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Louis Letrin is travelling in the sixth Fin the interest of the ipe Pill i amp Ajol Rke whose publishers request for Heidi the a Iii it Quot consideration the friends of this a asst Cincinnati Cal Soab 5�t7 a 1sit by Llu Lwi Colt Itic a Tahr. Tat Tosh 2 . fat a i i. Fri apr thaw my to a a a a a. Ito Ito 1�, so Sizto it it no a Jiosi re a a tmmmm.-->�?��-_�7 it . A a to 2 Hias. ?.,.,4�., a Jimim. Arts is Cwm ymmt0 a a. Is so toy Toltec a Nuci of to toy or. Pm�>9n�k cerrep0u�i�9 eem Mem my. K ill of of mum 5 Fri a sorry a 7fi��p ass Emez of jewish Calendar Ami Mee ver me wished to �mbi�rtbet9 m0mp a Harght i Unity and the Congress. Of one of the objects to be attained which it is Gene apr understood will be considered and possibly be approved of by the proposed american few is Dongress. Is a the inclusion in ii program the insisting of those professing Judaism to a thifs a group rights Quot in such countries where these Are granted to a portion of the population. But denied to jews. The granting of a group rights a includes separate representation in the legislative body and the right to maintain Quot separate schools in High All Are taught in a language other than that declared to be Wii official language of the country inc yiddish. It also implies several other rights and privileges hut those mentioned Are the most important. I it is Well to also Bear a mind that a grow rights Are not recognised lip the More civilised coun tries except in i Canada in the to Ince of l9wiis 1t8ss w we an in stance of the disadvantages that May grow from granting a group rights Quot is now being presented in the Domain of our Northern neighbor. When Canada was ceded by of fance to great Britain one of the conditions was that the inhabitants of the province of Quebec should be allowed to have the French language retained and placed won a Par with the eng Ilisha in All the official transactions whether executive legislative or jul indic Salthe Catholic religion was to 3 he recognized As on an Equality with the Church Andiliere were i to a be separate schools for in a Olics and protestants in which it was optional to teach All studies including. The t common s school branches to of using yiddish As an official Lang Pip of it Fly go in Mir i Pic ill Pis a Fate a diver Genii of this country hut emt Gin the a countries where this get will to presented especially to russian Poland and the partition of Poland to my / Liaci education was a made com pulses in that poc Tea of the a a me to Quot iring Doni we a fell to hasidic jaw is wow Luson As East Prussia is to a Gunge but Erx Milt a was or allowed to be used in the teaching of the branches. I results weak Tor up the jews of East Prilda need not fear comparison those of any other Section of the Empire nor in act Witt any a full pm in whatever part of the German Empire they May have been born and reared. The jews a prs. As Well educated enlightened a and for that matter As prosperous As any in the to be conspicuously i different in dress language and habits from jute majority of a people among whom we dwell a is to invite criticism from the class and much worse from the mob. Who knows As x Jacob r a Tok once said and was shamefully used for saying who know whether if the jews of Russia had discarded p6l Long Coats and the Curis worn in frit of the ears their Kittens an it pies had ? Learnt to speak a pfc a a a 4 among themselves that possibly not to course necessarily it might not have gone quite so hard with them. A playing a great plans on the garment in which one is dad. The manner in which the hair is worn even the language used in Ordinary every Day Intercourse is not religion it is superstition. If we were to help those of oar Brethren to retain these archaic customs we would he their enemies not their however Good might be a Iff intent on a a should the proposed jewish Congress proclaim As its object the securing in the countries where they Are still denied a them those which according to the Laws of god Are the inalienable rights of Man i will have the support of every jewish american and in fact of pretty much every american. R whatever May be his religious Faith or Lack of it. A but should it go a step further it will encounter differences of opinion. Other should any be advanced of lube regarded critically whelming majority will give Rise to that same Lack of Unity which the promoters of the jewish Congress Are so anxious to avoid. 