The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-11-24


gion-God Is our king ana all mankind
our brethren. America is our Pales-
tine and every American city O Jeru
salem. National Zionism and Juda.
ism are antipodal. The Jew who un-
derstands his Judaism as taught by
the philosophy of his history can have
nothing in common with nationalistic
Zionism.
Territorial Zionism while less utopiat,
is no more practical than it's parent,
national Zionism. 1t still longs for
the wine clad hills and olive groves"
OF Palestine which have long sincn
ceased to exist save in memory. No
scheme that has Palestine for q base
Is in the least feasible. The votaries
Of this movement would have the jews
of Russia settle in Palestine and II not
In Palestine, then in ,ts immediate
vicinity and eventually in tho place
OF their natural and religious birth
found the empire of Judaism. The
same reasons that make the first
60 unfit. Territorial Zionism is ma
tional Zionism once removed, to EN-
ploy phrase borrowed from legal ter
minology. Like It's parent It is not
in harmony with the philosophy of
Judaism nor is It's spirit in keeping
/ with the logic of our history. Pales-
tine may be good place in which to
be buried but not place in which to
live. The glorious and inspiring mem.
ories that cluster around IT will not
feed six millions of petty tradesmen
and beggars. God has seen At to
change Palestine from the East to
the West Here, on this blessed soil,
may we look for re-birth Of Israel's
mission. From this God-blessed An
erican Zion shall go forth the law
the law of justice-that shall en-
l!ghten and uplift the world.
The several colonization schemes
sponsored by Zionists, some of which
have been more or less successful are
the only practicable plans thus far
adopted by them. These plans seek
to colonize the Jews in different parts
of the world-in Ugand, Africa, which
is known as Zangwill Zionism, In
Brazil, Canada, Manchuria and Am
erica. The one erroneous defect APP
parent IN all these plans is the fail
ure on the part of their advocates to
take into. account the Russian Jews
intense patriotism, his love of coun-
try and the peculiar psychological ef-
feet that colonization has upon him.
The Russian Jew is primarily a Rus.
sian. Russia is his fatherland, he
knows no other, he wants no other.
Bitter as is his lot in the land of the
Car he prefers it to any other land
Colonization has proven failure so
far as any representative number of
Russians is concerned. A year or two
on a farm ara enough to stimulate
longing for his comrades for the life
OF the city. The Ghetoes of New
York and Chicago ana Cleveland prove
conclusively that thet Russian Jew is
like an exotic plant that will die un-
less placed in the temperature it re.
Qnires Russian persecution has
strengthened the religious solidarity of
the Russian Jew SO that no mater unL
der what favorable conditions he may
live he naturally seeks the COMPANY
and the life of Russia-whether it be
ir America or elsewhere. The Ghetto
problem of America Is the strongest
argument against encouraging large
numbers Of Jews to emigrate to these
hospitable shores. As much as l SYM
pathize with our afflicted brethren
and wish that they might enjoy the
freedom of our blessed land-for the
best interests for all concerned, we
must not encourage indiscriminate inn
migration Let them come. but only
s'we are able to care for them and as
they are able to assimilate American
life and habits.
IL Zionism is impracticable, il col |
onization is unsuited to the tempera-
ment of the Russian Jew, If America !
cannot offer haven to the six millions
Of our brethren in the Bast--what Is |
to become of them? ! find the an
swer in the philosophy of our history |
as suggested by the language of our
Bible. Originally it was written in |
Kehen. Kehen is read from right |
to left, or backwards. So must we
read Jewish history in order to I'M |
derstand it's philosophy. And thus
reading II. we are struck by one sig !
nificant fact that runs like the guif |
stream through the turbulent ocean |
OF its events. From the birth of the |
Jewish nations unto this very day, |
the lew has nrOVed the saving ram. /
nant OF that country in which he
found refuge. Much more subtle Is
this philosophy as taught by tho
events narrated in sacred history. for
there 1t assumes a religious aspect.
But through medieval and modern |
history, even the Indifferent student
of history cannot fail to grasp the
current of Jewish influence. Begin
ming with the tenth century in Spain |