The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-07-17
Value OF SCHOOLS
OF JEWISH HISTORY
Rabbi HirsCh Tells How Il
Should Be Taught
IMPORTANCE OF THE BIBLE
Large Attendance at Jewish Summer
Assembly-Gerson B. Levi Lectures
on Hebrew Literature, and Rabbi
Clifton Levy on Ancient Egypt.

ATLANTIC CITY, July 1.-THE coy
synagogue Of the Beth Israel congre-
gation was not large enough 10 &C
commodate The number OF Jewish Ch2u-
tauquans who were anxious to hear the
Rev. Dr. Emil C. HiTsch. OF Chicago, de
liver the second OF his series OF lectures
on The Aim, Scope and Method OF the
Jewish Religious School before the
summer assembly yesterday Dr.. Hirsch
is one Of the foremost Laelites Of
America. and his utteTauces on any SUD
ject command widespread attention. lis
address this morning Was a brilliant one
among other things, he said:
IF the aim q our religious schools
is to quicken or to awaken the Jewish
consciousness with all the wealth o.
spirituality and morality Of character
and conservation the term implies, the
grave problem which coufron-s Is is
how may this aim be accomplished T2e
consciousness OF the American as Al
American IS aroused by the knowledge
of the nations history and the reCCg1i-
ton of the ideals TO which his people
are pledged So is Jewish history the
great source from which well the waters
that quicken the sense OF our respanst-
bility as stewards Of the treasures OF
mind and heart. and the ideals which
Israel was called TO eu5Cdy in lnstItu-
tion, law. and principle.
Jewish history IS the chief pre0ccu-
patton o. the teacher OF the Jewish re-
HsiOn. Judaism TO be Judaism must
be historical GCd Is cur God because
He IS The God OF cur fathers To know
our God We must know Him as he ap-
peared 70 the fathers To accomplish
this end history must be taught, not
as fGggOt Of facts, q tumble Of dates.
confus.9n OF conIcundiug names His
tory should De taught IS a continuous
flow Of divine revelation the unfolding
OF the purpose which God has wrought
and still works CUT II and through
Israel.
The Unity of tie Bible.
The Bible itself, construed on this
plan, begins with man and narrows the
story OF the events to the happenings il
q single family called to be the expo
nents Of divine truth. The progress OF
revelation constitutes the unity OF the
Bible The Bible, OF course, Is only ont
phase OF Jewish literature. Our schools
should bring out the more salient events
OF post Biblical Jewish experience anC
illustrate the marvellous variety Of re
l-gious practice and theory
The Rev Dr. K K0hler, Of New YORK
in expressing appreciation OF Dr.
Hirsch's lecture. said that his words mad
been Tepiete with Jewish sentiment and
thought, every note CT which had stirred
and thrilled the hearts CT his hearers.
Cerson B. Levi On Hebrew Literature
In a carefully prepared paper On He
brew Literature" Gerson B. Levi, c
Philadelphia, said that the Hebrew C
today, so far as VOC abuIary was con
cerned, was a descendant OF the old He
brew, containing additions from many
sources, rendering the present yocabu
larry wider and more varied The He
brew Of today was available for trans
latiCns OF tie works Of Shakespeare
Goethe, Schiller, etc, and for the writ
ing OF original works, such as the his
tory Of philosophy, novels, poems, and
general literature. The lecturer citet
the Russian authors DoIitzky and Cor
don, from whose works he read extracts
Rabbi Levy On Egypt Of Moses' Time
Rabbi Clifton Il. levy, g New York
delivered the second Of his illustrated
lectures Al the Hotel Rudolf IN the even
Ing. HIS subject was Egypt in the
Time CT Moses + the BabyIonian civil
Iization. he said. was beginning 10 de-
ca in the time CT Abraham, IL was not
difficult &c comprehend how advanced
the civilization OF Egypt must have bee1