4� of course any measure that upon mature consideration proves to Promise any improvement in the condition of those of our Brethren who Are still 4ggjesedwill with Universal approval hut that it is calculated to brim about the desired result must be proved beyond a doubt or there will be no Unity. Quot As Long As the proposed Congress adheres to the one great Issue it will be on Safe ground. When it takes up any other it is venturing into a territory where there is sure to be More or less opposition even to the extent of destroying whatever Utility the Congress might have. Of a la few. Posstt��llp�i8mb the Small did a Stica Buffil Quot Mai al Bhoka simple of the prelim Narim of a jewish state and a la ignoble a argument tire and. Suspicious. A l enon4rtonhii produced its. Complement the he it ought to be Clear that the mass of american jews is not in a death struggle on plot rms said Down by these Levi Tea. To cry w Tor to indecent. Fit is a Bald bold retort. M american jews Are standing a in a a fit a to it shoulder on the main issues before them. They Are United a Toff afflicted a amp it Pigh abroad and a concern for the problems of their Fellows in America. A is Amott a of bombast has so far been Able to alter this tubas never appeared to Amican jews a As a \ matter p of Choice or casting of lot when the this definition in its enter toy in is no e pions even though it Quay contribute Large sums to the jewish institutions in Palestine or is Benevo-1 a a Glt inclined towards the general project and even yet ouch he May approve some or most of the work done by the zionist and though he. May at some a melor another have defend-e4 Torff Lebn i As Ainnett w Arr a n t de a a yours pity. Truly. A by Fromenson. P is whih a this seems to a be a Deer statement there Are those who will not find the phrase a publicly recognised and legally secured a in Palestine quite Clear. 1 Many of us think that the jewish Public have a a a publicly recognized and legally secured Home in Many countries the United states among them. If it is the great purpose of the zionists to secure for he jewish people in Palestine a status similar to that held in the United states and say e. G., England and finance there would be no ref a in i 1st roman Catholic. Hese Lati Sticsa a a compiled in a year was practical a�4kt. Do if it 9�li�iy in pm of few Ruto sent the average of increase. The a talk of late Yuan has a Irino pal Russia and easter in a a Phil is almost entirely Catholic roman and Eastern al Ruth the Sreptia of about ten per cent. Up jewish the inference to Thrett under Normal conditions the a Etc lithic fihe Atholl Odi in the United states would be purport Lon Stein Isno a More rapid than any other possibly than even that off All the protestant bodies combined. This perhaps Pipla n s w by the protestant churches have joined hand with the labor organizations Tion As much As possible and confine Eit As far As they can to those coming trite the protestant countries. #1 their uns tinted sympathy jew Quot a Dpi few w1ua3pfsipthreipgcerited and a Dan that Pon faction has a monopoly of sentiment is to Malvy rate and distort the of nation. Fth Union of americas hebrew co Greg ions is serving jew and Judaism. The great problem of interpreting religion to our Fellows is a task so great As to be of modification by the possible exigency of a jewish teachers in is Rad Are a a Sion in to Many Are a not. They have a common ground Large enough for Complete agreement and pre occupation a Field ample for dignified differences. Feitis acerbic a of expression and attack should be curbed. 11t leaves us unconvinced feverish and truculent surely Nei Hajj party can expect action a the a Relig into group that is stimulated Fite Crim nation and threat zionism will As Justice Brand is claims a develop the Best that is in us and give to this country the full f Benefit \ our great inheritance it is a Wol come addition to a the established in i Terr emn of the Union Union and the hebrew Union College Are supported by thousands of american jews on that basis. Let us in the Light of this description and in the consciousness of what american Judaism stands for be agreed on such a Quality of service to America and Israel that we shall be absorbed in ? great things. Let us not Ite your thumb sir or smite with words and Bandy shibboleths when deeds Are languish Ishing. A Oscah b. Wise would raise any objections. As to the settlement of a in Palestine that would be merely an economic question. I what people want to know a does or does not zionism aim to establish a jewish political state in Palestine either Independent with its it 1rpripfliii.i ii Lite i in by the great Powers or a Colony with self government similar to that of Canada or to a . 