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views are not only ethically un- th e soil of the land; the mind is
sound; they falsify the course universal.
of Jewish history. Whether these
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views emanate from Israel
or HAS VITAL ROLE
America they must be vigorously
TO MAINTAIN its universal
repudiated. Their acceptance
would be spiritually damaging outlook, the spirit of Israel must
to American Jewry but even be by contact and communion
more disastrous to the evolving with the lands of the Golah.
Viewed from this light, American
nation in Israel.
Israel cannot live and thrive Jewry has a vital role to play in
spiritually in isolation. Its future the future.
By DR. ABRAHAM A. NEUMAN
WHAT IS THE impact of Israel on American Jewry? What is the
new and novel character which American Jewry will assume
spiritually and culturally by reason of the fact that in the ancient
Jewish homeland there was re-; ----- --
born a free, soveregn Jewish nessing the beginnings of a spiri-
State, the republic of Israel?
destiny, like its past, is unique. American Jewry is reared in
tual awakening.
Israel will make its peace with the democratic faith. It is the heir
For the present, the energies of
How else sail we account for
its neighbors.
of universal JudaismEvery meg-
American Jews in relation to the miraculous re-birth of the
Hebraism and Ar abism will ment of! world Jewry is repre-
Israel are directed toward one Hebrew language; the founding
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cross-fertilize each other, as they scored in our population.
end; to help the infant State of numerous cultural institutions
establish itself firmly, securely, with the Hebrew Univ e rsity as'
did in the past, to mutual ad-
American
Judaism
further-
RABBI
NEUMAN
so that it may hold an honorable the peak; the awakening of the
! vantage and to the great gain of more, combines the heritage of
, I the world's civilization, But Israel : Hellenism and the traditions of
place among the family of na- Hebrew muse in poetry, song and
Lions, and to fulfill the prophetic dance; the prophetic zeal for , srael or will it be spurred on cannot remain a mere enclave Rabbinism. Under the Hebraic
promise of gathering in the Jew- social justice manifested in its o greater heights of culture, among Middle East countries. Its : stimulus of the new Israel, we
spirit is universal.
ish remnant, the exiles from organic structure; the religion of e reativity.
! can, if we will it, build a great
Will it lean passively on Israel:
lands that acknowledge neither Judaism emerging from the shell
Modern Israel must maintain . reservoir of faith and cultural
pity nor justice to the Jew. of ritual and ceremonialism and ° ✓ will it respond energetically : its ancient heritage of reciprocal ! unpa•elleled in the history of our
The help is economic and phil- overflowing into the life of the r o the spiritual radiation of Israel relation with the outer world, ;
eborn?
! if it is to fulfill the embodiment ,
anthropic. It will be conceded by people,
alt right-thinking people that the !
All signs point toward the pro- f( These questions affect pro- of its hopes and dreams. Great
tundly the future planning of as is the need for the vitalizing
sacrifices which American Jews ph•tie denoument of Jewish his-
GREETINe1S
Jewish activities in this country. , spirit of Israel, It is equally im-
have made in recent years %ad- tory when the Torah shall go There are those who are ready portant for Israel to draw nom-
untarily, have no parallel in the forth from Zion and the word to write off American Judaism . ishment from the spiritual re-
history of human philanthropy. of God from Jerusalem,
as an essential element in the resources of America.
I cannot help feeling that all I Israel will become the foun- totality of world Judaism. In
WARREN
DIAGNOSTIC
HOSPITAL .
Americans are in a measure en- , tainhead of Jewish inspiration
Jewish culture has also been
nobled by this sacrificial out- . the world over. It will be the their eyes, the future of our faith enriched by outside influences.
pouring of wealth and spirit.
',creative source of living Judaism. `and culture is bound up wholly Palestine yielded mysticism; the
in the life of the pioneers and Di as pora,
rationalism.
I Its influence culturally and spiri- settlers in Israel.
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Jewish
tually
will
be
felt
philosophy. its ethical systems.
lt
dynamically
Mrs. Charles F. Kuhn
NOT DUAL
Only.
• in every phase of Jewish life
in the vivid atmosphere even the codification of the Law
THE PHILANTHROPIC phase
of a free independent Israel can of Judaism are roducts
of mutt-
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will soon give way to a period and thought. Front every part the Jewish genius be re-awake-
the world where Jewish coin-
tries other than Palestine.
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of intensive 'economic and tech- ! i of
munities live in freedom, men ned. Jewish civilization is to them
The soul of Judaism stems front
nological rehabilitation. This
synonymous with life in the
will turn to Zion for light and
phase, too, will pass, and the time ! . npiration.
JeWish State.
will soon come--if it is not al- : 1
Every other manifestation of
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ready at hand—when American
Jewish life abroad is a diluted
WHENCE
AMERICA?
Jewry will become subtly aware ,
phenomenon. It is a compromise
IN THIS NEW spiritual configu-
of a compelling need to define
with the true Hebrew spirit. It
its own inner spiritual relation ration what will be the role of is therefore secondary, 'transi-
; American Judaism? What will tory and will fade away.
to Israel.
be its relation to the religious,
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Needless to say, I am not ;
cultura
Will VIEWS UNSOUND
thinking in political tel
The
American Jewry recognize and
question I raise is
I MOST VIGOROUSLY dis-
not the arti- accept the spiritual authority of
sent from this viewpoint. These
ficially manufactured synthetic
issue of dual loyalty. There is no the new center in Zion?
Is if conceivable that a San
equivocation on the part of hedrin may be set dp in Jeru-
American Jewry as to where its ,
salon that shall exercise binding
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political allegiance lies. American ; of Amerida?
of religious authority over the Jews
citizens of whatever faith or ;
ethnic group can have but one
The answer is, of course,
political loyalty. No group
f
clearly no. There is no room for
American citizenry is more lo y-
an authoritarian body in modern
ally patriotic in war and in peace
, Judaism. Israel may offer guid-
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than the Jews of America.
ante. direction, inspiration. It
But for all of us there is also cannot and will not command.
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These are the strands of which
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this complex bond of many
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The Jewish communities of the
world were thus united not by
a Sanhedrin. not by any human
agency but by fate and faith.
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