December 4, 1942 DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and The Legal Chronicle RELIGION (Continued from Page 1) elk, and the Protestant religions and their leaders. Without venturing into theo- logy, I believe we can all recog- nize the guiding hand of Provi- dence even in the appalling events of our time. The slow decay which threatened our civilization, like that of prosperous nations of other times, has given way to Sincere Chanukah Greetings! Brown Tire 114 Appliance Distributing Co. Radios, Refrigerators, Stoves, Electrical Appliances, Etc. 16006 Woodward at Ferris HIGHLAND PARK new vigor. Our enemies mocked our love of ease and comfort, which they thought would make us easy prey. They spoke of de- cadent democracy, of our inner discord, and our consequent weak- ness. But America has astonish- ed them, as indeed it has aston- ished itself. If the days of Valley Forge have returned, so has its spirit. No sacrifice seems too great, no hardship too severe, for us to encounter and to overcome. in defense of our country and our freedom. This determination to resist ty- ranny, reminiscent of Lexington and Concord, has been accompani- ed by an even more profound spiritual change. Faced with a common enemy, we are being drawn together not merely as fel- low-citizens of the nation, but also as fellow-men, defending uni- versal ideals. The hatred and dis- sensions which were growing in our midst, setting section against section, class against class, race against race, and even creed against creed, are giving way to a new type of cooperation. We now realize that human freedom Chanukah Greetings UPON THIS OCCASION IN THE LIVES OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE WE EXTEND BEST WISHES FOR A HOLIDAY RE- PLETE WITH PEACE, HAPPINESS AND CONTENTMENT CHIC DRESS SHOP 9035 TWELFTH STREET — and — JANET'S SHOPPE 9021 TWELFTH STREET Near Clairmount TYler 6-7161 Sincere Chanukah Greetings and Be - ;f Wishes for a Joyous Holiday Rabbi Adler To Preach At Shaarey Zedek Services on Dec. 11 At the Late Friday Evenine. Service of Dec. 11, Rabbi Morris Adler will preach on "Crucial Places of the World — Russia" Cantor Jacob II. Sonenklar, as- sisted by a choir of male voices, will officiate. All are welcome to attend. is indivisible; and that the dig- nity of all is dependent on the reservation of the dignity of every individual. In this way America is becom- ing . an instrument to raise the spiritual standards of mankind. The cooperation among men of different faiths, which is one of America's greatest contributions to human fellowship, may become a world standard of behavior. The realization that our duty to respect our neighbor transcends all boundaries of geography, language, race or creed — must inevitably become universal. Thus,' through one of those miracles which we take for granted be- cause we are their witnesses, our natural response to unprecedent- ed peril is becoming the means for the advancement of the hu- man race. For many years I have been thinking about the intimate re- lation between the western re- ligious traditions and democratic ideals, and of the meaning of democracy for civilization. In the following ten paragraphs I have tried to summarize my thoughts as a layman on the subject: 1. Democracy as a political system is an effective expression of the moral and religious princi- ple that all men are alike the children and creatures of the liv- ing God; and that an infringe- ment of the fundamental rights or duties of men is a violation of the law of God. 2. The preservation of demo- cracy as a political institution re- quires of each of us, as individ- uals, loyalty and devotion to this underlying principle, and the re- jection of any action or doctrine which seeks to derogate from the respect or dignity due the human personality: 3. We give aid and comfort to the enemies of democracy when we fail to recognize and appreciate America's great contribution to civilization and human thinking in the establishment of its federal system, under which forty-eight sovereign states, differing from one another in economic interest and world outlook, work together as a national unit. 4. We give aid and comfort to the enemies of democracy when he harbor or spread unjust sus- picion against our neighbors, founded on differences in religion, in color, in social standing, or ethnic origin. 5. We give aid and comfort to the enemies of democracy when we try to justify or rationalize our unfounded prejudices against our fellow-citizens or fellowmen, instead of outgrowing such pre- judices. 6. We give aid and comfort to the enemies of democracy when we depart from an ethical world view of human problems, and permit cruelty and injustice on the part of others to evoke wan ton cruelty and injustice on our part. 7. We give aid and comfort to the enemies of democracy when II we either as individuals or as organized groups we prevent our fellow-citizens of different back- ground from enjoying the rights of Americans to labor, to equal economic opportunity in every field, to decent living conditions, to adequate provision for the field, to decent living conditions, moral and spiritual development of their children, and to free as- sociation with their fellowmen as equals under the law, and as equals in the sight of God. 8. We give aid and comfort to the enemies of democracy when we place desire for ease and lux- ury, for power, for fame, or for other material gains, above our duty to contribute to the attain- ment of man's spiritual ideals, to serve the republic and to help our fellowmen. 9. We give aid and comfort to the enemies of democracy when we encourage anti-religious or pagan teachings which undermine the foundations of democracy. 10. We give aid and comfort to the enemies of democracy when we encourage or misun- derstanding among the members of the different faiths who must cooperate if civilization is to be preserved. As I think of the history of this Jewish Theological Seminary of America, of the activity of its distinguished teachers, especially Solomon Schechter and Cyrus Ad- ler, of the work of its Rabbini- cal School, its Teachers Institute, and its other departments, of its publications, and especially of the newly established Institute for Re- ligious Studies, conducted at this Seminary, in cooperation with Catholic, Jewish and Protestant scholars, it seems to me that these ideas I have tried to formulate have been among its guiding prin- ciples. Its faculty and its alumni have always remembered that this is the Jewish Theological Semin- ary of America; and have given the principles of American de- mocracy a high place in their writings and in their teachings. There are no more loyal or de- voted adherents of the faith of their fathers than the teachers and alumni of this Seminary; and there are no men more deeply im- bued with love of America or her traditions. The importance of this institution and its teachings is thus at once immediate, and also timeless. It seeks to help us, and all Americans, understand more clearly the principles of demo- cracy for which we are sinking our lives and our fortunes; and it turns our hearts to God, as the source from Whom comes all that is precious and noble in human life and thought, Sincere Chanukah Greetings! STANDARD STANCHION MFG. CO . 8053 MILITARY AVE. TYler 5-5758 CHANUKAH GREETINGS • SHECTER FURNITURE CO. 8928 TWELFTH ST. TR. 2-3636 Between Taylor and Hazelwood A JOYOUS CHANUKAII TO ALL FOOD OPEN 5:30 A. M. to 9 P. M. • PIES LIKE MOTHER USED TO MAKE Fresh from Our Own Ovens Daily 616 WOODWARD, north of Congress. 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