1a a a i. I a f i a Ujj jul. 1. Aal Antral to au4itike flip Phil under the great "0 or some other Power a further explanation from or. Fromenson would be accept a ii Feilin a. A wimp up amp is i every reason to believe that the jewish workingmen Lake As do not favor the holding of i a jewish Congress. Their leaders thought it Best to agree to have representatives to take part in the proposed Congress a step which the rank and file did not approve but they did not care enough about the whole matter to prevent its being even so Christian a periodical As the Monitor Catholic a objects to having the Church it represents even remotely identified with the established a Budh of or even m having the a latter Given 1 the title a f in this connection a the 1m Onito editor should suggest to our secular contemporaries the 4 in order to avoid confusion they calling a Catholic the schismatic porches of the various greek rites. We of find them naming the i russian Church i a the greek Catholic Church. The russian Church # but one of sixteen different branches of the greek schismatics the it geat. Of course Andt most important one. Ther a is Fol title real unit among these sixteen schismatic churches of the greek rite. They Are for a the most a part Mere a National churches. The russian schismatics Are body and soul under the domination of the Czar. These greek schismatic churches Are in no sense Jath our. 99 president Wilson at his inaugural gave another instance of the Weh known fact that when in solemn moments when they need Comfort and inspiration christians turn to the old testament and not to the new. So it by. �?�7. Jav w a a. A y al if or president Wilson when he kissed the Bible after taking the inaugural oath Sipic Ted the passage Reading a the god is our Refuge and strength a help in time of a Hart 46. Us. P this is not All surprising for even shintoism confucianism or buddhism Touhl be degraded by being classed with the paganism that masks As christianity in Russia. I sued by to bad a National advisory so mid containing a record of successful of position blot such measures was sent to the a jewish citizens Arizona. Through the organized efforts Iff Barnett e. Mark of Phoenix art., a member of ? the National advisory Board. Charley f. Solomon and my a Goldman of Tucson aria the a a was Defeated the in Tel conference Iff american rabbis and the Independent order of by Nai by Rith were called upon and assisted in the Cam h should the United states be unfortunately drawn into War with Germany. Justice requires that conscription be established by Law instead of relying upon volunteers to a the ranks. A when a ? Call ? is made for enlistment it appeals to the ardent patriotic a Young men primarily a and the response is made by those whom the country can least afford to lose and places the. Burden inequitable upon families. ? if conscription were introduced it a would a take the men needed from All ranks of life. Those who go willingly would be called upon for their proper quota but the shirker would not be allowed to escape. Among these a latter can usually be found that part a of the a Community that it has the least occasion to be it t a i. 1 al a / fat a a a proud of. A it is also a probably that if conscription were a Nova i Rule in time of War it would tend to Lessen the martial ardor of some of those especially the fathers of sons of the conscription age whose voice is All for War. A there Are times when the Honor dignity and welfare of the nation make a War in. Their defense unavoidable. ? the american Ujj lip e will at All times face this contingency calmly and will Bear the burdens cheerfully but that Justice be done let that Burden be so distributed that every citizen shall hear his share. Money a an for your Church Chapel or sunday pc amp of an be raised easier than you imagine. Sue Fallon from a mme a jul Lei of experience with other churches will s h c Vav a i you a a by write a a to Estey Organ company a i for Attleboro ? a a a a Nhy Fem o it peace a a National patriotism and world among the speakers were Oswald Garrison v 11-lard, Rev. William Lawrence Sullivan Alfred w. Max a and Frederic Lynch 4 Stow York it. Anna Garlin Spencer Jenkin Lloyd Jones of Chicago Fol o. Simons of Cleveland or s. Lee s. Mccollester and Charles w. Wendte of Boston revs. R. W. Boynton and l o. Williams of Buffalo Tod Rosenau and 8. I rat Cliffe of London England. By .1whmm�?�?�?�?�?