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MOSES MENDELSSOHN
AND EPHRAIM
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History in her mui.li n m
threw her light upon a |>c»ipfi'. |ui
toral in their pursuits, and, n.ifovi .
(atod with a Cod who revoiiiiril him
Ml-1 f in the manifestations of nature,
the Jews a people who di ■ • r n i
in the orderliness of the eocinos, in
th'' wonders of the heavens above,
the earth ip;Ueut,b, and the Water
under the earth, a Power who their
instincts indicated wns just find all
loving, and deniarnied the same of
his subjects.
Tending tbeir flocks beside the
still waters, and under the 'tars,
they meditated day and night-, and
promulgated the basic laws for liv-
ing one with another, taking upon
themselves the burden of a chosen
people,—a people chosen to spread
truth and justice throughout the
world. Thus they lived, built cities,
conquered territories, had their gen
era Is, their judges, their kings, their
priest* *nd their prophets.
Then fate chose to move the posi-
tion of her puppets. Conquerors
swooped down upon the nevne, plac-
ed the Jews under despotic rule, scut
tered them over many lands, where
for their principles, for their reli-
gion, they fell victim to intolerance.
Within Judaism's own ranks came
a schism. Christianity was found-
ed, for whose furtherance in time
intolerance furnished the spur. In
'the different binds into which the
Jew win huddled, monurihs spurred
on by- the jihurch, and too with a
view to personal guin, bound him
hand and foot with limitations.
Gradually the Jew .was divested of
every semblance of liberty. The
marionettes of kings, battered from
pillar to post, expelled’here, readmit-
ted there, allowed a breathing,a'pliife
here under a lltfcral spirit, enduring
long periods of torture under nar-
row exuding mmils, herded into un*
humartly narrow, limits ilco^niih il n-
llving qtiarfers, debarred by the
Guilds from following trade:, ci,
eluded from the professions, pro-
hibited from holding, buying or sell-
ing land, wedged int.0 Society a (he
middle man, the handler of mom y,
but only to the gain of othn . by
the eighteenth century the Jew was
a pitiable subject.
While the evolution >>f thought
had brought about a change as con
corned Europe at large, while the
doctrine of liberty, fraternity alttl
1 >i|oohiy bad begun to make its ini
Upon tie- i-11>ir e of wi.rM
■ • ii'S's, it )ou| left (be Jew, the
• . nnni' -tep child of Immunity in hif!
; ci !- bp ghetto -nil brehthmg the
t, ■.’ .i j of iri1 u!ciiince and ii-st.i'aml
l he ,,i Urn'. of statutes that had
■ . ,1, . I,,, dark and ir-
el' toaie l.y.
I ate uiu-t, have felt a twinge of
j.l , rii; it; : he. gazed upon this people,
iifa’noiL i,( their very - life blood,
I Touched and bent, their fm'llltje £
. 1 • ,t oiiiut and almost stilled, their lan-
g niip : paiided, their manner mean,
and then ti railed the Jew of old
who tat finder his own vine and fig
tie.', and dispetifH'd to the world the
troths upon which it stands, Could
she abide by an incongruity so obyi-
Oil? a the. Down with the ghetto
wu!!-! Down with the remnant of
diaeval'narrow;nPSk which they so
fat freedom have
granted the rights of a protected
Jew, * grim reminder of the nich
which the Jew still occupied in the
scheme of things. The Jewish com-
munity honored Mendelssohn by ex-
empting him from all Jewish tuxes.
Hut the real turning point in Men-
delssohn's life came by way of his
introduction to Ephraim Gotthold
"Lessing. From this acquaintance
grew a -close and lasting friendship
wihch wrought upon Mendelssohn an
elevating influence, and whose soft-
ening rudiance brought out the full
beauty of Mendelssohn's character
and Intellect. From Lessing he im-
bibed a taste for the aesthetic, and
for the refined and the cultured,
while from Mendelssohn; I.essing
reaped the pleasure of intercourse
with a noble character, and an open,
active mind, human und busy with
thought.
