The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-06
JEW OR AMERICAN
The New York jew Urged TO Follow Exc
ample Of Ills Chicago Brethren.

To THE EDITOR or The SUY-Sr; Your
correspondent proved TO be q wise man
before the Lord by hiding his identity behind
the screen of Liberal Judaism" for our Varie-
gated crowd Of religious. religio-nationei'
racial, Zionistic, territorial and other Jewish
life ~savlors will very probably falldown upon
him, decrying him as antl-Jew. anti Semitic
and what not. And II you are o lawyer.
physician or business man you can't anoro
to lose precious customers on account OF
your convictions; belonging to neither oil
these honorable professions and being wont
to give and receive blows, l don e hesitate 10
indorse. TO a certain extent, the
Of your Liberal jew" My plea, In your
issue OF March T., on behalf Of the Educational
! Alliance, where the Cali
clan Hebrew raw material Is gradually trans
formed into Yankee goods, contains an
indirect answer to the anxious questioning OF
your correspondent. limiting at the came time
at the way to solve the perplexing problem.
There cant be the slightest doubt that
had Alexander H., instead OF being assassi-
mated on March Is, 1881, by nihillst eonspira-
| tors. been able TO carry out his liberal policy
toward his Jewish subjects and had King
Charles Of Rumania kept the royal word he
plOi ged to the European Powers In 1873 10
grant full citizenship TO his Hebrew fellow
countrymen almost entire American
would stand to-day upon the religious plat
form Of your correspondent, or. TO take Q
more concrete example, on that OF DR.. Emil
G. Hlrschs Sinai congregation In Chicago.
This genial theologian and philosopher. alone
among his $50 colleagues Of the reform camp.
had the courage 10 draw the logical conoiu-
sions from ale religious Weltdn ~sehduund;
The synaseSne Is closed close on the sa Mosaio la anH
| are abolished; the rabbi openly advocate5
higher criticism instead Of hypocrltlcally. as
scrolls Of the law. pfoclaimlng solemnly that
1t has been given to Moses on Mount sinai.
while not only the reformed rebbls, but the
Orthodox Theological Seminary. would con-
temptpously smile at such an insinuatl9n II
0r NcSas Do thin tsInk Ia e q d RTTssGI @ t fSsss s delicate
questions. which are beyond their ken, with
the poor victims Of Russian and Rumanian
t afsS Tsod RH.fI sstt sRMa them md die Viii tEeir prelS;;
conviction, helps. fostering upon the youpe sr
refugees, q kind of orlental-SlayiG mongrei
lation with their non-Jewi sh AMERICAN fellow
citizens. commits an unpardonable crime
SaIisri'aPw we oi are eetsIas tlrsa q %f these 1t efsTs.
lbs;, T conS,t shs9 3 afpsid w to h HnTe the 9Ss f saRhess
| OF some rich real estate owner or banker In
the pew who has suddenly become an up
the u0so World RI and himself draw a veil over his
past.
have decided the query: Jew or American?
in the latter sense, could be induced TO form
right here in New York city a congregation
gogue on Fifth avenue, between Temple
EMANUEL and Temple Bethel this uptown
starting point Of a new phase of American
Judaism and your correspondent need not
be afraid that its graduates will remain for
eigners In their own country.
IsipoRE SINGER.
NEW YORK. March 8.