�? rabbi. Louis Groszmann a a what 18 a zioni8t? this has prevented an Umang Amton Tion of the population More especially that part of it which though can Adia by Many generations of descent or of French Stock. There has been constant friction As to the proper division of the school fund and be i i Gna a times ton. Many of the habitats As the descendants from the French Stock Are called refuse to allow i their children to speak or even to learn English. In the to Tor ill Canada is Ter mined to furnish five Hundred thousand men which is a proportion of t its Able bodied ? citizens that it would seem hardly possible to get into the army through a Volunteer system. Yet this number of men is in a fair Way of being recruited without conscription and in spite of the fact that the French province of Quebec is about ninety seven thousand i men a Short of a its quota and though the City of Montreal through its Large a English speaking population succeeded in doing its share. Amp a a 1 we in the United states Are fortunate in that the language question has never been very a Ruji Belsome. We started right by recognizing no official language but English. Som a of the German settlers in the Northwest notably in Wisconsin established lutheran parochial schools 1 taught All branches in German and sought to have these recognized As a schools i within the meaning of the i compulsory Ednoa Hgt act. It 1f�s the educational authorities of the state few fused to do and the legislature which was a largely Republican was asked without Success to repeal the object to tenable Law. As a result the repub-1 incan party lost the legislature at the i Selelo Cioni but this did not Avail anything for the malcontents. The i democratic a majority took the same i position As their Republican Precie-1 lessors with the result that the Wisconsin Public schools remained am a a Pecan. A Quot a i on the question of striving to obtain Tor the jews the world Over equal a religious f civil and political a rights with their non jewish Fellows i there is no division of opinion. On a Titis subject we Are All United. Let Eta is called la roup rights which includes that the Angel of Swath. A Lyon Levites presume a said Moses h his hectoring fellow tribes men. The doom of the Union of american hebrew congregations has a been decreed. As soon As it passes find Avo ably on zionism a will die. Up a is the verdict of a zionist Leader As published in a Baltimore paper. The recent convention Iff the Union was perfectly Calm in the presence of a Caco Phany of Seething rumbling whining roaring and other noises produced by pro f and Antl zionists. The Unten showed and really has very Little concern a with either. To be an audience to wrangling to be bombarded with political palaver to be a party Willy Nelly to a regiment of bushings suspicions and portentous looks is annoying. It is More so to be told that the position of Calm Sufferance of these intrusions is postponement of a the problem before the Union is the perpetuation of Judaism in America or at least such share of it As a has patiently and ably to # fit Many years. It cannot but feel that the quarrels Between pro and anti zionists has assumed the character go of coh to Fly Bittor control of prominence to various conventions conferences and congresses where jews gather for Council. The two zionist parties in America have insisted upon convicting All others on circumstantial suspicion. Whenever a word is uttered which either party May construe adversely their geysers begot to wheeze and then come noise and other Geyser accidents. A rejects the attitude of the real zionist with his refined idealism his Devotion to a Noble tradition and his appreciations of the Potency of the jewish life. The protagonists of this Ideal Are so frequently i quarrelsome phrase hucksters tuft Hunters and publicity Par Venus As to weary those whom they do not disgust. Between zionists an pro a and anti zionists there Are in a pfc a a Felon list is a person who wishes to Aid in re establishing a jewish state in Palestine. Re he desires to revive the use of hebrew As a living Tongue to begin where we once ended a definite National Ideal of service to humanity. He is pre eminently a Lov amp a of his Fellowman and of All jews. Non zionists believe in America As a great state with humanitarian ideals a share in whose destiny is a realization of jewish history. They also believe in America As a temperate social1 and political environment holding out feasible opportunities for the solution of a jewish As Well As other problems al he a believes hat he i can heartily participate in this american life with Honor to Ujj self and Benefit to his country. The pro zionist does not seem to want to live a Palestine unless it becomes Viera or Egypt does not propose to in a recent editorial item the rikhpppp1 tit the numerous statements of the objects which zionism seeks to accomplish Are As a Rule vague and. Often contradictory f it would tend very much