The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-07-14
STUDENTS
AT UNIVERSITIES

and others, but there had been no
! Spokesman for the synagogue The num-
/ Der Of Jewish university students repre-
scented a force which the synagogue
would have to reckon with. and Juda-
ism would in the end receive the benefit
/ Of this higher education. The question
/ was, How should the Jewish student
/ throw the weight of his education to the
/ benefit of the syna gogue? The present
phase was one Of armed neutrality on
! the part of the student The causes for
/ this were lack Of perspective on the
part Of the students and the doubt as to
which Of the two camps, reform OF or
! thodoX, he should ally himself with. Il
was not the part Of the synagogue 10
make men and women wise. but to make
them good and happy
Simon Wendkos, OF the University of
Pennsylvania. described the conditions
ID the American Ghetto today. which.
be said, he described from the stand
ONT, not OF 4 spectator. but OF 4 feni-
zen Much Of what had been written
about the Ghetto life was untrue The
Ghetto had been made synonymous with
the SUMS. This was Il great Injustice TO
the immigrant Jew, who was not de-
PRAYED. The Misrepresentation was due
10 q general ignorance Of the immigrant
Jew The speaker described the sys-
TENS OF charity which had crushed the
recipients He cCntrastcd the appear
aEce OF life in the Ghetto with its reaIi-
y, which. he said. was clean and p1Ira
INC Ghetto was the center of Jewish
sentiment There the mighty Jewish
heart thTObbed. To understand the Ghet
70 was to understand the psychology Of
JUDAISM For the evils due to poverty
Whlch existed education was the only
solution
Elevation Through Sympathy.
Dr.. Charles S. Bernheimer. of PbfJa-
deiphia, said that his investigation of
existing conditions had made him realize
that it was more important to elevate
with sympathy these who needed heI3.
In this direction reform judaism had
furnished constructive Jewish plat |
form which enabled young men 10 cling
TO It The attitude of the orthodox was
that Jews must cling to all Of Judaism /
or nothing, and the result had been dis +
astrous- The university wrought a grad 1
ual estrangemenJ and he tendency was
toward Indifference and IrreHgion- The
speaker advocated the formation by the
help Of Jewish university men OF a So
called reform congregation among the
Ghetto population
Gerson 3. Levi held that the majority
OF the Jewish students at the university
came from the immigrant classes. and
asked what were their needs and what
should be done with them. he described
z Hebrew Students League which had
oeen formed IN Philadelphia. and advo-
Gated the organization of similar leagues
n other cities The speaker criticised
ne tendency among the Jewish students
o enter upon professional careers The
[heIto. he said. was ''educa ton crazy. -
ind there was a rapid danger OF re-
iucing professions to trades. The main
luty was 10 elevate the masses 10 an
OF study for its OWL sake. +
Nj WeiEstein, Of Philadelphia. advo-
ated college settlements.
Hon Simon VOLTS Address.
Hon. Simon Wolf. Of Washington.
Urged the jews to stand up for all the !,
tights Of common citizenship and their
Individual rights as Jews. The mass OF
ne people. he said must stand together
roud Of their religion and its results. :
-ot boastfully, but manfuUy. College
aen ana non-coIlege men must 60 to
ether. hand IN hand. to continue in the
raetice Of III, tenets of the Jewish
attn, and to become the Messians Of the
-orld. s
Remarks were also made By Rabbi e
'hiio. Of Akron, Ohio, and Rabbi Man d
ell Of atlantic City. Chancellor Berko- .
'itz concluding the conference with 2 {
eview Of the arguments which had i
cen presented, and the suggestion thai c
4 organization should be effected amene
ewisn students st American mi I
ersities- l
IN the evening Rabbi Leon Harrison of
/ Louis, No, delivered a lecture al
he Hotel Rudolf on "Sh-lock" before
large audience Y
This morning the feature OF the ges- L
on was an address by Dr.. E C. Hirsch :
chicago, On The Aim, Scope and p
ethod Of the Jewish Religious School -