Rpnruim Gotthold Lesisng (1729-
SI) wus one of those spirits which
the age of enlightenment brought In
it? wake. _ A staunch exponent of
tolerance, his sympathy, leaned to-
ward the Jews. In’ one of his. carli
cst works', “Die Juden," he branded
as ignorant the dislike directed
again-t the Jew', “He went further
tl.an any apo-tle before or after
id in;” And hi zeal was intensified
by .hi- acqq.iiiitanr? with Mendel-
v.utih, It KCpiris coincident that his
liquid be “N'uthah
pa
grimly typified.
sway
Hut she must have no less than, a
Titan to initiate her enterprise, —And
a titan it was who brought about the
magic change in the stutus of the
Jew., Moses Mendelsohn—-a Titan
jibt in the physical sense, but in in-
telligence,— "a bright pattern to
mankind” as Lessing typifies him in
“Nathan the Wise.”
Horn in 1729 in Dessau; Germany,
he was first instructed by his father,
who taught him Hebrew. I’.oor
though his father was (being u Torah
scribe) he placed his son in the hands
of RUbbi ilirsch, under whom Mtiscs
studied the Talmud. It was then the
youth's fortune to study under David
J rankel, who being afterwords culled
to Berlin to' fill the post of rabbi,
was . the incentive of Mendelssohn’s,
going there, Mendelssohn's thirst
for knowledge would not allow him
to rest. The tenucles of his mind
reached out into the fields of secular
learning, und under the guidance of
Israel Zamosis. a learned Pole; he ac-
quired a knowledge ,of mathematics.
From Abraham'Kisch, a- Jewish phy?
siciun of Prugue. he learned Latin.
English and French he studied under
Aaron Solomon Gumporz, a Jewish
medical student, who was instrumen-
tal in his meeting a number of gym-
nasium teachers, and ulso the presi-
dent of the UcrilQ Academy.
This- period found Mendelssohn
•(rating under adverse financial cir-
ci.»b Lincgs in the attempt to satisfy
the hunger, of bis mind. Seven years
be toiled thus. Then came easement,
employment as tutor of a rich Ber-
lin si).k’ m.inufrieturer, Isaac Bern-
hard, change to position as Imok-
kei-|" r. advaruemept .to office of rep-
TejantaiivV, cliiiuixed b.y his hceom-
mg u purl iici in fh<e firm. In 1702
b" wji* HUrcessfql in a prize essay
l oinpetitioti held by- the Berlin Acad
■elny of Sciences, und in 17011 was
fast mast e?|. Icye
the Wise.”
'l l., work did iHiwIi in haping
opinion in favor i>f tit, Jew. It fill-
ed' a gap. Ili-re ' was man. Mines
Mendl-lssolin, un exempbiry charac-
ter, beloved by all who knew Him;
honored, for his prof o und, know ledge
and learning’, sjntgbt aftbr by mdde
and notable. And. Ip, here appear:
a drama depicting this noble chli'r
aider a* ifs herd. eNathan the
Wise'' brought down upon its author
an avafahebe of ill feeling’und criti-
cism. For lie had, indeed, to he
brave spirit to tiring fortli «uch a,
drama in the face of the position
which, th* despised Jew held at th
time. But he had the courage of his
convictions, and today he stands us
one of ".Germany’s representative
men.” He “inaugurated an epoch,
the very existence of which would
not have hern possible without him.
He stands in history a massive pres-
ence whereon the weak may lean”-
this from u preface to u volume of
Lessing’s plays containing the tale
of “Nathan the Wise.’’
"Nathan the Wise” set people’s
mirlds agog. Having us its propo-
net a man who was gaining a place
for himself in German letters, and
as the prototype .of Nathnp, the hop-1
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My CHAS. JOSEPH
Thanks to Mr. t-ouis Berlin of the
Chicago "Sentinel” the criticism I
offered a gainst the hospital admin-
istration of the Osawatomie State
Hospital of Kansas because of its ex-
pressed uttitude that the staff was
Gentile and therefore Gentiles are
preferred, was brought directly to
the attention of the governor of Kan-
mis. And I uni glad to say that Gov-
ernor Clyde immediately realized the
illogical position of a state institu-
tion adopting such a discriminatory
und intolerant altitude. The letter
"f the governor follows and is self-
explantory:
"Otober 25, 1929.