to Clear the situation if the executive committee of the american zionists would adopt a definite succinct platform v defining zionism and setting Forth its purposes in such terms that their meaning can not be misunderstood of f this elicited a reply from the director of the publicity department of the zionist organisations Iff America and of the provisional zionist executive committee which reads As follows what zionism mxaws.? editor is Rakutt i sir a in answer to your statement that it would tend very much to Clear the situation if the executive committee of the american zionists would a adopt a definite succinct platform defining zionism and a setting Forth its purposes in such terms that their meaning can a not be misunderstood permit me to inform you that at the very first zionist Congress held in Bazel. Switzerland in August 1897, a platform was adopted a definite succinct platform defining zionism and setting Forth its purposes in such terhof Lobat their meaning can not be Suhl Prestood. He platform the aim of zionism is to create for the jewish people a publicly recognized and legally secured Home in Palestine. To realize this aim the Congress adopted the following a a 1. To promote through effective Means settlement of Palestine by jewish agriculturists artisans and tradesmen. K. Tip. Al to organize acid unify the whole jewish people by Means of local and general institutions suitable for the purpose and conforming with the Laws of the respective countries. 3. To strengthen and augment jewish self consciousness in the individual and in the communities. 4. To take the proper preliminary Steps toward securing concurrence of a Uto a pm Toto if so Tor As their assent May be necessary for the attaining of the zionist purpose. A this platform has been ratified at every successive Congress and by All of the federations of the entire world at All of their conventions. Whoever subscribes to this platform is a zionist of a Jpn Over does not subscribe to this platform in its entirety is not a zionist. A a of a a various groups of zionists having definite world outlooks have added to this platform such paragraphs As May be expressive of their particular Point of View. S the mis racists on the one hand have added a paragraph indicating their acceptance of the platform in a entirety and at Tito same time their Mirpo to uphold and develop the traditions and institutions in the jewish religion. The Poale Zion have accepted this platform but have added a paragraph expressing their participation in the economic Aims of socialism. X paragraphs Are binding Only upon those who Are members of the particular. Toto Zamb up Toom they i Are adopted but to it Tor Tot movement As a whole recognizes no or alteration of the Basic platform of the movement and does not recognize any person As a zionist who will not subscribe thereto. A s i Hope that your quest for a succinct comprehensive and unmistakable definition Iff a zionism has been satisfied and that you will not hereafter find it necessary to state As a fact that the numerous statements of the objects which zionism seeks to a comply Are vague and contradictory. A be assured Tito. Rwy to the a Worl flow no a other definite item zionism i ill i one Here Given ii pit be under stood that Westfi one Abs a fates to a. ,. A a a v to a superficial observer at least it would seem that there Are More than the usual proportion of strikes and lock outs _ in the trades where both the operatives and the employers Are largely jews and that they Are accompanied with exceptional turbulence. It is difficult to a determine which Side is at fault probably it is sometimes the one and sometimes the other an occasionally both. It is an unfortunate condition and it is still More unfortunate that the several attempts to improve it tar. By 1 a the department of Synagog and Sabbath school Extension of the Iio pm a rican my tag congregations has sent to each of the Temple sisterhood a pro Gran for the Celebration of the Isaac a Mayer Wise a Gorial Day on March 0. The program is to consist of the Reading of several chapters from the biography of Isaac m. Wise by judge Max b. May an address if the rabbi and the singing of two hns 169 and 57 of the Union hymnal of both of which Wjk. Wise is the author. The Obser Vanee of the Wise memorial Day is becoming More general each year. The Seriak Jiff a Tiersie on the rights of belligerent nations at sea recall a phase of jewish history very Little known amongst the Large masses of our people. Don Joseph Nasi a prominent jewish financier and statesman who had fled from the inquisition and found a Refuge to Turkey where the Sultan appointed him Duke