The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-04-18
Another Jew on the Marriage OF . JeweSs
and n Christian,

To THE Ep1ToR or The sUN-Sir: Answer
ing Mr.. LazaTres letter. Marriage OF Chris
tian and Jewess." in to-day's sun. II Is but
fair 10 advance an opinion that the publicity
&C.. gwen 70 the recent engagement. which
evoIes his bitter disapproval, was probably
entirely unsought by the interested parties
and 10 far more caused by the striking differ
ence in their present individual stations In
Life than by the difference In their faiths.
After all, the question OF intermArriage
between different faiths IL simply query
whether man should be subseryient 20 his
faith ia even 30 unreasoning. indehnable and
uncontrollable a matter as love. or whether
ones faith ought 70 be made subordinate In
such matters.
Love laughs at loCksmiths,- and inter
marriage between different faiths. despite
religious bans, always has occurred and
likely ever will occur
Mr.. Lazarre further censures the lady In
question for having Un his opinion) de
liOerately. In certain recent newspaper articles,
upheld the unlovsly side Of Ghetto Judaism
Why such criticism Of a series OF sketches
which, after ALL simply tell existing conditions
in a certain section OF our very cosmopolitan
city, II is as gneSlled i9T as would be a
spiendor Of Central PARK Vest " or Rvsrsids anu
Further, why the sluT that Christian asso-
citation has failed TO give this lady, dignity,
SIR Lazarre apparently simply wishes 70
express his disapproval OF the contemplated
union yet his statements are bigoted, unfair
a few lines OH your editorial on the same
subject:
yet sufficiently recognize that their specific
faiths are fundamentally identical. and that
existing differences are simply In the elaboTa-
Moreover. the Jewish faith is striklnRly one
Of qualities aud personal virtues as proven
by It's minute study OF and resultant laws
governing hygiene family relations, juris;
prudence, &c; yet II Is emphAtically opposed
to proselytism quantity
surprisingly much Of Judaism. but also en-
phatically advocates prose ytism lever since
The days Of st; Psull and It's present. domi-
A prisoner released from long confinement
In a dungeon can only very gradually accus,
therefore the Jew, IN this country OF equal
rights and protection to all irrespective OF
creed. Is even az this late Day not fully &C,
to the gloomy suppression and oppression OF
past centuries and. while the jew will en-
stricted relations 10 trade, finance and pro-
LESSONS because OF their absolute necessity
70 personal welfare aud prosperity ,-y yet in
have few pTecedeuts in Jewish history, and
now, because Of the large Jewish population,
are not found very necessary 10 his social
.IbOye all. actual intermarriase. with the
Christian is step which even the liberal
minded or the irreligious Jew hesitates In
taking
Naturally, the recent and present large
Jewish immigration emphasizes these con-
ditions
However, II seems. safe to predict that con-
tnued residence IN this absolutely free Coun-
propinquity to his Christian neighbor. will
little by little evolve a change tending to es-
tAblsh social friendship and relations, and
that in spite Of probably continued bans Of
both jewish and Christian faiths. intermAr-
rage VIII continue and even probably in
crease ADOLPH OPPENHEIMER.
INV YoRK, April 10.