The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-04-21
NTERMARRIAGE or CHRISTIANS
AND JEWS.
The Editor Of the Jewish Encyclopedia
calls for a Decision Cf the question.

calls for a Decision Cf the question.
To TUE Enron ~ THE SuS-Sir The jew
Isb layman. after reading iu his newspaper
which. In most cases. IL his only POSTCARD
uate textbook for the study Of hie-about one
OF the most burning questions OF Jewish the
ology. intermarriage, opinions so divergent
as those represented by your two corrc7pon-
dents. Messrs IAyarre and Oppenheimer,
must feel some distress IN his poor heart
and head: FOR both OF these organs are equally
involved IN this life issue Of his race. Toadd
10 his confusion be found in his paper OF Mon
day last extracts from the sermons, held on
the day previous. In New York ana Chicago
respectively, In the two most eminent syna,
gogues OF the United States. Temples Emann-El
and Sinai one rabbi, DR.. Joseph Shyerman,
pItileaqly condemning the fusion Of jew and
Oeptile. while Dr. Emil o. Hirsch seems 70
stretch his blessing hand over the loving
Judeo- Christian couple. A few historical
and statistical facts on this subject culled
from the Jewish Encyclopedia ana We nHpe55
last may therefore be Of interest to the gem
eral reader Just at this time.
Ia n foGbiddlnR the descendants OF Nbraham
10 intermaTry with the idolatrous Canaantes
iGen. xiv. 3; XVI. 80, ScJ was cqn,
wi a a. Thy daughter thou shalt not give
unto his 1.-The Canaante' 81 son. nor hls daughll
ter shalt thou take unto my s9hLloI tisg ~. ~
tSTeyy may nav serve other gods From Ezra
onward this prohibition was extended TO az
Genes az ETA ora 4 the TO- aw Was thas
interpreted and codihed by Maimomdes, ting
great Spanish philosopher and Ialmualst ~
Whlical inteTmarriages with pagan women,
as those OF the patriarch lDseph and ths Great
iawgiver Moses him self. deserve az least
ia ssing alluEion In this place, -
Intermarriages between Chrlstians ana
Jews we're hTst prohibIted 6y tae Nhi nn.i1V
OF death. ibis prohibition was confirmed
by the Church councils OF ages lmT9 s a,nd
Rheims $500, and the Kings Iadisarpts Il d sn1
Sanhedrin convened by Napoleon IN ,iissn5
declared that marriages between lSratfII Vcs
with the civil code are valid, and though they
cannot be sOlcmniIed by tho religious rites .!
judaism. they should not be suh,eSettega o,o L2
conference Of Brunswick. Germany. IN lsit,
declared The marriage OF ,Jey WITH
Christian woman or with any adherent OF
moaot6eistic religion IS not prohibited TIE
children OF such issue are permltted bN tIo
state 10 be brought np in the lsTaeltl5nh re Ie-
liRion" The great German reformer AptA-
ham GeiRer however, In spite OF ms oyhtr.
wise religious radicalism, as MEMBER OF Nv
hrst Jewish synod, held at ,Leipso IN 1850 ae,
20 RS the pi'sseFVston Of he Jewish faith TIE
SmStcan Reform Judaism, David Einhorn
(js,cish Ttmts, is7o, the late fatheT,ln,law
q Or. kohleT pTesiqEen{h Q! ' HirsrS The
representative ~ the avtreme left wing OF
religious radicallsm, who evidently shares
the oI,lnion Of his father, Rabbi Samuel HTsoh'
who declared himself 10 favor OF intermAr-
rage: doctrine r.tusnow look
AZ the facts as they have de yeloped WITHIN
the last two OF three decades N central
and western Europe austria there Were Ire
tween tTU@ s Jsw 70 ' and S $50 mixed is Wsde
Hungary during the same period 0.est JEWISH
and IJS miVed marriages TOOK place, me
ters. Thus 10 Budapest every hftcenth jew
marries a Christian woman, while sreaoy
every fourteenth Jewess Is welded 70
IN teTmany in 1908 there we're we're i fs2i
and Roman Catholics. In Prussia proper
here with Berlin az the natural center OF gray
itation-there took place from ls 9s,r 20 a aDd
and jewess married. out Of the faith and
ssS Sedep ana aO beamsrk miSed marriage are
OF every day occurrence. Ia COPENHAGEN IN
the years issO-ls9i they formed g per cent
in iso:-isoS $50 per cent. Of the jewish mar
" although the 5 $50 900 uso0 Jews in Russia,
the siI3II Ogn0l Jews in Austrian Galiola
and their brethren in Rumanis, snkoyina
and the orient still represent the hrm bull
warks Of old time Judaism the colonlst go nnI
onies and, above all, TO the United states,
are already close TO the danger line, as the
Pastor-Stokes marriage demonstrates, -,
July newt the Central Conference OF Amerl-
can RABBITS, numbering ABOUT lbGo pr99ggGsoo-
siye Jewish theologlans, will meet az Sleye-
land. II may perhaps not be- amiss, under
the present circumstances, TO ask these
spiritual leaders OF American Judaism 70
shelve a few questions OF purely professional
character and 10 discuss instead with absolute
franEness some OF tbs vital problems facing
the vast Jewish conglomeTation OF our coun-
try thus continuing the glorious work Of the
Conferences OF Philadelphia ls6ol and Pitts
burg OSsS) The thoughts and feelings as
we'll as the political, social and economic con
dltiOns OF the Sio.Oo0 Jewish imnigrants VINO
landed on these shores from 1881 TO 1904 and
OF their CHILDREN born and raised in America,
necessarily divcrge daily more and more
from the status OF the brethren left behind.
And In The "a me measure religion, this curious
compound Of meta physics, psychology and
SCononics, takes another shape with the Yam
kee children OF Israel To formulate Tor their
practical use a religious platform in harmony
With the loftiest ideals Of humanity. and the
hest principles Of American citiEenhood
should be the ambition OF the newt Sanhedrin
Of Cleveland, ISlDok SlNdEh'
NKw NoRK, April N.