a Ila ii a a claim of $150,-000 thales against the government of France. Not being Able to collect it he obtained from the Sultan an order fir Antee ships Hafl a under French Flag which would arrive in the port of Alexandria and to confiscate one third of their cargo for the settlement 00o this was done in 1568. Don Joseph Nasi had entered into very Large business transactions both with the sultans Treasury and As exporter and importer with All euro Pean cou#hcla6 it is quite interesting to notice that during his life time he is called a the Noble and distinguished Prince a while after the death of Sultan Selim a he is re of tots to by the latter a successor my Jed do As a the jew Joseph at one time Duke of Naxos who has meantime it is the Story of the egyptian Joseph Over again. A a this thursday March 8, the 14th Day of adar is pm a a a the festival of deliverance of the jews of Persia from the murderous machinations of Ham an. The Day never had much of religions significance but it was and is rather a Holiday in the full sense of the term being Given Over to feasting merrymaking to masks and summeries and As enjoined in the Megillah the Bolt of Esther to remembering the poor the bestowing of Charity and to giving gifts to friends. Until a recent Date it was customary to cell brate the Day with a masque Ball but this custom has gone out of fashion with the decadence of the jewish social club. The Day is now largely fv6n Over to Dren and its Obs fan among Liberal jews has become neglected. The jewish carpenters Union of Cleveland attended a fair held for the Benefit of the european War sufferers and its Secretary paid fifty dollars As admission for the 500 members of the onion at the same time handing to the treasurer a Check of $500 in the name of the organization. facts Are Worth being remembered. They prove though they would no convince men of the Type of Captain Eltinge that the jew does not shun hard physical labor and that men who earn their bread in the sweat of their brow As jews have always something to spare for the needy and it can safely be said not merely for those of their own blood. It is also Safe to say that these men mostly if not exclusively of foreign birth. Do they actually present an element against a Fem legislation must guard the country have they a right to claim a share in the Progress which Cleveland made doubling the number of has inhabitants to Twenty years does Russia stand condemned before the forum of civilized humanity for using the whole machinery of the state in keeping such i a population artificially below the level of a decent human existence the Federal oort tra a fre churches of it Root in Ameris organization Are embraced about thirty religious bodies totalling nearly eighteen million communicants has just lib Jwal annual summary Mealing the gains during the last year in the Case of nearly All the denominations roman cd gree#j5i�sli<v Well As protestant and jewish. The statistics Are naturally interesting. The denomination Hai a a a a it greatest number of communicants is a a he roman Catholic As it is usually designated to distinguish to from i the Eastern bodies which Call themselves orthodox or by the names of the various countries in which they predominate. The roman Catholic cup is credited with 14,330,670 members but this includes men women and children. The next largest body Are the methodists with 7,608,284. Whether these Are actual members of the Church i or includes All members of their families is not Clear. A similarly the baptists with 6,634,132 come next the Christian scientists Are credited with 85,096, while the unitarians have Only the insignificant number of 71,-110.1 the jews Are credited with 148,-000, which is of course a Topi Westly wrong estimate even of Actipe members of jewish congregations. A with it All the grand la Lff Church members to the United states a 40,016,-70s leaving something Over it qty per cent unaffiliated with �?�njrp�?Telipl5 denomination. According to the re port the increase of communicants year has been half of one a per cent nearly one half 6 j. I Early to february the National advisory Board of the Union of american hebrew congregations was a a a _. Quot a a a called upon to assist in defeating a Bill introduced into the Arizona state legislature bearing upon the Reading of the Bible in the Public schools. The Bill was particularly obnoxious because it sought to nullify a very Good Law in it the statute books of Arizona and because it Endeavor a to accomplish this under the Guise of a a very innocent amendment a the statute formerly read As follows a go Frany teacher who shall use any sectarian f or i