The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-03-12

NO RESTRICTIONS HERE
IDEALS MADE ALL or
NECESSITY GOOD CITIZENS.

Rabbi Charles J. Freund of the Jew
ish synagogue told the story of the
Wondering Jew last night at the Phil
fps Congregational church, tracing his
history from ancient to modern times.
AT the conclusion of the address, Rabbi
Freund gave an informal talk on the
Jew in ancient and modern times, an
swering all questions put to him. The
rabbi said in part during his address
In 1902, the legend of 1.-The Wan
deTing Jew was first written by a
German iterateur. The story is said to
be one of the life of Christ. As the
Wandering Jew was ilI-treated when
he passed the shop of the shoe maker,
so was Jesus ill-treated while he was
on earth.
Man is a migratory being. He
loves a change of scene, place and con-
dition. The Jew, being but human,
reflects the tendencies of other men.
Sometimes the Jew has wandered be-
cause he has been forcd to do so, but In
most cases it has been a matter of free
will and not force which has caused
the Jewish people to change their place
of residence.
After the destruction of the second
temple by the Romans in the year
20 A D., Jewish nationality disap-
peared. The Jew became a member
not of any state, but of a religious or
ganization. It was then the wander
ing tendency became the strongest
force in the Jews makeup.
Learning Goes With Jew.
wherever the Jew goes he carries
with him the torch of learning. In
the darkest of the dark ages, the Jew
was always enlightened because he
had with him always his Bible. No
matter into what country the Jew
went, no matter what the amount of
illiteracy of the people with whom he
was forced to dwell, the Jew was al
ways the learned one. He had with
him the foundation of all literature,
the Bible
In delineating upon the life of the
Jew in European countries, Rabbi
Freund told of the kindly treatment
accorded his people in England, the
anti-semitic tendencies so strong in
Germany and France, and the barbaric
treatment for centuries given Jews by
the Russians. The Rabbi made refer
enceS to recent anti-Jewish outbreaks
in the land of the car.
For the greater part Of their stay in
Spain, the Jews were well treated.
When the MOhammedanS took posses
sion of the country it was a safe haven
for all Jews. Upon the overthrow of
the followers of Mahomet, and the en-
try into Spain of the Roman Catholics
the country was no longer a good place
for the Jews.
Refuge in New World.
at almost the same time as the
overthrow of the Mohammedans,
America was discovered" he said. I'm
the new world lay the Jewish Utopia.
In America, since its discovery, the
Jews have been most kindly treated.
Here as in no other place on the globe
they have been allowed from the first
all the liberties of other citizens.
There are no restrictions whatever
here A Jew may become the same
politically. mentally and morally, with
out let or hindrance, the same as a
Gentle. He may enter all places open
to Gentiles. He may become the same
in political circles, or in fact, any
other circle, just as high as any Gen
tile.
ct is wrong to suppose that the
Jews as a whole are rich in material
things. They are not such at all. True,
there are many rich Jews, in fact some
of the richest men in the world are
Jews. but as a class the Jew is a poor
being materially. His great wealth
lies in his good qualities. His ideals
are high at all times. His literary
standard is of the best. His mental
attachments are above reproach. His
respect for women is not to be equaled.
His love of home and fireside is worthy
Of emulation.
1.-The Jew is a good citizen. He be
IieVes in the golden rule firmly. He
has had from time immemOrial the
ideal of justice instilled into his very
being With this ideal and these ideals
the Jew must of necessity be good
citizen.
Much Good in Old Testament.
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