The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-14
FEAST { S;
OF; PUF!l.IM''.
The Typical Characters H. 4.
That Splendid Story VI
ADDRESS B, Of DR.. CALIsCH
]. Russia, Re Says, the One Power ~
Europe That 10 Be Reckoned q
With IN the Centuries
ito Come. d. ii

I .rhe services at Beth Ahaba Synagogue
I last night In connection with the Feast
y, OF PurimH were interesting in the ex-
II treme.. The discourse df Rabbi p. ~.
Calisch was heard with close y ttNntion.
& liz said III part:s
The story Of Purlm (thd book Of Esther
4 has a never-failihg interest, because II
\ contains conditions which aiave rarely, y
ever, been absent from jewish history.
An analysis OF It's characters Will disclose
types OF classes that have obtained both
Il ia the house OF Israel and among It's OPP
y ponents. Esther. elevated TO the throne,
represents that type OF fortunate ones
among us for whom the glare Q T prosper
h ity's sun too often blinds the eye and rem
dcrs them, IL not dlsloyal, at hest indif-
ferent TO the obligations OF faith. and
Z VINO need 10 be reminded Il Of them u ~
I the foreshndowing threats OF common
Il danger. Mordecaifis the type OF the loyal
and sturdy Jew, who feels his faith, Us
not ashamed OF his faith or his people,
and stands bodlytiby his convfc Lions at Ill
Il times. He represents not only the tfcll-
4 Gious loyalty OF the Jew. but his civic
loyalty, his patriotism The incident
wherein alordecai saves the life OF the
Z king ~ giving warning Of the conspiracy
Y OF assassination Is SO typical, both OF the
Jews patriotIsmIand OF the recognition
that Is accorded him for II. that 1t can
we'll be used as d. model IS NJ ordecai saved
the life .of the head OF tho Kingdom,
VI thereby preventing .regicide. and the con-
4 fusion the turmoil and revolutionary acts
4 that = company rcg.cids and usnrpation.
\ nl1c pa triotism at the Jew is BconserNa-
Nh tive and trllctiye. &lS IT Is not alone
& demonstrated in the sanguinary and des-
olating conflicts wherein men usually pose
4 as the patriotic champions OF their father
land. though, indeed. In this direction too,
he has not been found wanting His Is
a pa triotAsm conservative OF the order
and peace of the State and constructive
of It's stability, It's welfare. It's strength
and progress.
No HOPE THERE.
And the recognition Of Mordecai was
nothing until the royal insomnia brought
about tho accidental disclosure OF this
81 neglect to the kings notice. The self
sacrificing loyalty of the Jew to his
Z country has been, only too often rewarded,
i in the same spirit. For Jewish soldiers
y that hght In Austrian. Russian and Ger
man armies there is nc hope OF promo
Z ton or recognition Of valor and fidelity.
The Jew's body Is good enough to stop
Z n bullet, but not his hand to hold a sword;
K is the sentiment of Eastern and South
eastern Europe. In France, though stat
\ ute does not bar the way, the still strong
er barriers OF social ostracism and the
hostility OF mis- brother officers rise 10
oppose the recognition Of his merit and
service. OF this the circumstances at
tending the Dreyfus case give all too
sorrowful confirmation.
Even here In America, though the mer-s
ttorious deed has been fully acknowledged,
bou vat "a
recognition to that sturdy Jewish patriot
!. OF Revolutionary days, Hayml Solomon,
whose great self-sacriacinga assistance
gave material and sorely needed aid ito
our country In the hour when she strug-
gled for her freedom from the mother
country.
H b The King Ahasuerus ID the type of the
!, monarch TOO often seen, unht5toi holdathe
Teins Of his realm
3y'I s HANNAH, THE SUNSCRUPULOUs. n
Haman$ is the arch-type OF the scheming.
inscriptions, ambitious minister whom
pride oftIplace has intoxicated and IN
whose breast lust for greater power has
Il obIiterated every sentiment. OF honor,
every trace Of TRUTH every consideration
OF justice. Exaltaton OF place did not
give him holiness of purpose. Inc power
intended for the good of the realm ne
+ turned ,inlthe channels of his own sells
interests and advancement And when
baked by theSuncompr promising loyalty
and reverence ofnMordecai, he sought to
aYenge himself not on the offender alone,
but on all his people. Here lis The TYPICAL
apti-Semite, who condemns all Jews be-
cause Of his quarrel just or unjust. with
one, The course toft HaInan Is the couyse
OF the anti-Semte of every age The hc-
cusation he brought against thu Jews has
been repeated In every generation. "Re-
hold. there is q people. he said to King
Ahasuerus, scattered yet separate among
the nations Of the provinces Of thy king
dom, and their laws are different from
those of every 70 ther people, While they
do not execute the laws of the Kingdom,
and 1t Is mo proht for the king to tolerate
them" (Esther III; So Here IS the old
cry Of allcnlsm that has sounded out of
every nation and every generation, ''The
Jews are aliensn said the Romans of old,
and placed the heavy hand of perseEu-
ton upon them, 1.-THE Jews are aliens
and heretics," said the medieval nations,
ard put them to the rack and THE stake.
"The Jews are aliens, say Russia and
Rcumanla to-day, and deprive them Iot
human rights and grind them between
the wheels OF their intolerahle legisla-
ton.
THE F1TTEsT SURVIVED, d
But even as Haman was outWitted and
defeated by the loyal devotion Of Nor
docai and OF Esther. inlpelled by him, SO
too was Rome survived by the Weddings
whom 1t had prosecuted; SO too the ma
tions of the middle ages, Roumanla to-
{ DAY has been held up to shame in The
eyes OF the world The daily papers Of
this morning have told JUS that Russia is
going tolIgiye religious and civil freedom
to all Its Inhabitants, God grant that this
n ba true report! It will be doubtless but
Z limited measure Of freedom. but what
eyer4It may be It will be Welconre, \ I (
n Russia 10 responding to the Influence Of
penetra ting that autocrattc realm, then
the God spf 8Isreal be praised For to me