denominational books or teach any sectarian doctrine for con a nyx a a la a it la Ilii religious exercises in his school or shall fail to comply with any of the provisions mentioned in this chapter shall be deemed guilty of unprofessional conduct and it shall be the a duty a of the proper to revoke his certificate or diploma. The amendment to this statute consisted of the following phrase to be added at the end Iff the statute h a provided that nothing a the. Act shall be construed to prohibit Reading from any Standard version of the Bible without comment or the repetition of the portions thereof without Ign. A if of al Ftp Fly f i the passage of this amendment would have frustrated the purpose Iff the original statute f rabbi Martin i Tiocka Iff pm paso Texas supervisor Iff District no. 44took Active interest in the Campaign to prevent the a pass a of this a til a Sture i to flip of a a we a to Bible in Tito Fipp a a schools including i the pamphlet is fun is the saving Grace of life. For toe lie of Quot Trainr 1 a fit a a a a Why religion at least sectarian religion has set its face against it it ought tossed a a to i ram i the Happy free sense of life As its Best achievement there is a heaviness in ritual and worship which is against the Grain of human nature and it would be a real Reform a return to first principles of if of j9� a religious Chance. It is not the fault of humor that it is outlawed by religion. It May be the fault of religion. Humor is one of the most efficient restoratives men have from the fatigue of the daily routine and it is very wrong to withhold it from them or As Church doctrine and conventional Church practice do it stigmatize and condemn it. As a matter of fact the crowding of the Heaters is a protest against them. Instead of outlawing fan it would be a Wiser policy and Juster to human nature and the healthy interests in the real life to let it have its natural Way. No human instinct is bad and Many a Good sound and innocent instinct has been driven into naughtiness like a boy who is teased and scolded incessantly. What a Welcome religion would have if Only it would be a Little More genial. There is enough sorrow and Moros eness and bitterness and All sorts of sad feelings and pathos in the world Why most we give men the same pathos and the same fearfulness when they ask for encouragement and uplift he will be the real reformer of our times who will bring the smile and the laugh into our temples and churches. He will bring Back to religion Many men to religion to themselves to Fellowship and to the love of life. If the fax of the theater is unclean he will insist that it be made clean and pure and if the the a a pop p4traral#s and the degradation of human nature then it too most be reformed not for the Sake of a a religion and abstract piety hut for the Sake of human natural fun which All men need and All men should get. There Are those who consider a laugh. In the Church sacrilegious they think Sanctity is a condition in which a Man stops to be human. The fact is that a Man has a a Sanctity to the degree in which he is most human. Only Yon must believe that to be human you Are at Ybur Best at your happiest. I have watched congregations leave their houses of worship As if their souls had been whipped. I should like to have my people go from my Temple As men and women who feel that they have gotten a new Joy to live. We shall not have the right sense of religion nor the True sense of life until we shall have put the smile and the la Erht into both pulpit and Pew. We jews love life openly candidly. And Judaism is a religion of human nature. Humor is not forbidden it does wave Toca me to us stealthily under a hush. At least one of our festivals is devoted to fun frankly fully. But our fun is clean and there is no excess or sjprioai�8s in it. In other words our religion has sublimated a True instinct and i is keeping it fresh and genuine. Considering the tragedies of jewish history and even of the current experiences of millions of jews one would expect the jews to be stolid and sober. But the reverse is the fact. The jews Are lovers of life they Delight in they seek they Reward humor and Judaism is perhaps the most optimistic religion today. Stir i a a of pm Etters fkr on Jpn Opie v a Cyrta Adler acting president of jewish theological Seminary Jam in full Accord Jyh pfc you regarding the error in the Iska Kuts of february 1, off my having been an attendant at the jewish theological Seminary a i knew nothing of this into my attention was called to your ill Tom mat i beg to Awe Yon that i personally need no shelter nor pretence As my Unali Pimpis As reverend in a jewish congregation. As for my present charge of the by Nai Abraham Temple allow me to inform Yon that were i a student of the above stated institution i could not gain prestige Noyo Ferince any More than that which i command after your careful notice rang out so woefully in the ears Iff Israel about the terrible a Nav Lohn which is being committed. Sincerely yours r. B. Hess Hon. Terre haute ind., March 1917. Federation of religiou8. Ber Alimo ii la Onai i Congress Pittsburgh. J a by invitation of Liberal churchmen and churches to Pittsburgh. Pa., representing some Twenty different denominations the Baptist methodist episcopal i presbyterian congregational. Unitarian in by a list Friend and jewish Reform among them the National Congress of religious liberals met in that City March?6-8. The meetings were held in the old Temple off or. X Leonard Levy a of a in Emory Feiy fist Church the Parish House of Trinity episcopal Church the Smithjr a a pm a bran helical Church and the unitarian churches. 1 among the topics discussed were Jie How hip be a a the creeds a Greco Naruo. Tips of religion a la amp Harmony of Jurith modern. Needs a Quot facing the l new social order a a looking s towards an interesting letter a from the a a of fib by a islands. A a pm editor issak Litu i la a sir Many people in the states seem to have a rather wrong Conception of the Philippines of course All from our old soldiering Days tales of heroic deeds wild people and disease. Only recently i received a letter from. A prominent a Gentian a of find me to Tell him All about the wild people. He a Allied to know if we have a paper in English and if so to Send him one so he could read it. I do not suppose that you Uso Are wrongly informed of Uncle same a far Eastern Possession As it is at present but i thought that a few lines from a mgt a who knows the natives and Speaks several do ale will perhaps not be amiss. It May interest your readers to learn that our Good Uncle Samuel has done some awful wonderful work which no other nation on Earth could have done in such a Short period. In spite of a political criticism the philippine islands can now without great exaggeration easily be called a Paradise the most healthful and Beautiful tropical country in the world a i v the Natiola Are i taa hospitable. I Veottie to say it on is safer in the Man a Han in a City of its size in the states. A Only one hour one can motor from Manila in his machine on a splendid Road to the hot Springs los Banos which i by Lieve Are considered As Good As any in the far East and in about eight hours from Manila to Bagu Toon the famous Bengeult Highway the most Beautiful Zig Zag Road in the world winding around the mountains until one reaches the Good odor of the Pines and feels As though it were the California climate. One cannot sleep comfortably at night with less than three blankets. To give you an idea what the natives Are like i would say that As soon As they accumulate enough Money the first thing they think of is an automobile even if it a a secondhand one. Sometimes two or three famines together will buy an Auto and Many servants Mouchachos Wear better clothes than their masters. They Are great spenders but Munfor Tom i la pal to toe extreme. The youngsters Are leaving their plows and flocking to the cities looking for a political Job or something clean and easy. If Phe Philippines Are offering splendid business opportunities the most Fertile tropical soil in. The world is waiting for capital to develop it. The Moro land is the Best part of the Philippines especially Sulu where i had More experience than any other american. Think of about sixty Pearl loggers lying Idle at present Boe Aii a there is no Market it for a pearls nor Mother of Pearl a in London t or a a go on account of the War where they formerly shipped them and american firms buy pearls from Sulu through London and pay that enormous duty. Strange that some. Amer ican capitalist does not develop fist business in a modern Way. A a having experience in that line i would like to see it developed. Pearls for the sultak9pu on our trip around the Globe i was repeatedly fold that sul pearls and i a i Are As Good As any in the world. Iffy hic was bulb. A Corregidor Island a. I. Rte a a h a pamphlet entitled a immigration facts huf Eures Sun Mph Man w. J. Roche minister of the Interior gives a some interesting Light on Jert ish migration to Canada. A from Btij 1, 1900, to March 81, 1916, 76,808 jews were admitted to Canada. A a sections 00t. Toe whole bereft52, off ii a a go Ltd were from toss Ian the a a admission were 159, of which 81 were russian

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