The Jewish Herald (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 26, Ed. 1, Friday, March 26, 1909 Page: 4 of 8
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Entered as second class matter No-
vember 20 1908 at the postoffice at
Houston Texas under the Act of
March 3 1S79
SILENCE IS GOLDEN
The attention of all Jewish resi-
dents of Houston is called to the
fact that they have a medium
through which they may express
their views pro and con on most
any subject The press has it ii
their power to do good or evil as
has any individual only a little
more so in that they have a larger
circulation If the community is
at loggerheads it would be less
distressful if we alone knew it
much less making it a topic for
discussion among all classes Tf we
have no repect for ourselves how
can we expect our neighbors to
respect us There is too much
trash given publicity thesa days
Murders divorces etc are vile
enough for the perpetrators and
should not be heralded in the
homes by the press It does harm
to the reader and no good to the
parties concerned And even
when the meetings of the societies
turn out distasteful to the attend-
ants it would be distasteful to
those absent to have it inflicted
upon them and better to be left
unsaid even in our own medium
There is a great difference be-
tween fear to say a thing and
to be wise enough not to say it
HOW TO DISPOSE OP TJIE
BARON DE HIESOlt
FUND
As we allknpw eTatp Baron
De Hirsch left a large parjO > f his
possessions for the colonization
of Jews in various countries This
fund amounted to between 8Q
000000 and 100000000 It was
intrusted to a committee of prom-
inent Jews in differet countries
They are to care for it to organ-
ize societies for the colonization
of J6ws in countries where ever
they find it best Some people
think that the Baron acted un-
wise in entrusting such a large
movement to men without putting
upon them any stipulations or con-
ditions
We do not share the ideas and
opinions of those critics We be-
lieve that by doing as he did the
late Baron has displayed excel-
lent judgment and a great forsight
of the future The world is not
standing still and so the circum-
stances are not always the same
That which may be good and use-
ful today may be bad and useless
tomorrow
No human being is able to fore-
see or to foresay the circumstances
that time may produce neither
is anybody capable of telling the
possibilities the advance in his-
tory may bring about It is there-
fore best that humanity should
not make any stipulation when
they are alive as to how certain
things should be managed after
they pass away from this world
And when we take into considera-
tion the great deed of this noted
Jewish philanthropist many years
after his death it is hard to say
whether we should admire him
most for his good heart and noble
desires or for his sight into the
future which moved him to leave
the jurisdiction of this fund in
the hands of men who should be-
at liberty to do the work of col
onization according to the condi-
tions and circumstances of the
umeAt
At the time of the death of the
Baron de Hirsch the general de-
sire of the Jews was to settle any-
where wherever they were per
mitted to do so and to occupy
themselves with agricultural pur-
suits
The Natioal self consciousness
among the Jew was not so well
dissimulated as it is now The
Jewish ideal did not hear the
modern national character It is
true there were Zionists with their
ideas of the restoration of the
Jewish land but this did not ap-
peal to the late Baron because
he felt and justly so that Pales-
tine being a territory of an Asia-
tic despot could not give the Jew
a fatherland which he desired
IJowever circumstances have
changed Turkey is today a con-
stitutional government just as
many of the other European
countries are The Jews in Tur-
key of today can have much more
freedom and live more like human
beings than in Russia Roumania
or Galicia which arc the centers
of the Jewish Ghettos
Palestine is therefore today not
only a desirable place for pious
old Jews and young idealists but
it is also a good immigration cen-
ter for all JeAVs old or young
idealists and non idealists
Under all circumstances Pales-
tine is a more desirable immigra-
tion point than Argentine Brazil
and many more places where the
director of the Baron de Hirsch
fund have been sending Jews wn
applied to them for aid And
now in Palestine as in a good
many other places it is desired to
persuade the directors of the great
Boron de Hirsch fund to aid in the
colonization of Palestine
A society has been founded
schiloho return Israel to the
land of her aneestdrs with this
aim A very energetic and en-
thusiastic lady Madam Buchmil
wich one of the organizers of
this society came to America to
agitate this movement and Lo
arouse the public opinion that
the immense fund which Baron de
Hirsch left shall partly if not
allbe used for the cause of
schilho
As we read in the Jewish press
of New York a large mass meet in
took place at Coopers Union I or
this purpose Many smaller socie
ties were formed and a large ov
ganization is to be founded with
the same objects and aim We be-
lieve that this course will be sup-
ported not only by the Zionists
but by Territoriaiists who are
ready to go into any Territory
where the Jews will be able to or-
ganize politically as a nation We
believe every man will be in sym-
pathy with the aims and object of
Schilho even those who take
no active part in affairs Jewish
The fund is in existence a large
one too and was set aside for the
purpose of colonizing Jews to
create a Jewish culture a Jewish
industry And a place is also
here awaiting them Other places
where colonization of Jews were
tried have proven a failure and
the only place where success seems
certain and assured is now open
to the aim of the late Baron and
that place is Palestine It is the
most convenient and habitable
place It does not matter what
some may think about the Jewish
future At present Palestine is
imtt4imn
the only point for colonization
And as the directors of the Bar-
on de Hirsch fund are at liberty
to use this fund as they see lit
we believe that it would not be
very difficult Ihr Jewish pub-
lic opinion from aLl countries to
the new possibilities in Palestine
and the new duties of Jews who
have the success of Jewish coloniz-
ation in their hearts To whom as
dear the interests oi the downcast
and oppresses Jewish masses
ISCII ODESSA
THE ART OF HEALING
A tribute of gratitude to Dr J
Stewart and associate p u > ucians
by Mrs B Lurie
Oh healing daugiii r diii i
Neer witlulraKv thy power be-
nign
From these men who in Lluur
youth
Had but the aspiration
To become truly worthy of tho
Their soulsC hief administration l
Argumentto them thy pvtenc v
Shower on mankind
The benefits of their over increas-
ing efficiency
Spare them Ihy gentle miii foVP
For many years of grace
To add thee grateful eh V r trU
Receiving sight ol thy face
n
Modestly and quietly
Oftimes without recompense
For thoughtful skill vxuful
hours watchful care
They m insi or to the ill t
which our JL
And not to little ills ahne
But with defest skill and tomicrest
touch
They bind the bruise uul mm the
bone and close the cut
Which dreadful accident has given
as the share of man
Till standing awe striu k i I
children frail
The mock of shock and storm
The toy of passing
With attributes divine
MX
So healing daughter clivinv
Eer increase the pQvw
Possessed of these men
Who hourly
man
Physical pei
For Job
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Goldberg, E. The Jewish Herald (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 26, Ed. 1, Friday, March 26, 1909, newspaper, March 26, 1909; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth84762/m1/4/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 9, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .