The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-07-14
Rabbi HirSch'S Subject at
the Summer Assembly.
HON. SIMON VOLTS ADDRESS
The Distinguished Washingtonian Urges
Jews to Stand Up for All the Rights
of CitizenshiP-Should Practice Their
Religion Proudly, But Not BoastfuIIy.


est assemblages Of the Jewish Chautau-
. qua's Summer Assembly thus far wer,
/ those OF Saturday morning and Sunday
/ Saturdays large attendance was occas-
toned by the presence OF the popular
Philadelphia rabbi. the Rev Dr. Joseph
Krauskopf. who discoursed eIoquentIy
/ upon the subject Of Scientific Charity. %
showing the marvellous progress which
4 had been made in charitable methods
( during the last twenty-five years
Interest in Sunday mornings session.
which was the occasion Of the opening
Of popular conference on Jewish
University Students-Their Attitude To-
ward Jewish Problems was heightened
i by the participation in the conference o,
Rabbi Emil G. Hirsch. of Chicago. Dr..
Hirsch is the celebrated rabbi of Sinai
Congregation and Professor Of Semitics
in the University of Chicago. His re
cent utterance advocating a change OF
the Jewish Sabbath from Saturday to
Sunday. occasioned widespread comment
and much criticism from the ranks OF
the orthodox
Jacob Gimbel, Of Philadelphia. the
acting president Of the Chautauqua So
ciety, announced that Leo y. Levi. Of
New York. grand president OF the hide
pendent Order B'nai Birth, would act as
chairman Of the meeting The appear
ance on the platform Of Nr. Levi. who is
one Of the most noted IsraeIites in the
country, was greeted with applause Mr.
Levi. in welcoming the assemtIaEe, said
that the college nan had come TO be
q leader in the affairs Of lie. and it had
to be conceded that the great majority
OF the men who had come 20 the fore
front in Intellectual matters had the
advantage Of university training. He
impressed upon his hearers the need for
religious thought and practice among
Jewish students. and the Importance Of
& proper degree Of courage. and self
assertion The Chancellor. he added
lad brought together some OF the great
minds i The Jewish world 70 consider
he subject, which. he announced. would
he treated under the heads of Religion,
Social and Economic, and Educational
Rabbi Hirsch on Universities.
Rabbi Hirseh, of Chicago. who was in
troduced as the first speaker in the con
ference. after making some facetious
reference 70 the criticisms TO which past
utterances had subjected him. and as
suring his hearers that he was not as
black as he had been painted n the
Jewish Exponent" Of Philadelphia, /
spoke of his experience as 3 student at
the University of Pennsylvania, in 1
which, in his day, all the Jewish stu
dents had endeavored to assert their
Judaism The Jewish student body had. 1
however, consisted Of but one person, /
and that was the son Of The late Rabbi 4
Samuel Hirsch, OF PHILADELPHIA. for /
whom II was natural" impcssibility /
not TO be what he seemed to be-a jew
II the student body at that time had dis
PLAYED any indifference il the matter Of I
its Judaism. the parental influence would
have been applied in no uncertain way.
Continuing the speaker said that he had
subsequently, gotten into closer contact
with Jewish students. Among the fake
features OF the University Of Chicago
was that of predxing the title of Pro
fessor" 10 his name n this university
he had found the attitude OF Jewish stu
dents identical with that OF Jewish stu
dents elsewhere He denied the state
ment that the student body as q whole I
did not participate IN the religious life I
IN Germany this was perhaps true, as
the German student believed that cul-
ture and religion lay in different planes
N America, however, non-Jewish stu
dents organized Young Mems ChrizriaEj
Associations and other religious rgaters
That Jewish students did not organize
r. tbs direction vas owing 10 the fact
that religious centeTs had rot been
founded among them at the universities
por was the study of Jewish literature
fOstered. Il
self-Assertion Advised.
The speaker pleaded for self-assertfon !
IN the part Of Jewish students Gov
srdice, he said. was a self-deceptson that
lid not ward off the blow. but rather !
1t. It was true that the
student OF Jewish birth was forced to 7
contend with greater obstacles than {
hose which hampered the non-Jew. and 2
hat prejudice had found foothold in :
he educational institutions Of America.
class distinctions. which
lad been brought from foreign lands.
we're the causes which lay a. the root
II anti-Semitism. aD9 with which thu
ieNish student had 10 contend. Nothing
vas accomplished by denial o. ! +
judaism. The Jew VINO denied failed in
lis purpose, and created the presunp- =
ion that every Jew was q coward. II
Fas not misfortune to be q Jew, but a e
distinction for the Jew VINO made IL a {
distinction Anti-Semitism could only
'e fought b. courageous men and L
VOmen, and for this reason Jews should {
'e brought under Jewish Influence At a
he centers OF university life On the f
ther hand. Jewish Chauvin!sm was also L
0 be avoided In the upbUilding OF Gull 81
ure other races besides the Jews had /
cntrIbuced- but the contribution Of the n
ew should also be recognized. To o
rove that Judaism was alive il must be h
wed. and nowhere was the opportunity il
0 great as in the universities. where o.
'ere being educated the leaders. the
lwyeFs, the physicians and ministers of D
1norTow. In conclusion the speaker ~
mrmed his Indifference to the labels Y
reform or orthodoxy All he cared P
1T was Judaism and he asked that D.
ewish organizations be formed among il
students OF this faith in order II
D bring about a better acquaintance p,
ith Jewish reIigiosity among non-Jeg- tC
n students u
Other Speakers. q Z.