, and of truth, hangs over 41 history of the past two decades 4, us, little can be achieved toward has shown that the religious tra- realization of the prophetic 40040 ditions are not merely the chan- ideals of human brotherhood. It nels through which democratic , r w. is useless to brood over what 70, ideas have come to us, but in the « might have been. Stark reality last analysis, the means by which a « • before us is the fact that Ger- these ideas must be preserved many, Italy, and Japan are unit- and exanded. ed in an effort to put mankind The enemies of democracy are in physical and spiritual bond- only too well aware of the inti- age. We must resist that effort mate relation of the religious tra- with all the energies and re- ditions of the western world and sources at our command. democratic ideals; and in their efforts to destroy democracy, the But even while we are engaged totalitarians have begun with an in that vital task, we must also attack on the institutions of re- look ahead to the post-war world. ligion. Following the ancient prin- This must be built on founda- ciples of pagan Rome -to "divide tions secure against the spiritual and rule," they have sought to stir upheavals which have caused the conflict among men of different present menace to civilization. The first prerequisite for the faiths Its preliminary to an attack on all the faiths. The strategy of establishment of such founda- "one by one" applies not only to tions is the spiritual development political units, but also in the of our generation. We can no spiritual domain. Hence Judaism longer afford to indulge in adol- was the first among the faiths to escent dreams of endless power, become the victim of totalitarian without responsibility, of indiv- aggression; but the Roman Cath- idual comfort, without equivalent olic and the Protestant religion sacrifice. We must never again soon followed. The Nazi radio delude ourselves into taking for still quotes the Koran in its ap- granted the liberties which we stowed on all as the children and peals for support from the Mos- have, forgetting that they must the good life. As the Prophet this, That he understandeth, the servants of the living God, lem world; but we may be sure be won all over again in each and knoweth Me, That I am Jeremiah put it: that if ever men of Islam find would become impossible. age, through patient sacrifice and the Lord who exercise mercy, "Let not the wise man glory Our democratic traditions are themselves subject to totalitarian effort. In other words, we must Justice, and righteousness, in go back to the teachings of in his wisdom, Neither let the the offspring of the great religi- rule, their religion will be perse- the earth; For in these things Scripture, according to which the ous teachings of past generations. cuted and its leaders imprisoned mighty man glory in his I delight, Saith the Lord." full realization of man's person- Jew, Catholic, Protestant, and and murdered, as ruthlessly as might, Let not the rich man have been the Jewish, the Cath- ality is achieved not by the ex- The history of our time of- Moslem as well—labored to clar- glory in his riches; But let ercise of power, material success See RELIGION—Page 11 fers another demonstration of the ify the words of the Scripture, him that glorieth glory in fame or distinction, but through truth that prophetic idealism is the highest form of statesman- ship, that ultimately injustice be- gets injustice, and that those who sow the wind will ultimately reap the whirlwind. No peace can endure, unless we can bring to the world at large a realization of this truth and a determination to act upon it. The only conceivable alternative might be a peace established and main- tained through overwhelming force. But experience has shown repeatedly that in the long run Upon This Occasion We Take This force must weary, slacken, and stimulate attempts to overthrow it. The task which develops. upon Opportunity to Extend Our Best us is therefore threefold: first, to defeat the men of arrogance Wishes to the Enitre Jewish who are today struggling with military might to enslave the world; second, so to convince our- Community for a Joyous selves of the value of the moral and spiritual truths that they Holiday! will become guides to our conduct in private and public life; and third, through precept and ex- ample to win the world to a rec- ognition of the moral principles involved in these teachings. 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