all their ancient force in the
colonies, The inestimable privil-
ege of worshipping God in ac-
cord with their own conscience
was denied to the first settlers
of New England in the mother
country, and they came to the ;
By OSCAR S. STRAUS
wilds of America to enjoy that
An AJP Tercentenary Feature
boon. The bible was to them
Oscar S. Straus (1850-1926), who served as Minister Pleni- not only their guide in religion,
potentiary to Turkey under Presidents Grover Cleveland and Wil- but their text-book in politics.
liam McKinley, and was Secretary of Commerce and Labor in i

The Hebrew Commonwealth and the
Government of the United States

President Theodore Roosevelt's cabinet. wrote a
... small but vitally
important book on "The Origin of Republi-
can Form of Government." Out of print
and now difficult to get, it was first pub-
bieOr-
,..d by G. P. Putnam's Sons of New York ..
in 1885. In honor of the American Jewish
Tercentenary, the publishers have given
AJP the rights to republish the most im
portant parts of the book. These reveal
that the Founding Fathers received their.
inspiration in the founding of the Ameri-
can Republic from precedents of govern-
ment by and for the people as established
Oscar S. Straus
ages ago by the ancient Hebrews under
Moses, Joshua and the Judges.
In his brilliant essays, Mr. Straus makes it clear that the Re-
public established by Moses constituted a perfect pattern for the
form of government instituted by the Continental Congress. He
reveals that the Republic of Moses had its (1) Chief Executive
in the Judge or Shophet; (2) an elected Senate of seventy elders,
usually referred to as the Sanhedrin, and (3) an Assembly or
"Congregation" as distinct from "all Israel." The democratic spirit
of the Mosaic Republic, he shows, is borne out by the fact that
the people themselves "selected" or "appointed" their leaders.
The Levites, however, were separated from the other tribes, thus
keeping the priesthood apart from the State government. The
Jewish News is happy to present this series.

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Early Americans and
The Old Testament

New Year Greetings

From

FISHER
PROVISION CO

1515 DIVISION ST.

TE. 1-6887

Holiday Good Cheer

ANGELO'S
BAKED GOODS

The social, religious, and polit-
ical upheavals that kept the
governments of England and the
Continent in constant change
and commotion, had as yet little
effect in the colonies. The people
here were busy with their own
affairs, and England having not
as yet laid her rapacious hands
upon them, they prospered all
the more by reason of this neg-
lect. Beliefs that had lost much
of their vigor in Europe retained

New Year Greetings

Rye and Pumpernickel
Speciolties

AVALON
RESTAURANT

3806 HUMPHREY

133H LINWOOD AVE.

WE. 3-8773

lamts•a .

Holiday Greetings

CENTURY
PRODUCTS CO.

14324 BIRWOOD

- TO 9-1170

Greetings on the New Year

CASPAR CLEANERS

"We

Operate Our Own Plant"

Morris Kitay, Pres.

19535 W. WARREN AVE.

Cor. Auburn

TE. 4-5656

LU. 1-4488

MS44444445

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America—A New Canaan

Their first conception of the
form of an American union was
a Theocracy, the same form of
government in all its essential
characteristics, and expressly
modelled thereafter, as the chil-
dren of Israel set up over the
Twelve Tribes under their great
lawgiver Moses.
An examination of the two
systems discloses a similarity
not only in name, but in princi- 1
ples. The Puritans, especially
the New England Puritans,'
evinced a greater preference
for the Old Testament than per-1
haps they themselves were
aware of. The persecutions they
had suffered in the mother
country instead of subduing or
disbanding them, had trans-
formed them from what at first
was a sect into a united faction.

Mosaic Code the Guide

The Mosaic laws were framed
under divine sanction to accom-
plish a similar end. To these
laws they turned as a guide, not
taking into account that more
than 30 centuries had rolled by.
They did not seem to under- 1
stand that however severe the
Mosaic code was, it was mild
in comparison with the laws
that preceded it, and that the
social relations of mankind had
undergone a change during the
many centuries.
The question suggests itself:
Why could not the social laws
and religious regulations of the
Hebrews be adopted by the peo-
ple of New England with the
same propriety, justice, and ap-
plicability as their form of gov-
ernment? The answer is plain.
The former were framed upon
the central idea of exclusive-
ness. The children of Israel
were, as they believed, God's
chosen people. Social and relig-
ious regulations were made with
this chief end in view, that they
might not by contact with sur-
rounding nations lapse into idol-
atry. On the other hand, their
form of government was con-
structed upon the laws of uni-
versal humanity, upon the broad
principles that all men are cre-
ated equal, that God alone is
king; which were as true when
the Declaration of Independence
was adopted as in the times of
Moses and Joshua, and as true
in New England as they were
in Canaan,

78—DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Friday, September 24, 1954