"The Sentinel,
- Ilk-12 1 South Clinton Street,
Chicago, Illinois.
“Attention Mr. Louis Berlin.
"Gen<lom*B.
'This is iii further relation to
your letter of Septenibcr 1*. which
was acknowh dge.d by my secre-
tary, under date of September 12,
:ind concerns letter written by F.
At Carmichael, superintendent of
Mo fi'iiwiitomio State Hospital to
In Kdyvjinl M Moigenstern, in
which, lie used tlii'. 'phrase: ‘This
is a gentile Staff arid gentiles are
preferred.’ I beg to advise that I
have handled Ibis vigorously with
the "board of administration, and
Dr Coimiehu' l has been repri-
manded for the statement he
mude, 1 wish to disclaim any such
sentiment on the part of this ad-
ministration. In the handling of
To
with
be-
cliarge your ancestors
falsehood', that
The praise of truth may be
stowed on mine,
And so of Christians.
Further we read, in the story of
the Three Rings, symbolic of the
three religions, Judaism, Christianity
and Mohammedanism :
“Hi' loved you all with an impartial,
love,
And equally ,«nd hud no inward wish
To prove th* measure, of his love for
one m
By pressing heavily upon the rest.
Therefore, let each one imitate this
lov«;
So, free from prejudicie, let each
one aim
tij| —
I JFrom <Mfr (tow |
DOING GOOD WHEN YOU ARE GONE
(Jewish Tim**)
Two Jewish wills have come to light recently that should be of Interest
to our reader*. One is that left by Conrad Hubert, flashlight manufac-
turer who was just discovered to have beeh a Jew. Ilia name previously
was Horowitz. Interest in his will is particularly great because of th*
fact that the eight million dollars fund which he establish'ed will be admin-
istered by three prominent citizens representing the three religious faiths.
It happens that Calvin Coolidge, Alfred K. Smith and Julius Rosenwald are
the three chosen.
The more interesting will wan that lift by Harold Wiener, the British
lawyer who was kilted during the first days of the Palestine riots. He be-
queathed his entire estate to a synagogue in London. That is indeed a
rarity. We have heard of great amounts left for all kinds of institutions
but seldom for u synagogue us in this case.' If our observation of Gentiles
is correct, we are under the impression that it is a common occurrence for
some grcat-soulcd person to leave his tremendous estate for the erection
of a new house of worship or the endowment of an old one. Among us
Jews such an ae( has heeome”vcry rare indeed. ' .
We ccrthinly believe that each Jew should give more attention to bis
will und should be honest with himself to see to it that the causes in which
he is truly interested should he the beneficiaries of his estate rather than
his rolulivcH who are ulr.eudy blessed with riches und comfort.
♦ ♦ ♦
OLYMPICS FOR ART CONTESTANTS
When Sumuel ji. Fleischer received the B10,000 Bok Award in 1921! as
the citizen who during tin* year hud contributed most to advance the cultural
interests of Philadelphia,, the honor was a merited recognition of his remark-
able work us founder of.the Graphic Sketch Club in that city. A business
man by training, he has Tor thirty years evinced his intense devotion to art
in its Celution to social service us well as mere aesthetics. Hence his pro-
posal that "Temples of Youth” be established to develop thu artistic sense
in the young generation wil be heeded as Coming from one who knows ■'
whereof he speaks. His ideu is that there should be interscholastic com-
petition in aesthetics ns well us in athletics;, he would like to see contests
in painting, music, the fine arts, woodwork, needlework, even dancing. In
other words, he proposes larger opportunities to exercise the Soul as wefl
as the body. Every "Temple of Youth,” as he conceives it, should be a
"stadium” for the staging of "cultural Olympics," Every high-school, un-
der Mr. Fleischer’s plan, Would have its own art sanctuury. While these
retreats need not be costly nor over aiqbitibus at the start, it is certain
that in many instances they would develop just as his own Graphic Sketch
Club has done. Fur from being Utopian, it is quite practical and in line
with the newest thought in the world of education—having as a goaf
self-protection th'ey have to do things through tuition and intuition, cultivation of the spirit and the creative im-
state institutions po distinction as
tq* creed, religion or race will be
tolerated and Dr. CBFmichael has
been so advised.
