The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-12-01

or two 20 Jswisn t~hsologians and Jewleh.
educated leymen- Our nAbhie. from ene
and We educated JsViah laymen &c the emit
oI the first decade Of the tweneteth qsnsyIy
snoSld Know; tnss me ssS1ath, az nail hsS SySSdtHan
inally nothing 20 do with rest from labor. an
OvsrexertiOR being .unthlnkable In thoes
were yet In their infant stage. The Hebrew
sG6bGthOR. like the Babylunian SobbafnTN. was
dSIvsss' snd t thITtsentR Of our modern super
stitiQn, and che prohibition o. any activity
ON the seventh day had as little 10 90 WITH
genuine religiOl. as the nOn-railing Og many
81 our war vessels on Fridays or the omission
OF the room number 10 In several OF our most
But in spite Of this knowledge Of It's origin.
the synagogue as such has not the. courage
% diyest the institution OF me SABBATH OF
rabbis. Ignorant Of the very rudiments OF a
Industrial beehive the England Of the Puri-
tans. And when men like Rabbi Emil 81
HIrSSh q CHICAGO, and quite TscsSsEy Eaoo
TO draw the only loglCsl conclusion .poagihle
from the present state Of Judaism In ooun;
lecture halls on the sabbath and opening
them on sundays only. our pseudo Ortn0d01
raRDis, communal leaders end JSnrnSlists
exclaiming in tones o. despair: when the
Jewish sabbath dies Judaism will die with
much the worse Scr che WsiaSnsokSaun0 Of a
people OF ~, 900. 900 modern men and women
should IL be able to live only on the basin or
Our rabbits know n we Jewish laymen
ought to know by this time that the. dietary
laws have absolutely nothing to do with reltg-
ION proper or even with hygiene. and that the
food forbidden by the Pentateuch was simply
taboo In the eyes OF our Hebrew enoest9gs
of the third and second millennium b. @. Tor
totemistic. that's superstitiOus reasons, whose
true character now lies open. to the. mind OF
less. most OF our rabbits and teachers eBd
educated laymeD have TO plead guilty for thor
cowardice and cruelty In not opening the eyes
Europe and the 100000 in our own country
who are bitterly handicapped In their econor-
i SIstI ? progress sDS s sS sssir ls strict f FSee TSIts p H Ne
Il in England. the Jewish Board OF Guardlsus.
s siSTsd fo 1h the b ,sss Ssn yss ~ q JEWISH vi ROs CHARITY ay
threatening from time 60 time TO close thear
doors. but our philanthrCplsts have nSs sss
butcheries and restaurants, tell the poor Rus
not only the right but the duty q work on
sabbath and the Jewish festivals, and you
will then be in a position TO close the Hebrew
various boards OF general charity For poer
and sick and helpless human beings. not for
thS Jewlsh or H E Pa SssIn 70 o,,eorp,s
the ChRnukah festival. the origins OF which
are identical with those OF Christmasl Let
OF the world by shelving our ancient Semitic
superstitiOns once and for all: let US give
Christian churches by placing ourselves uQ-
reservedly upon the platform. OF scientific
religious anthropolOgy: that rs the only great
service the synagogue in its dying days co1hd
and the Church fathers are the children Of
the Old Testament and our rabpinica1 casu-
lists. Let us. at last. meet on the common
carol OF BrOtherly owe TO the tunee OF a
mingled choir of our organs, cymbalg and
hnrps OF David. lSIDoE SIN0HR-
NEw York, November -.