Mr , . and Mrs.
Alex Gordon
and Family

Best Wishes on

The New Year

To the Community

of 4003 GLENDALE

Wish Their Relatives
- And Friends
A Most Joyous New Year

Ed Manning

Season's Best Wishes

- Holiday Greetings

IRVING (SKIPPY)
FLANDERS

CHARLES FINKEL

and

and

GLORIA FLANDERS

LOU IS WOOLMAN

2715 ROCHESTER

Holiday Good -Cheer

New Year Greetings to
Our Friends and Patrons

JAMES D. BATY

Ruth H. Fisher
& I. Fisher
Insurance Agency

Insurance

"Complete Insurance Service"
Life - Fire - Health - Accident
Auto - Surety - Bonds

18090 ROSELAWN AVE.

20318 Grand River, Detroit

UN. 4-2980

KEnwood 1-7432

New Year's Greetings

Mr. and Mrs.
Joseph Frenkel
and Family

ACME TENT
& AWNING CO.

of 19381 Strathcona Dr.

Awning & Canvas Products
Estimates Cheerfully Given

Wish Their Relatives
and Friends a
Very Happy New Year

18320 JOHN R

TO. 9-6000

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Holiday Best Wishes

Holiday Greetings

ACKERMAN'S
BOWLING BALL

Art's Hardware
& Sporting Goods

SALES & SERVICE
Brunswick Equipment
New Balls Expertly Fitted
By Cass Grygier
No Waiting - Bags - Shoes - Shirts
Balls Plugged & Rebored in 24 Hrs.
Service - 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sundays

17377

Livernois

9141 JOS. CAMPAU

TR. 4-2024

UN. 4-7939

I

New Year Best Wishes

Greetings on New Year's

E. J. MADSEN

Automatic Stoker
Service Co.

INDUSTRIAL
SIGN PAINTING

623 EAST EVELYN

Hazel Park

1930 McKINSTRY

JO. 4-6390

TA. 5-4066

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Holiday Good Wishes

Holiday Good Cheer

ROMEY'S
STANDARD SERVICE

Guaranteed Sales

Ti res—Batteries—Accessories
Car Washing—Lubrication
Towing Service

3640 BUCHANAN
TY. 4-9386
TY. 8-9410

& Service

Holiday Good Cheer

SAN JUAN
Super Market

Gasoline Station Equipment
Sales — Service — Installation

Groceries - Produce

10160 W. CHICAGO

7624 W. McNICHOLS

WE. 3-6514

UN. 2-9742

Best Wishes to Our
• Friends and Customers
For a Happy New Year

JOHN A. BROWN

All Kinds of Sheet Metal Work
Commercial and Residential
Tin Work — Eavestroughs
Conductor Pipes

Martin Bodansky, Prop.

3168 FENKELL

UN. 2-6514

New Year Greetings to
Our Friends and Patrons

Franks Paint
and Wallpaper

10900 WEST JEFFERSON
River Rouge, Mich. -

VI. 2-2346

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Holiday Greetings

BOSTON TILE &
TERRAZO CO.

H. Mularoni

New and Repair Work

Office and Show Rooms

1414111MMIIM

Sincere Holiday Wishes

- New Year's Greetings

GREEN BAG
SUPER MARKET

W. H. BELTER

Complete Tire and Battery
Service - Accessories

"The Lox King"
— We Deliver —
TY. 4-7170

Holiday Good Cheer

SEAVOY'S
H \RDWARE

Paints - Glass - Tools

17312 W. 7 MILE RD.

Season's Best Wishes

Acme Electric
Control Co., Inc.

17579 DEQUINDRE

23740 GRAND RIVER

1931 EAST JEFFERSON

Near Telegraph
KEnwood 1-1530

LO. 8-9749

Next to the Bagel Factory

KEnwood 2.-1513

Holiday Greetings

MARGOLIS &
REZNICK

Holiday Greetings

Wish Their Many Friends
Arid Customers a
Happy New Year .

FOX METAL
PRODUCTS CO.

Friendship Plaster
Supplies Co., Inc.

Margolis and Rolnick
Kosher Meat & Poultry Mkt.

12441 STRATH MOOR

14395 SCHAEFER

BR. 3-1230

VE. 8-6000

90W LINWOOD AVE.

TW. 3-2042

,OMIMUIM

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RUG WORKS

Wait - to -; Wall Carpet Cleaning
Furniture Cleaning
Rugs Picked Up and Delivered
35 Years Service
Free Estinrnates

B LILDOG FACTORY
SERVICE, Inc.

CRANES - CONVEYORS
MILLWRIGHT SERVICE

SAM SMALTZ, MGR.

Call TYler 9-7033

5435 Tirei -nan

:425

CAMPBELL SO.

2-5060,

1

1738 DEXTER Near TUXEDO

TO. 8-8118

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