"Very truly yours,
“C. M. REED,
“Governor.”
I hud occasion to indulge in a mild
criticism of the attitude of Rabbi
Henry Berkowitz of Portland, Ore.,
toward the Jewish situation in Pal-
estine, but after reading this para-
graph from a letter he has just sent
to me, I am inclined to think that he
has good grounds for his opinion:
“If our aims und ambitions as a
nation are going to necessitate the
constant extreme of military force
by Great Britain we axe certainly
not contributing -to the world’s
peace. Personally I sec something
humiliating in standing by- und
picking up crumbs that drop from
the international diplomatic ban-
quet table. It is all very well to
say that we are muking demands
for our rights, but what we are.
really doing is begging for favors,
i? not the spectacle of a humble.
' patient and suffering servant of
the Lord nobler than un ambitious,
scheming, and self-seeking national
entity'.’ 1 have been an ardent
cultural Zionist, and while the
world waits, my pacifist convic-
tions force me to see the dangers
in our present political situation."
Of course we mustn’t forget that,
the Jews occupy such an unenviable
position in this world und that they
have been so completely at the mercy
of unscrupulous majorities in Euro-
pean countries that as a matter of
ored and respected Moses Mendels- )To emulate his brethren in the Strife
sohn, men took notice of it;—they
began to revise their mental picture
Of the Jew. .They began the process
of raising him from the mire to the
ranks of human beings,—-God’s cre-
ation. The masses needed to be rea-
soned with. And "N’athun the Wise
furnished (he instrufnent for the
propaganda.
With temerity Lessing bellowed
forth his lines:
»
"It is their pride not, to be men,
but Christians." ^
With undaunted enthusiasm he
shouted his pleu, which the prophet
of Israel had long since uttered:
"Have we not all one futhcr, hath
not one God Created us.” Ingenious-
ly he incorporate^! the story of the
Three Rings', with its forceful, clear
argument. Witness'" the following
conversation between
Kaladin:
Natbui
and
The
reli-
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r.’G ” ■' y , ;
Nathan: .Sultan, I'am a Jew.
Salndin: And I a Muanulqian.
aland*
Between Us. Here are three
gions, then.
And of these three only one can
' be true*.
A man like you remuinti hot where
his birth
By ucident has east him, or if so,
Conviction, 'choice, or ground of
preference
Supnrts him.
The-creeds
Which I have named have hyoud,
distinctive marks,
Differing in rniment, food, and
* drink.
Nathan: ’Tjs true,
Hut then they differ not in tin ir
foundation.
Arc not all built on history alike,
Traditional or rewritten, history
Must be received on trust. Is it
not so,
In whom are we most like to put
trust,
In our own people, in those very
Whose Blood .we are, who from our
earliest youth
Have proved their love for us, have
ne’er deceived
Except in cases where ’twere bet-
ter so,
Why should I credit my forefath-
er* lew v/
(Than you do yours, or can 1 ask
of yon
To prove the virtues- of his several
rings
By offices of kindness and of love
And trust in God.”
Thus Losing bla2ed the trail fort
the. coming i mancipation of the Jew.
His portraiture of Nathan is beau-
tiful, and gives ample proof of the
esteem In which he held his friend,
the ghetto Jew:
"How free from bias is hi* lofty soul,
His heart to every virtue , how
unlocked, .
To every lovely feeling how allied.”
Mendelssohn himself wrote in de-
fense of hi* race, in his first literary*
work in German, which was refuta-
tion of the argument of unti-semitic
Critics that a, “Jew could not be pos-
sibly worthy, of respect.” It wus this
work tlint hrtiught him before the
public. However, his friend, I.es-
sing, uslij icd him into the literary
world by putting into print a b6ok
given him by MendclsHohri for peru-
sal. . Mendelssohn was Soon to be-
come known to all Germuny,- for,
Consequent upon his acquaintance,
und his correspondence with Thomus
Abbot regarding man’s destiny and
the hereafter, he edited u philoso-
phical work, “1‘hnedon,” in which he
argued the Immortality of the soul.
It came at u psychological moment)—
a spiritual luioy was wanting, and
"Phucdon" filled the breach. Every-
where. the work found a -welcome,
and critics hailed Mendelssohn hrs the
"German ,Socrates.”
Wliai with the influence of Les-
sing's work, and with the reinstate-
ment of the. Jew os a human being
in the minds bf men by way of Men-
delssohn's character, a new era for
the Jew set in. Soon the \yuljs of
the ghetto began fo crumble into
oblivion, a new vista was opening
for him. He was recovering himself,
he stretched his weary self, physically
and mentally, and let into his being
the invigorating, llfe-ghring air of
freedom. It Was Mendelssohn who
was the driving power behind his,
and It was he, who, once having pav-
ed the way, stood up as the embody-
ment of culture and refinement, of
profound learning, «-"bright pattern
to mankind" as Lessing characterises
him In "Nathan the Wise," a guiding
star to th* Jew in hie new-found free-
dom, the neetfnd influence in their
startling renaissance.
that other and more strongly en-
trenched peoples do not have to do.
It is only when we have concrete
exumples of the misery that has fol-
lowed in the wake of the tragedy of
Palestine that we are brought to a
full realization of just what hap-
pened iri that country. The other
day I received a letter which gave
me'an illuminating insight on the
situation. An engineer working on a
locomotive in Poland (a Jew of
course), was informed by an officer
of the company that he would either
have to change his religion or quit
his job. In 1924, he quit his job
and'went to'Palestine, where he was
njjle to secure a similar position in
Hebron. He was married and dur-
ing the Arab attack, he and his wife
were, killed, leaving one child tht-ea
years- old und nnothcq- three months
old. These k orphans !) .can not be
"brought to this country because of
the quota law and there you are.
When you hear of incidents like this
one it brings home with crushing
force the reality of the situation.
But to me the attitude of the Polish
officials toward this Jev in denying
him the opportunity of working un-
less he became Converted, is an in-
teresting sidelight on Polish methods.
A Jewish studeht at the Hebrew
Union College was in the Argonne
Forest engagement in 1918. He re-
ceived a wound which resulted in the
loss of his eyesight. But with rare
courugo he continued his work ut the
Hebrew Union' College and the Uni-
versity of Cincinnati and was gl-ad
uated in 19211. Tie was appointed
chaplain of the Disabled American
Veterns of the World War. . After
holding that position for six years
he was asked to serve for life. For
the past six years this blind rabbi has
been the national field representative
of the Uriion of American Hebrew
Congregations and he has traveled
almost a hundred thousand miles to
carry his message of faith to kiH peo-
ple. I don’t know but it seems to
me that this man in peace is u greater
hero thun he Could ever have been in
war, even though he had come homo
decorated with every insignia that
could have been pinned on him.
Rabbi Michael Auronsohn is his
name. The United States is his pul-
pit. And people of every religious
denomination are his congregation.
He has organized Jewish groups in
high schools and universities; he has
visited hospitals, asylums and prisons
and he has brought his message to
civic bodies. What message does he
bring? To inspire people with a high
concept of faith and courage (and
surely he is a living example); to en-
lighten tha public regarding the his-
tory and religion of the Jew and to
strengthen the ideals of the Jew. A
noble miieion, Rabbi Aaroneohnl
The Rev. Dr. Stidger, of Boston,
is a courageous ct*r0tn«ft. He calls
th* D. A. R. the ”8acrUh'-Cow of
America." I made a mistake in my
typing and wrote th* "Sacred Cow
pulses that lead to beauty, as well as to the merely utilitarian. Mr.
Fleischer is to be congratulated on his rational vision for the .'future a.
well as for his achievements of the past in .that very direction. He is an
educational pioneer who realizes that self-expression is as important as
inculcation in the development of the fullest fruitage of individual talent.
—American Hebrew.
♦ ♦ ♦
JOIN THE ZIONIST ROLL CALL
The security of the 160,009 Jews in Palestine and the realization of the
hopes of ’millions of Jews throughout the world for the upbuilding of Pal-
estine as the Jewish National Home demands, above everything else, that
a united Jewish front be presented in formulating demands for justice to
Jewish rights. Claims on Palestine are not made by the comparatively
small number in Palestine or by the Zionists alone. They are the claims
of 16,000.000 Jews, who either actively, through the Palestinian movement
throughout the world, or through their prayers for a Zion redeemed, con-
tinually* ask, pray and hope for Zion.
This yearning and nostalgia is now to he represented, in this country, in
the Zionist roll call, which, it is hoped, will include the signatures of more
than 250,000 Jews to the declaration:
"I hereby register my faith in a Jewish Palestine, and endorse the ef-
forts to secure a more effective administration of that country by Great
Britain in accordance with the provisions of the Mandate and the Balfour
Declaration.”
It should not be necessary to exert too much pressure to secure the nec-
essary number of signatures to this cull. It implies an obligation which
binds every Jew and Jewess of 18 and over. Unless the demonstrations
of protest against the recent unfortunate occurrences in Palestine were
false expressions, a sympathetic Jewry will respond unanimously to the
present Zionist call for national strength in behalf of the Jewish homeland.
—Detroit Jewish Chronicle.’
♦ ♦ ♦
A NEW ALIGNMENT IN ZIONISM
Will there bo a new alignment in American Zionism? That seems t»
be the question uppermost in the minds of those Zionists who are giving
uny intelligent thought to the situation.. The failure of the British an ‘
ministration of the Mandate, which had received the adulatory conunanda-
tions of one faction in Zionist circles has given American Zionists much
food-for thought, und we must not be surprised if wq find American Zion-
ist leaders, who formerly had been as far apart us the poles coming to-
gether. * .,
It is a significant fact that Rabbi Wise and Louis Lipsky should be on
the sumo side of the fence, and it is a fur more significant fact that Pre-
mier MacDonald should have extended his only private interview in this
country to a man like Justice Hrondeis. What the text of this private
interview is, we have not the slightekt information. But we do know that
the British Government requested this interview. And we have no doubt
but Premier MacDonald, and Justice Brandeis concerned thcmsdlves with
Palestine in this interview. It^will not surprise us to read soon that even
that stormy petrel of the opposition Zionists, Jacob de Haas, the prota-
gonist of the Mack-Brandeia group, the foe of Weizmann’s Anglophile atti-
tude, will ugain be taken back, or rather, will again be a fact.or in-Amer-
ican Zionism. It will not surprise us in the leastuto find Louis Lipsky a,
Jacob de Hans in a friendly alliance, or even in fine executive co-operation.
As a matter of fact, we don’t think that it would be entirely* a bad move to
get these two men together for Zionism.—B’nai Brith Messenger. ,
of America’’ and I am inclined to A. H. for a time was funny but un-
think that’s what the organization I ■v* changes its tactics U. will soon
really is. They remind me of the wriU“ down n nul“"c*-
nervous spinsters who ure constantly
looking under their beds in search
of burglars. To my way of thinking
the foolish antics of the D. A. R. with
its blacklist of the most enlightened
and patriotic men and Women of th*
nation is in itself more of a menaoe
to the welfare of the nation than
the persons it attacks. Unfortun-
ately this organization comprises e
membership that is living on the
laurels of Its ancestors and which has
done nothing of its own that can
icommend it to the plaudits of th*
country. I have no doubt but that
these ill-advised women would have
been for King George and would
have looked upon the farmers whoso
descendant* they are aa "reds" and
probably urged a black llat. Th* D.
Dr. John Roach Straton, whose
death was recently chronicled in the
press, represented the Fundamental
church spirit in this country carried
to a fanatical degree* I have had
occasion through the years to dis-
agree' with the policies of th6 late
Dr. Straton. I believed and still be-!
I levs that he was opposed to inde-
pendent thinking in matters of reli-
gion. If he had the power I firmly
believe that he would force every
person to believe as he did with the
Orthodox burning Hell and all the
rest of those obsolste theories and
dogmas that are a ralic of tha dark
agea. He was sincere, of course, bat.
so is tha man who burns another at
th* stake because ha believes the
victim is a witch.
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